After just recently announcing the preliminary dates, to their upcoming world tour, in support of their latest record Viva La Vida, Coldplay have added yet another set of performances, this time in the UK, to an already massive tour. Now the band will be on the road from june to December and their set to add even more. Busy, busy times for Chris Martin and crew. During this time they’ll also play two free gigs,…
In a recent press release the Icelandic post rockers Sigur Ros have disclosed a significant deal of details, concerning the band’s upcoming album. Apparently their fifth full studio album “Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust,” which in English would translate to “With a buzz in our ears we play endlessly,” will land in record store’s shelves some time in late June. To be more exact, the follow-up to 2005’s Takk comes out in the…
Ah, sadly this is one of those really scarce weeks, both in number of releases and in value, not that we’d like to upset any of this weeks featured artists. Not by a long shot; there’s still a few records that are more then worth your humble consideration. First up is the legendary singer/songwriter John Hiatt and his latest addition to his already huge discography, “Same Old Man,” proving although he’s well past his glory…
The world, as we all know it, is in great peril, threatened by forces, more or less, out of our control. I’m, of course, talking about the dreaded global warming issue, a phenomenon that affects us all, no matter of social status, nationality or language. Man and his greedy, forsaken nature is surely to blame, but we’re not here to point fingers, for there is still time for his retribution in front of Mother Nature….
Oh well… I wouldn’t have imagined this could actually be happening but… impossible is nothing, right? So, according to spinner.com, SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian is collaborating with playwright Steven Sater on a musical called “Prometheus Bound”. How come a (or at least what should be a) heavy metal titan is doing a musical based on a Greek tragedy? Beats me. But, according to the same source, he has already finished eight songs…
Well it’s been a while since we said something about Radiohead, but they’re back. Meet the most impressive band of the past year, the guys who came back from nothing – and guess what; now, they’re probably also the gloomiest band of the planet. The breakthrough for Radiohead on ‘Reckoner’ a song that underwent multiple incarnations on its way to ‘In Rainbows’ came by way of what Jonny Greenwood calls a “big percussion fest.” I’m…
The Red Album is closer by the minute and with already four official leaks out, add this new video for Weezer’s first single off the new album, “Pork And Beans,” the anticipation is getting almost too hard to bare. Let me tell your from the start the video simply rocks! Basically it’s a video about …Youtube videos and whenever Weezer tries out parody, you can be sure that you’ll have loads of fun. Cameos of…
The progressive metal Atlantians of Mastodon are set to gear up for a new album, as the quartet will soon hit the recording studio this week, next to new producer Brendan O’Brien (Bruce Springstee, AC/DC, Pearl Jam, Velvet Revolver), in favor of long time collaborator Matt Bayles. A great deal of pressure and expectations are on the band’s shoulders, as Mastodon tries to make a worthy follow-up to their 2006 almost perfect album Blood Mountain….
Kanye’s back with yet another video version for his explosive track “Flashing Lights,” the second in a three video series. If you’re memory still serves you well, you’ll recall the first video, directed by Spike Jonze, was centered around a tied up Kanye, a shovel, gasoline and a half-dressed woman. This, second one, directed by Bill Pollock, is a lot more cloudy, ambiguous and especially sexy, most probably because we get to see less Kanye…
Anathema pleased us all again when they announced that they have finished the “Hindsight” album – it’s already been sent to the record company by the masters. As you may (and should have) heard, “Hindsight” is a semi acoustic album of classic Anathema tracks, and includes one new song. They made this public (or at least I read it) at metalstorm.ee. Also, their new album, “Horizons”, is well underway. What surprised me was that they…
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