I’m not really into the whole pop rock scene, but every once in a while you come across somebody fresh and quite talented that’s really worth it; it’s this case with Alex Calise. The guitarist/singer/songwriter doesn’t have complicated songs, just urban edgy in your face pop rock. So, we’re gonna do an interview with her, [...]
And to think that some people are still deluded enough to believe that U2 are Ireland’s premier live band.
I don’t know if it’s sheer media saturation that’s perpetuated that myth, or just widespread ignorance, but it needs to be stamped out post-haste. Bono can take his impossibly huge stage monstrosities and stick them where the [...]
Album name: Live from Austin, TX
Artist name: Drive-By Truckers
Genre: Rock n’ Roll
Released: July 7 2009
Label: New West
ZME Rating: 9/10
Website: drivebytruckers.com
In the spirit of full disclosure, I should probably inform you of two things:
1 - I’m a hard marker. In the time I’m writing for this website, you’ll likely never see me give an album 10/10. [...]
Oh yes it’s ladies night
And the feeling’s right
Oh yes it’s ladies night
Oh what a night
- Kool & The Gang
Rock n’ roll is a wonderful, chaotic beast. Borne of a decadent tryst between blues and boogie, it’s grown from its simple, Chuck Berry beginnings into a many-tendriled monster, sprouting new bands and sub-genres from every possible [...]
The British ‘rockers’ (really?) seem to have fallen in the dark cold claws of the global recession, with tickets for their latest tour being sold online as low as 1$.
They’ve been touring the US since May this year and they’ve been bringing together quite a crowd, with about 50.000 people per show and they’re bringing [...]
Electreleane is on your party tracklist for sure. Their unique indie experimental rock has most definitely defined the last 10 years of your musical experience. They've been performing for such a long time, that it is impossible not to have heard songs like "Tram 21", "U.O.R." or "Bells". However, as you very well know, they've been on a break for two years now and apparently, [...]
Provocative artwork? Surely not. That’s not blood on the cover of the new Manic Street Preachers album, just a boy with one side of his face more red than the other. Or to put it in more artistic terms a la frontman James Dean Bradfield, “a much more modern version of Lucian Freud-esque brushstrokes”.
But either [...]
Well, according to the man himself, he has it all figured out, which is why he’s setting the studio on fire. Bad news is this means he’ll delay his tour in order to finish the follow up to 2007’s double-platinum album “Rock N Roll Jesus.”
“I really feel like I’ve kind of got this figured out,” [...]
On June 27, 2006, Sleater-Kinney announced they were going on “indefinite hiatus”. On August 12, they played their last show together in Portland, Oregon with Eddie Vedder as support. Almost three years later, I wanted to pay my respects to this great band by analysing their final, great stand - The Woods.
I was lucky enough [...]
There are billions of unsigned and indie artists to be found online. Some are worth a listen, others are interesting but not quite there, but the vast majority is trying too hard to find the elusive new sound and thus burying themselves into experimental oblivion. Songwriters are always a penny a dozen, even cheaper than [...]
Saturday, January 23, 2010
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