The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member says he wants to take things to the extreme with his new album, despite the title of the album is “Keep It Simple”. Well he’s always been one to keep his word, so we’re really expecting to see the results. This is in fact his first set of self wrote-songs since 2005, and the release is going to focus on laid-back soul and relaxed blues grooves through…
Alt rock icons R.E.M. have had their share of clumsy release lately, more exactly in the last 10 years since former drummer Bill left the band. Now with their new album Accelerate, the Georgian trio intendeds to get back on the saddle and taste again some of that late ’80s success. After all Accelerate is a return to the roots records, so all odds are in their favor, that is if things didn’t change a…
The Irish quartet, after releasing three smashing LPs in the Eire and gaining a massive following by doing so, are set to attack the US market as well. They’ve already gained a bit of attention lately with some of their songs being featured on popular TV series like The O.C. or Grey’s Anatomy and their third album, Flock (platinum in Ireland) has just been released in the US. Look out for Bell X-1 on airwaves…
When I read about this, two ideas slammed into the walls of my brain: “great” and “blasphemy”. I mean, Queen without Freddie is like a party without booze, yet who wouldn’t go to such a gig, even just to hear Brian May do his thing? Now don’t get me wrong, I have absolutely nothing against Paul Rodgers… he’s great! But filling the shoes of a man who undoubtely was among the best frontmen in the…
Well 2007 was a year of reunions and it seems this year is going in the same direction. Now, the latest name that hit that list is English rock band formed in Wigan, the Verve. They haven’t started a tour in more than 10 years, but they already announced thier North American tour will start at The Warfield in San Francisco, CA on April 23rd, warming up for its performance at the Coachella Valley Music…
In the last few days a wave of violence has swept the Mexican state, aimed at a subculture of Mexican youth going by the label of emo. This all started about two weeks ago in, the otherwise quiet, colonial capital of Queretaro, when mobs of people attacked groups of emos, in an attempt to force them out of the city’s main plaza. The movement soon spread to the nation’s capital of Mexico City, when emos…
Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan’s latest joint effort The Gutter Twins proved to be quite successful; with two grunge stars what could go wrong the first place anyway? Saturnalia, the duo’s debut LP got a lot of attention and positive critical feedback, receiving a lot of praise for their grungy, shit kicking tracks, like the first single Idle Hands. However, TGT’s latest single “All Misery/Flowers,” strays away from their usual hard rocking pattern towards more…
The rockabilly duo that formed the ’80s cult act Flat Duo Jets is clearly one of the most underrated bands in rock’n’roll history. The blue-garage duo paved the way for similar bands and influenced a great deal of artists through out the ’90 and 2000’s like R.E.M. or Catpower or the most clear example The White Stripes. Sadly the band disbanded in the late ’90s, but fans can finally rejoice at hearing new material from…
Well holding a super rock group together can definetly be a challenge, especially when you’ve got Scott Weiland there. To be quite frank, it’s a surprise for me that they lasted so long together. But now, pressure’s starting: The Stone Temple Pilots are planning a reunion tour, Slash is preparing a new solo release, and many other things. Anyway, Scott Weiland stunned fans at last Thursday’s (March 20) VR concert in Glasgow, Scotland, UK by…
mr. Gnome (notice the lower cased ‘m’) is a emerging Cleveland duo, that’s been getting some pretty high profile attention lately and righteously so. Their style is a bit hard to center, ranging from art rock, to pure punk, to some kind of prog metal, but whatever label their music might carry these two are definitely a talented bunch. On May 6th, after two well received EPs, mr. Gnome will release their much awaited debut…
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