Last week, when I featured one of the leading tracks from Volcano Choir’s debut, “Unmap”, I said: “A product of the joint creative minds of Bon Iver and Collections of Colonies of Bees, the album impresses through it’s deep and sincere music, straight from the heart. Bon Iver, as always, is simply incredible, even though his vocals aren’t featured on most of the album, his presence however, for those of us who’ve had For Emma…
This was God damn hilarious! Lovely to see Wayne Coyne of Flaming Lips and Bradford Cox of Deer Hunter have it out in this Comedy Central production. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Exclusive – Backstage with The Flaming Lips and Deerhunter www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Protests
I told you all about Victoria Bergsman’s cover of Animal Collective’s smashing early ’09 hit “My Girls” about a month ago, when I first published a post about the track. Now, it seems Taken by Trees’ “My Boys” also has a video, albeit a very simple one and a bit counter-intuitive in its theme. It features Victoria strolling gently through a field and … tightroaping. I was expecting something more jumpy and thrilling if a…
“Surprise Hotel” is one hell of an infectious track that will get you hooked from the first riff that sets in, keeping you captured from there on thanks to its incredibly diverse arrangements. Diverse could seem an improperly loose term in this case however, since Fool’s Gold has no less than 12 band members in its formation. Now, who here doesn’t love the big sound that comes from a big band? I for one am…
It’s been 30 years since Gang of Four’s iconic debut album, “Entertainment!,” was released and shook Britain with their never before seen blend of dance rock’n’roll music, post-punk and political beliefs. Now, in 2009, the band’s still as relevant as ever, although significantly older (the two remaining original members are, anyway). A small proof that the world hasn’t changed as much as we like to think. Yesterday, the Gang of Four delivered an incredible performance…
We’ve got a really sweet contest up this week, where we have got 5 awesome t-shirts to give away to 5 awesome ZME readers, sponsored by ROCKWORLDEAST, a band merch online store (check out their massive inventory of T-shirts and band merch). We’ve decided to make the contest really easy to enter, so just leave a comment bellow with the T-shirt style you’d prefer from the list bellow and you’re done. Styles #1 and #2…
We’ve got two awesome videos for the day straight from the ZME inbox, both signed by one of the best projects of the year, Monsters of Folk. The first is the official video for “The Right Place,” filmed pretty old school in black and white, featuring the band members giving it all they have in the studio, quite fitting for the Americana vibe of the song. The second video is that of the band’s yesterday…
I used to be a huge gaming aficionado, but during these past few years something happened that dramatically diminished my interest for video games, something that to this day I’ve yet to figure out what it was. Who knows, maybe I grew up, although highly unlikely – trust me. I barely play a few times a year now, and even then a few hours with buds or at dorm LAN parties. However, this latest installment…
Violent Soho is a young punk rock/grunge outfit from Brisbane, Australia that’s been making a lot of waves recently in the scene. Now, after extensive touring in the land down under with the likes of Reptiles, Cut Off Your Hands and The Mess Hal, they’re headed for a US stint alongside iconic indie band Built to Spill and Disco Doom. The East Coast tour will feature 11 dates, starting October 8th in Ithaca, NY. Check…
Weird, avangarde and adventurous are words that do well in describing the new Portugal. The Man video for the spacey “Do You.” ‘Nuff said! Off the new Portugal. The Man album “The Satanic Satanist” out now on Equal Vision.
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