There are shows that elbow you so hard in the face that you think you’re either 1) going to die because your nose may have pierced through your skull, 2) dancing so hard your shoes are melting off, 3) simply moshing at your finest. And then there are those shows...
The White Stripes have revealed the details of their forthcoming album. The Detroit duo have titled the record Icky Thump, and have just finished mixing and recording it at Blackbird Studio. A release date for the follow up to 2005's Get Behind Me Satan has not yet...
London-based alternative rock trio PLACEBO will be touring the U.S and eastern Canada through the month of April, including an appearance on the Coachella Tour stage in California. PLACEBO TOUR DATES, SPRING 2007 Apr 6 – Roxy – Boston, MAApr 7 –...
If you’ve been in a bar or club over the past few years, there’s a damn good chance you’ve heard at least one song from the NY-based electro-rock-pop label A Touch of Class. For close to ten years, ATOC has been dropping dancefloor bombs from artists...
CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA TO RELEASE FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS Group heads in new direction with stunning guest vocalists Fontella Bass, Patrick Watson, and Lou Rhodes June 5th sees the release of the first full studio album by Jason Swinscoe's Cinematic Orchestra...
CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA TO RELEASE FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS Group heads in new direction with stunning guest vocalists Fontella Bass, Patrick Watson, and Lou Rhodes June 5th sees the release of the first full studio album by Jason Swinscoe's Cinematic Orchestra...
Last week, I was invited to a party at the home of someone I didn't know. The party was technically an "after-party" which didn't get going until 2:30 a.m. Most of us had been at a bar earlier, drinking Jack & Cokes and trying not to wither...
There’s something to be said for the amount of pull an artist has with their peers. In the instance of Neko Case, there’s a hell of a lot of it. On her recent tour, she played with Eric Bachman of Crooked Fingers and supported Merle Haggard, and will play...
ARTIST: Neko Case VENUE: The Henry Fonda, Los Angeles DATE: 02-27-07 REVIEW BY: Aaron Autrand PHOTO: Timothy Norris There’s something to be said for the amount of pull an artist has with their peers. In the instance of Neko Case, there’s a hell of a lot of it. On...
If I could remark on only one thing regarding The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr.’s solo performance with his band at the Troubadour on Wednesday night, it would be on the sense of liberation that emanated from the stage at just about any moment during the...