Tibi PuiuSeptember will be a busy month for post-punk rockers [tag]Enter Shikari[/tag] who intend to win American punk hearts by touring across the United States. Their autumn trek will carry ES through Houston, Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, before wrapping it up in Baltimore. UK fans haven’t been forgotten either, so after ES’s September US tour, they’ll be catching the first flight to the island and begin their October/November UK headlining tour.
New Smashing Pumpkins video: ‘That’s The Way (My Love Is)’
Billy Corgan and crew have been getting a lot of criticism since their highly publicized reunion and even more promoted new album Zeitgeist, but now Smashing Pumpkins are ready to shut all the big mouths our there with this latest thrilling and emotional video. “That’s The Way (My Love Is)” is actually the best song of Zeitgeist, a somewhat contemporary take on SP’s older work: alternative guitar riffs and drumming, orchestra violins on the background…
Good Shoes on November tour
After touring the whole of October alongside [tag]Maximo Park[/tag] the indie quartet [tag]Good Shoes[/tag] is now ready for their biggest headline tour to date, that will feature a string of dates all across the UK in November. The gig trek will start on November 11 in Birmingham’s Academy 2, after which the band will do cross country shows all around England, Wales and Scotland, before finally calling it over on November 21, in London’s Astoria….
New You Say Party! We Say Die! video: ‘Opportunity’
And if you thought the name of the band is freaky then wait till you see the video! ‘Opportunity’ is YSP! WSD! is the second video shot of their second album Lose All Time, featuring all white dressed pregnant women and kids running about a spooky empty and shallow building. Worth mentioning is Becky Ninkovic outstanding vocals on the song, pitching from dim to lowed almost immediately.
Download: Band of Horses – ‘Is There A Ghost’
[tag]Band of Horses[/tag] sophomore full length album Cease To Begin is steadly approaching it’s release date, so the band has decided it’s time to show a little love to their fans and post the LP’s opening track “Is There A Ghost”. The song can be listened and downloaded at the band’s MySpace. A promising track, with interesting indie guitar chords and signature Ben Bridwell vocals, that very much resembles their past record, sign they prefer…
Springsteen and E Street head on tour
[tag]Bruce Springsteen[/tag]’s soon to be released record Magic, with his supportive band E Street, is fast approaching in October, so an album promotion tour was expected to be announced. The tour will feature dates all around the world so everybody can have a piece of ‘The Boss’, starting from the very day Magic will be released, on October 2 in Hartford, Connecticut.
New Okkervil River video: ‘Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe’
I’m really thrilled Austin based [tag]Okkervil River[/tag] finally decided to make a video for this epic song, filled with melodic twists and aggressive choruses, off a, what seems, a clear winner so far of album of the year: Stage Names. As the video goes it’s somewhat confusing with frame-in-frame action, or TV-in-TV if you wish. Frontman Will Sheff enters a room number 1972 (the year his favorite poet John Berryman committed suicide), where a man…
Don’t miss MFNW shows from 6-9 September
The now traditional annual Portland MFNW ( Music Fest Northwest) is quickly approaching and we thought you might like to know a few things about this years sixth edition. For those of you who don’t know anything about MFNW here’s what it’s all about: it’s been established in the year 2001, made by and for the Northwest music community, mainly showcasing the talented people living in Portland. This year is expected to be the biggest…
Liars: ‘Liars’
Artist name: Liars Album name: Liars Label: Mute Records Gender: Experimental/Indie Release date: August 28, 2007 ZMErating: 8.5/10 Website: http://www.liarsliarsliars.com/ [tag]Liars[/tag] is one of those bands that you simply don’t know what to expect from, they’re totally unpredictable and always experimenting with their music. This has caused some severe loss of fan base over the past years, because of their ever changing albums, each LP with a totally different and weird theme (witches, betrayal, the…
Raconteurs chit-chat reveals upcoming album details
A peculiar conversation went on earlier today, at [tag]The Raconteurs[/tag] MySpace profile, between band members [tag]Jack White[/tag] and Brendan Benson. The conversation revolved mainly on the band’s future LP, but also sidetracked a bit on some hilarious lines about drugs, merchandising and the omni-present fear for L.J. ( ‘Little Jack’ Lawrence – the band’s bassist player). The conclusion, if existing, is that they’ve started writing and recording a lot of songs, that are different anything…