Steve LampirisYes, you read that right. Two music megastar Canadians have gotten engaged. He apparently makes her “so happy.” Uh, ok. I guess not everyone hates Nickelback after all. That being said…. in other news: Nickelback still easily the most hated band in music.
Dead can Dance’s new album after 16 years
Alexandra
After 16 years, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard decided to get back together, and combine they’re experience gained through all off this years of great work, to release a much awaited album. Dead can Dance – Anastasis Next Dead can Dance’s album it’s called Anastasis, and has eight tracks: Children of the Sun – 7:33 Anabasis – 6:50 Agape – 6:54 Amnesia – 6:36 Kiko – 8:01 Opium – 5:44 Return…
Video: Peaking Lights – “Dreambeat”
Andrei Mihai
Peaking Lights (Soundcloud here) consists of Aaron and Indra from Rah Dunes and Numbers respectively, and they’re just the kind of band with an eerie, dreamy flow that just takes you away. Tape loops, weaving electronic pulses, harmonic voices and guitar, drums and synth, all of which make it the perfect soundtrack for walking through a haunted neighborhood, a misty forest or an abandoned river bank. Peaking Lights – “Dreambeat” (Official Video) from Urban Outfitters…
Pussy riot jailed despite worldwide protests, Russian police are searching for more members
Russia is not a country prone to support freedom of speech, as members of the all-girl punk band Pussy Riot found out; truth be told, they screwed up. They entered a cathedral and played a song in which they asked Virgin Mary to rid the Russian people of Putin, former president, now prime minister. In any civilized country, this would cause them some serious trouble, but in Russia, the trouble was double. They were jailed…
Snarky Puppy Engages in 50 Day/50 Gig US/Canada Tour
Mike Lamardo
It was probably only a month ago that several of my friends and colleagues started talking about this band, “Snarky Puppy”. Despite my jazz/fusion background, the group had been completely unfamiliar to me. So of course the only thing that I could do was listen to every track I could get my hands on. Not much to my surprise, the collective had struck/slapped/punched me like few bands have the capability of. The clash of 90s…
Green Day “Oh Love”
Alice Smith
Breaking news! Green Day released their first single in two years! Okay…maybe this news isn’t exactly breaking, but I just got around to listening to “Oh Love” off of Green Day’s upcoming album ¡Uno! the other day. The fact that I didn’t even listen to the song, released on July 16th, until mid August really says something. When I tried to think of a few words to describe “Oh Love”, ‘average’ and ‘meh’ immediately came to mind….
Dave Mustaine said something incredibly stupid (again)
I haven’t covered the ridiculous “insights” of Dave Mustaine as I have for another nut-job singer/guitarist, but that’s because what Mustaine says doesn’t usually draw the ire of the Secret Service. Mustaine’s nonsensical babbling is just that – nonsensical. It isn’t threatening or otherwise worrisome. This time, however, Mustaine took his (insane) view of reality to new heights of absurdity, reserved only for Scientologists and OJ Simpson jury. He apparently believes that the recent shootings…
One Direction: Conquering The World In Less Than Two Years
MusicJay
Taking Over The World 1D If there was an Olympics of boy bands then One Direction would be breaking world records all over the place. We’d put Liam Payne in for the boxing, Niall Horan for gymnastics, and Harry Styles, well it can only be the 100 metres, being the Casanova superstar that he is. Two years ago they were unknown, but after storming to the UK X Factor final in…
Knife Party -‘100% NO MODERN TALKING’ and ‘RAGE VALLEY’
Daniela Murphy
In June 2012, Rob Swire, producer and lead singer of Pendulum, announced on twitter that there would be no further Pendulum live shows and no current plans for a new album in 2013. Having been seriously impressed with their third studio album, ‘Immersion’ and seen them put on an incredible live show at Nottingham’s Capital FM Arena, I was disappointed to learn of this news. When asked why Pendulum were splitting, Swire responded; ‘We’re having…
Adam Yauch’s Will: Keep My Music Out of Ads
Before the Beastie Boy Adam Yauch passed away from cancer in May of this year, he made one thing very clear in his will: no commercial can feature any music written by him. Along with other artists like Levon Helm of The Band and Tom Waits, Yauch was very much against the usage of music for advertisement purposes. While Yauch’s wishes may appear to be valid, but an article by Wendy S. Goffe in Forbes…