Dayton, Ohio locals, The Heartless Bastards, form a garage rock band that impresses through it’s smooth combination of blues and retro ’70s rock, much like their fellow Ohians and label mates, The Black Keys. To be frank the band feels more like a solo project, as Erika Wennerstrom’s dominance can be felt through out their whole catalog. Actually for the new album, their third, called “The Mountain,” Erika made out a new band, surrounding herself…
Mastodon’s new album, “Crack The Skye”, is just a few couple of week away, but, even so, anticipation grows ever unbearable, especially with the annoyingly awesome teasers the band’s promo company do. Above is pictured the official art work for Crack The Skye, definitely too abstract and packed with symbolism for all of us to fully comprehend. An impaled bear walking over the globe, two twin Tsar genies (two Rasputins, more likely), levitating a globe…
An important figure of the 1990s electronic scene, Bomb The Bass has been very shy with new material, for the last couple of years. His latest, 2008 released album, “Future Chaos,” enticed a lot of fans and caused a lot of headaches with its constantly changing shelve arrival date. Finally, after two years of in-the-making, Future Chaos came out and a whole community of nostalgic fans rejoiced – most of them did anyway, since Tim…
In a recent NY Times news blurp, it’s said that Michael Jackson’s epic pop masterpiece, the 1982 “Thriller,” will most likely get revamped as a Broadway musical, after the Nederlander Organization bought off the rights to produce it. According to the NYT, the whole album, along with MJ’s other smashing record, “Off The Wall,” will serve as soundtracks, while one of the most popular music video ever made will, probably, be the concept. Dancing zombies…
Let’s face it, rock it’s not living its best years yet; what’s more, it seems fewer and fewer bands with legendary potential are appearing with every year that passes, and if such a band appears, the odds are it splits right after they make it big. The biggest concerts are still held by the likes of Metallica and Maiden, everybody went mad over the AC/DC tickets, and face it, Led Zeppelin is was on everybody’s…
Photo credit: Rockscope. Sadly, no cameras were allowed at the gig. The Academy, Dublin, Friday 16/1/09 For the uninitiated, The Gutter Twins are none other than Mr Mark Lanegan (former Screaming Trees frontman and mainstay of Queens of the Stone Age) and Greg Dulli, from the slightly lesser known but equally brilliant 1990s outfit The Afghan Whigs. Under the guise of the Gutter Twins, Lanegan and Dulli have collaborated to produce a sound unlike their…
Artist name: John Frusciante Album name: The Empyrean Label: Domino Records Gender: Experimental Rock/Psychedelic Rock Release date: January 20, 2009 ZMErating: 9.5/10 Website: JohnFrusciante.com If you’ve listened to any of his solo work, you know that it’s got little to do with what he’s doing with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Still, this is by far the most different style he’s ever gone for, and it suits him like a charm. It’s a mix between…
It’s really amazing to see one of this bands, that without any backing up and without “star flatulations” come out and basically beat the shit out of almost every other band out there, digitally speaking. The unsigned band recently released their debut album, ‘Union’, is currently at number four on the iTunes chart in the UK and even better, they top the US iTunes Alternative countdown. Pretty good for guys that pay for everything they…
I know I’m a few days late with this, but I barely now remembered to post about it. I saw Fleet Foxes’ live performance, when they played this past weekend at the Saturday Night Live show, and was pleasantly surprised how well they behaved themselves. Nice to see again bands that can play live just as good or even better than in the studio. Check out the two songs from this SNL, “Mykonos” & “Blue…
“The Crying Light,” the latest effort from behalf of the dark cabaret group Anthony and The Johnsons, is incredible from so many point of views. It’s beautifully dark, melodic and thoughtful, while supporting a heavy dose of catchy pop as well. The video for “Epilepsy is Dancing,” the first single off the album, is …breath taking. Intricate makeup, stage sets and costumes help the video stand out as a sheer spectacle for both eyes and…
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