The Black Angels and Reverberation Appreciation Society proudly announce updates to the Austin Psych Fest lineup. The fourth annual event is set to take place April 29 – May 1 2011 at Mexitas Events Center. Important here to note that this is a new venue for the...
There are Rock Festivals, and then there is Soundwave. Now in its' fifth year of traveling to Australia's major cities, the 2011 Soundwave Festival has a line-up that will most surely not be topped by any other festival, no matter what country. Rolling into...
Not many bands can sell out a 2800-seat venue without having a new record to support. Ween did just that when they hit the Fox Theater in Oakland last week though and, judging from the rabid reaction they received, the band has not lost any of its' fan base despite...
The recent passing of Captain Beefheart leads me to make a confession which might surprise some of you. I'm someone who loves weird music (and I pride myself on that love), yet I never really got into Beefheart. In fact, I never listened to Trout Mask Replica...
It's funny how times have changed in punk rock. There was a time when, unwilling to wait for something to happen to them, a clutch of bands took matters into their own hands and made their careers exist of their own accord. They cobbled together their own records...
Hello there my little audiophiles!There ya go. Fi' dollar Billy tol' me to be a little more polite, but tha's as much as he's gonna get. So how's yer itch doin' ya ready fer more music 'st fell offa the back of a truck? 'Course you are,...
There is music, and then there is what may pass as music, but is really just one guy yelling for an hour straight. This is my first review telling the world to not buy an album. This is the first time I’m telling you, the reader of this review, even if you have...
Kill Rock Stars is pleased to announce that on March 1st we will be digitally releasing a new album from Winnipeg quintet Boats! Boats makes music songs in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Sometimes their songs are about fictional performing duos who have holes in their...
When Cage the Elephant released its' debut album just shy of two years ago, the band exhibited the kind of pent-up energy often found in one of Jack White’s many musical excursions; hectic, driven, and bouncing off the walls like a kid snowed in after a...
With a sixteen-year history of basically releasing the same thing each time they record a new album (punk rock covers of pop songs – d'uh!), it's a pretty safe assumption that everyone in the world knows what to expect of Me First and The Gimme Gimmes....