René Pape is just settling down in his Berlin hotel room to talk about becoming King of the Gods, when he is interrupted by the Devil. The malevolent cackle gets too insistent to ignore, but luckily it’s just the ring tone of Pape’s cell phone, set to a bit of Gounod’s Méphistophélès – one of the German bass’s signature roles. Pape is a creature of the stage, so having a…
This is one of the only new hard rock bands that does not take the sound of acts like Disturbed and 10 Years to heart, deciding to mix a little Tool and Kenny Wayne Shepherd for something that weaves its way around genres for five and a half minutes (“Rapture”) before sputtering out. The track is diverse enough to really be able to connect to a large segment of the…
Slow Club announce a giveaway of their Lets Fall Back In Love EP, available for download at www.slowclub-yeahso.com Wintersleep 1. “Lets Fall Back In Love” 2. “Come On Youth” 3. “Dance To The Morning Light” 4. “Summer Shakedown” 5. “Trick Question” Spread The News! If you’ve yet to see it, be sure to watch their video (LINK) for the single “Giving Up On Love” starring Mackenzie Crook (Gareth Keenan of…
5/9/10 – Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theater 5/10/10 – Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom 5/11/10 – Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater Outdoors 5/13/10 – Louisville, KY – Inn Place Hotel & Conference Center 5/14/10 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom 5/15/10 – Rochester Hills, MI – Meadowbrook Amphitheater 5/16/10 – Columbus, OH – The LC Pavilion Outdoor Amphitheatre 5/17/10 – Charlotte, NC – The Uptown Amphitheatre at The Music…
“Falls Apart” is the first track on “Vol. 1” and it is a track that mixes together all of the disparate styles of radio rock that have made it big in the last fifteen years. The track shows that Hurt loves acts as wide as Live, Tool, and Linkin Park while not just rehashing each band’s style. In much of the same way, “Forever” shows Hurt as a band that…
ANEW REVOLUTION have announced dates along side TAPROOT, and Ice Nine Kills & Destrophy are set to open. “ANEW REVOLUTION is excited about going on tour with our old friends Taproot. It’s a great way to launch ‘iMerica’, playing some new cities and many places we’ve already been to.” says bass player Frank Salvaggio. Dates will run coast to coast hitting major markets. Salvaggio continues, “We’re looking forward to meeting…
Gothenburg Sweden based extreme metal sextet MARIONETTE has announced a string of spring and summer appearances, including the final concert to be performed with departing vocalist Axel Widén (ZOMBIEKRIG). For this farewell concert at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg on 22nd of May, incoming front man Alexander Andersson (ELDRIMNER) will join the band on stage during the set. Departing vocalist Axel Widén had the following to say regarding the upcoming special…
lien After All, the French digital entertainment designer and production company, in co-production with Neko Entertainment, reveals new screenshots for the upcoming Nintendo DSiWare™ title DodoGo!, exclusively available for download on the Nintendo DSi™ Shop beginning Monday, April 26, 2010. The screenshots depict ten different tools and contraptions players use to deliver the endangered Dodo eggs to safety and out of the clutches of extinction. DodoGo! is an adventure /…
Pretty much everything that Andy Cabic and Devendra Banhart get their hands into is going to have some larger implications for the music world. If it is not Vetiver or Devendra’s solo music, it is Jana Hunter. Where individuals throw fits about the fright that artists like Marilyn Mason and Alice Cooper instill in youth, my vote would have to with Jana Hunter’s music on “Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom”.…
Fresh from their SXSW blitzkrieg, which consisted of seven incredibly successful shows, Minneapolis-based electro-poppers Solid Gold are headed to the West Coast for a series of gigs including dates with UK soulster Jamie Lidell and San Francisco dance-punkers Lemonade. Solid Gold’s latest release, the Synchronize EP, climbed the CMJ Top 200 chart and follows their debut LP, Bodies of Water. Both include EP title track, though their most recent includes…
