TOOL Cement Their Titanic Legacy With Two Denver Pepsi Arena Shows (PHOTOS)
Denver fans of TOOL were treated to not one but TWO sold-out shows at the 20,000+ seat Pepsi Center this week. / The current arena tour is in support of their new album Fear Inoculum, their first album since the release of 10,000 Days in 2006. The band rocked tunes from earlier in their career, (“Stinkfist” and “Parabolas”) well as much […]
Various Blues and Roots Artists Salute Late Sean Costello on ‘Don’t Pass Me By’ (ALBUM REVIEW))
This tribute, Don’t Pass Me By, of artists covering 15 of the late blues artist Sean Costello’s songs is one that needs support for all the right reasons. The artists have already done their part. The production and performances of all the artists were donated to benefit The Sean Costello Memorial Fund to Benefit Bipolar […]
Mark Lanegan Band Tries On Electronic/New-Wave Glances On ‘Somebody’s Knocking’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The video for Mark Lanegan Band’s “Stitch It Up,” off Somebody’s Knocking features Jimmy the Cab Driver. Jimmy, played by Donal Logue (before he was famous), was an MTV fixture in the 1990s, performing meandering monologues about the various bands showcased by the music network. One of those MTV-anointed bands was Lanegan’s Screaming Trees, which […]
Mudhoney and Pissed Jeans Bring It On Fast & In Your Face at Asheville’s Grey Eagle (SHOW REVIEW)
Mudhoney’s recent show at Asheville’s Grey Eagle (10/10) was everything a Thursday night concert should be. It was loud, it was fast, it was in your face and raw as hell, starting with the first note of Pissed Jeans’ opening set and running straight through to the very end when Mark Arm and co. walked […]
Beck Returns With New LP ‘Electric Life’ Out November 22nd
Electric Life will be in all our brains November 22, when Capitol Records releases Hyperspace: new colors, next phase and the brand new 14th album from seven-time GRAMMY-winning cultural chameleon BECK. Hyperspace’s new dimensions in sound are the result of Beck’s most collaborative efforts to date. Seven of the album’s 11 tracks—including single “Uneventful Days” (below) and […]
IDLES Announce First Live Album ‘A Beautiful Thing: IDLES Live at Le Bataclan’
Today, IDLES have announced their first live album ‘A Beautiful Thing: IDLES Live at Le Bataclan’, and have shared the live version of ‘Mother’ taken from the record. The limited double LP edition will be available across three different colours, each with their own individual artwork. All will be housed in deluxe gatefold packaging, and each will contain a booklet […]
25 Years Ago Today – Jamiroquai Release ‘The Return of the Space Cowboy’ (Watch Live at Montreux ’95)
The Magpie Salute Carry On With Powerhouse Rock Via ‘High Water II’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The Magpie Salute’s High Water II is a powerhouse rock and roll record. But its prevailing volume is only part of what makes it a mirror image of its predecessor. The album’s high-decibel impact is all the more remarkable because it is NOT the result of the road work the group conducted subsequent to the […]
SONG PREMIERE: Oliver Spalding’s “Xanax” Delivers Soulful Chamber Pop
23-year-old UK artist Oliver Spalding is releasing his debut album Novemberism on 11/15 via Monotreme Records. As with his debut EP Unfurl (2017), the album was written and recorded with producer Ed Tullett (Novo Amor). Built around Spalding’s staggeringly beautiful voice, the record is full of melodic, immediate songwriting and arresting electronic production. Asked about his choice of title, […]
SONG PREMIERE: Mary and the Ram Deliver Post Punk Luster Via “Eclipse”
Mary and the Ram (the studio project of The Trembling Hellish Infernal Nightmare Generator’s Kiran Tanna and The Parasitic Twins’ Dom Smith) are back with a new single – “Eclipse” out today via Syndicol Music. Recorded at Melrose Yard Studios in York, UK and co-produced between Kiran, and New York-based Kallie Marie (Explosives For Her […]