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Archive for March, 2009
Maxïmo Park gets inspired, readies third album
The spirit of Jeff Porcaro is upon us! Well maybe not all of us, but he sure inspired the New Castle five-piece Maxïmo Park for its upcoming third record, Quicken The Heart. Looking for a fresh start following 2007′s commercially successful, yet critically sub par Our Earthly Pleasures, the English rockers picked up Yeah Yeah [...]
AMG says goodbye to Blender magazine
In a staff meeting held this morning, Ad Age reports that Alpha Media Group told Blender staff members that the currently shelved issue of the popular music magazine would be the publication’s last. With the decision, the company eliminated over 30 jobs, while moving Blender‘s current editor-in-chief, Joe Levy, to a similar position with Maxim [...]
Jenny Lewis stars in her own documentary, tour
Apparently all one needs to do to earn oneself a starring role in an upcoming documentary and spend the summer with the Heartless Bastards, is to have an Acid Tongue. Of course, this is much easier said then done, especially considering the Acid Tongue at note is not some sour candy-contributed mouth aliment, but rather [...]
Album Review: Mastodon – Crack the Skye
Following up on 2006′s excellent Blood Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia’s favorite sons Mastodon stake their claim to prog-metal mastery on this year’s Crack the Skye. From its first note to its final extraneous “e”, Crack the Skye is a full-on prog assault that may even catch die-hard Mastodon fans unawares-brimming with compound-meter riffs and all manner [...]
Festivals in Brief: Wakarusa, Forecastle, ACL, Voodoo
A new days, a new slew of festival news. Let’s round up all the important info in today’s edition of CoS’ Festivals in Brief: Wakarusa Music Festival: As if Wakarusa didn’t have enough changes to look forward to this year, the newly located Ozark, Arkansas based festival will feature something called the Interstellar Meltdown. Billed [...]
Listen: Muke
Somewhere between the epic battles in the dead of night and the peaceful resolution of the day’s new dawn lie Eugene, Oregon’s childish indie rock duo Muke. With a handful of candy and an iBook, the University of Oregon duo have taken a different, almost organic approach to writing their music. Consisting of multi-layered music [...]
Mile High divulges 2009 lineup
The Mile High Music Festival made quite an impression in its initial go around last year, in fact, so much so, that the Denver, Colorado is not only proudly sporting the honor of being “Denver’s Best New Music Festival,” but also gearing up for its return. Ok, so maybe the former isn’t something to write [...]
Meat Puppets sew together U.S. tour
Having already Sewn Together their latest studio album, the Meat Puppets have moved their attention elsewhere, more specifically, the first leg of an “extensive road work celebrating the new record.” And as the press release announcing details of the month-long tour goes on to proclaim, “as with every Puppets’ tour, the show will be certain [...]
Marilyn Manson details, teases new album
Based on Marilyn Manson‘s upcoming engagements as part of this year’s Mayhem Festival, the musician born Brian Hugh Warner has got to be promoting something, right? I mean, why else would you want to spend the summer with Slayer, Bullet For My Valentine, and the slew of other acts tapped for Mayhem ’09? Well, it [...]
Iggy goes jazz? Préliminaires due out this June
Iggy Pop will soon release his first album of new material since the passing of his Stooges bandmate, Ron Asheton. But if you’re expecting, you know, punk rock, be forewarned, you’ll probably have to search elsewhere come June 2nd. Entitled Préliminaires and produced by Hal Cragin, the Massachusetts native’s first solo effort in six years [...]
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