[tag]Art Brut[/tag] and its sophomore release, It’s A Bit Complicated, have certainly been one of my favorites this year, but I was really blown away when I started watching their live gigs on the telly and on the web. I myself haven’t ever attended in person one of their live shows, but apparently the band are making it possible for me to finally see them in the flesh, as they’ve announced the venues and dates…
Mystery seems to be a [tag]Radiohead[/tag] trademark, from cryptic runes (those were fun though), to a sporadic out of the blue new album, to a basement gig footage and most recently details have surfaced of the band’s much anticipated 2008 tour. The dates for the summer European tour were announced yesterday and included some vague schedueling for Manchester, Dublin or Glasgow; at the time I didn’t know if this was intentionally put to confuse or…
In late September the rock ‘n’ stage was pleasantly surprised when, one of the most popular rock bands of the 80’s, [tag]Van Halen[/tag] announced they would reform under the firm lead of David Lee Roth and start a world tour. Thus Roth, Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen’s teenage son Wolfgang on bass, kicked off Sept. 27 in Charlotte, N.C., with 40 dates in place. Although a lot of skepticism was…
Yesterday the Irish quartet announced their much awaited (well 16 years i quite a lot) reunion tour, that is scheduled to take place this summer, starting from June 20. Sadly a lot of fans’ surprise, the band only announced 3 gigs. Alas due to high demand, [tag]My Bloody Valentine[/tag] has come to its senses and has announced 4 more gigs, that oddly enough are scheduled in the same venues, as the original 3. Looks like…
The Canadian artist is going to embark on a tour to support Te Best Damn Thing, her latest album that was nominated at MTV Europe Music Awards this year. She announced details of ‘The Best Damn Tour’ this afternoon at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go in L.A. “I’m excited to go out and play live and perform,” Lavigne said during a small concert. “I have the most fun when I am performing for the fans. I think that…
Sam Beam, better known by his stage name of Iron & Wine, is a man of many talents; a multi-instrumentalist, exceptional songwriter and a talented film maker as well, being responsible for the making of all of his music videos. His third studio effort, The Shepherd’s Dog, is a marvelous indie folk arrangement, that provides a more extended palette, compared with his other previous two records, with better percussion and fleshed-out arrangements. His also a…
So far it’s been a busy and fulfilling year for Sheffield homeboy Richard Hawley, releasing what seems to be one of the best records of the year once with his fifth solo album Lady’s Bridge. Hawley’s hometown of Sheffield is a key thematic element on Lady’s Bridge. As with the mythical Sheffield lovers meeting place, Coles Corner, Hawley’s new album is named after another local landmark. “Lady’s Bridge is the oldest bridge in the city,”…
Your favorite prehistoric rock band, [tag]Queens of the Stone Age[/tag], has just finished it’s short Canadian trek, but being the traveling sort they don’t plan on resting any time soon as they’ll soon embark on their European tour. Yesterday a pretty weird press release, announced that Josh Homme and co. will play 1 mile underground in a therapeutic German salt mine.
East side rapper [tag]Jay Z[/tag] will soon release his staggering tenth studio album, at the beginning of next month (Nov). On November the 6th, the day when American Gangster drops out, Jay will embark on a all-so-brief 5 gigs long promotion tour. American Gangster allegedly a concept album, is announcing to be a spectacular one, heavily influenced by the same titled movie, set to screen at the beginning of November. Jay Z is not the…
Last week, [tag]Radiohead[/tag] guitarist and songwriter Johnny Greenwood participated in a series of interviews, among other revealing the fact that the band intends to concentrate on touring, now that In Rainbows is out. It didn’t take long for the rumors to be confirmed, so yesterday the band’s publicist announced that a Radiohead tour is soon to follow in spring, while the band’s manager was kind enough to report some extra details on the matter: “We…
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