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The Roots with new album details and tour dates

The forthcoming presidential elections have certainly affected us all for a while, even the likes of the Philadelphia based hip-hop group The Roots. Details concerning their upcoming tenth studio album, titled “Rising Down,” have just recently surface, as band member ?uestlove calls the new record “probably our most political album to date, dealing with addiction, nihilism, hypocritical double standards in the prison system, and overall life in Philadelphia.” He soon follows-up saying Rising Down is…

New Portishead video: ‘Machine Gun’

There’s been a lot of hype, around the trip-hop veterans’ first album in ten years, during the past weeks, however their one of the few acts that actually deserve it. I mean isn’t a new Portishead album enough reason to run about, telling everyone about it? For me it is and whenever I get the chance, I try cover them and today that chance is a new video for “Machine Gun,” the first single from…

New Raconteurs album out next week!

Surprise, surprise. Jack White and The Raconteurs just went all maverick on us and just announced that they’ll release a new album and that no later then next week ! I mean Jack pulled some pretty wacky stunts in the past, the whole Meg White sister-wife thingy being the first to come to mind, but this just might top all of them. The news came out last night, as the band announced their new record…

The B-52’s: ‘Funplex’ (full album stream)

Funplex, the highly anticipated upcoming new album by The B-52’s, is just one week away (25th March release date). Until then, bellow you can find the album stream, so you can try it before you buy it. >>Stream: The B-52’s – Funplex (full album)

Plants And Animals announces new tour dates

I’ve written a bit in the past about one of my favorite indie newcomers, the Canadians from Plants and Animals, but what I failed to mention about the band was their dazzling live shows. While I haven’t personally had the chance to see the band in action, even in the various videos on YouTube Plants and Animals truly feel alive. Now fresh after their SXSW live performance, the band is set to part on a…

Ludo: ‘You’re Awful, I Love You’

Artist name: Ludo Album name: You’re Awful, I Love You Label: Island Gender: Power Pop Release date: February 26, 2008 ZMErating: 7/10 Website: www.ludorock.com The St. Louis power pop quintet have been gaining a lot of ground lately, getting more and more airing space on the radio, increasing their fan base day to day and of course gaining a lot of exposure on music blogs. In a nutshell Ludo could be described as a Queen/Weezer’s…

Counting Crows eagerly awaited

Well I dunno about you, but I’m eagerly awaiting their new album; it’s among the top 3 in my most expected list this year. But aside from their studio work, they’re doing so much other things that keep them close to the fans and in the spot light.A really uncommon thing they’re doing is the fact that they’re going to attend some college shows; this is really great and I know some people are thrilled….

Bryan Adams returns with ’11’

As some of you know, Bryan Adams is set to return with ’11’, an album which consists of 11 songs (go figure). The bad thing is that it didn’t came out in 11 November, but the good thing is that it’s going to be released sooner than 2011. But it was finished since August, so why didn’t we get it? Well frankly, because the record labels are nowhere near dead as some sugges; they are…

R.I.P. Harp

Sad day today folks. One of the few decent musical publications left in the US, Harp, just announced that it will be closing its gates. This all come a bit out of the sudden, at a Friday night SXSW party thrown away by triple-A bible Harp. The reasons behind the magazine’s collapse are still unknown, but it appears there are some pretty dirty stuff hovering around it. Anyway it’s better we don’t speak about, looks…

New Modest Mouse video: ‘Fly Trapped In A Jar’

Last year was a fantastic one for, Washington based band, Modest Mouse. They’ve released their fifth studio album “We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank”, the first one with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, with tremendous success, landing on top of the Billboard 200 chart and extensively touring the US with mates R.E.M./The National. With all these under their belt I think it’s safe to say the band deserve to have a bit of…