This seems like a great week for indie and punk acts, with new records from the likes of Be Your Own Pet, The Kills, The Matches, The Hush Sound or The A.K.A.s. The most interesting release of this week, however, is the self titled record from recently publicized Yael Naim. She gained a lot of recognition and fame when her lead single New Hope got featured on the new Macbook Air Apple ad. Other notable…
One of last year’s most anticipated hip-hop releases 8 Diagrams from behalf of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, left a lot of people disappointed, not because it was trash or anything, but because it was down right mediocre and didn’t deliver little to no real beats. This was probably the album’s main setback: beats, a department that clan leader RZA has always mastered well, as it can clearly be seen on “You Can’t Stop Me Now,”…
Although the previous news about Weezer’s sixth album was not true, even the title Tout Ensemble was fake, that doesn’t mean the band won’t ever release the record. Actually frontman Rivers Cuomo just announced that the band has just finished recordings on the album and that it should be out in June. No word however on its title or other particular details, apart from the fact that Rivers described it as “meaty, crunchy and melodic”.What…
Last week(March 2), Nine Inch Nails shocked the scene, when they released their latest instrumental album “Ghosts: I-IV,” completely out of the blue and most importantly for free, to a certain extent of course. The first volume, out of four, was given out for free, while the complete record was put out in various formats, both digital and physical, ranging from 5$ to 300$ (the deluxe edition with uber NIN merc). Now one week later,…
Apparently the Brazilians from CSS have taken over the YouTube airwaves with a homemade video of their song “Music Is My Hot Hot Sex,” made by a fan, which has just recently cumulated just over 100 million views on the popular video social network. If the figures prove to be correct, then it means the video is clearly the most viewed upon in YouTube’s history, surpassing the previous record holder, Evolution of Dance, by over…
Kaki King is one of my favorite contemporary guitarists, she just has style beautiful weary way of playing the guitar, that just makes me feel all warm inside. She’s also got a pretty decent voice and she’s a girl, what are the odds? Anyway here new album “Dreaming of Revenge” just came out this week via Velour Records and as I expected the first video is for the album’s highlight “Pull Me Out.” The video…
The famous Canadian singer/songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen, as expected, is set to soon head out on a tour this summer; his first tour in 15 years! The 73-year-old artist, who was inducted last night (March 10) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, will be backed on the road by Roscoe Beck (bass & vocals, music director) Neil Larsen (keyboard, accordion, brass instruments), Bob Metzger (guitar, steel guitar & vocals), Javier Mas (acoustic…
April’s fool day prank or not, the lands from Radiohead have just announced that they’ll perform a another free entrance live setlist on April 1st, this time within the more spacious confines of London’s BBC Radio Theatre. The band made a similar attempt, back in mid January, when they announced and played a live concert, in a cramp location in downtown London, all in one day. The BBC will give out tickets either by applying…
Indie fans all over the country are set for a meet-up, at this years edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival in the windy city. The three day long fest will take place at the now traditional Union Park of Chicago on Friday, July 18, Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 20. There won’t be too many bands (compared to this anyway), just around 40 acts give or take, with the headliners already on display. If…
Artist name: The OaKs Album name: Songs For Waiting Label: Self-Released Gender: Indie/Folk Release date: March 3, 2008 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: www.theoaksband.com Passion and meaning have somewhat started to fade away in today’s music, particularly in the more lyrically prominent scenes like folk and indie. The Oaks however, a Florida based band founded by college mates Ryan Costello and Matthew Antolick, are a different story, with potent lyrics, that convey a powerful message, as well…
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