Tibi PuiuThe now traditional annual Portland MFNW ( Music Fest Northwest) is quickly approaching and we thought you might like to know a few things about this years sixth edition. For those of you who don’t know anything about MFNW here’s what it’s all about: it’s been established in the year 2001, made by and for the Northwest music community, mainly showcasing the talented people living in Portland. This year is expected to be the biggest…
Liars: ‘Liars’
Artist name: Liars Album name: Liars Label: Mute Records Gender: Experimental/Indie Release date: August 28, 2007 ZMErating: 8.5/10 Website: http://www.liarsliarsliars.com/ [tag]Liars[/tag] is one of those bands that you simply don’t know what to expect from, they’re totally unpredictable and always experimenting with their music. This has caused some severe loss of fan base over the past years, because of their ever changing albums, each LP with a totally different and weird theme (witches, betrayal, the…
Caribou: ‘Andorra’
Artist name: Caribou Album name: Andorra Label: Merge Records Gender: Electronica Release date: August 21, 2007 ZMErating: 9.5/10 Website: http://www.caribou.fm/ Imagine living in a world of your own, a world where man is no longer its master and overseer, but a simple observer, a world in which innocence, youth and all that is pure blossoms. I might seem like I’m getting all [tag]John Lennon[/tag] on you, but I’m getting somewhere. This world of fiction has…
M.I.A.: ‘Kala’
Artist name: M.I.A. Album name: Kala Label: XL Records Gender: Hip-Hop/Electronic Release date: August 21, 2007 ZMErating: 10/10 Website: http://www.miauk.com/ “M.I.A.’s coming back with power!” At least that’s what trip-hop princess Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, or more know by her stage name [tag]M.I.A.[/tag], states in the chorus of “Bamboo Banga”, a new song of her latest album “Kala”. Indeed she’s back in full throttle; if you thought her debut album, “Arular”, was tight, varied and adventures,…
Lori McKenna: ‘Unglamorous’
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Artist name: Lori McKenna Album name: Unglamorous Label: Warner Bros Records Gender: Country/Folk Release date: August 14, 2007 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: http://www.lorimckenna.com/ Lori McKenna is a mother of five from Stoughton, Mass. (pop. 27,000), about 20 miles outside Boston. Almost every info you can find about her begins with that and so when listening to the album you should not let yourself be influenced by that. Was not quite sure what to expect and when…
Architecture in Helsinki: ‘Places Like This’
Artist name: Architecture in Helsinki Album name: Places Like This Label: Polyvynil Records Gender: Indie/Pop Release date: August 13, 2007 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: http://www.architectureinhelsinki.com/ Your favorite Aussie six-piece, [tag]Architecture in Helsinki[/tag], is back with their newest effort “Places Like This”. Three is the magic number, and although they’ve received some nice positive critical reviews for their last two records, I think “Places Like This” may just be the thing they needed to launch them on…
Korn: ‘Untitled’
Artist name: Korn Album name: Untitled Label: EMI/Virgin Records Gender: Nu Metal/Industrial Metal Release date: July 31, 2007 ZMErating: 7/10 Website: http://www.korn.com/ After in their previous album, 2005’s “See You On The Other Side”, [tag]Korn[/tag] recorded without their old time guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch (who apparently decided to follow the path of God) another hard blow struck the band. Their drummer David ‘Calvin Klein’ Silveria, who’s tripping rhythm defined the nu-metal paradigm, took a break…
See Iggy & the Stooges, Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against The Machine and more this year in Vegoose
Vegoose is the ultimate Halloween festival extravaganza, providing quality live gigs from top bands in the sinful city of Las Vegas for the past 3 years now. This year, however, promises to be the wildest and most awesome year, with bands like [tag]Rage Against the Machine[/tag], [tag]Daft Punk[/tag], [tag]The Shins[/tag], [tag]Queens of the Stone Age[/tag] or [tag]Muse[/tag] as headliners, joined by Iggy & The Stooges, who will perform the ’70 acclaimed album “Fun House”, in…
Sum 41: ‘Underclass Hero’
Artist name: Sum 41 Album name: Underclass Hero Label: Island Records Gender: Punk Rock Release date: July 24, 2007 ZMErating: 3/10 Website: http://www.sum41.com Just when you thought you heard the last of [tag]Sum 41[/tag], the Canadian trio are back to prove us wrong. After 10 years of being together, 4 platinum albums and numerous sell out tours and gigs, the Deryck Whibley fronted band return with their fifth studio release “Underclass Hero”. I have to…
Smashing Pumpkins: ‘Zeitgeist’
Artist name: Smashing Pumpkins Album name: Zeitgeist Label: Reprise Gender: Alternative Rock/ Hard Rock Release date: July 10, 2007 ZMErating: 6.5/10 Website: http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/ The [tag]Smashing Pumpkins[/tag] are back, or should I say [tag]Billy Corgan[/tag] is back, after a 7 year hiatus. The band was a ’90 alt legend, seconding in my opinion [tag]Nirvana[/tag] as alt kings of our times. During the years, however, something went terribly wrong; after their classics 2nd and 3rd albums “Siamese…