Artist: The Americans

Mutilation Rites Empyrean Prosthetic 22 May 2012 by Tom Dare Brief Guide On How To Make Black Metal In 2012: 1) Pick your basic influence. This should be a Scandinavian band active in the early 1990s or Bathory. 2) Decide whether to A) simply rip off said band or B) do something new. If A), you're done. If B), move on to number 3. [...]

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Artist : American Wolf Title : Tales of Kamanakera Label : Unsigned Release Date : January 31st 2012 BUY IT Written by Mark Robinson I'm supposed to conduct myself in a professional manner and all that jazz right? Well I'll try but I'm making no promises here. There are not enough superlatives to throw [...]

Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce cd pre-orders and digital availability for the third album by American ambient craftsman Wes Willenbring , Weapons Reference Manual . As a further progression from his acclaimed debut Somewhere Someone Else and his stunning sophomore album Close, But Not Too Close , Weapons Reference Manual features a varied and richly hued palette of visceral guitar tones, effects-warped textures and achingly beautiful piano work. Immersive and darkly emotive soundscapes, such as [...]

People who miss Fiona Apple delivering her crazy fidgets on stage, rest assure that Fiona Apple will bring it back this summer. The "Paper Bag" singer is back with a set of new dates to tantalize you. Click below for the dates. 6/19 Ithaca, NY State Theatre 6/20 Baltimore, MD Lyric Opera House 6/22 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods 6/23 Holyoke, MA Mountain Park 6/24 new york, ny The Governors Ball – Randall's Island 6/26 [...]

If you stopped me walking to class my sophomore year of high school, played me a Nicolas Jaar track and informed me that some day I'd seriously enjoy it, I'd no doubt brush you off as a lunatic from the future. In the last few years, this forever-growing world of electronic artists, dreamy instrumentals and super bass has drawn press like moths to the flame, us included. As tastes continue to fracture across the audiences, new artists creep up every day, filling in the holes of the vast soundscape that is electronic music. Unfortunately, due to non-descript genre tags and [...]

We already introduced the fantastic Jonathan Leder on this journal as he's one of the founder of the best erotic & luxury magazine on earth, Jacques and also directed the last video of IS TROPICAL "Lies". "American Ecstasy" is Jonathan's new full-length starring the beautiful Britany Nola. Some trained eyes must recognize her pretty face [...]

When the Swedish-American music production three-piece Miike Snow released their self-titled debut album it was met with mixed reviews. After producing hits such as Britney Spears' "Toxic" (co-written and co-produced by two members of the band, in the past when they are known hit makers Bloodshy & Avant) and their claim to fame, "Animal", their follow up, Happy to You, might not be the that highly anticipated event their label said it was going to be. The trio's sophomore album, Happy to You, is more carefully made and less immediate than their self-titled. This [...]

Mariah Carey's in the studio, but not that kind of studio. She actually took the time out to do a little voice-over work for American Dad, one of our all-time favorite TV shows. Not sure what the episode was all about but we will make sure to catch it. Related articles How Tall is Mariah Carey Height and Weight (celebrityheightandweight.com) 2010 Golden Globe Awards: Mariah Carey (bellasugar.com) Coming Soon: M by Mariah Carey Fragrance [...]

Last month our esteemed U.S writer Caitlin White picked up on a wonderful EP from fellow countrymen American Royalty . Their Matchstick EP was a bold and dazzling math-rock, electro-pop hybrid that marked the band out as, not just ones to watch, but simply as one of our favourite new bands on the scene. The three-piece head to SXSW this week and, ahead of that trip, GFP caught up with them to find out a little more about them and their music... Your [...]

David Goodwillie (Photo: Candie Sanderson) David Goodwillie is the author of the memoir Seemed like a Good Idea at the Time and American Subversive , a novel that centers on a home-grown terrorist plot. Before he wrote books, Goodwillie was briefly a minor league baseball player, then worked at Southeby's, a private investigation firm, and a dot-com startup. I interviewed him over lunch at Sebastian Junger's bar The Half King , where he was recovering from a gin-fueled literary party with "writers, editors, agents, and a lot of very [...]

Artist : American Royalty Title : Matchstick EP Label : Guns in the Sun Records Release Date : 14th February 2012 LISTEN // BUY Written by Caitlin White American Royalty sings about strawberry fields with such conviction and creativity you'll forget the Beatles even mentioned these two words [...]

Last week I received an unexpected Facebook email from Mike, an old New York City colleague. He'd recently quit his job at Apple and come to Australia for a few months with his wife and young daughter. He figured that his little girl would be starting school pretty soon, so it was now or never. He chose now. How funny, I thought, as I read his message. He had crossed my mind earlier on that very same day. I'd read an interview in one of the Melbourne daily newspapers, maybe the Herald Sun [...]

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Sharon Van Etten is a New Jersey native who is currently based in Brooklyn and she's just released her third album, called Tramp . She's another artist I heard on the radio recently, and it was actually the first I'd heard of her at all. A little bit of time on the internet told me she's been making good music for a good few years (her first album came out in 2009). Of great interest to me was the fact that on her latest LP she's worked with members of The Walkmen, The National and Beirut. [...]

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American Indie pop-ers Still Flyin' have come up with a neat little package to accompany their forthcoming album 'On A Bedroom Wall'. Firstly, you can get a sneak peek into the band's sophomore album, due for release 21st May, by clicking here to l... Read more..

Amazing news for Housse de Racket! Following the announcement of their show at Coachella Festival in May, they are proud to announce that this will be preceded by a month tour on the North American continent starting by South By South West on March 14th. 14/03 - SXSW Festival - Austin 15/03 - SXSW Festival [...]

In this day and age it's hard to retain an air of mystery. Most up-and-coming artists are clamouring for attention; desperate to be heard above the din of so much available music. Not so with the enigmatic pplaceholderr, who seems to be a bedroom producer somewhere in surburban America, who's genuinely a bit shocked that people are liking his music on Facebook. The thing is, his music is actually fucking beautiful. Standout track Don't U Know has been remixed by Jacob Korn and found it's way into Catz N Dogz record box and been [...]

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Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the official release of The European, the new EP by Colorado based Dutch-American atmos-pop artist Kramies . Produced by Todd Tobias ( Guided By Voices , Robert Pollard , Circus Devils ), The European sets Kramies' gorgeous voice and acoustic guitar within a glowing tableau, epic in scope yet delicate in detail. The EP fades into view with 'Intro', a simple cyclical pattern of guitar, piano and vocals gradually subsumed by drones and distortion. This leads into the majestic, [...]

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Updates have come out of the camp of thrash titans Slayer . Drummer Dave Lombardo posted on his Facebook page saying the band has begun writing their next studio album. The record would follow 2009's World Painted Blood . According to a previous statement by bassist/vocalist Tom Araya, though, the band will not enter the studio without guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who has been undergoing treatment and recovering from necrotizing fasciitis he contracted earlier this year in January. Lombardo went on to post that Hanneman is "still recovering and doing better." In the meantime, Lombardo [...]