Los Angeles, CA – February 28, 2008 – Nebraska’s BRIMSTONE HOWL is heading back on the road in support of their debut Alive Record’s release “Guts of Steel” – co-produced and engineered by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. The band will wrap their U.S. tour after performing several SXSW showcases then begin a month long European tour. Alive Records… Read more »
Label: MVD Entertainment Released: February 19, 2008 Tad is the forgotten band of Seattle’s grunge explosion, but there is a case to be made for them being among the scene’s most important artists. In Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears, it is said that in 1989 “Yeah, I’m friends with Kurt,” meant Tad bassist Kurt Danielson, not Cobain. They were perhaps… Read more »
Label: Daptone Records Released: October 2, 2007 Label: Concord Released: October 16, 2007 It would seem that the essential component of soul music (old school or new) would be the soul itself, yet that is often just what modern soul and R&B lack. Too often even a good R&B singer has a tough time overcoming assembly line songwriting and synthetic… Read more »
I came across this on Redd Kross’ myspace page and thought it lent itself to a good trivia question: What album cover is being spoofed here? Unfortunately, I don’t have any good prizes to give away so this one will have to be for honor.
Label: MVD Entertainment Group Released: January 22, 2008 This is the story of the Smiths through the eyes of Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke. Who you ask? The guys who sued Morrissey and Johnny Marr a few years back. Oh yeah, they were also the rhythm section of the Smiths. Under the circumstances, I expected Inside the Smiths to a… Read more »
This comes from their acoustic show in Chicago last Thanksgiving.
Flipper played a show at Amoeba Music in San Francisco on February 18th. Check out the pictures from the show and check out the DVD.
Label: Geffen Records Released: November 20, 2007 I have long felt that Nirvana is grossly overrated. Bleach was a good grunge album and Nevermind managed to both transcend the genre and be in the right place at the right time, exploding into the faltering world of commercial rock. Even so, it’s more commercially important than musically. In Utero, however, is… Read more »
Label: Universal Music Released: February 5, 2008 The fact that this DVD flat out rules is no surprise. Iron Maiden is one of metal’s most technical and most literate bands and, as if that’s not enough, they’re a blast live. Other than a few foggy Spinal Tap-esque moments during the epic “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Maiden never comes across… Read more »
To celebrate the release of Ride Your Bike’s Bad News from the Bar, Deep Elm has this awesome contest: