Watford punk act [tag]Gallows[/tag] are set to prove that punk’s not quite finished yet and are preparing the release of a new single: “In The Belly Of The Shark”. The track’s off their debut album “Orchestra Of Wolves” and is set to be in a store near you on September 17 in CD and two 7″ singles(it includes a cover of Hot Snakes’ ‘If Credit’s What Matters I’ll Take Credit’). The singles sounds as aggressive…
Interview Magazine recently conducted a interview with [tag]White Stripes[/tag] frontman Jack White, as part of their Cover Story. Some very interesting points were covered, among them marriage, Icky Thump and … jurnalists, whom according to Jack are about as lazy as a pack of slugs. Here’s a snippet from the interview. Remember to read the whole thing here. MD: A lot has already been written about Icky Thump. What have people gotten right and what…
The new [tag]Foo Fighters[/tag] single “The Pretender”, due to be out on September 10, has been leaked all over the internet, after being played in a world exclusive on KROQ so now anyone can download and listen it. The song’s great, with the classic Foo Fighterish stadium anthem vibe and sound, great riffage and powerful Dave Grohl vocals. All we can do now is wait for the full album, “Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace”, to…
After making a name out of herself in the movie business, acclaimed actress [tag]Scarlett Johansson[/tag] is set to make her appearance in the music world as well. You may have first listened to a glimpse of her vocal talents in “Summertime” for Unexpected Dreams – Songs from the Stars, a collection of songs recorded by Hollywood actors and most recently at the Coachella Festival, California where she sang with The Jesus And Mary Chain as…
A few months ago an announcement at [tag]Bjork[/tag]’s website opened a ‘YouTube like’ video contest for the Islandic diva’s track “Innocence” of the recent “Volta” LP. Innocence is to be made as video. An idea is born. The idea is to make the video. The video to Innocence, a song of yet to be released Volta record. Who is to make the video? Another idea is born: It is to be you, my dear! Anyone…
Chicago’s own [tag]Common[/tag], who just recently released his veritable seventh LP “Finding Forever”, made a freestyle hip-hop performance for AOL’s 16 Bars. There he said, amongst other things, that “to be able to rap is a blessing; it’s a gift”, and afterwards unleashed some his rap phenomena, spitting rhymes and beats all over the place. After the rap session Common did a small interview as well, check it out at AOL. Here’s a snippet: Tell…
Soul musician José González (yes, he’s Swedish) has just posted a two new tracks off his upcoming second LP “In Our Nature”, set to be released in 25 September of 2007, on his myspace. I simply loved his debut LP, “Veneer”, his slow, whispery voice and classic guitar just hits my spot and I expect nothing less then a brilliant sequel from Jose. Right after his second release, Jose will embark on a US record…
Artist name: Korn Album name: Untitled Label: EMI/Virgin Records Gender: Nu Metal/Industrial Metal Release date: July 31, 2007 ZMErating: 7/10 Website: http://www.korn.com/ After in their previous album, 2005’s “See You On The Other Side”, [tag]Korn[/tag] recorded without their old time guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch (who apparently decided to follow the path of God) another hard blow struck the band. Their drummer David ‘Calvin Klein’ Silveria, who’s tripping rhythm defined the nu-metal paradigm, took a break…
After 5 years of production the new [tag]Eagles[/tag] album is closer to completion then ever. The californian rockers haven’t released any material since their 1979 “The Long Run”, now their latest work, dubed “The Long Road To Eden” is “almost out. We’re just finishing vocals and mixing it. We’re all finally signing off on it.” As guitarist Joe Walsh recently confessed. It will be interesting to see how this new album will be greated, things…
Aussie singer Sia Furler ( you probably all know her as Sia) is back with her first video, in a really long time, from her upcoming third LP “Some People Have Real Problems”. The song itself is kinda bad, but the video is loads of fun (brilliant i might add), in the style director Kris Moyes has accustomed me to. Sia moves from different face expressions and figures, mostly mutilating herself with things like clothespins,…
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