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Archive for July, 2009
Watch: Alice in Chains – “A Looking in View”
September 29th can’t come soon enough for fans of Alice in Chains. After all, that’s the day the legendary grunge band is set to release Black Gives Way to Blue, its first record of new material in 14 years. Luckily, Alice has seen fit to give fans a preview in order to help them kill these final, torturous months of [...]
Album Review: Drug Rug – Paint The Fence Invisible
…a perfect companion for the long, hot days ahead.
School of Seven Bells get hitched with Vagrant, celebrate with first ever headlining tour
In the latest story of a Brooklyn band making good — because it’s not like we haven’t had enough of these already, School of Seven Bells are now proud members of Vagrant Records, the same label that currently sports the likes of The Hold Steady, Dasboard Confessional, Placebo and Eels. And to celebrate this new [...]
Shoegazing meets Sinatra? The Kills et. al. cover Ol’ Blue Eyes
Rock and roll, the Chairman of the Board once famously said, just may be “the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.” But to gander a listen of His Way, Our Way — a new, iTunes-exclusive release featuring covers of 13 Ol’ Blue Eyes classics by such [...]
Watch: Blitzen Trapper’s “Black River Killer”
Still mining gold off of 2008’s Furr, Blitzen Trapper‘s “Black River Killer” is a narrative song — a rarity these days — with a linear storyline following a murderer compelled to do the only thing he knows how to. There is no redemption in sight for him, compulsively doing the worst thing possible. The song [...]
RX Bandits find Mandala
It’s probably safe to say the RX Bandits have done it all in their nearly 15 years existence, what with their ever-evolving styles on record and acclaimed performances live. In their latest endeavor, the Southern California quartet will look to cap off what it described as a “decade-long musical transformation” with the release of an [...]
The Hidden Cameras return with Origin:Orphan
About a month ago, Nell Frizzell of Pink News published an article asking “Where are all the gay indie musicians?” Well, Mr. “Gay Church Folk Music” himself, aka, Joel Gibb, aka The Hidden Cameras, will be here on September 22nd. That’s because that is the day Gibb and the latest crop of musicians currently making [...]
Billy Bragg maps out eclectic tour, hangs with orchestra
When you’re Billy Bragg, you pretty much get to pick when and where you play. After all, how else would you explain his upcoming touring itinerary, which includes a few one-offs on the east coast in August, an a few dates leg in Span in October and then an extensive trip to Canada in November. [...]
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