I just recently came across a really interesting Florida based indie band, going by the name of The Oaks. It was founded by drummer Matthew Antolick and guitarist/songwriter Ryan Costello. The later has been living a, some may say, thrilling and risky life in the past years, after he sold everything he owned and moved to Afghanistan for the next two years (this was from 2003-2005), where he thought agricultural techniques and directly participating in…
Garth Brooks is a living legend. But above being a musician he is a family man and so he is hard to see because he does not play numerous gigs. He imposed himself a retirement but he is returning to play just nine back-to-back concerts in Kansas City to promote his three-disc greatest hits collection, “The Ultimate Hits.”. The 45-year-old Brooks says he has no regrets about bowing out of recording and touring in 2000…
The boy band saga is repeating itself for years. Just the names are different. Ryan and Dan Kowarsky were recognized earlier this decade for their polished, glossy pop sounds in B4-4. However, unlike groups such as the Backstreet Boys who still continue to milk that sound dry, the identical twins’ new outfit RyanDan and album of the same name is musically the polar opposite of prior efforts. “I think it’s different from what we did,…
Happy day boys and girls! At last some facts and info about [tag]Weezer[/tag]’s upcoming sixth studio effort, have been revealed. That means that their forthcoming LP, suggestively titled Album Six (not very creative guys… ) has a release date, scheduled for April 22, 2008. “Weezer fans truly have something to look forward to,” gushed Weezer bassist Scott Shriner about the new Weezer album on the Weezer website. “The entire band has accomplished some of its…
The Palm Desert based [tag]Queens of the Stone Age[/tag] are back with a video, for their third single “Make It Wit Chu;” a sensual and sexual video, for a very passionate blues-like song. For those of you who are familiar with the Desert Sessions, then you probably know that the song has been featured for years ago, on the Vol. 9 of the “never ending mixtape,” as Josh Homme likes to call them. The video…
It seems like this week is focused more on compilations and cover releases, with new material here and there. Those releasing ‘best of’ CDs include: [tag]The Goo Goo Dolls[/tag], [tag]Spice Girls[/tag] and of course the much publicized [tag]Led Zeppelin[/tag] “Mothership” compilation. Prog rock supergroup Queensrÿche as well as the Phili quintet from [tag]Boyz II Men[/tag] have each released a cover record in the form of “Take Cover” and respectively “Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA.”…
Artist name: Spice Girls Album name: Greatest Hits Label: Virgin Gender: Pop Release date: November 9, 2007 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: http://www.thespicegirls.com The long announced and discussed reunion took place and the next obvious marketing move would be to release their greatest hits. That was easy. What they did was that they played it safe. They are not going to make any new fans and some old fans are going to dislike it, but they managed…
Artist name: Sigur Rós Album name: Hvarf/Heim Label: XL Recordings Gender: Pop-Rock/Experimental Rock Release date: November 5, 2007 ZMErating: 9/10 Website: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk After playing with the same music and influences for a over a decade, Icelandic post-rock fine musicians Sigur Rós, a lot of people might think that a change might come as a dose of fresh air, for both the band and fans alike. I’m not saying that, during their five records career, they’ve…
Seems like we can’t end a day without posting about [tag]Radiohead[/tag]. OK bare with us! Earlier today the band’s management announced that the In Rainbows CD release date is set to be on December 31 in the UK, via XL Records, with which the band signed a publicezed agreement for distributing their latest record in CD version, outside North America. A few hours later this peculiar post got up, on the Radiohead official blog Dead…
Liverpool homeboys [tag]Arctic Monkeys[/tag] are back with a new video, this time however their less creepy or melancholic, their simply them. The video accompanying the more laid back “Teddy Picker” (killer bass, had to say that) features the band in a recording studio performing the song with a whole bunch of instruments around and a over enthusiast plastic croc. From the ZME recommended Favorite Worst Nightmare.
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