Zeus' new album, Busting Visions (Arts & Crafts), will be released March 27. If you like fuzzed-out riffs, razor-sharp hooks and harmonies out the wazoo, then Busting Visions is right up your ally. The band will be previewing material from the album this month in Canada with Sam Roberts Band and will be in Boston on [...]
Derek Branscombe '70s-styled radio rock - the sort marked by tight multi-part harmonies, guitars that go from chunky rhythms to smooth leads like the peanut butter aisle, and a laid back sort of pop songcraft that's inviting like a pitcher of beer on a hot Summer's day - has been back in style lately, and no one's done a better job of repping it locally than Zeus . Their 2010 debut Say Us won them plenty of fans both across Canada and abroad. Somehow amidst all the touring [...]
Toronto retro-rock outfit Zeus has shared the lead single from its upcoming sophomore LP, Busting Visions , due out March 27th via Arts & Crafts. Whereas the LP's first track to surface ( "Are You Gonna' Waste My Time?" ) was more intricate and grandiose, "Anything You Want Dear" is a straight-forward blast of call-and-response pop-rock with a huge funk edge. Stream it below. "The song was spawned from a guitar hook that had been kicking around in my brain for at least a couple of years," frontman Mike O'Brien recently told [...]
Come March 27th, Canadian four-piece outfit will release their second album, entitled Busting Visions . Ahead of that moment in time, why not listen to the first single from that album, called "Anything You Want Dear"? With plenty of guitars, peppy vocals and a healthy dose of casual swaggering, it could well brighten your day that little bit more. Listen and download the track below (via Rolling Stone ). MP3 : Zeus - "Anything You Want Dear"
Come March 27th, Canadian four-piece outfit will release their second album, entitled Busting Visions . Ahead of that moment in time, why not listen to the first single from that album, called "Anything You Want Dear"? With plenty of guitars, peppy vocals and a healthy dose of casual swaggering, it could well brighten your day that little bit more. Listen and download the track below (via Rolling Stone ). MP3 : Zeus - "Anything You Want Dear"
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A lot of bands have nostalgically hit back at the 80s, but that's not the path that Zeus seems to take. They've gone even further, hitting up on the AOR sounds of the 70s, using sharp guitar licks and Rod Stewart-esque vocals to kick out their jams. The group are about to release their new record, Busting Visions , on Arts and Crafts this March, and if you dig you're rock n' roll with a bit of old school swagger, then this is [...]
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Zeus have announced their second album and follow-up to the Polaris Prize nominated Say Us . It will be titled Busting Visions and is due on March 27th via Arts & Crafts. Below, we have a fancy widget with the classic-psych-rock ripper "Are You Gonna Waste My Time?" It's a pretty great tune and we are now looking forward to this album. Check it out.
On March 27th, Toronto retro-rock band Zeus will release its sophomore album, Busting Visions , via Arts & Crafts. The follow-up to 20102s Say Us , this latest LP spans 14 tracks and is described by the label as a "sweaty romp of a record, oozing cool, with fuzzed-out riffs, razor-sharp hooks, and harmonies galore." For a sneak peek, the band has unleashed the lead single, "Are You Gonna' Waste My Time?". With a Who-ian intro, the track furthers the band's work of building solid Southern rock grooves, [...]
Hey look who's back. It's Zeus ! Once almost constantly described as Jason Collett 's backing band, the Toronto rockers have made a name for themselves and shed that label nicely. The group return with a new studio album, Busting Visions , on March 27th. Grab the track "Are You Gonna Waste My Time" here: Here's the track list for the album: Are You Gonna' Waste My Time? [...]
Zeus just released their single off an upcoming LP due sometime soon via Arts & Crafts . I guess this track came out a couple of months ago but it somehow fell under my radar just now thanks to Some Velvet Blog and YVYNYL . I should be up on this, huh? I am a Torontonian now, afterall. Listen, below! Zeus - Are You Gonna' Waste My Time? by Arts & Crafts
Zeus - Are you Gonna Waste My Time? Okay, it's time to send off the holiday weekend with bang. Jimmy over at Head Underwater just announced he's taking a break through the holidays and then some - needs to recharge his blogging batteries. I get that. Sometimes, it's hard to keep doing this blaagin' thang day in and day out. I take off weekends. Sometimes I'm completely bored by the world and dont' blog a thing. But it's important that we all remember: ain't nothing if it ain't fun. This song should remind us of [...]
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Winter, eat your heart out. Austin's annual South by Southwest music festival has been slowly releasing its list of bands traveling to the Lone Star state this Spring and, yes, Chicago is represented. On tap to play the 2012 edition are sunny pop rockers Gold Motel , dancehall DJ Chrissy Murderbot , acoustic folker Musikanto , lo-fi ambient poppers U.S. Girls , and Chicago - by way of Philadelphia - [...]
The music portion of South by Southwest 2012 runs March 13-18th in Austin Texas. Today, the festival revealed another batch of 2012 acts, with Built to Spill, The Magnetic Fields, Stars, Metric, Thomas Dolby, and Delta Spirit leading the way. Other newly confirmed notables include Lee Fields and the Expressions, Talib Kweli, Grimes, The Big Pink, Oh Land, Screaming Females, Dan Mangan, Gross Magic, Ganglians, Daughter, The War on Drugs, Blood Orange, Bleached, Suckers, Spector, Miracles of Modern Science, Ear Pwr, Beach Fossils, Prince Rama, Zeus, and Zorch. For all the latest lineup news and updates, be [...]
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Craving some old fashioned, guitar driven rock music? Much like Blitzen Trapper's American Goldwing , Zeus' newest track "Are You Gonna'Waste My Time?" seems like it can meet your needs. Combining elements of Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy, and Boston, Zeus are a band for listeners yearning for a 1970s sound. Their sophomore album is due in 2012, but hear their newest single before then. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping
There are few genres I find more boring than straight-up, plain rock 'n' roll. The sort of straight ahead, unchanging rock that has been done to death since the 1970s: unflinching 4/4 rhythms, two guitars (lead and rhythm), and a bass plucking away solid eighth notes endlessly. While this could be used to describe an endless number of different subgenres, those genres usually have some sort of distinguishing characteristic to set them apart. It's why we have so many different describers-lo-fi, surf-pop, post industrial psychedelia-but garden variety rock seems to persist in face of all these. So it's a [...]
M Barnes It's been almost two years since Toronto retro-rockers Zeus fired off their Polaris-nominated and Verge-winning debut 'Say Us.' Well, the band named after the head honcho of all Greek gods has finally come back down the mountain to bequeath us mere mortals with new music. 'Are You Gonna Waste My Time,' the first single from its forthcoming sophomore release on Canadian mega-indie Arts&Crafts is "our rock'n'roll anthem," Carlin Nicholson tells Spinner. Indeed, the high-energy track brings to mind classics from [...]
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