A sultry slide guitar, the lonely moan of a blues harp, the righteous thump of a fatback bass and the sticky soulful rhythm of a Beale Street backbeat… Joanna Cotten’s music lays it all out like a slow ride down through the Delta. Then she starts to sing, and all Heaven breaks loose. She calls her music “funkabilly,” and the appellation fits just right, serving as a dead-on description of…
“Time to bring the funk and intensity back in a new way. Time to open the sound againâ€, says Luke Slater about his new Planetary Assault Systems album “Temporary Suspensionâ€, which will be released on Ostgut Ton at the end of June. Funk and intensity, that’s how the Brit who’s successfully searched for new ways of expression in electronic music for the past 20 years, pin-points the essence of this…
he newly formed record label Alistair Records has just announced the signing of its first R&B recording artist Chanj. Chanj, (pronounced change) is Alistair’s premier artist. His debut album Time For Chanj, is scheduled for release later this year. Chanj hails from Plainfield, NJ and is a 4-time “Showtime At The Apollo†grand-prize winner. After performing his rendition of Floetry’s hit song, “Say Yes,†the singer cemented himself as a…
Trustkill is proud to announce a worldwide deal with AWAKEN DEMONS from Italy! Hailing from beautiful Cesena, Italy, they just recorded their brand new album ‘THE MIRROR’, due out this coming summer on Trustkill. The album is 10 songs of pure aggression, and features guest vocals from Vincent Bennet (The Acacia Strain) and Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis). In 2007 they released their debut album “From Heaven To Hell” through Seventh…
After his great contribution to Secret Love 5 with Destruction of Ourselves, Irish soul-boy STEE DOWNES is now back on Sonar Kollektiv his brilliant debut album All In A Day. STEE has been raised with the love of Soul music thanks to his parents’ record collection and this experience shaped his outlook on music and life. Multi-instrumentalist – he plays guitar, bass, keyboard – and renowned DJ that mixes skilfully…
Satirically touching on the American way, Canadian Invasion showcase what lies underneath the white picket fences, traditional family values and odes to materialism with the new video for “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.â€
Denmark’s Artillery is one of Europe’s earliest exponents of thrash metal and the band’s contribution to the bourgeoning genre is difficult to ignore. The Danish quartet successfully managed to fuse an abrasive brutality with technicality and good melodies, with the noteworthy guitar leads of the Stützer brothers as well as the remarkable vocals from Flemming Rønsdorf serving as highlights. Due to Artillery’s demos being well distributed, the band gained worldwide…
BICLOPS (ex-Postman Syndrome, current East Of The Wall) are currently in the studio at The Machine Shop (King Crimson, Clutch, Lamb Of God) with producer Will Putney, completing their debut full-length for a to-be-determined label. Demos for three of the nine songs can be heard at http://www.Biclops.net. Immediately following the completion of the recording, the band will hit the road with tourmates Knife The Glitter for a short east coast…
JEFFREE STAR is set to unleash his debut album, BEAUTY KILLER, late this summer. The first single, “Prisoner,” debuted on MySpace on Friday and received almost 500,000 plays over the weekend. “Prisoner” now available on iTunes here. JEFFREE STAR is confirmed for the first half of this summer’s Vans Warped Tour and will follow that up with a national headlining tour in support of BEAUTY KILLER. JEFFREE STAR is currently…
Miles Outside is a five piece live alternative hip hop band based in the Bay Area by way of Japan, Taiwan, San Francisco, and San Mateo. The members of Miles Outside are from various musical backgrounds including funk, rock, jam, hip-hop, soul, and drum n bass. Vocalists Paulie Rhyme and Moto, along with drummer Young Dave, are most notably known from their membership in Finless Brown, while Justin and Bobby…
New Orleans, LA’s sons of American no-frills black metal, GOATWHORE, have just announced that the title of their fourth full-length album, and second for Metal Blade, will be Carving Out the Eyes of God. For the follow up to 2006’s A Haunting Curse, GOATWHORE headed back to St. Petersburg, FL to record with producer Erik Rutan at Manna Studios with mastering being handled by Alan Douches of West West Side.…
Metal Mind Productions will release “The Fifth Seasonâ€, a live album by Quidam – definitely one of the most important Polish progressive/art rock bands. The band was founded in 1991 by Maciek Meller, Radek Scholl and Rafal Jermakow. Soon they were joined by Zbyszek Florek. They played under the name Deep River then and offered a mixture of hard rock and blues. The change of the musical direction was evident…
Pearl Jam announced today two, summer, North American performances. Concerts are scheduled to take place August 21st in Toronto, Canada and August 23rd in Chicago, Illinois. Public tickets for the Toronto, Canada show goes on-sale Friday, May 8th at 2:00 pm (local time) at all Ticketmaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.ca. Chicago, Illinois public ticket go on-sale Saturday, May 9th at 11:00 am (local time) and are also available at…
Coheed and Cambria, the progressive rock outfit who are recording their fifth album, are also spreading their wings by playing to new audiences in 2009 creating more visibility in the metal world, as well as the jam and indie circles more than ever. Earlier this year, the band supported the heavy metal juggernaut, Slipknot, and now mix that with varied festivals such as Mountain Jam, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and Austin City…
– BIOGRAPHY – Although his home state of New Jersey doesn’t offer much in the way of Traditional country music these days (Heck, there’s only one radio station and maybe a few bars if your into modern pop country and line dancing), Michael Patrick takes great pride in filling that void and offers fans a place to call home at his local area performances. Michael didn’t always play country music.…
DeeExpus revealed the tracklist of their first DVD release “Far From Homeâ€. Tracklist: 1. Intro 2. Greed 3. Pttee 4. One 8 5. Pointless Child 6. Red 7. Half Way Home 8. One Day 9. 7 Nights The DVD will also include additional video material: an interview with Andy Ditchfield and Tony Wright and “The Journey Home†documentary. This talented band from UK has so far released only one studio…
As announced earlier this week Artillery, one of the best thrash metal bands around, returns with a brand new studio album. New material entitled “When Death Comes†will be their first studio release since the 1999’s album “B.A.C.Kâ€! And today you can hear two preview tracks (“When Death Comes†and “10.000 Devilsâ€) on MMP’s profile on Myspace: www.myspace.com/metalmindproductions. “When Death Comes†will be released as a jewel case CD and…
To date, Luke Temple has been unconfined by genre. His full-length debut Hold a Match for a Gasoline World presented heartfelt folk tunes and expansive pop numbers filtered through a unique outsider perspective. Last year’s follow-up Snowbeast was an avant statement full of interwoven light and dark imagery recorded entirely in his Brooklyn bedroom. Developed over a two-month period of stream-of-consciousness recording in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Luke’s self-titled debut under his…
In a world of increasing conformity and musical banality, Devin Townsend is among the few real personalities who have character, charisma and surprising innovative creativity. As a solo artist and producer, a member of the (by now disbanded) Strapping Young Lad, with whom he played Ozzfest and the main stage at the Download festival, and vocalist on Steve Vai’s album, Sex And Religion, – Townsend has always inspired fans and…
Sarah Burton packs a deadly musical punch using charisma, charm and a rock and roll attitude. With songs that are at the core, folk, Sarah draws from country, pop and rock to create a sound that is both fresh and familiar. Lyrically, Sarah blends traditional folk sensitivity with quirky and sometimes sarcastic word play. Honest and intimate, coy and sometimes brash, Sarah writes provocative songs that slide nicely under the…