Photo by Kai-Otto Melau A rare and recent media engagement from Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale has brought news of a second album. With their eyes set on a September release, the recently reformed Australian outfit has reportedly been laying down tracks in a L.A. studio, with three new members to replace Chris Moss and Myles Heskett. And a bit of respect must be given to the singer. For so long the lone wolf , he…
Comprised of Ard Matthews (guitar, vocals), Brent Harris (drums), Denholm Harding (bass, vocals) and Sandy Chila (guitar), Just Jinjer is the biggest thing that ever happened to the South African rock scene, which, upon their arrival, was totally revolutionized and brought to contemporary standards. The band has sold hundreds of thousands of records in their homeland, earning them multi platinum status, and managed to play alongside such acts like U2, Crash Test Dummies, Toto, Elvis…
There’s no doubt to anyone that a shroud of mystery has always been around Gorillaz, the most successful virtual band in history, which is quite funny since they’re a lot better than most real bands out there today. Behind the animated project stand two people: Jamie Hewlett, the man who designed the whole band (Russel, Noodle, 2D and Murdoc), also famous for co-writing the comic book Tank Girl, and the highly talented Damon Albarn, the…
Depeche Mode’s highly anticipated twelfth studio release “Sounds of the Universe” is out this week, soon followed by the raging fan bonanza flocking to their Tour of the Universe, while another iconic electronic UK outfit, Pet Shop Boys, is also putting out its latest effort “Yes.” Tinted Windows is quite the interesting project, side-project actually if you analyze its members’ composition – guitarist James Iha, previously of The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle, singer…
Those masters of the shoe gaze, My Bloody Valentine, plan to inflict another dose of high-octane, high-volume progressive sounds at a secret LA show – said to be a warm-up for their Coachella appearance at the weekend. They will perform at the El Rey Theatre, located on the city’s Miracle Mile, on April 16th. For anyone who hasn’t heard it already, Kevin Shield’s guitar-laden wall-upon-wall of sound shook the plaster off many music venue ceilings…
I really loved last year’s The Bedlam In Goliath from El Paso’s most formidable rock ansabmle, The Mars Volta. It had everything one could ask from a progressive/neo-pshychedelic record, while John Frusciante’s appearance on the instrumental side, added that special funk souce that eventually made In Goliath one of 2008’s best. Much to my surprise, I’m given to find out that The Mars Volta is prepping a new album, only a year after the previous…
My room mate is a huge South Park fan, and ever since I moved in with him a few months ago, I kinda got SP evangelized, seeing how I’ve managed to watch all the series so far and I don’t ever miss any episode. Gotta say, when I watched the latest SP episode a few days ago, I nearly wet my pants from all the laughter! The episode was centered around a gay fish joke…
Some voices just stop you in your tracks, and demand you take notice. Think Corin Tucker’s barely-controlled wail, Wilson Pickett’s heartfelt howl, or Mark Lanegan’s weathered moans. Well, we’re gonna need a bigger boat (new category): a new, slightly hyperbolic description to capture the intensity of Valerie Pomella, singer for The Technicolor Victrola, whose EP I’ve been lucky enough to discover. Hers is a voice that stops you in your tracks, grabs you by the…
So we get to see yet another Jack White incarnation take to the stage this month. His Garage-blues supergroup, The Dead Weather, is booked to play New York’s Bowery Ballroom on April 14th. They were officially announced as an outfit less than a month ago, when White moved his Third Man vinyl record label to his newly adopted home of Nashville, Tennessee. This time around, the multi-talented rock svengali has decided to have a go…
Neil Young’s back with yet another addition to his mammoth like discography once with the release of his latest effort, “Fork In The Road.” Like most of you might have guessed, it doesn’t quite bring anything new to the table, but fans will surely rejoice while spinning it. For the rest of us casual listeners, it’s just an appetizers for his upcoming 8 CD BOX SET “Neil Young Archives Volume I (1963-1972)”. Heads up for…
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