Western Massachusetts’ own THE ACACIA STRAIN have released their first studio update in a series of videos to document the entire recording process while at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, MA. The band recently entered the studio to record the follow up to 2008’s, “Continent.” The band was also just confirmed to take part in “Cool Tour,” alongside As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between the Buried And Me, Blessthefall, Architects,…
Christian rappers can be good. For examples, Cross Examination and KJ-52 both are pretty solid rappers, even when one takes the Christian element out of their music. Hunter Brown is interesting, and to say that ey is good or bad is a little confusing. The backing beat that is present during the title track is something that is solid, a beat that takes on the instrumental style of a number…
May 02- New York- Radio City w/ Peter Gabriel May 03- New York- Radio City w/ Peter Gabriel May 07- Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl w/ Peter Gabriel May 8- Los Angeles- Largo- SOLO May 10- NYC- Bowery Ballroom- SOLO Spending Time with Morgan Ane Brun recorded her debut album ‘Spending Time with Morgan’ while finishing her University studies in Stockholm. Soon there was no more time for studies. It didn’t…
After releasing a slew of tracks off their compilation project, Invasion Vol. 1, and a successful Dope Winter Ball Tour, the Town Techno purveyors League510 are proud to release the title track and first single off their album, To The Beat. Playing off League510’s imaginative back-story, “To The Beat” depicts their exciting journey to planet Earth as TK, Mont, Mr. Knowitall, and DJ Blacksmith lead an alien invasion landing in…
Camp Bisco has confirmed the second round of artists slated for Camp Bisco 9, the ninth annual three-day music and arts festival in Mariaville, New York this July 15-17, 2010. The newest artists joining the 50+ performer lineup at the multi-stage camping festival include: Method Man; Ghostface Killah; & Raekwon (“Wu Massacre”); Break Science with special guest Talib Kweli; Holy F#ck; Caribou; Raq; Tipper; Beats Antique; Welder; and The Constellations.…
Hundred Year Storm comes forth on their “Hello From The Children of Planet Earth” with a rock style that takes emo into consideration pretty seriously. The type of emo that the band likes to play is of the type that was famous in the nineties, not the sort of watered down pablum that is currently infecting the airwaves of today. What results on tracks like “00:01” is something that is…
Hopeless Records announced today that while still going Straight To DVD, All Time Low’s new live offering is going to be making a one time theatrical stop in a fancy Hollywood setting to give friends, family and some lucky fans an early look at this live performance and documentary. The red carpet event will be the world’s first look at Straight To DVD set to be released by Hopeless Records…
Watch Lay Low’s video ‘Bye Bye Troubles’ from the film ‘King’s Road’ here: http://www.youtube.com/lovisalaylow Lay Low, the Icelandic country singer/songwriter, has brought her “lovely, twangy tales of heartbreak and lonely nights” (Paste Magazine) to the big screen. The Icelandic star (born Lovisa Elisabet Sigrunardottir) has written the score for ‘King’s Road,’ a comedy-drama about a prodigal son who returns to an Icelandic “trailer trash” family after three years abroad. The…
April 30 Eugene, OR John Henry’s April 30 Boise, ID Neurolux, Inc. May 1 Spokane, WA The Boulevard May 2 Bellingham, WA The Nightlight May 4 Seattle, WA Chop Suey May 5 Portland, OR Dante’s May 7 Eureka, CA Nocturnum May 8 Oakland, CA The Fox Theatre (*As part of The Missing Link w/ Mastodon, BTBAM, Baroness, Priestess and more) Recorded in Los Angeles with producer David Schiffman (System of…
This is not the punk band that I was expected when I first put the disc into the players. Instead, what comes forth during tracks like “Get To You” is something that is much more metal influenced. There are no immediate ties to other acts, which is a good thing, but individuals will be confused with where exactly the band is going to go by the time that “Get To…