Archive: 2013

We certainly send positive thoughts to McVie, his family, and the rest of the band.

Lou Reed, a massively influential songwriter and guitarist who helped shape nearly fifty years of rock music, died today. The cause of his death has not yet been released, but Reed underwent a liver transplant in May. With the Velvet Underground in the late Sixties, Reed fused street-level urgency with elements of European avant-garde music, marrying beauty and noise, […]

The Lips have made another amazing sonic leap with ‘Peace Sword,’ blending the somber introspection of ‘The Terror’ with the progressive, animalistic edge of ‘Embryonic.’

The prize-pack includes a vinyl copy of ‘Lightning Bolt,’ a T-shirt, a poster, and more PJ goodness.

In the spirit of Halloween, Mark Pursell goes long on 10 witches that have shaped our culture.

There appears to be a new surge in British indie rock bands hitting the scene, but which one will break through to carry the torch and lead the way has been a heated debate. If you buy into the hype created by the UK press, then next in line to the country’s music throne is […]

As a loyal listener to the long-running Sound Opinions podcast, I’ve heard co-host Jim DeRogatis rave on and on about Savages, for the better part of a year now. His hagiographic odes to the all female London quartet have interspersed themselves into much of the show’s dialogue as he takes no hesitation in his praise […]

[rating=8.00] The key line on Graveyard Lovers’ fantastic first full length release comes early in the opening song “Manifesto”, when lead singer Zach Reynolds let’s you in on his one line credo, “Don’t let nothing ever get you low.”  This is uplifting, heavy hitting, rock and roll. Dreamers, however, is no digital ray of sunshine, […]

Wayne Coyne (I assume), you bastard.