The Foos’ ‘long break’ is by any means far from over, especially with Dave’s involvement with Them Crooked Vultures in the studio and on tour. As the hiatus rages on, though, there’s no reason for the band not to market their brand and earn a few more hard earned dollars for their lengthy career by releasing a greatest hits record, suggestively titled “Greatest Hits” (who came up with that name?). The 16 track long album…
“Surprise Hotel” is one hell of an infectious track that will get you hooked from the first riff that sets in, keeping you captured from there on thanks to its incredibly diverse arrangements. Diverse could seem an improperly loose term in this case however, since Fool’s Gold has no less than 12 band members in its formation. Now, who here doesn’t love the big sound that comes from a big band? I for one am…
It’s been 30 years since Gang of Four’s iconic debut album, “Entertainment!,” was released and shook Britain with their never before seen blend of dance rock’n’roll music, post-punk and political beliefs. Now, in 2009, the band’s still as relevant as ever, although significantly older (the two remaining original members are, anyway). A small proof that the world hasn’t changed as much as we like to think. Yesterday, the Gang of Four delivered an incredible performance…
“Unmap”, by Volcano Choir, is an incredible project, one that’s been many years in the making (more than four years!), but which has now finally been released for the common pair of ears to rejoice upon. A product of the joint creative minds of Bon Iver and Collections of Colonies of Bees, the album impresses through it’s deep and sincere music, straight from the heart. Bon Iver, as always, is simply incredible, even though his…
We’ve got a really sweet contest up this week, where we have got 5 awesome t-shirts to give away to 5 awesome ZME readers, sponsored by ROCKWORLDEAST, a band merch online store (check out their massive inventory of T-shirts and band merch). We’ve decided to make the contest really easy to enter, so just leave a comment bellow with the T-shirt style you’d prefer from the list bellow and you’re done. Styles #1 and #2…
We’ve got two awesome videos for the day straight from the ZME inbox, both signed by one of the best projects of the year, Monsters of Folk. The first is the official video for “The Right Place,” filmed pretty old school in black and white, featuring the band members giving it all they have in the studio, quite fitting for the Americana vibe of the song. The second video is that of the band’s yesterday…
I used to be a huge gaming aficionado, but during these past few years something happened that dramatically diminished my interest for video games, something that to this day I’ve yet to figure out what it was. Who knows, maybe I grew up, although highly unlikely – trust me. I barely play a few times a year now, and even then a few hours with buds or at dorm LAN parties. However, this latest installment…
Violent Soho is a young punk rock/grunge outfit from Brisbane, Australia that’s been making a lot of waves recently in the scene. Now, after extensive touring in the land down under with the likes of Reptiles, Cut Off Your Hands and The Mess Hal, they’re headed for a US stint alongside iconic indie band Built to Spill and Disco Doom. The East Coast tour will feature 11 dates, starting October 8th in Ithaca, NY. Check…
If you’re into Animal Collective and college lo-fi jams, you’ll undoubtedly love Truman Peyote, a Massachusettes electro duo consisting of Eric Farber and Caleb Johannes. The two just recently released a very promising album titled “Light-Lightning” via Whitehaus Family Records, which has already sold out, so if you like what you hear, you’ll have to wait for the LP to come out. There seems to be a lot of bands popping up recently that are…
Weird, avangarde and adventurous are words that do well in describing the new Portugal. The Man video for the spacey “Do You.” ‘Nuff said! Off the new Portugal. The Man album “The Satanic Satanist” out now on Equal Vision.
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