Tool’s one of the few bands that have managed to build a somewhat unique sound, characterized by heavy riffed music coupled with melodic and mellow vocals, labeled by most as style-transgressing. The band’s sold over ten million records, within their four album lifespan, won four Grammys and last but not least gained a cult like fanbase. Reverting back to the Grammy’s, a curious fact is although frontman Maynard James Keenan resents the notorious awards for…
Veteran house DJ, Moby is gearing up for his upcoming new record “Last Night,” out April 1 on Mute Records, and as a appetizer of greater things to come he’s released a mix featuring samples of tracks from his forthcoming record. The mix has been released digitally in the form of a free download through RCRD LBL, a web-based record label releasing exclusive and completely free music from emerging and established artists. You can download…
Fresh after a great live performance, alongside Daft Punk, and with four awards under his belt, at this year’s Grammy Awards, you’d expect [tag]Kanye West[/tag] would slow down a bit. Instead he released a new video for “Flashing Lights,” his latest single comprised of 10bpm warming kickdrums and staccato synthesizers, that hit you with a wall of beats. The video, however, kinda lacks sadly, featuring a well “equipped” black lady, stripping down to her langeree,…
Yesterday night at New Yorke’s Joe’s Pub, the gorgeous Scarlett Johansson aka the sexiest woman alive unveiled her debut album, titled “Anywhere I Lay My Head,” comprised of [tag]Tom Waits[/tag] covers. Ten Tom Waits covers to be exact and one original Scarlett Johansson track, called “Song for Jo,” to be fair. As previously reported the album was produced by David Sitek, of TV On The Radio, and includes some guest appearances from the Yeah Yeah…
[tag]R.E.M.[/tag] fans everywhere rejoice, for your favorite three piece band just released the video for Supernatural Superserious, the first single from the highly anticipated “Accelerate”. According to Michael Stipe, frontman, the single is a “geek anthem” about “terrifying, humiliating things that happened to us in our teenage years that follow us through life”, but the video doesn’t suggest that in any way. It just features scenes of the band playing live, most probably in a…
After each of the surviving members, John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page, each made a statement about the, now legendary, O2 reunion gig, it’s now time for the [tag]Led Zeppelin[/tag] frontman to give his take on the performance and the band in general. “Golden God” is the title of a recently published interview, in Esquire Magazine, in which Plant reveals all sorts of details about the show, the morning after the gig (December 11). “It…
Great news gringos, earlier this week sources from within [tag]Radiohead[/tag] itself, have confirmed a number of US tour dates, at the beginning of May. As earlier reported, Radiohead’s North American tour will be performed in two shifts, one before their eagerly awaited European tour and the other after. The tour, part of Live Nation, will promote environmental protection and other eco related activities. The first city to kick off the venture is West Palm Beach,…
A lot of hype’s been revolving around the Athenian trio of late and with good reasons too, after all a new [tag]R.E.M.[/tag] album is always a good motive to celebrate, especially when their previous record was a total slump. Seems like I find reasons to post about R.E.M. week after week (just barely got over my Radiohead thing), this time it’s about their upcoming tour, alongside the fine lads from The National and Modest Mouse….
HIJK is a three piece indie/art rock band, that just recently came under my radar and left a pleasant impression. Following up the release of the The Pen And The Letter, HIJK has completed a self produced music video to compliment its new single “Paper Boat.” In the video HIJK matches its exuberant power rock to the noir-like story of two masked robbers raiding the home of a tech-hungry evil wizard. Towards the climax of…
Kanye West performing, alongside Daft Punk, a new version of Stronger. If you haven’t been living under a rock or something until now, then you’d more then certainly got bugged by all the Grammy hype, that thankfully ended last night. As expect nothing special, no surprise prizes, no stellar moments or mind blowing performances, but I’ve personally gotta admit it wasn’t as lame as I thought it would be. Think I may even have had…
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