Fresh from their Pitchfork performance, [tag]Mastodon[/tag] delights us once more with a awesome video for their track “Sleeping Giant”, from 2006’s metal masterpiece “Blood Mountain”. The video is great, to say the least, director Roboshobo perfectly glimpsing the tracks meaning and lyrics. The video is set in a Sci-fi world, most likely in a space science laboratory. A blind humanoid, of apparent great intellectual capabilities, maybe divine, is set intro a chamber by two priests…
It’s Monday and as always we’ll be covering this weeks new releases. A meagre month in terms of music, there aren’t too many interesting records to chose from, compared to previous Mondays. Worth mentioning is “Underclass Hero”, the new LP from [tag]Sum 41[/tag] and [tag]Garbage[/tag]’s all time hit compilation “Absolute Garbage”. Irish indie quintet [tag]The Thrill[/tag] are also back with their third full length album “Teenagers”. Chicane – ‘Somersault’ Sum 41 – ‘Underclass Hero’
Today, ‘Punk’s Not Dead’, a documentary that covers the punk scene from its inception in 1976 to the present, makes it’s screen debut in Siskel Film Center, Chicago. The documentary, directed by Susan Dynner, an self-proffesed American hardcore punk fan, consists of interviews with great personalities from the punk scene, together with some live performances from the major punk artists. Green Day, Sum 41, Ramones, Billy Idol, My Chemical Romance, Good Charlotte and Bad Religion…
Here’s a great song and video from one of my favorite band [tag]Maximo Park[/tag], called “Girls Who Play Guitars”. It’s got everything that screams brit pop about it, and the lyrics are fun to sing along with. The video was directed by Leslie Ali, a good choice i might add as the video goes well with the song, leading to loads of fun. In the begging the band play in a all white outfit, in…
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Lori McKenna, a plumber’s wife and mother of five from tiny Stoughton, MA was thrust into the limelight when Faith Hill included “Stealing Kisses” and two other songs on 2005’s #1 pop/country Fireflies. With 4 albums under her belt, Lori is now ready for her first major label debut album, dubbed “Unglamorous”, set to be in a store near you on August 14. Produced by Tim McGraw and Byron Gallimore for their Stylesonic…
A few months ago, in December, as part of the SNL’s Digital Short comedian, a music video was aired staring Andy Samberg and pop star Justin Timberlake, called “Dick In A Box”. The video was satirical to boy bands, Andy and JT both looking like 2 boyband wannabes, with a hilarious Backstreet Boys look and with a neo-soul croon sound. Anyway 7 months later it seems they’ve been nominated for a Emmy for Outstanding Original…
As some of you may know, pop super boy [tag]James Blunt[/tag], is planning to release his second full length studio album called “All the Lost Souls”, after the his debut smashing hit record “Back To Bedlam”, the record of the millennium from a sales point of view. The LP release date is set for September 17, 2007 and so far a total of 6 tracks have been confirmed (1973; Annie; I Really Want You; Same…
I’ve always had the deepest respect for one of my favorite Indie bands [tag]Blonde Redhead[/tag], delighting people with their music and work for 10 years now. Their last release “23” simply blew my mind, its such a great record with great songs. One of these great songs is “The Dress”, a very pretty and passionate song, but also delightfully uncanny, thanks to Makino’s masterful whisper. The video was directed by Mike Mills, a man with…
US [tag]Arctic Monkeys[/tag] fans are in luck. The band recently announced the dates for their upcoming US tour, as part of their World Tour. The indie quartet have just received a second Mercury Music Prize nomination, for their second full length album and seem quite on a row. Besides the US, they’ll play on two occasions in Canada as well, in Toronto and Montreal. The dates: September 5: New York, NY Central Park Summerstage September…
German Power Metal legends [tag]Helloween[/tag] are set to embark in a all out “hellish” rock tour, starting sometime in mid November and ending sometime in mid January. The tour, dubed “HELLISH ROCK 2007/2008”, is an all European tour in which the band will tour much of the continent, from London to Bremen to Bucharest etc., basically all the major European venues. Teaming up with Helloween are fellow power metalists [tag]Gamma Ray[/tag], who’s leader is non…
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