The Strypes – A Snapshot into the Future?

Snapshot… Where to start? This album is the closest we’ve had to the raw sound of the early sixties since the early sixties. Aged only between 16 and 17, and with their debut album reaching the top 5, these 4 boys are really starting to make a name for themselves. They’ve already got Jeff Beck, Paul Weller, Roger Daltrey, Noel Gallagher and Dave Grohl behind them, and I think  if 5 of the biggest musicians in the…

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Listen the bonus track from the latest David Lynch album

Source. David Lynch – The Big Dream  album artwork Does this guy need any introduction. Hell no! If you don’t know who this guy is I don’t understand why are you still on this planet. This new album is going to be the second solo David Lynch LP and it’s called The Big Dream, and is going to be out on 15th July this year. Because I don’t have a Spotify account…

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Album review: Jimi Hendrix – ‘People, Hell and Angels’ [9/10]

There’s been a wealth of unreleased Jimi Hendrix materials – rumour has it in his periods of peak creativity, it didn’t take more than a day or two to create an album. Ironically, more material has been released since his infamous passing than during his lifetime; some have claimed, and with good arguments, that this is stripping Hendrix of his legacy, but for myself, I just have to say that I’m a little more selfish,…

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Deap Vally’s new video for ‘End of the World’

Source. Deap Vally Deap Vally is a rock and roll, alternative, garage rock band formed by Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards in 2011. Yeah, this chicks really know how to rock with only two instruments ( guitar and drums) and their trashy appearance makes me wanna compare them with Courtney Love, or some really hot groupies from the late 70’s-early 80’s, with only one completion: they really know how to sing….

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Haley Reinhart- “Free”

This is probably one of the most outlandish things I’ll say for a very long time: I like an American Idol alum, plain and simple. In fact, I just may like her a lot. For those who didn’t tune in to the tenth season of the show, which features perennially unoriginal talent (but talent nonetheless), Haley Reinhart, a Chicago native with an edge, finished third to charming country teens Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery. On Idol, Ms. Reinhart left…

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Happy (Belated) Birthday Jimmy Page

Show:  Jimmy Page / The Firm Date: May 7th, 1985 Place: Worcester, Massachusetts Venue: Worcester Centrum  

Jimmy Page - Born Jan 9 1944 and still rocking!

5:00 P.M – Pick up Sister and her boyfriend for the show. 5:10 – Stopped at liquor store. 5:15 – Driving down the Mass Pike from Boston heading West. 5:25 – Some jerk thinks his car is faster. 5:30 – Shortly after I watched…

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A deeper look at Blunderbuss: Jack White, completely solo

A year ago today (and, believe me, this is still terribly hard to type), monumental Detroit garage rock duo the White Stripes  officially decided to break apart. The raw, bluesy two piece cut the chord on February 2, 2011,  ending the more than 10 years of life their only child had so voraciously acquired. In all honesty, this was to be expected; it would have been selfish to force the electric pair to continue, especially once…

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Hot Streaming: “Love Interruption,” Jack White’s Newest Single

Jack White Shaving

Jack White, former frontman of the garage-rock duo The White Stripes and current member of The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, has just unveiled the first single off his debut solo album Blunderbuss.  The single, “Love Interruption,” is currently streaming at Third Man Records’ website, and will be released as a 7″ single February 7th. This leading single is a bluesy acoustic track, with a soft jazz organ and clarinet playing in the background.  Jack…

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The Black Keys and the Arctic Monkeys pair up for winter-to-spring tour

The Black Keys performing in an iTunes Session, mid October, 2010.

Dangerously addictive and musically clever British garage rock group the Arctic Monkeys have decided to join the Black Keys (who have just dropped their seventh album, El Camino, co-produced by Danger Mouse) in some of their next dates, spanning from now to the 23 of March next year. The Arctics will be joining the Keys for the last half of the tour, from…

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Album Review: Tom Waits, “Bad As Me”

Tom Waits’ newest album, Bad As Me, feels like a nice change from boring ol’ Rock & Roll.  In fact, it’s everything but!  As one goes from track to track, there’s soul, jazz, folk, some Spanish-sounding ballads, and more.  Tom Waits has always been a versatile artist, and he sure shows it on his newest offering. Take the opening track, “Chicago.”  It feels like the studio engineer hit “record” just a few seconds after the band…

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