Artist name: Cardinals Album name: Cardinology Label: Lost Highway Records Gender: Alternative Rock, Country Release date: October 28, 2008 ZMErating: 9.5/10 Website: www.ryan-adams.com From my point of view, it’s a big shame that Ryan Adams has been in the spotlight due to his drug related problems and mental meltdowns and tantrums than for artistic reasons. But if he had a chance to release an album that would rise him above his current level, Cardinology would…
The so called Radiohead In Rainbows model has been praised, criticized, analyzed, turned over and regurgitated so many times I’ve lost count myself. Their act of musical revolt against the major labels and conventionality for that matter, has lead to a wave of enlightenment among similar bands, who’ve since then released albums under the same technique. Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails is the first example that comes to mind, mimicking the Radiohead effect not once,…
Artist name: Tv on the Radio Album name: Dead Science Label: 4AD/Interscope Gender: Art Rock/Experimental Rock Release date: September 23, 2008 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: www.tvontheradio.com You can easily hate this record from the first listen and I will not be the one to judge you. In comparison to ‘Return to Cookie Mountain’, the band’s previous effort, ‘Dear Science’ is more mainstream, more accessible and even more pop. But don’t hurry up labeling it. Just give…
Artist name: Kings of Leon Album name: Only by the Night Label: RCA Gender: Southern Rock/Garage Rock Release date: September 23, 2008 ZMErating: 9/10 Website: www.kingsofleon.com Back in 2003, Kings of Leon emerged as garage rock saviors with their widely appreciated debut, Youth and Young Manhood; a record packed with linear, simple, but catchy as hell songs like “Molly’s Chambers,” “Red Morning Light” or one of my favorites from the band, “California Waiting.” The same…
Artist name: Metallica Album name: Death Magnetic Label: Warner Bros Gender: Thrash Metal Release date: September 10, 2008 ZMErating: 9/10 Website: www.metallica.com So we have it ladies and gentleman guys, the highly expected and anticipated back to the roots oh-my-god-will-it-suck Metallica album is here. While I will get into technicalities, and both objective and subjective opinions, there’s something you people who are really in a hurry need to know; it doesn’t suck. It’s not as…
Artist name: Primal Scream Album name: Beautiful Future Label: B-Unique Records/Atlantic Records Genre: Alternative Rock/Indie Rock Release date: July 21, 2008 ZMErating: 6/10 Website: www.primalscream.net Shock. The initial feeling that engulfed my body after I had sat and listened to the new Primal Scream album, “Beautiful Future”. Shock because I felt as though the old Primal Scream that I knew and loved, had been replaced with new, melodic and calm impostors. Again I stress this…
Artist name: Beck Album name: Modern Guilt Label: Interscope/XL Recordings Genre: Alternative Rock Release date: July 8, 2008 ZMErating: 9/10 Website: www.beck.com Oh, my! It’s just incredible how Beck Hansen has changed, evolving (or regressing when he’s going old school loco) in sound, as each record gets out. And here he is, at his 10th studio album, Modern Guilt, an album detailing an experience, an album that tackles a lot of Beck’s inner, unresolved issues…
Monday, August 4th. A day that will forever remain in my heart, and that of over 22,000 people gathered in the Cotroceni Stadium of Bucharest to hear icons Iron Maiden play. What a show, what a band, what a night… Let’s start from the beginning, though. I embarked with Andrei on a 2 hour train ride towards Bucharest, right in the morning, with the tickets in our pockets, votka and cola on the right and…
Wednesday, 23 July, I had the luck of being at a Metallica concert, in Bucharest, at Cotroceni stadium. Living not that far from it and knowing the city pretty much, I arrived early in the morning to check some parts of the city. Some good and bad news came up from then: some parts of the city looked great, with amazing architecture, while some were in very bad shape. The traffic was almost really stuck…
So here we are boys and girls, and once again it’s WTF Time. This weekend, while Fergie was singing in Coast Mesa, California, Slash joined her on the stage to sing some tunes, including Sweet Child O’ mine and Heart’s “Barracuda.”. As you can probably guess from that moment Slash totally had the fans, leaving a Fergie that performed pretty well in second place. But despite her good performance, she was absolutely nowhere near Axl…
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