While I was shamelessly burning my workplace’s broadband on youtube, forums and reddit I stumbled across this hilarious Beatles coloring book from way back in 1964. It features the fab four in various scenes, like Paul brushing his teeth, Ringo showing up his bling, George tripping like hell or the whole band enjoying some tea, before commencing into storming groupies. So, grab your crayons kids and start filling ’em up! Click above for a laaaaarger…
Well, you know me, I can’t resist a bucket of random. Basement Jaxx’s video for the electro duo’s latest single “Scars,” like most BJ visual contraptions from along the year, is packed with weird loops of plants, chameleons, flying flowers and really menacing looking stuff. The CGI was rendered and directed by Dutch artist Jan Van Nuenen. Off the duo’s recently released full length studio album “Scars” out now via XL.
Hello. Have you been having a good day? Oh, I’m sorry – didn’t she warn you? Oh dear. Well, I’m sure they make a cream for that. Oh, they don’t? I see. Well, if anything is going to cheer you up, it’s the paragraphs which directly follow this one. Tom Waits’ fancy new website tells us that Mr Waits is going to release a two-disc live album, taken from his 2008 Glitter & Doom Tour….
Album name: Blue Record Artist name: Baroness Genre: Sludge Metal Released: October 13, 2009 Label: Relapse ZME Rating: 9/10 Website: myspace.com/yourbaroness Red and blue are interesting colors. They are two of the three “addictive primary colors,” the third being green. Red, generally signifying anger in modern culture, is assuredly addictive in American society: road rage, “You lie!,” talk radio, you get it. It would make sense, then, that Savannah quartet Baroness would name an album…
Christian rock contest this week folks! We’ve got a signed copy of Skillet’s latest release “Awake” (buy at iTunes), as well as signed Skillet poster, to give out to one ZME reader. All you have to do to enter the contest is name your favorite Skillet album in the comment field bellow the post. Winner will be chosen at random (via random.org). Contest ends next Monday, October 19. UPDATE: contest is over, the winner is…
Looks like it’s that time of the year when various holiday albums and compilations start to pop-out, much to the contempt of last minute present shoppers, retailers and record labels. This week alone, we’ve got new Christmas albums from Bob Dylan, David Archuleta and Connie Talbot coming out. One of the most interesting releases of the week is Baroness’ highly anticipated sophomore release “Blue Record.” The band’s debut, “Red Album,” was a stunning progressive metal…
Halloween came a bit early for Camera Obscura this year or should I say in a year back in the ’60s? Vintage film, weird hairdos and mustached women. Can you think of a sweeter thing? Off Camera Obscura’s latest album “My Maudlin Career” out now on 4AD.
We’ve raved a lot over what an awesome compilation the soundtrack for the upcoming teen-vampire-in-love New Moon flick will make. Today, however, we can finally sample the O.S.T. and settle once and far all if the hype is justified or not. The soundtrack itself is yet to have been released, but, like it usually happens, it got leaked all over the internet recently and Youtube is packed with streams. I’ve added bellow some streams that…
Soft rock really gets something of a raw deal these days. Mention in a conversation that you like soft rock (in an unironic way, rather than a “sings along to Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ after a couple of drinks at a wedding” way… c’mon, keep up) and you may as well have told that person that you’re partial to licking their grandmother – you’re now a social pariah, and you’d best get used to it….
Air just released this week “Love 2”, one of the duo’s best albums yet. Bummer. Tickets to this year’s Glastonbury Festival got sold out in less than 24 hours when they were put on sale this week. Check out this video of Thom Yorke and his live super-group band premiering some new songs at their LA intimate set. If you had any doubts about the show, know it rocked! The Backstreet Boys caught swine flu?…
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