I’m not sure I’ve said this before, but to me at least Mastodon is the best contemporary live metal act I’ve managed to experience. Flamboyant, mean, raw and above all AUTHENTIC! And it’s about time their label, Reprise, decided that a live DVD which brings the Mastodon experience to the drenching comfort of any self-respecting metal-head’s dwelling (is that even possible?) is to be finally released on March 13. The DVD, titled Live at The…
Good news for Foo fans! As exploremusic.com reports, it seems the first single off the band’s yet untitled new album is called “Rope” and will be delivered to radio stations at 7am ET on February 23rd. You can listen to the song below in a low quality YouTube video recording the Foos performing the song during a recent secret LA showcase. It indeed doesn’t seem to do the original recording justice, filled of distortions at…
Last night, every concrete beam in the massive Madison Square Garden shook as Prince brought his “Welcome 2 America” show to the city of New York, the last leg of his tour. He played every hit marvelously, proving although he’s a megalomaniac, a lunatic or one big asshole, in short, that he’s still the purple guitar god. What came as a total surprise to everybody however was when Cee-Lo Green took the stage next to…
The lineup for this year’s Sasquatch Festival was announced just recently by Seattle’s radio station 107.7 The End (check out the link, they’re also throwing down a contest where you can win some free passes). As I was skimming through the poster, which is absolutely adorable by the way, I couldn’t help shake that feeling of “crap, this fest sounds too good to be true.” The Foos, Death Cab, Wilco, Flaming Lips, Bright Eyes, Chromeo…
good people of earth: lcd soundsystem are playing madison square garden on april 2nd, and it will be our last show ever. we are retiring from the game. gettin’ out. movin’ on. but for just one more night, we will be playing with friends and family for nearly 3 hours–playing stuff we’ve never played before and going out with a bang. and we’d like you to be there. if you would, we’d love it if…
After last year’s Ted Leo hilarious music video for “Bottled in Cork”, comes a new extravagant roller coaster ride courtesy of the same director Tom Scharpling, this time for The New Pornographers latest single “Moves”. The video, disguised as a fake trailer for expectantdadsmovie.com “staring” Paul Rudd and Bill Hader, follows the rise to fame of one of Canada’s most appreciated artistic imports. Its indeed interesting to see actors portray the band members, and it’s…
“Goddamn Europeans” seems to shout out PJ Harvey through out her latest full length studio release, titled “Let England Shake”, and slated for a February 15 release. Luckily, with week in advance we’ve been privileged enough to sample the whole album in its entirety via the ever giving NPR stream. Hit play below and stream PJ’s eight studio release in its entirety.
Album name: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Artist name: Kanye West Genre: Rap Released: November 22, 2010 Label: Roc-A-Fella/Def-Jam ZME Rating: 9.5/10 Website: kanyewest.com I remember when OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below came out. It was the album that convinced me OutKast could fucking do anything. They were incapable of committing mistakes. OK, the album was too long (mainly The Love Below, of course), but “Hey Ya!” is, like, the greatest thing ever. Then something happened:…
The “Big Four” of of the ’80s thrash metal movement – ya know: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax – is finally touring together in America…at some point. This, of course, comes after they toured Europe last year and put out a concert DVD from the Bulgaria show. All we know so far is that it’s happening. Apparently, tour dates are to be announced sometime…later. Anyhow, I bring this up because I have wonder why this…
At the beginning of last year’s summer I showed myself skeptic with respect to a movie solely based on facebook and its founders, but showed a lot of interest in its soundtrack penned by Reznor and Atticus Ross. In the meantime, I saw the Social Network, I’ve sampled the soundtrack and I have to admit they’re both up par. Not that it holds any relevance, but the critics are also all over the movie, gaining…
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