Generally when bands re-record an album from their back catalog, it seems that it is either to screw former members out of royalties (Kiss) or reclaim control of the songs from the record company (Suzanne Vega, Squeeze). I'm not sure what side of the fence the re-recording of Fear's 1982 full-length debut, The Record, falls on but it just doesn't sound like a good idea. Lee Ving is the only holdover from the The Record lineup so this sort of feels like a sham (or a scam). Can anyone image John or Harley trying to re-record Age of Quarrel with...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
DOWNLOAD: Bel Argosy - "Into the Distance"Brooklyn four-piece Bel Argosy are a young and fairly new band but they have a familiar sound that is comparable to some of the late 70's CBGB bands. The band just released their debut 7" - a limited edition (ltd. to 200) vinyl single - which comes with a hand drawn comic by lead singer Billy Lopez. Across the disc's four tracks (9 minutes), the band bashes out melodic garage-rock influenced power-punk...
Monday, October 29, 2012
Greeting from Lower Manhattan - given the dire newscast this morning, "the sun will come up tomorrow" seemed a good counter-balancing message.Annie the Musical (which is currently in previews at the Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway(between W. 46th and 47th St.)) has been pretty active in raising money and awareness to help find shelter dogs a loving home. The most recently announced dog-related event is a cocktail "Yappy Hour" for guests and their...
Thursday, October 25, 2012
"21st Century Fallen" by Will SergeantOn the eve of Election Day, Joy Wai Gallery will present A Portrait of America: Commemorating Visions of Hope, Loss and Celebration: 2008-2012, a group exhibition curated by LA-based conceptual artist Ramses Granados. Bringing together an eclectic international group of visual artists, musicians, photojournalists and cultural luminaries, A Portrait of America will offer a unique window into our past and present...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Stream: Nails - "Obscene Humanity" (hosted on CVLT Nation)Following up on 2010's "Unsilent Death", SoCal power-violence band Nails have released the first track from their forthcoming 7". The Obscene Humanity 7” captures three of the most iconic tracks from the bands’ raging debut 12” EP of the same name, re-recorded during the "Unsilent Death" sessions with their more modern, metallic, pulverizing low-end tonal attack. For anyone interested, Todd...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Chicago new-wave quartet California Wives released their debut Art History (Vagrant Records) last month and Manchester's NO CEREMONY just posted a chill remix of "Marianne", the original version is on the band's debut album Art History. The band just finished their Fall tour with Diamond Rings and Stars last week in San Francisco and new tour dates will be announced soon. In the interim, check out this acoustic version of "Marianne" from California...
Monday, October 22, 2012
Following bursts of worldwide touring in support of their two-part Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light album series, Seattle’s Earth will embark on their newest tour this week, with a nearly month of live performances confirmed across America.The most extensive American tour Earth have planned since their 1990 inception, the Seattle purveyors of the slow-motion riff will traverse the country and back on a twenty-five date run, kicking off this Wednesday,...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Update: The Foreshadowing have been added to Marduk & Moonspell's "Voices of the Dark" North American co-headlining tour in February/March 2013 and these shows will mark the band's North American debut. The Foreshadowing's third disc, Second World, takes me back to the last (Brooklyn) incarnation of L'Amour as I can still remember seeing bands like Lacuna Coil and Moonspell sometime around 2002-3 and The Foreshadowing would have fit well alongside...
Monday, October 15, 2012
Brooklyn electro-rock band Chappo has come a long way since I saw them play Dynasty Electric's loft party a number of years ago. The band released their debut LP, Moonwater, earlier this year via Majordomo Records (an imprint of Shout! Factory), which Consequence of Sound described as "explor[ing] the simple splendor of youth through their wide-eyed storytelling and space-y instrumentation, sounding like MGMT coming down off a great acid trip."The band just released a new video for "5-0" (below) and are screening the video on October 21st at a...
