Anathema pleased us all again when they announced that they have finished the “Hindsight” album – it’s already been sent to the record company by the masters. As you may (and should have) heard, “Hindsight” is a semi acoustic album of classic Anathema tracks, and includes one new song. They made this public (or at least I read it) at metalstorm.ee. Also, their new album, “Horizons”, is well underway. What surprised me was that they…
Music Rising, is a world renowned charity organization, co-founded by the U2 lead guitarist The Edge, that seeks to bring back life and a spark of hope into people’s life, by reviving the local musical culture in the Central Gulf region of the U.S. in the wake of several disastrous hurricanes. Basically what they do is hold free concerts and give away loads of instruments to unfortunate artists. This of course costs money and with…
I wouldn’t dare to guess what will really happen to Led Zep; ever since their O2 gig (actually, even before that), there have been all sort of rumors and “certainties” surrounding the band. At first, a tour seemed almost certain, and it was set for September. Then the word was out that Led Zep will not tour. After all these things, now it seems there will be some shows. Yeah, as it turns out, they’ll…
There’s no doubt about it, Tom Waits is a very cool cat. Few people are as slick and sharp as Mr. Waits, a man who’s virtually portraits the perfect entertainer role, but when you can successfully entertain yourself you reach a whole other level, and seeing how Tom Waits is the depiction of coolness there’s no doubt about we’ll be in for some fun. What I’m talking about is the latest interview that had Tom…
Things are more and more shaping up like Beck is gonna release his upcoming Danger Mouse produced album, “Modern Guilt,” in a Raconteresque, out of the blue manner, as the singer/songwriter recently unveiled his first single off the album (or is it the second?), the haunting, psychedelic-like “Chemtrails.” Our colleagues from Rolling Stone, after a short preview, said the album channels British rock of the 1960s and upon our first listen of Chemtrails we could…
There’s a bit of drought this week, but, still, plenty of new, interesting music to choose from. Leading the pack this week is the popular post-grunge quintet 3 Doors Down, who are back with their second self-titled album and their fifth one overall. Up next is the beautiful Scarlett Johansson with her first musical debut, in the form of the Tom Waits cover collection, titled “Anywhere I Lay My Head.” Also the punk rock cabaret…
Metallica live at the Silverlake Conservatory, LA 14/5/08. Photo: credit Winter / Getty from Rolling Stone. This Wednesday the trash metal icons, Metallica, performed live in a benefit concert in Los Angeles for Flea’s music school for kids, the Silverlake Conservatory. The performance was the band’s first one in almost one year, but the quartet didn’t sound rusty at all, by all means they were highly energetic. The almost 2000 fans (who paid as much…
In a recent press release on their website, the band has announced that due to their new single’s, titled “Pork An Beans,”immense popularity, that it’ll push down the release date, for its upcoming album. Thus, Weezer’s forthcoming full length studio album “The Red Album,” will get out on June 3, opposed to the initial June 24 date, in the USA with much of the rest of the world to follow behind with a few days…
What’s this? Dave Grohl just wrote to Metallica? That’s right, former Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has released an “open letter” to Metallica. Call me an idiot, but there’s only one reason he’d do this – he’s afraid it’s going to suck. OK, maybe suck is a harsh word… he’s afraid the album they’re going to release will not rise to it’s potential (aren’t we all?). Anyway, great letter, and I…
Things have cooled off a bit, after these last few weeks of really serious releases. Nevertheless, there’s still a few interesting stuff out this week, that will definitely grace your ears with some fine music. First off there’s the pop/rock/acoustic/jazz, and whatever different genres he’s playing, singer/songwriter Jason Mraz, with his highly anticipated third record “We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things.” One of my old time favorites, the indie rock quartet Death Cab for…
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