My appreciation for Mr. Carlos Santana’s music goes far, far beyond words, and as such my respect for what he’s done for the scene and classic guitar rock in general. OK, I know you all feel a big BUT coming right up, so here it is … A few months ago your favorite Mexican axe handler decide it would be a great idea to release a cover album of some of the greatest guitar rock…
Moving and extremely emotional, last year’s “The Crying Light” put Antony and The Johnsons in a whole different spectrum and finally made me appreciate them band for its true worth. Barely a year after this previous monument’s release, Antony Hegarty is prepping a new album titled “Swanlights”, whose cover is captioned above and release date set for Oct. 5 via Secretly Canadian. One of the tracks off this new effort is ‘Flétta’, which sees Antony…
Man, this might just be the grandest mashup of the year – The Matrix meets The Big Lebowski! It’s not musically related by any means, but it’s hilariously devious so this should at least count as relevant. Enjoy!
This is a band worth checking out especially all you musicians out there. Magnetico is a band packed to the brim with talent. First of all you have Chris Cornell/Vertical Horizon’s bass player and P!nk/Ozomatl’s drummer, creating a pretty solid foundation. The cherry on top is Rafael Moreira, lead guitarist for the House Band for CBS’s Rock Star: INXS and Rock Star: Supernova and touring guitarist for Paul Stanley (KISS), P!nk, Don Felder (The Eagles),…
Mick Harvey, a Nick Cave long time collaborator (former Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds/Birthday Party member), and of apparent no relation to the headliner of this particular blog post, recently stated at the end of last month on his myspace that “there will be extensive touring commitments with my dear friend Polly (PJ) after the release of her new album in February 2011.” He goes on to say: “We recorded her album back in…
I’m not that into all girl bands, but the Warpaint gals sure know how to make a tune. Newly signed Rough Trade artists and announced as opening act for the xx’s autumn tour, this LA female trio going in only one direction: up! Following up on last year’s highly praised EP, Warpaint is prepping their debut full length “The Fool” on October 26th, as such they’ve released the first single “Undertow” for free, which you…
A lot more loud and distorted, but equally as awesome, No Age’s remix for Crystal Castles’ tripping “Baptism” might sore some ears and delight others – it’s all up to you and the quality of your speakers. [via MOKB] [MP3] Crystal Castles – Baptism (No Age remix)
The band’s self imposed hiatus has finally come to an end proving the rumors scattered at the beginning of the summer that had A Perfect Circle back together ‘very soon’, as well as a new album. The new album part, although a sweet dream, is pretty unlikely to happen, but the reunion part is very much a reality, since it has been officially announced just recently that Maynard and Howardel will reboot the APC project…
Sorry for neglecting the blog these past few weeks, but hopefully I’ll be back on my normal posting schedule starting today, and what better way to start it off than with some brand new DJ Shadow material and inside scoop. The influential hip-hop producer is set to release a much welcomed new album next year, which he assures “it will sound different from the last one” – I can only rejoice at this one, since…
October: the month that previously gave us Hallowe’en, Thom Yorke, and Jean Claude Van Damme. But none of those will matter this year, because 2010 is the year October gives us Ham Sandwich’s new album. Hurrah! Eat that, you Belgian troglodyte. So! White Fox, for that is the album’s name, is due out on October 1st. Which is… (consults calendar)…. less than a month away! In fact, as of tomorrow, it’s precisely three weeks away….
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