Tibi PuiuKaki 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…
Leonard Cohen set to embark on first tour in 15 years
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…
Pitchfork Music Festival ’08 lineup revealed
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…
Whitesnake prepare tour and album
Andrei Mihai
The boys are back, and they’re making a grand entrance with both a tour and an album; well, at least they promise they will. With over 10 years since their last studio release, fans are eagerly awaiting the album which is set for April 22, as well as their summer tour. They’re back in the headlines! It’s gonna be called Good To Be Bad and band members seem to be thrilled about it: “The album…
Def Leppard reveal new album artwork
Things are definetly heating up around Def Leppard, as they have already released the artwork for their new album, “Songs From The Sparkle Lounge”. This is going to be their 14th (!) album, and promises a lot already. It’s set for April 29, containing 11 new songs. I found out how the cover for the album is going to look after reading the folowing statement, which appeared on the band’s official website: “After previously presenting…
New Bon Iver video: ‘The Wolves (Act I and II)’
Justin Vernon or Bon Iver, as he’s better known in the indie music community, made a lot of waves, towards the end of last year, with his independently released debut album “For Emma, Forever Ago.” The intense passion and soul of the album can be sensed from the very first listen, probably because it was truly an album centered around a man’s quest for finding himself. Isolation and sorrow are of the album’s themes, probably…
Foo Fighters launch tour
After releasing their latest album, ‘Echoes, silence, patience & grace’ now they’ve launched a world tour to help promote. In fact they are already on the road and they’re hitting the Forum in Inglewood, California in the next two days. The band will be off to Canada, Japan, Australia and then Europe for most of the spring before returning July 9th in Seattle to start their summer dates. The past year has been quite good…
New Cat Power video: ‘New York, New York’ (live on Leno)
Yesterday night “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” had none other the Chan Cat Power Marshall as its performing guest. The she sang a more then honorable rendition of Frank Sinatra’s classic “New York, New York,” song also present in her Jukebox covers album.
Pitchfork to launch new online TV channel
We all know MTV’s nothing like it used to be, gone are the days of 24h non-stop music videos, to be replaced with superficial talk shows and hours upon hours of commercials. Internet, on-demand TV, seems to be the future of visual broadcasting entertainment now and popular Internet ezine Pitchfork Media knows this well. So, according to a recent announcement, Pitchfork.tv, the latest addition to the media giant’s family, will air live on April 7;…
Kiss guitarist makes strong sober return
Ace Frehley, who used to play guitar for Kiss says that he’s treating his sobriety and legite lifstyle very seriously; not only does he stay clean and sober, but he also requires that from the band members he is currently playing with. He is currently on a solo tour on which (as strange as it may sound) he has forbidded drugs and booze. The recovering alcoholic and drug user could be a great example of…