Tibi PuiuA lot of people have been criticizing singer/songwriter Chan Marshall for her latest covers, from the recent Jukebox, most saying they don’t live up to the originals. I’m not quite sure how to comment this, but Chan’s definitely a very talented artist and I actually thought Jukebox to be a lovely collection of covers. Covers that were at least faithfully renditioned and truly paid a homage to their originals. Well enough with the haters. Cat…
Velvet Revolver says ‘bye bye’ to Scott Weiland
Andrei Mihai
Well, we’ve written a lot about Velvet Revolver, because one thing’s for sure: keeping a supergroup together is hard. Scott Weiland has always been a nut job really agitated guy, getting involved into all sort of problems. But the man’s a great frontman, you have to give him credit for that. So, ever since he drove drunk and it was announced that the Stone Temple Pilots were reuniting, things started going downhill. Still, things seemed…
Van Morrison keeps it simple
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member says he wants to take things to the extreme with his new album, despite the title of the album is “Keep It Simple”. Well he’s always been one to keep his word, so we’re really expecting to see the results. This is in fact his first set of self wrote-songs since 2005, and the release is going to focus on laid-back soul and relaxed blues grooves through…
Josh Groban to release live CD/DVD “Awake Live”
The world renowned baritone Josh Groban had a wonderful professional year in 2007. His Chrismas carol album Noël was declared , with almost 3 million copies sold, the year’s best seller, spent five consecutive weeks on top of the Billboard 200, but also held a word class tour across the US. A live CD/DVD had to be made and of course it soon followed. Thus, on May 6th 2008, the Grammy award winning artist will…
Contest: Tristan Prettyman T-Shirt Freebie
Singer/songwriter Tristan Prettyman had us dazzled by her beautiful acoustic guitar work from the very first notes that kindly graced our ears. Hear third album, Hello…x, is right around the corner, just a couple of week away and we couldn’t be more thrilled about its release, however till then we’ve got a treat prepared for Tristan fans and first-time listeners alike. Much to our surprise we found that she isn’t just a talented musical artist,…
R.E.M. performing various songs live @ La Blogoteque
Alt rock icons R.E.M. have had their share of clumsy release lately, more exactly in the last 10 years since former drummer Bill left the band. Now with their new album Accelerate, the Georgian trio intendeds to get back on the saddle and taste again some of that late ’80s success. After all Accelerate is a return to the roots records, so all odds are in their favor, that is if things didn’t change a…
Counting Crows: `Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings’
Artist name: Counting Crows Album name: Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings Label: Geffen Gender: Folk Rock Release date: March 25, 2008 ZMErating: 10/10 Website: www.countingcrows.com Well boys ‘n’ girls it’s here! Don’t know if you were expecting it, but I certainly eagerly awaited their return. Without further ado, I’ll just get right into it and tell you about it. First of all, the name struck me; could it be related in any way with the…
Bullet awakes the monster
From their recently released `Scream Aim Fire’, Bullet For my Valentine prepares the next single, Waking the Demon. Having thoroughly listened to the album, I doubt this is the best decision they could have made. Inspired from what just may be a teenagers worst nightmare, getting bullied at school, it could just be the hardest song from the album, but it’s by no means the best. But it has a great importance for the band…
New Music Monday: 31 March
Last week was great, with a lot of great new music to listen to, but this week’s even better. First up are the Athenians from R.E.M. and their highly anticipated new record Accelerate, which from the few samples we were privileged to listen to, sounds great and will undoubtedly erase the bad memories from their previous LP Around The Sun. Electronic music veteran and DJ guru, Moby, is also releasing new material, namely his eight…
Led Zeppelin O2 Arena DVD might see the light of day
Led Zeppelin’s recent, and possibly only, massive reunion gig that took place last December at the O2 Arena, might get on DVD. Speaking in the upcoming May issue of Uncut, the band’s guitarist Jimmy Page admitted that they had a crew that filmed the December 10 show, but confessed there wasn’t any intention whatsoever to convert the footage into a live DVD. “It was recorded, but we didn’t go in with the express purpose of…