Elika is a Brooklyn based indie duo, that has caught my eye recently, thanks to their beautiful blend of eclectic music. I’m not even quite sure how to describe them, but if I were to label them somehow I’d say they’re somewhere between ’80s glam pop and modern day underground electronica. The two, Evagelia Maravelias (vocals, keyboards, drums) and Brian Wenckebach (guitar, keyboards, programming), hold a really powerful musical chemistry together, that can be sense…
Yesterday night Trent released a new single over the airwaves and interwebs, titled “Discipline.” This comes just barely a month after his NIN released their most recent LP, the instrumental Ghosts. I’m a bit confused by Trent’s new strategy of releasing mass music, seeing how the band’s members are free agents, free from any label restrictions, this shouldn’t be a problem, but too much can really be too much. This can most obviously be seen…
A bit late on Earth Day, Brits Radiohead made a remote live performance from their recording studio in London, yesterday night, for Conan O’Brien’s Late Night Show in NY. The band played a masterful live take of “House of Cards” off In Rainbows and once again endorsed green activities. Oh and Thom called G. Bush a twat on national TV. As a side note the band made their TV network national debut on the Late…
A few days ago, on the 19th of April, people all over the world celebrated Record Store Day. Hey, people’ve made up more peculiar holidays then this one, so why not? Anyway on the 19th, Metallica, the “metal dinosaurs,” as James Hetfield referred to the group, made a brief appearance at Rasputins, an independent music outlet store on the West Coast. Here the band made a few photos, signed some autographs and most importantly supported…
2007 was the year of reunions, but 2008 doesn’t fall too much behind neither, with more and more previously iconic acts getting back together. One of these acts is also the shoegazing pioneers My Bloody Valentine, a true sensation of the late ’80s. Back in November, frontman Kevin Shields, announced the band’s reforming and moreover fueled rumors that a new LP is in the making. Soon after fans were ecstatic to find out the band…
A while backed we listed the dates for Plants And Animals’ brief tour, in support of their debut full length album, Parc Avenue. Now, the fun continues as the Canadian indie rockers have added a string of new tour dates, including West Coast venues. This the first time the band will play on the West Coast. Tour dates after the jump.
Constantines are back in full force, after subsequently releasing a new record a few weeks ago in their northern homelands, in the form of Kensington Heights. “Hard Feelings” is the record’s first single, a hard stumped rocker, in all the power of the word. On the actual video is really cool, being a mixture of Sin City-like noir cinematography and Kaiser Chief’s cityscape Ruby. Kensigton Heights is out now in Canada and 4/29 in the…
I’ve always had a thing for the Brazilian feel good vibe and culture. Music and dancing there is viewed as a celebration of life, which can be best seen during Carnivals. While over the years the Brazilian musical scene has delighted us with beautiful arrays of diverse genres and influences like the samba, bossa nova, funk carioca or one of my personal favorites, capoeira music, it’s now time for electronic music to make its presence…
Hope you’ve saved some money folks, cause this week’s a definite killer, in terms of new release. We’ve got tons of new music, spearheaded by titan Elvis Costello, closely followed by the British lo-fi rockers Elbow. Another interesting release to pick up is the debut album from The Shadow Puppets, titled The Age Of The Understatement, formed by Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and MIles Kane (The Rascals). And of course I couldn’t have rapped up…
Artist name: The Black Keys Album name: Attack & Release Label: Nonesuch Gender: Blues Rock/Garage Rock Release date: April 1, 2008 ZMErating: 9/10 Website: www.theblackkeys.com The Akron duo has always startled me as being terribly underrated, by the general public, considering their immense potential and talent. Sadly, timing wasn’t on their side. If you take a small trip down memory lane you’ll find that The Black Keys first started being active, round the same time…
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