New York rockers The Walkmen are gearing up with indie-dancers White Rabbits for what might be a east coast hipster’s wet dream this Winter. Starting off in Pittsburgh on January 16th, the tour will wind across the US east coast making stops in Chicago, Phily,...
MySpace, the world’s most popular social network, today announced the Spring 2008 MySpace Music Tour, featuring the Grammy-nominated French electronic duo JUSTICE with support from Diplo, DJ Mehdi, Chromeo, Busy P and Fancy on select dates. Anyone that was paying...
Austin-based metal band The Sword announced today that they have completed work on their long-awaited follow-up to Age of Winters, titled Gods of the Earth. It’s set for an April 1, 2008 release via diverse NYC label Kemado Records. Recorded at Folkvang Studios...
Alright, alright, so 2007 was not a great year for the corporate machine. Sales of albums slumped and only the promise of an uninterrupted string of 5th-grade level ringtone rap songs has given the labels any peace. Oh, that and the honorable RIAA totally screwed that...
My name is Daryl, but you can call me Darko. My friends do anyway. I'm a bit of an old geezer (49 years young), and yeah, I've been a deadbeat too. I've been in love with rock music since I started listening to San Francisco's rock station KYA back in...
Retro-prog. Is there anything original left to be discovered in the world of rock ‘n’ roll? Well, if a band will write new songs with new meanings and new sounds, maybe. I want to write a positive sounding review of this really incredible album but there...
Vampire Weekend is not a Goth band. They are not a Death Metal act, either. Their songs do not employ the use of heavy guitars or lighting quick drum solos. Their lead singer, a Columbia grad by the name of Ezra Koenig, does not scream into the microphone or pen lyrics...
February – 29 – Miami, FL: Airtime Theater March – 01 – Orlando, FL – The Social 02 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse 03 – Chapel Hill, NC – Great Hall (UNC – Chapel Hill) 04 – Asheville, NC –...
It’s hard to believe that’s it’s only been 40 years since the release of one of the most influential and important albums of our time, The Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle. Well, maybe it's not that hard to believe. To celebrate the anniversary...
Virtually everyone in the music industry (including musicians themselves) agrees that there's a certain stigma attached to making guitar-dominated rock ‘n’ roll: it's painfully simple to do; it's kiddie play. While doing interviews in support of...