There’s no doubt about it, Eddie Van Halen is one of the best living guitarist out there, a true musician, innovator and pioneer. He made a name for himself in the early ’80s, after his band Van Halen, reached massive success, topping every chart for nearly a decade. His fast and innovative two-handed tapping, natural and artificial harmonics, vibrato, and tremolo picking, combined with his rhythmic sensibility and melodic approach, have influenced an entire generation…
I may just have watched the best music video for the whole month of May, namely the video for Cut Copy’s latest single “Hearts on Fire.” I don’t know exactly what makes love this video so much, but I, personally, find it beautifully brilliant. Basically we’ve got a heartbroken dude, that can’t seem to shake the feeling of unfulfilled love, a sentiment that follows him around, literally, like a dark cloud. Sit back, stretch your…
The punk pioneers are back, and they’re here to stay for good. Since their tumultuous reunion, The Sex Pistols have stirred up the contemporary punk scene a great deal and have managed to influx a dose of retro, still fresh pure punk rock to their fans. This of course has left the band’s followers asking for more and seeing how Johnny Rotten and co. have always been considerate about their fans, they’ve decided to go…
Just a few weeks after finishing his US ‘green’ tour, the Sweedish acoustic maven Jose Gonzalez is ready to hit the road once more, this time for a summer excursion across the whole of North America. The tour kicks of on june 13th with an appearance at the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival in Manchester, TN. Additional festival appearances include the Sled Island Festival, in Calgary on June 28th, the Ottawa Blues Festival on…
This summer the Chicago based alternative icons The Smashing Pumpkins, are set to celebrate their 20th band anniversary. The occasion will be honored by touring on a handful of dates through out August and September, according to the band’s web site. Further details haven’t yet been posted, but what’s already is that among the cities TSP will play in we can remind Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, and that the band will be joined,…
As previously reported just a few hours ago, Sigur Ros has released a free mp3 with the their latest single “Gobbledigook,” an upbeat, fascinating rocker off the band’s latest, upcoming album “með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust” (translated the title means “with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly”). The song sounds pretty awesome, being a mixture between Animal Collective and Dave Matthews, with haunting tribal beats, pastoral acoustic guitars and wonderful Jonsi…
After just recently announcing the preliminary dates, to their upcoming world tour, in support of their latest record Viva La Vida, Coldplay have added yet another set of performances, this time in the UK, to an already massive tour. Now the band will be on the road from june to December and their set to add even more. Busy, busy times for Chris Martin and crew. During this time they’ll also play two free gigs,…
In a recent press release the Icelandic post rockers Sigur Ros have disclosed a significant deal of details, concerning the band’s upcoming album. Apparently their fifth full studio album “Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust,” which in English would translate to “With a buzz in our ears we play endlessly,” will land in record store’s shelves some time in late June. To be more exact, the follow-up to 2005’s Takk comes out in the…
The world, as we all know it, is in great peril, threatened by forces, more or less, out of our control. I’m, of course, talking about the dreaded global warming issue, a phenomenon that affects us all, no matter of social status, nationality or language. Man and his greedy, forsaken nature is surely to blame, but we’re not here to point fingers, for there is still time for his retribution in front of Mother Nature….
Well it’s been a while since we said something about Radiohead, but they’re back. Meet the most impressive band of the past year, the guys who came back from nothing – and guess what; now, they’re probably also the gloomiest band of the planet. The breakthrough for Radiohead on ‘Reckoner’ a song that underwent multiple incarnations on its way to ‘In Rainbows’ came by way of what Jonny Greenwood calls a “big percussion fest.” I’m…
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