Friday, October 12, 2012
New Orleans sludge metal band haarp released their fourth disc, Husks, last month on Phil Anselmo’s Housecore Records. This new three -track/38 minutes disc is the follow-up to the band’s 2010 full-length debut, The Filth, which also came out on Housecore. Phil Anselmo has been a strong supporter – most recently taking the band on the road with Down and Phil joined the band on stage for a song at the show at Best Buy Theater in New York. (Note:...
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Alex Kelly got her start playing with Goo Goo Dolls bassist Robby Takac's side-project Amungus. Kelly moved back to NYC in 2010 and released her debut full-length album, Orange Circle, earlier this summer. To expand on her sound, Alex collaborated with Kelsey Warren and engineer Justin Rose. The sassy dance-rock title track “Orange Circle”, is the first single to be released in May. Deli Magazine described this new disc as "showcas[ing Kelly's]...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
I’m innately suspicious of music documentaries as too many of them follow the VH-1 “Behind the Music” story arc of ‘the band’s rise to fame and the turmoil beneath the surface that drove the band apart’. The Circle Jerks though are in good hands with director David Markey. While everyone knows Markey’s film “The Year Punk Broke”, he has been a part of the SoCal hardcore scene for a long time and directed “Desperate Teenage Lovedolls” and “Lovedolls...
Monday, October 8, 2012
In disgust over a $400 royalty check, Steve Kilbey posted the following statement to his Facebook page: "I have decided to leave my own band permanently as a protest to being fucking treated like this. I have decided to illegally and eventually put all Church records up on my bandcamp. You can buy them from me and make sure the money is going to a member of the band."Second Motion label owner Stephen Judge posted a rebuttal (full text on The Church's...
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Photos: Timothy NorrisPeter Gabriel was having some fun with fans this weekend at his sold out Hollywood Bowl concert Saturday night. The Grammy Award winning musician and activist had the crowd roaring when he brought John Cusack to the stage to kick off his song, “In Your Eyes.” The song was famously and prominently featured in 80s cult classic film, “Say Anything.” Cusack came out with boom box in hand, reminiscent of his character Lloyd Dobler.The...
Saturday, October 6, 2012
For their first full-length disc, New Orleans indie-dance ensemble Empress Hotel cite their influences as "late night listens to the likes of Prince, ELO, and Roxy Music". While I can't hear any of these aforementioned bands in Empress Hotel's music, the band has also cited Sparks and one-hit wonders from the 70's (Ace and The Dwight Twilley Band) as an influence and that seems a bit more on point. Paste Magazine called the band's music "infectious...
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Earlier this year, the reunited Los Angeles doom-metal band Saint Vitus released their first new album in seventeen years, Lillie: F-65 (Season of Mist) and the band played two local shows last month. The first show was a headlining appearance at St. Vitus bar in Greenpoint and the second was at Best Buy Theater, opening for Down. The band closed the set at Best Buy Theater with "Dying Inside" and "Born Too Late" and Dave Chandler commented to...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The 25th Anniversary Edition of R.E.M.'s 1987 disc Document came out last month and, like the previous R.E.M. "deluxe editions", offers little of value to the serious fan. This two disc set includes the original 11-track version of Document along with a second disc which contains a twenty-track live recording of the band performing in Utrecht, Holland on Sept., 14, 1987. Similar to my complaint about the Fables reissue, the six b-sides ("Finest...
New Throbbing Gristle always seems like a good reason to celebrate. Last month, Chris and Cosey announced the release of a new disc from the three remaining members of Throbbing Gristle, a 2CD set entitled Desertshore / The Final Report.DesertshoreThe ‘Desertshore’ project is a 're-imagined' cover version of Nico’s seminal 1970 album first conceived by the late Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson in Berlin 2006. In 2010 at his home in Bangkok, he refocussed...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
There is something exciting about the energy of a sold-out show. Stars headlined a sold-out show at Webster Hall last month in support of their sixth full-length album, The North, which came out at the beginning of September via ATO Records. Paste Magazine gave the new disc a "9" and said "The North offers the same sense of depth and darkness that first propelled the five-piece into the limelight with singles like “Ageless Beauty” and “Your Ex-Lover is Dead,” but with an increased sense of awareness and age. The band has grown. The music has...
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