Think of The Village, only a lot more disturbing and less lame, and you can make an idea of Bodies of Water’s new awesome video for “Under the Pines,” off their last year summer release, “A Certain Feeling.” The video’s plot is quite interesting, although ringing of clichés, but that’s what makes it so fun, because it’s so intentionally predictable, I guess. A man going hunting in the woods, shoots a dog. While gutting it,…
Sad news for all rock’n’roll fans around the world. Ron Asheton, one of the original founding fathers and guitarist/bassist of the highly influential The Stooges, was found earlier today in his home dead. He was 60. Apparently, however, he was already dead for a few days now, when he was found by the police, after his assistant called them since Ron hadn’t returned her calls. His guitar work with The Stooges went on to influence…
With only a few weeks before the new Bruce Springsteen album, “Working on a Dream,” comes out, spirits are getting pretty restless. Anxious, if you will. The whole tension has been building up since the first video, Lucky Day, popped out – a motivation anthem, packed with hope and messages of change. Bruce’s latest video, however, for the “Life Itself” is quite different, although the setting is kinda the same – Bruce and the guys,…
Arcade Fire has always sorta had a shroud of mystery around it, maybe because of the band’s more or less unique approach to music or maybe just because … it’s just something special. For the fans and curious peeks alike, the band will soon release a DVD, titled Miroir Noir, comprised of a documentary relating the making of AF’s most recent album “Neon Bible”, as well as various live performances from the tour. Through out…
Artist name: Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell Album name: Keep Me In Mind Sweetheart Label: V2 Records Gender: Alternative Rock Release date: December 8, 2008 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: www.myspace.com/marklanegan Comprising of leftover material from this year’s excellent Sunday at Devil Dirt, Keep Me In Mind Sweetheart continues where its predecessors left off – acting as a contemporary film noir soundtrack with Lanegan crooning like never before while the musically adept Campbell purrs around him. Opening…
2008 was Justin Vernon’s (aka Bon Iver) year, for sure. His very special debut album, “For Emma, Forever Ago,” (special thanks to its circumstances of creation, special thanks to its soothing nature, special thanks to its sincerity – special by definition) earned him a lot of recognition on and off the scene, and, ultimately, made him one of the most hottest acts of 2008. Naturally, his fans have been aching after some new material and,…
This year’s “Narrow Stairs”, by Death Cab for Cutie, was beautiful, melancholic, soothing; well damn right awesome. Actually, it’s kinda the album that got me into DCFC and turned me into a fan, so naturally I now always get exited when I get to see the band play. Wednesday, the band graced the Late Late Show with their presence, where they played a very solid performance of “Cath,” off Narrow Stairs, after a proper and,…
One of our most anticipated releases for 2009, U2’s eleventh full studio release, has finally received a title and release date, after months and months of silence around the subject. U2’s new album, “No Line on the Horizon,” is set to for a March 2nd/3rd release date (I’m not sure whether it’s on the 2nd or 3rd, yet. A lot of blogs have been mixing the date up, ’till now). The production for the record…
Every artist, lately, has been releasing Christmas songs, but, honestly, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs never seemed like people with the C. spirit in them. Gathering around a Christmas tree, doing decorating, singing charols… neither of these seems their wacky self, but that doesn’t mean they can’t bang out a hell of a Christmas tune. I’m talking, of course, about YYYs latest “All I Want For Chritmas” song, just recently released down at the band’s myspace….
It seems Scott’s really Happy In Galoshes. I mean, who can blame him, right? I’d be happy too, if I could get to ride around the mexican desert, next to a hot brunette and, as one can see in his latest video “Missing Cleveland”, get to play astronaut with a blond lady friend. I’m not gonna touch on how the track sounds, ’cause frankly there’s not too much to talk about. Moments like these make…
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Lisa Hughes