Introduced in 2010, the Nordic Music Prize is presented annually to the artist who has come out with the best album of the last calendar year. Having been created in order to raise awareness of and unify the Nordic music scene, the award is presented only to artists from Nordic countries, and is decided upon by a panel of both Nordic and international music moguls. Presented by WiMP (the Norwegian music player, not the…
His album is lengthy and poetic and sounds like the product of a boy and his guitar, and his album art looks like expired film from the 70s, screaming of fading childhood and bittersweet memories… I found him while working my way through links upon links to artists recommended by other local artists on BandCamp.com. Though Toys in Void was on a few different lists, it seems the only things noted about him are that…
Seeing as winter is close at hand here in the Northern Hemisphere, I feel it is high time to talk about an album that was dropped at the beginning of summer. After a nearly three and a half year break from the studio, punchy Canadian foursome Metric has returned with Synthetica, an 11-track step towards what seems like the slow but sure collision of new-wave psychedelia and haunting indie eloquence. When I first tuned in to Synthetica, it…
Okay, I have a confession to make. I like Justin Bieber. I wouldn’t go as far as to say I was a ‘Belieber’. But I do like him. There, I said it. And now we can move on and look at ‘Beauty and a Beat’-his latest music video. If I could describe this song in three words, it would be ‘fun’, ‘carefree’ and ‘catchy’. The video opens with writing which states; ‘In October of 2012…
Frankie Poullain from The Darkness was caught in a Chile airport carrying an apple, which he had traveled with. Apparently, this is quite a big deal for airport folks, so the guard there actually wanted to call the cops and give him a big fine – until he found out the guard’s a Lady Gaga fan. He then proceeded to do what any respectable musician would – bribe him with tickets. Apparently, that worked. “Cops…
The Pennsylvanian sludge rockers return with a follow-up for their sweet 2009 album – King of Jeans. The new album will be called Honeys and the guys promise it will at least as good as their debut. Here’s a first taste of Honeys, a song called Bathroom Lighter.
Coldplay are working hard in the studio, preparing their next album – one with a title that you can actually pronounce. Their last album, ‘Mylo Xyloto’, caused quite a stir among fans, with some claiming that “you can’t even google it”. They didn’t offer many details about it though. When pushed by presenters Kyle and Jackie O to reveal if they had come up with a name for their sixth studio album, Chris Martin only…
As a Jimi Hendrix fan, I just have to share these videos I stumbled across, featuring former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready jamming on classic Hendrix tunes. The two were performing at a tribute concert organized by Seattle’s Experience Music Project that took place on November 17th. Along with drummer Barrett Martin and vocalist Brandi Carlisle, the pair ran through the Hendrix classics “Voodoo Chile” and “Machine Gun”….
I may just be that kid that grew up in the 90s, but MC Hammer can make anything rock – mark my words, he even made Gangnam style enjoyable! Cross my heart! This took place at the AMA, where surprise, surprise, prizes were still dominated by Bieber fever. I don’t know, I guess Rihanna took some prizes, Maroon 5 took best band, and Nicki Minaj got something too – one of these days, I’m gonna…
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has revealed he is really interested in collaborating with Justin Bieber; well, I don’t really know what to say, but I guess that’s straying a little from your metal roots, isn’t it? It all started with this mash-up video, in which some guy put Slipknot’s ‘Psychosocial’ together with Justin Bieber’s hit single ‘Baby’ – thus, Psychosocial Baby was born. The video went viral, hitting over 12 million views, which apparently lit…
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