Pujol to Hit the Road AND Record a New Album

           Daniel Pujol, frontman and rhythm guitarist for the Ramones-esque garage rock/punk band Pujol, has just announced the full line of dates for their 2011 tour!        Pujol, who just recently released their latest singles “Black Rabbit/Too Safe” with Third Man Records and “Bonedaddy” with Jeffrey Drag Records, is set to not only tour the following dates but release a new full-length album sometime this year. Here are the dates that Pujol has announced: 5/11…

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On the Road with Ben Kitterman

Ben Kitterman

Ben Kitterman was enjoying a much needed break from the tour in Indiana when I had a chance to catch up with him. Just a few nights before he was 1,500 miles away playing in Biloxi, MS.; a place that holds fond memories for him. Biloxi is the city where he first coupled with the front man of Staind, Aaron Lewis by joining his current tour. Ben is…

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Love Won’t Be Leaving Anna Calvi

Not with a voice like that it won’t! One of Domino Record’s latest signees is London’s Anna Calvi, a rising talent from the borrows with a voice of an angel and fingers as if molded on the guitar.  Where she shines however is on the stage, as some  who’ve seen her live with Grinderman this fall can confirm – a stage overflowed with a cascade of raw emotions – quite peculiar considering Calvi’s a very…

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Bands To Watch – Let’s Buy Happiness

Let's Buy Happiness: (l-r) James King - Drums, James Hall - Guitars, Sarah Hall - Vocals, Mark Brown - Bass, Greame Martin - Guitars.

After just twelve months of forming (with the line-up as it currently stands) and having recently ended their time as compulsory education students, Let’s Buy Happiness’ interlocking guitar patterns, syncopated drum beats and distinctive female vocals have been one of the hottest topics on the UK radar scene this year. Despite being…

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Bands to Watch: The Spies

So I was mailing back my Netflix pick (The Postman Always Rings Twice) last week and I couldn’t help but think Film Noir is so damn cool. With all the Femme Fatales, crooked cops and spies running around it puts you in the mood to be mysterious. That’s what I enjoy about the Los Angeles based band The Spies. They get that cool and mystery go a long way, probably because two of the band…

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Bands to Watch: Antonio Paul

I haven’t been impressed by a good band in quite a while. I keep encountering bands that either have no talent, no taste, or no vision so it makes writing about anything quite impossible. But just when I’m about to give up, something special comes along…. Antonio Paul. I love so many things about this band I don’t even know where to begin. First off, the songs are catchy as hell, especially “City Dreams” but…

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New Supergroup: The Damned Things

In case you haven’t heard yet, members of Anthrax, Every Time I Die and Fall Out Boy have come together to form The Damned Things. ETID’s Keith Buckley is joined by FOB’s Joe Trohan and Andy Hurley and Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano. With this line-up, you can somewhat accurately guess what the band sounds like: a mix of pop-punk and southern-fried metallic hardcore sprinkled with some nu-metal thrash. First single “We’ve Got A…

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Bands to Watch: Magnetico

This is a band worth checking out especially all you musicians out there. Magnetico is a band packed to the brim with talent. First of all you have Chris Cornell/Vertical Horizon’s bass player and P!nk/Ozomatl’s drummer, creating a pretty solid foundation. The cherry on top is Rafael Moreira, lead guitarist for the House Band for CBS’s Rock Star: INXS and Rock Star: Supernova and touring guitarist for Paul Stanley (KISS), P!nk, Don Felder (The Eagles),…

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Bands to Watch: Good Morning Milo

Good Morning Milo is an alternative rock six-piece from San Diego, who may sound like other bands your hear on mainstream radio, but they’re indie, so they’re still way cool. I’ll be the first to confess that I am a fan of their Panic at the Disco-esque sound (you’ll hear it most on their song “Engaged”), even though I’m in no way a fan of Panic at the Disco mostly because their fans annoy me….

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Bands to Watch: Disalto

Fresh off last year’s Warped Tour, Disalto just released their second full-length album One Beacon In The Strand. The band, whose name means “by leaps” in Italian, blends influences like A Perfect Circle, Switchfoot, Smashing Pumpkins, At the Drive-In and Radiohead to produce a punk/emo/early nineties alternative rock sound. The members of the band each hold their own and work hard to complement each other. This is not a band that is competing with one…

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