The first SHRINEBUILDER performances have been announced! The group have announced several US shows taking place this November. The confirmed shows as of now include a double set (early and late performances) at Chicago’s Empty Bottle on November 14th. Following that very next day will be the newly announced show at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan. 11/14/2009 Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL (8 PM and 11 PM performances) 11/15/2009 Le…
Esthero now is much different than ey was back in 1998, when I was lucky enough to see the “Heaven Sent†video. It looks like there was a decent period in Esthero’s career where ey was deep in the shadows – the album that had “Heaven Sent†on it came out in 1998, and Esthero didn’t come out with anything new until 2004. It may just be the case that…
Metal Mind Productions presents Silver Mountain, a legendary Scandinavian heavy metal group hailing from Malmo in Sweden. They appeared on the scene in late 70’s, only to dominate the 80’s with their original and inspirational music. Over the years they released four LPs and one live album, forever carving their name in heavy metal history. This exclusive re-release of their only live album, „Live at Hibiya ’85“, brings back a…
Live DVD was filmed in mid February at the WyspiaÅ„ski Theatre in Katowice, where RPWL played as the headliner on the second day of the festival ProgRock 2009. The band’s music definitely has its own style – modern, yet also drawing from the best traditions of the prog-rock genre. All in all – brilliant compositions, catchy melodies, mature and intriguing sound! The set-list included RPWL’s greatest hits such as “Hole…
For me, I always got DeBarge and Gloria Estefan mixed up. I guess it was the general genre in which they played their music, but this 2-CD set goes far in showing why the acts were two distinct and different pieces of music history. I personally had no idea that Estefan had three decades worth of work in the music industry, or that eir collected output would be enough to…
10/2 – Lawrence, KS – The Yard At Beaumont 10/4 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival 10/7 – Salt Lake, UT – Urban Lounge 10/9 -Eugene, OR – U Oregon Student Union 10/10 – Vancouver, BC – Richard’s 10/11 – Seattle, WA – Showbox 10/14 – Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theater 10/15 – San Diego, CA – Soma 10/17 – San Francisco, CA Treasure Island Band…
DJ JS-1 releases his ‘Greatest Sell-Outs,’ a video in which JS collates his list of biggest sell-outs ever. >From the most legendary groups in music to today’s leading athletes, JS calls out anybody and everybody that has ever sold out. Staying true to his principles and ideals, JS released his latest album, No Sell Out, to showcase his skill as a DJ and an artist, and proclaims, “I didn’t make…
GREEN OWL presents the song of the summer “Warm Heart of Africa” ( http://greenowl.com/album/warm-heart-of-africa-7inch ) now as a vinyl 7in!!! SIDE A is “WARM HEART OF AFRICA” a party record playlist shot of Afropop with vocals from THE VERY BEST’s ESAU MWAMWAYA and a surprise appearance from EZRA KOENIG of VAMPIRE WEEKEND! SIDE B is “YALIRA” a previously unreleased song from THE VERY BEST’s debut LP available Physically October 6th…
The final disc out of a three-disc assault by Diaphragm Records, Estee Louder is by far the most punk and dirt-rock influenced of the three acts. This does not stop Estee Louder from being extraordinarily well-versed with their instruments and the arrangements put forward on “Ohio’s Bestâ€. The two-vocal assault found in “Ohio’s Best†runs parallel with the first X album, even down to the aural similarities enjoyed by “Bob…
Music collectors worldwide are ecstatic with the CD release of the legendary ‘Natural Gas’ album featuring Badfinger, Humble Pie and Uriah Heep alumni. The Natural Gas album has been given the CD treatment by premier re-issue label Renaissance Records in conjunction with ItsAboutMusic.com, who has an impressive back catalog of releases. Originally released in 1975 on the Private Stock label, the eponymous debut by Natural Gas featured Joey Molland of…
(Hed)pe have announced they will shoot a video for their new single “Here And Now†with director Dale Resteghini of Raging Nation Films (Mudvayne, Trivium). The video is expected to surface in the coming weeks, while “Here And Now†is now available through iTunes and other digital retailers. The track will also appear on a re-released version of (Hed)pe’s “New World Orphans†along with brand new cover artwork. “I am…
There are only a few lounge tracks that I can honestly tolerate; a disturbing amount of those are re-makes of alternative/popular songs (such as the lounge version of DC Talk’s “Floodâ€). However, there are some interesting tracks on this album; the amount of experimentation that Esquivel and eir band does, seamlessly moving into the Mexican sombrero dance (without sounding too awfully clichéd) during “La Raspaâ€. While a number of the…
Check out Wikipedia for the massive list of samples on Torn Up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torn_Up_(album). “BLAHBLAHBLAH, just fucking download it. Best mash-up artist out there.†– The Hidden Playlist. Taking the gauntlet laid down by Girl Talk and sharpening it even further, the response to Ethan Ward (aka E-603)’s Torn Up has been tremendously positive in the short time since it’s recent completion and instant release — overnight, three tracks from the…
When Haroula Rose left for Spain on a Fulbright scholarship in 2005, the last place the singer/songwriter thought she would return was Los Angeles. But Someday, her debut EP, brings the multi-instrumentalist full circle with “five dreamy melodies” taking listeners on “a gentle and enjoyable acoustic trip into poetic lyricism and soft guitar playing.”(- noizemakesenemies, UK blog) Someday is currently available on iTunes. With “introspective vocals that breathe life into…
Stockholm Syndrome finds Webb once again facing debate head on. The album is the most provocative and stirring release of his storied career and Webb partners the much-anticipated release with a 20-date tour and a DVD documentary of the project. Stockholm Syndrome delivers everything listeners have come to expect from Derek Webb: killer pop hooks and lyrics as thought provoking as they are emotionally revealing. Sonically, however, this record is…
Escape Grace plays a brand of hardcore that is tremendously influencd by the radio rock of the early nineties. This means that songs like “Spartacus†have a tremendous amount of Layne Staley-like vocals that work well with the fury that the rest of the band puts into this composition. The buitars and drums are not the only force present during this track, as the bass has a lot to say…
Following up 2008’s “Daylight Kissing Night”, a best-of collection of songs culled from Marsland’s previous solo releases and his band Cockeyed Ghost’s four full-lengths, Marsland is ready to unleash a double album, “Go West”, his first new studio record since 2004’s “You Don’t Know Me”. “When my last studio album came out in 2004, it was a low point. Nobody really wanted to hear it and I was burnt out…
Turbo – the legend of Polish hard & heavy scene. Metal Mind Productions presents re-releases of two of the band’s albums – “One Way†and “Awatarâ€. “One Wayâ€, the band’s 8th studio album from 1992. Heavier, more brutal and modern than the their previous offerings. It was definetely not a sign of being artistically lost, as some of their fans thought. At that time Grzegorz Hoffmann was the only original…
Six cuts on this self-titled album only stack up to barely break the thirteen-minute mark, so it really is a challenge for a reviewer to adequately gain a proper understanding about the band. The Escaped seem to be a band that takes a lot from early hardcore (Minor Threat, Black Flag) and incorporate it with both newer strains of hardcore (Righteous Jams) and punk (Behind Enemy Lines). As such, each…
This year, Constellation are delivering some mighty fine albums from some treasured artists including Vic Chesnutt, Evangelista and now label veterans *Do Make Say Think*. The sixth full-length from DMST defiantly features four long-form tracks, three of which clock in at over 10 minutes, and all of which trace the inimitable musical arcs that have made this band justly celebrated for their unique sonic palette and vibrant distillation of compositional…