After making a number of End Of Year lists with their latest group effort, Brooklynati, Tanya Morgan is proud to release the official video for the 2009 favorite “Bang N Boogie.” Shot in Brooklyn and at Gray’s Papaya in Manhattan, the video depicts younger versions of Von Pea, Donwill, and Illyas being young, wild, having a good time, and of course experiencing some unintended consequences, all while surrounded by beautiful…
Starting off “Last Train” with a rockabilly riff that would make Brian Setzer proud, Hotrod Boogie quickly gets tepid by riding this riff for an extended period of time, pushing their luck with over two minutes of what essentially is the same thing. The rockabilly stylings don’t end with “Hotrod Anthem”, but become ever more obvious during “Saturday Night Rock”. To be honest, the aforementioned tie to Brian Setzer is…
April 24: Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre (w/ Jeff Beck) April 25: Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Live @ Grand Prairie (w/ Jeff Beck) April 27: Tulsa, OK Brady Theatre (w/ Jeff Beck) April 28: Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre (w/ Jeff Beck) April 29: St. Louis, MO Fabulous Fox Theatre (w/ Jeff Beck) May 06: Weymouth, MA South Shore Music Fender Clinic May 07: Hamburg, NY Music Exchange Fender Clinic…
“Dix Dix” is a track that seems to recall the diverse, eclectic style of the early nineties; mixing parts of Jellyfish, Audioslave (The Chris Cornell-like vocals) and just a hint of the psychedelic movement, Hotpipes start out “The Deadly Poison” with a varied approach. Shifting their general sound considerably to reflect a new-found ska and reggae influence (while having a vocal arrangement similar to that of “Runaround”-era John Popper), the…
California technical grindcore hellions EMBRYONIC DEVOURMENT are currently scouring the lands, spreading their filth and disease alongside Sepsism on the long-anticipated Hymns Of The Extreme tour. Said vocalist/bassist loudly: “Oklahoma fucking slays! Brutal moshpits, good beer and people who really care about the death metal scene. Also, NYDM has been really helpful to us along the way. We’re having a blast! Sepsism are our kind of scum — really good…
In support of their critically acclaimed new album, IN THE DARK, Athens, GA trio The Whigs will appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon next Tuesday, April 27th and premiere song “Hundred/Million.” Fans can download the song full of driving guitars and crushing drums at http://www.thewhigs.com/freedownload. On the road since the beginning of the year, with artists like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Band of Skulls, the band is excited…
Hot Mute start out “She’s The Medicine” with a synth line that approaches that of a Journey. In fact, the entirety of the band blend together the aforementioned Journey, Asia, and The Cars into something that screams eighties rock even as the band cuts tracks in this day and age. “She’s The Medicine” has single aspirations, but the band is still a quarter step away from grabbing the brass ring.…
Up From Below, the debut album from Los Angeles psych-folk collective EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS has now made it into Billboard’s Top 200 for its second consecutive week. Last week marked the album’s debut on the chart which was released in July, 2009. The consecutive rankings are further proof that the album has been gathering a fierce and constantly expanding fan base. In addition, the band’s first single…
Soprano Susanna Phillips has been named the recipient of the fifth annual Beverly Sills Artist Award for young singers at the Metropolitan Opera. The $50,000 award, the largest of its kind in the United States, is designated for extraordinarily gifted singers between the ages of 25 and 40 who have already appeared in featured solo roles at the Met. The award, in honor of Beverly Sills, was established in 2006…
He is young. He was born a mere 22 years ago, in a Swedish town called Lund. At the age of eight he had his first drum lesson in a New Zealand instrument shop; At the age of ten he wrote his first song (about a Gorilla); his stage premier was at fourteen and at seventeen he recorded his first album. So now it’s about time for the international debut…
4/22 Hoboken, NJ Maxwells 4/23 Boston, MA 939 Café 4/24 Bridgewater, MA Bridgewater State College* 4/25 State College, PA Sozo Institute of the Arts* 4/30 Albany, NY Revolution Hall 5/01 Postdam, NY SUNY Potsdam* 5/02 Pittsburgh, PA Hard Rock Café 5/04 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern 5/05 Evanston, IL Space 5/06 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Cafe 5/07 Kenosha, WI Carthage College 5/08 Iowa City, IA Blue Moose Tap House 5/09 Des…
Nico Vega is like the little live gift that keeps on giving and the months of April and May are no exception. Hitting the road again with good friends and former tour mates Semi Precious Weapons as well as additional dates with Chevelle round out the rest of the band’s Spring Tour. Kicking off with a hometown gig on April 21st with Semi Precious Weapons at the Roxy in Los…
Hailing from Blekinge, Sweden, one of the traditional provinces of Sweden situated in the south of the country bordering Smaland, Scania and the Baltic Sea, are the three warlords that form ISTAPP; Mordechai von Renvaktar, C. Ashuck von Renvaktar and Fjalar. Setting out on a campaign to destroy the sun and all of its followers, ISTAPP is currently preparing to unleash the band’s Metal Blade Records debut Blekinge on June…
We are also proud to present “Hard As Nails” the second single from Peter Wolf Crier’s forthcoming record Inter-Be (out May 25 in the U.S. and June 7 in the U.K.) As NPR’s Carrie Brownstein describes it, “Hard As Nails’ — centers on a simple and forlorn guitar line, the song building in urgency until it’s finally swallowed by its own fervor. Despite the build-up, the final celebration is more…
Last week a new video trailer based on the album’s dark visuals was released; view the art, trailer and more at this location: http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/?p=537 Vocalist/guitarist, Blake Judd checks in with a post-tour report, following nine and-a-half-weeks of touring (the last seven in Europe): “NACHTMYSTIUM have just completed our first full-European / UK headlining tour. The tour was amazing and we reached crowds everywhere in the UK, Scandinavia, the Baltic states…
Preparations are well underway for MerleFest 2010, presented by Lowe’s, which begins next Thursday, April 29, and runs through Sunday, May 2, on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Now in its 23rd year, MerleFest was founded in 1988 in memory of Eddy Merle Watson as a fundraiser for Wilkes Community College and a celebration of “traditional plus” music. Featuring four days of performances by over…
ICED EARTH have confirmed 4 North American tour dates for the Fall of 2010. Meant as an “Escape From The Studio”, these exclusive dates will also get fans the chance to see Jon Schaffer’s new project SONS OF LIBERTY on stage for their first-ever live performances. Jon Schaffer: “It has been too long since we played North America and after the South American shows we felt we should bring a…
So far this season, Susan Graham has triumphed in Berlioz’s Damnation de Faust at Lyric Opera of Chicago, in Strauss’s Rosenkavalier at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, in Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder with the San Francisco Symphony, and in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on a West Coast tour. Now the Grammy Award-winning mezzo returns to her native Texas for a climactic challenge: singing the tyrannical, flamboyant title role of Handel’s Xerxes at Houston…
CYPRESS HILL celebrated yesterday’s release of new album RISE UP with a special performance in front of a packed-house crowd at The Warfield in San Francisco. Those that couldn’t make it in shouldn’t worry; the legendary hip hop group has announced a summer tour with Slightly Stoopid that begins July 16 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, CA and will take them nationwide. They’ll play a string of North…
It’s not very often that three long-time friends get a chance to launch a record label together, but that’s exactly what Phil Sadler, Charlie Bagarozza, and Steve Blaze have done, with the creation of Love & War Records. And with such a strong link to metal veteran act Lillian Axe (Blaze is the lead guitarist/founding member of the band, while Sadler promoted the group’s shows in the Midwest area), it…