Given To The Wild – The Maccabees

The Maccabees are proving to be a huge brit-indie rock band – and with their new album “Given To The Wild” – have definitely grown. I must admit I was quite oblivious to the fact they would be releasing a new album, but after hearing the news I was fairly mellow, not excited. I absolutely loved their first album “Colour It In” and found it hard to stop listening to it. Their follow up “Wall…

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Tegan and Sara spread hopes for new album

The headline says it all, folks. Canadian indie/alternative twin-duo Tegan and Sara have officially come back from their year and a half off, and are expected to enter the studio in the middle of this month. Having not toured since a year before the release of their three-part short film series Get Along in November of 2011, this installation can be expected to deviate slightly from the latest Sainthood and even more (most likely) from…

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Not-so-silent San Pedro: an interview with KiLR

Left to Right: Chris Hudson (drums), Wade MaVv (lead vocals/guitar), and Chuck Holiday (bass.).

In the back room of the unassuming San Pedro Brewing Company, while the chilly Southern Californian day wore on, KiLR (pronounced KY-ler) was in the process of launching/promoting their first major music video  and conducting a 48-hour drive for 100,000 views. For an independent pop-rock/full alternative band from the Los Angeles area, this feat may seem daunting…but…

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Moore and Gordon’s split brands future grim for Sonic Youth

Live on From The Basement.

I wish I could tell you otherwise… but sadly, oh glorious Internet patron and Sonic Youth lover, the title did not lead your eyes astray; this last October, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, two of the main minds behind Sonic Youth, have filed for a divorce after 27 years of marriage, putting the future of Sonic Youth itself in an ominous fog. There is not much…

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The New Breed of Metal: An Interview with Archea

Left to right: Kyle Wallinger (drums), Adam McDaniel (guitar), Jake Quarle (upside-down)(vocals), Alyssa Porras (bass), and Jared Charles (guitar).

Just upstate from the birthing grounds of such great thrash pioneers as Slayer and Metallica comes Archea, a rather rambunctious young group with a definite and ferocious sound. Coming straight out of Pleasant Hill, California, (an otherwise quiet town dwindling in the glare of the lights of San Francisco), Archea can…

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Warm Up With Mineo!

 

Mineo may be clowning around, but their music is for real.

As of September 21st, summer is officially over. Who cares if it’s getting darker earlier and that the blistering cold is right around the corner? Not me. I have Mineo to keep me in summer mode all year round.  A Floridan band, Mineo obviously knows what summer is all about. One listen of their new album devoted to their tropical home state,…

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5 Questions For The Tedeschi Trucks Band

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator

  Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi prove marriage and some great friends can put together an incredible album . Before the upcoming Boston show on August 17th at the Bank of America Pavilion, I asked Susan and Derek  a few questions and this is what they had to say about it: ZME: With the soon to be released “Revelator” album, you can hear the connection between…

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Band of Skulls to Embark on European Tour

Left to right: Russell Marsden (guitar, vocals), Emma Richardson (bass, vocals), and Matt Hayward (drums.).

         Angsty English garage rock trio Band of Skulls has just announced their up-and-coming European tour, to be held in October of this year.       With their tricky, hang-on-the-wire rhythms and delicate harmonies, Band of Skulls made their name in the tough world of indie rock; on the other hand, they are not afraid to pull out the muddy guitar of eras long ago. …

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Berkeley Colored Metal: An Interview With Apothesary

Apothesary in the middle of their set at 924 Gilman.

Forget the stereotypes, people. Gone are the greasy, stand-offish metal band members, and in their places come the members of Apothesary, a three-piece metal band from the East Bay Area of California (Concord). Right off the bat, the three main members of the band, Jared Eandi,  Greg O’Neill, and Clayton Cagle, were very amiable and willing to let me in to their musical…

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Radiohead to Broadcast BBC Special: First Live Performance of 2011

                King of Limbs, released digitally on February 18th of this year and physically in late March, quenched the thirst of the Radiohead fans who had awaited a new work for so long; however, since the release of their latest album, which dropped an entire day before it was officially supposed to, Radiohead has neglected to make or announce any live appearances as a band …until now.         Although no further performances have been announced (yet), the band is set…

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