Call me crazy, but when I was growing up I always thought the one irreplaceable member of a band was the lead singer. I don’t really think the statement needs much clarification but it can be said, they’re generally the iconic symbol of any band. You may go to a concert to watch a guitarist shred but if the singer can’t carry the show, what’s the point? When Michael Hutchence died, I remember being bummed because not only would I...
After a year and a half of relentless touring in support of The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw, critical instru-metal darlings Pelican are putting the finishing touches on their upcoming album, City of Echoes. Recorded in Steve Albini's famed Electrical Audio with Andrew Schneider (Daughters, Keelhaul, Cave In, Unsane), the album is now in the final mixing stages and is set to be released May 22nd on Hydra Head. The new record promises to be the most...
Toronto-based, Trinidad-born, artist k-os will launch a comprehensive, coast-to-coast U.S. tour in early 2007. Running from mid-February all the way into early April, the tour will find k-os supporting the U.S. release of ATLANTIS – Hymns for Disco on February 20, 2007 Read the Ground Control review of AtlantisListen in The Leak with Gym Class Heroes, RX Bandits and P.O.S. 02/17/07 Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom02/18/07 Troy, NY Revolution Hall02/20/07 Indiana, PA Ohio Room – IU02/21/07 Washington, DC 9:30 Club02/22/07...
Hooray for needless punctuation! stellastarr* will be taking their asterisk on the road on the road for short jaunts up the east and west coast, playing intimate (read: buy your tickets now, because they'll sell out) settings as they preview new material from their upcoming album. Monsters Are Waiting will be supporting most dates. 2/05 – San Diego @ Casbah2/07 – Los Angeles @ Troubadour2/10 – San Francisco @ Bottom of The Hill2/13 – Washington, DC @ Rock N...
Psych-rock trio Dead Meadow brought their winter tour to the Troubadour, on a rainy Saturday night in Los Angeles, with Spindrift and Tsk Tsk for an amazing performance that would keep the near capacity crowd transfixed until the very end. Having just finished a number of dates supporting Wolfmother, with Silversun Pickups, Jason Simon (vocals, guitar) and crew glided through the set in a most unassuming manner allowing the music to transport the audience into their realm with ease....
NY, NY—Along with his partner Rock, Sean Price (A.K.A. Ruck) dropped two impressive LP’s as the duo Heltah Skeltah; their 1996 debut Nocturnal (which included the indelible “Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka”) and their 1998 follow-up Magnum Force. Sean is also a core member of the legendary Boot Camp Clik collective and has been a key and stand out contributor to all three of their collaborative releases; 1997’s For The People, 2002’s The Chosen Few and 2006’s The Last Stand. Not to...
Here are just a few of our contributors' top 10 favorite albums of 2006. It was pretty tough making such a short list, but these are the best of the best and will all make nice additions to your record collections… Mark Ziemke1. Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther2. Silversun Pickups – Carnavas3. Mastodon – Blood Mountain4. Boot Camp Clik – The Last Stand5. Joanna Newsom – Ys6. Saviours – Crucifire7. M. Ward – Post-War8. Katamine – Lag9. Wolfmother...