Alt rock icons R.E.M. have had their share of clumsy release lately, more exactly in the last 10 years since former drummer Bill left the band. Now with their new album Accelerate, the Georgian trio intendeds to get back on the saddle and taste again some of that late ’80s success. After all Accelerate is a return to the roots records, so all odds are in their favor, that is if things didn’t change a…
Artist name: Counting Crows Album name: Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings Label: Geffen Gender: Folk Rock Release date: March 25, 2008 ZMErating: 10/10 Website: www.countingcrows.com Well boys ‘n’ girls it’s here! Don’t know if you were expecting it, but I certainly eagerly awaited their return. Without further ado, I’ll just get right into it and tell you about it. First of all, the name struck me; could it be related in any way with the…
From their recently released `Scream Aim Fire’, Bullet For my Valentine prepares the next single, Waking the Demon. Having thoroughly listened to the album, I doubt this is the best decision they could have made. Inspired from what just may be a teenagers worst nightmare, getting bullied at school, it could just be the hardest song from the album, but it’s by no means the best. But it has a great importance for the band…
Last week was great, with a lot of great new music to listen to, but this week’s even better. First up are the Athenians from R.E.M. and their highly anticipated new record Accelerate, which from the few samples we were privileged to listen to, sounds great and will undoubtedly erase the bad memories from their previous LP Around The Sun. Electronic music veteran and DJ guru, Moby, is also releasing new material, namely his eight…
Led Zeppelin’s recent, and possibly only, massive reunion gig that took place last December at the O2 Arena, might get on DVD. Speaking in the upcoming May issue of Uncut, the band’s guitarist Jimmy Page admitted that they had a crew that filmed the December 10 show, but confessed there wasn’t any intention whatsoever to convert the footage into a live DVD. “It was recorded, but we didn’t go in with the express purpose of…
A few weeks ago we unveiled 13 of the 41 scheduled bands to play at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival, in Chicago’s Union Park from July 18-20, including Animal Collective, Public Enemy or Vampire Weekend. Yesterday night the P4K officials just released a list of 13 more acts, that are set to play at the festival, among which Dinosaur Jr., Ghostface and Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan performing together, and Jarvis Cocker (on his first…
Just a month after we unveiled the French duo’s video for Phantom Pt. I”, another version of the video has popped out, this time directed by Daniel Bloomberg. The video is a bit weird to say the least featuring a lot of sugary spice girls hanging around a cafeteria, quietly enjoying their meal, until a shadowy demonic presence made its appearance. In the end it all turns out just to be a directed food fight….
The Irish quartet, after releasing three smashing LPs in the Eire and gaining a massive following by doing so, are set to attack the US market as well. They’ve already gained a bit of attention lately with some of their songs being featured on popular TV series like The O.C. or Grey’s Anatomy and their third album, Flock (platinum in Ireland) has just been released in the US. Look out for Bell X-1 on airwaves…
When I read about this, two ideas slammed into the walls of my brain: “great” and “blasphemy”. I mean, Queen without Freddie is like a party without booze, yet who wouldn’t go to such a gig, even just to hear Brian May do his thing? Now don’t get me wrong, I have absolutely nothing against Paul Rodgers… he’s great! But filling the shoes of a man who undoubtely was among the best frontmen in the…
Well 2007 was a year of reunions and it seems this year is going in the same direction. Now, the latest name that hit that list is English rock band formed in Wigan, the Verve. They haven’t started a tour in more than 10 years, but they already announced thier North American tour will start at The Warfield in San Francisco, CA on April 23rd, warming up for its performance at the Coachella Valley Music…
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