Album name: Alice In Chains Artist name: Alice In Chains Genre: Grunge/Alternative Rock Released: 1995 Label: Columbia ZME Rating: 8/10 Website: aliceinchains.com The final full length release by Alice In Chains has often been overlooked, if not criticised as their weakest offering. Despite reaching the number one spot in the U.S. Billboard chart, the eponymous finale by Seattle’s finest lacked the bite of Dirt or the understated beauty of Jar of Flies. This collection of…
“Oh, yes, The Von Bondies? Yes, I remember them. Didn’t their lead singer get beat up by Jack White ago. Oh and didn’t they play that ‘C’mon, C’mon’ song?” That’s how a discussion will most likely go through, when garage punks, The Von Bondies, are mentioned in discussions. Mind you, though, they’re quite a talented bunch and in pre-White Stripes hay-day, the band was considered by many one of the best hailing from Detroit. Their…
One bus, one road and a bulk of totally varied individuals. All bummed up for a trip across life and time. This is how, in a few words, Marissa Nadler’s latest video for “River of Dirt” could be briefly summarized. That would totally be an understatement, though, since when Marissa Nadler’s dream folk voice collides with director’s, Joana Linda, vision, nothing evades complication. Off Marissa Nadler’s upcoming March 3rd album, “Little Hells”. “Take me back…
Last year I was really sad to hear Wolfmother more or less broke up, since the ’70s-reminiscent hard rock trio became a one man show, after the bassist and drummer left, leaving frontman Andew Stockdale to himself. Well, after some time now, Andrew kept word to his promise and reformed the band under a new lineup – this time as a four piece. Last night, the band played a secret show under the name White…
Not really. Seeing how I live in a totally different time zone, I preferred a good night’s sleep, than to risk loosing a few precious hours of life on a load of hip bullshit. I woke up in the morning, read Stereogum’s live blog from the event as well as a few twitters (Diplo was hilarious!), afterward I conveniently had my ham and egg breakfest. Yeah, there goes another one, I say, while I devour…
This week’s feature release is, undoubtedly, Lily Allen’s follow-up to her extraordinary debut, that outshines all other releases, albeit a very slow week. I won’t got into too much details with “It’s Not Me, It’s You,” since Al Byrne wrote an excellent (positive, too) review, covering about everything. Read it here. Dan Auerbach, the other half of The Black Keys, is releasing a solo album, dubbed “Keep It Hid,” and if it’s half as good…
Artist name: Eagles of Death Metal Album name: Heart On Label: Downtown Recordings Genre: Indie Rock/Glam Rock Release date: October 28, 2008 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: eaglesofdeathmetal.com The self-confessed Dream Boys have produced a third offering to remind us why Eagles of Death Metal are everyone’s favourite old school rock outfit. Following the ludicrously superb Death By Sexy is no mean feat but Heart On just about pulls it off and is further proof of Joshua…
Artist name: Lily Allen Album name: It’s Not Me, It’s You Label: EMI Genre: Pop Release date: February 9, 2009 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: lilyallenmusic.com Lily Allen’s debut album, Alright, Still was something of a guilty pleasure for me, even though it shouldn’t have been all that guilty at all. It was an unabashedly great pop album (and one that spawned too many imitators, of which only Kate Nash was tolerable) but that fact always managed…
We’ve really been keeping our eyes and ears piled on Grizzly Bear’s new, still untitled, album progress for a while now, even numbering it amongst our top 10 anticipated of 09. The follow-up to 2006’s gorgeous Yellow House is currently, more or less, ready, since recordings were finished since December, but work is still in progress, as far as mixing is concerned. Seems like GB is looking for some really good production work, although I’d…
We were a bit worried where Axl Rose had disappeared for the last few months, since the release of Guns ‘n’ Roses’ highly-anticipated and equally disappointing Chinese Democracy, but it’s nice to hear the big man is safe and sound. Not that most of us care where his overly sarcastic ass might be, just that, I guess, people kinda miss his controversial being. Anyway, I don’t know how, but Billboard just managed to talk him…
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