Modest Mouse has released the new single “The Sun Hasn’t Left.”
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Teenage Halloween have shared a video for “Drown.”
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Read More “Albums in Stores – Jun. 18th, 2021”Review: Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Bon Iver, Bon Iver sounds like a summer storm. A muggy June evening; temperatures that hang suspended in the mid-70s, even after the sun goes down; heat lightning flashing on the horizon; and then, eventually, a torrential downpour, crashes of thunder, strikes of lightning too close for comfort.
Or maybe I just think this album sounds like all those things, because that happened to be the environment in which I first heard it. The night Bon Iver, Bon Iver leaked on the internet, weeks ahead of its June 21, 2011 release date, it was pouring in northern Michigan. When I first heard “Perth,” it felt like someone was taking the weather outside and translating it into music. The far-off guitar notes felt like the first flickers of lightning on the horizon. Vernon’s multi-tracked, harmony-backed voice, when it breaks through the waves about 45 seconds in, evoked the gentle drizzle of the storm’s start. And then, the crescendo: a martial drumbeat, a wash of horns, the guitar sparking louder and louder. The song builds until it sounds like a furious storm—the rain clattering against your windowpane, the thunder rattling the glasses in the cabinets, the lightning flashing so quickly that it seems to illuminate the entire outside world for minutes at a time. Soon, the song subsides, burns itself out. It fades to nothing as quickly as it exploded— just as a summer storm eventually crashes away.
Read More “Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver”Bob Becker Launches Another Label
Bob Becker, founder of Fearless Records, has launched a new label called Thriller Records. His first signing is AVOID, and they have released a video for “HostAge At A BeAch House PArty.”
Read More “Bob Becker Launches Another Label”Vitamin String Quartet Cover My Chemical Romance
The Vitamin String Quartet have shared a new live version of My Chemical Romance’s “I’m Not Okay (I Promise).”
Read More “Vitamin String Quartet Cover My Chemical Romance”Travie McCoy – “A Spoonful of Cinnamon” Video
Travie McCoy has returned with a video for his new song “A Spoonful of Cinnamon.”
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Creeper have shared a new video for “Midnight.”
Read More “Creeper – “Midnight” Video”Lorde Shares Teaser Video
Lorde has released a new teaser video.
Wet – “On Your Side” Video
Wet have shared a video for the new song “On Your Side.”
Read More “Wet – “On Your Side” Video”Meet Me @ the Altar Announce New EP
Meet Me @ the Altar will release their new EP, Model Citizen, on August 13th.
Bob Dylan Announces New Livestream
Review: Rise Against – Nowhere Generation
In times of political turmoil, Rise Against have consistently been a band people can turn to as a guiding light. They were there for the George W. Bush years, the 2008 financial crisis and of course, they went after the Donald Trump presidency when they dropped their last album Wolves in June 2017. After nearly four long years since Wolves was released, Rise Against (singer/guitarist Tim Mcllrath, lead guitarist Zach Blair, bass player Joe Principe and drummer Brandon Barnes) have triumphantly returned with their ninth studio album, Nowhere Generation. This time around, they’re here to take on the ongoing inequality plaguing the country and the illusion of the American Dream.
Read More “Rise Against – Nowhere Generation”Zoon – “Clouded Formation” and “A Perfect Sunset Ahead” (Video Premiere)
Zoon is the moniker of the talented musician, Daniel Monkman. Today, Zoon is premiering two different music videos for the singles “Clouded Formation” and “A Perfect Sunset Ahead” from his debut album, Bleached Wavves, released via Paper Bag Records. Zoon shared this about “Clouded Formation:”
”Clouded Formation” was created from a random sound experiment. I wanted to create a song that didn’t follow any traditional structures but had traditional sounds. I initially wrote a basic guitar progression and added some light leads over top. Then sent it through a ditto looper and had this amazing 30sec loop. I then sent that loop to another reversed reverb pedal and amazingly came across this beautiful wall of sound texture, Which had no real proper structure. It all came together when I designed a drum pattern that fit perfectly with the track and gave it a sense of normalcy.
With a shoegaze sound in the same realm as My Bloody Valentine, Zoon could very well be your next music obsession.
Read More “Zoon – “Clouded Formation” and “A Perfect Sunset Ahead” (Video Premiere)”Review: Ethan Gold – Earth City 1: The Longing
Singer-songwriter and extremely talented composer Ethan Gold is back to deliver his sophomore record that will be the first in a trilogy of concept albums. The first, Earth City 1: The Longing, tackles the feelings of longing for acceptance in cities that we visit for the first time, or come back to for repeat visits. Gold described the first in the series as, “the first step of yearning that drives us inward and forward into the most profound experiences of living. Doubt, searching, and loneliness are motivating principles that bring us towards others, and they bring us towards grace.” Ethan Gold continues to find his true path forward on this record that is quite the ride.
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