A constant innovator, Bjork is pushing the lines between what’s conventional and not in the music business once with the release of her highly anticipated forthcoming x-th album, Biophilia. In the lines of what I scribbled earlier, the Icelandic songbird is planning to release the aforementioned release as a whole big iPad app. To be [...]
Fri, May 6, 2011
Daniel Pujol, frontman and rhythm guitarist for the Ramones-esque garage rock/punk band Pujol, has just announced the full line of dates for their 2011 tour! Pujol, who just recently released their latest singles “Black Rabbit/Too Safe” with Third Man Records and “Bonedaddy” with Jeffrey Drag Records, is set to not only tour [...]
Wed, May 4, 2011
Yellowcard has gone through more adversity in their decade long career than many people would realize. From the humble image of a group of Florida kids to celebrity status in Hollywood and beyond, these guys have literally experienced a transformation from rags to riches. After the smash hit Ocean Avenue, the band felt on top of the [...]
Wed, May 4, 2011
Ben Kitterman was enjoying a much needed break from the tour in Indiana when I had a chance to catch up with him. Just a few nights before he was 1,500 miles away playing in Biloxi, MS.; a place that holds fond memories for him. Biloxi is the city where he first coupled with the [...]
Mon, Apr 25, 2011
This spring and summer Alex Turner and company will be all over the states side and Europe playing gigs in most major US cities and European capitals, as well as Japan for their stint at the Fuji Rock Fest. Their first leg starts at the beginning of May when they’ll be playing in Scandinavia, before [...]
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
Seeing how 2009 was an incredibly intense year for Animal Collective with the release of Merriweather Post Pavilion and lots of touring, and the fact that it was followed by an even more intense 2010 filled with more touring and multiple solo projects, the last one just recently released to critically acclaim by Panda Bear, [...]
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri! Now that was a sight back in the ol’ Queens of the Stone Age glory days, not to mention the Kyuss era, when these two giants of rock would simply plummet pure riffage across the stage and audience. In somewhat antagonistic positions, Oliveri and Homme were like brothers until unfortunate [...]
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Separated they are Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice, together besides making a fine couple, they also make an awesome band – Jenny and Johnny. Their new album “I’m Having Fun Now” will be out August 31, and below you can download the second track to surface off this new record, the care free americana-indie-surf infused [...]
Wed, May 12, 2010
Everyone still likes Tom Petty, correct? His Mudcrutch CD, as much as it was really just a Heartbreakers CD with a slightly different haircut and a trucker’s hat on, was quite excellent, and he does have the most hirsute of faces. Shaggy beards are always rock n’ roll (except, naturally enough, when it’s a rabid [...]
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
\ Released just this week, Plastic Beach already has a slew of almost unanimous critical acclaim, but Damon Albarn isn’t sitting on his laurels yet, though. As a really sweet ‘thank you’ to all of their fans, the cartoon band will play intimate dates in Portsmouth, Bristol, Cambridge, Brighton, Birmingham and Lincoln as a warm-up [...]
Thu, Jun 2, 2011
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