Can someone explain to me exactly what a Ninja Gun is? I know ninjas can present problems, but is there a special sort of firearm that's been developed specifically for poppin' a cap in a ninja? I dunno, but what I do know is that the band Ninja Gun (from Valdosta, Georgia) are pretty good. They might not be entirely ferocious, but the melodies are memorable, easy and (yes) there's a hint of twang, but it ain't dirty. Tuneful vocals that are anything but gruff along with a little alt-rock guitar crunch, acoustic guitars, [...]

Go ahead; click on that picture up there and get the full-size treatment. I really want you to see and understand what it's all about. What you're seeing is a waveform representing the second song off the new Metallica album, Death Magnetic . What you're seeing is bullshit. Check out this Wired article to really have it outlined , but the gist of the new album is that before the album was even mixed the individual tracks were already compressed beyond normal listening levels. See, in the last several years music producers have [...]

Ninja Gun have announced their touring plans for the next few months. The boys will be out supporting their fantastic new album Restless Rubes , which was released by Suburban Home Records. Check the dates after the jump. NINJA GUN TOUR DATES: Oct 1 -Richmond, VA @ Nara Sushi w/ Dean Lee and the Thrashtown Menace, Branden Peck, and Ten Commandments Oct 2 -Baltimore, MD Oct 4 -Phillidelphia, PA @ The Fire w/ Restorations, The Old Souls, and Corrado Oct 5 -Asbury Park, [...]

I thought I was getting something I never heard before with this album but I think I have heard these guys on the radio before, the track restless rubes was playing on a local station here (I think) for a little while. I could be wrong, it has happened before. Either way, what we have here is a pretty damn good album. It's your regular mix of country and rock, but they're different than any of the others of that genre that I've heard recently, I mean they sound the same but they have something more, you know [...]