Band name: Incubus Album name: Light Grenades Label: Epic/Immorta Gender: Rock/Alternative Release date: Nov 28, 2006 ZMErating: 4/5 Website: www.enjoyincubus.com I’ve heard some tracks of Incubus on the radio a while back, i’ve always fancied their style, their lyrics, i virtually liked them a lot as artists, so I decided to review one of their albums, namely their last one “Light Grenades”.
The singer [tag]Björk[/tag] could be described as a true alchemist as she finds harmony and balances the most pure feelings with fear and destruction; she does everything. What makes it special is the her way of singing, strong yet delicate. The opening track is “Earth Intruders” and the beat is also good, courtesy of Timbaland and Konono No. 1’s electric thumb-pianos. The track includes some incantations and the way she sings harder and louder is…
This year coincides with the 30th anniversary reunion tour in 2007. The band prepares a tour and they have also released a double compilation called “The Police”. The quality can not be denied but but this set falls just a bit short of being the definitive Police double disc. It feels a bit slim at 28 tracks. But the bad thing is not that it is slim but rather that some definitory tracks are missing….
It’s been four years since we haven’t heard anything new from [tag]UNKLE[/tag], but now their back in full throttle, with their new LP: “War Stories”, set for release in early july. War Stories is due out on July 9 and was co-produced by James Lavelle and Chris Goss from Queens Of The Stone Age, under James Lavelle’s new label, Surrender All.
[tag]John Lennon[/tag]’s former wife Yoko Ono has given permission for one of John’s greatest song “Imagine” to be immortalized as pop art. Imagine is a utopion themed song, that first appeared in 1971, as part of John Lennon’s album Imagine. In 2004 it was voted the third best song in the world by Rolling Stone Magazine, after “Satisfaction” by [tag]Rolling Stones[/tag] and “Like a Rolling Stone” by [tag]Bob Dylan[/tag]. The lyrics from this legendary song…
The famous [tag]Dave Grohl[/tag] fronted alternative rock band Foo Fighters are set to release a 10th anniversary edition of their second 1997 LP: “The Color And The Shape”, which reached the 3rd position in the UK album chart of the same year. This special edition album will be released on June 25th on a two-disc set, containing 13 remastered songs featured on the original album plus 6 rare B-sides and covers tracks. The bonus tracks…
British pop singer [tag]George Michael[/tag] was forced to cancel his, yesterday night, live performance in Prague part of Michael’s current “25 Live” tour, due to an unfortunate accident. One of the trucks that were carrying the artist’s equipment part of a special podium for use in the show crashed on it’s way to Prague, in Romania. Concert organizer Petr Novak had this to add: “Unfortunately a large part of the special podium remained trapped in…
The English quintet from Buckinghamshire [tag]Tonight is Goodbye[/tag] has recently announced details on their forthcoming British headline tour alongside Death Can Dance and You Me At Six. The band has made a name out of itself, after winning a competition on Taste of Chaos tour, at the Brixton Academy, where they played alongside band like [tag]Taking Back Sunday[/tag], [tag]Underoath[/tag] or [tag]Saosin[/tag]. The band’s EP, called [tag]The Birds and The Bees[/tag] will be available on the…
The Southern Carolina indie band [tag]The Films[/tag] is set to release a new single from their debut album: “Don’t Dance Rattlesnake”, on the on the 11th of June through 7HZ Recording. The track is called “Belt Loops” and is their second single after “Black Shoes”. Produced by Tim Patalan, “Belt Loops” is being described, by lyrics man Michael Trent, as “a paranoid jealousy kind of song”. Besides “Belt Loops”, the single features two more songs:…
[tag]Kanye West[/tag], [tag]hip-hop[/tag] artist-producer, has recently announced that his third major label album release has been pushed forward from September to August. Kanye recently featured on 25 tracks Louis Vuitton mixtape, that massively circulated around the internet and contained some teasers from the new record. A lot of big names are said to have collaborated on the album, like [tag]Coldplay[/tag]’s Chris Martin on the track ‘Homecoming’, as well as ‘Late Registration’ collaborator Jon Brion, 88…
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