Tagged: altrock

Better Days es el adelanto del esperado nuevo álbum de Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros . El tercer álbum homónimo del numeroso grupo californiano aparecerá el 23 de julio. Según Alex Ebert es el material más crudo, salvaje y libre que ha hecho hasta ahora. Este es el tracklisting del álbum: 1. Better Days 2. Let’s Get High 3. Two 4. Please! 5. Life is Hard 6. If I Were Free 7. In The Lion 8. Country Calling 9. They Were Wrong 10. [...]

• Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Better Days

Praticamente da Bon Jovi a Bon Iver . Il pregio di un film come "The place beyond the pines" è che riesce a passare da un momento all'altro della storia, da una generazione a quella successiva, e da Bruce Springsteen a Bon Iver , con una grazia che io davvero non riesco a ricordare in molti film – e mi fa usare la parola saga familiare, senza la noia del termine. Se le colpe dei padri ricadono sui figli, possiamo dirlo anche senza dover ricorrere alla tragedia greca, alla Bibbia o ai bisbigli [...]

Photo Credit : Cary Whittier "Brooklyn trio Dead Stars is a sonic throwback to the ‘90s with a modern twist, blending elements of rock, pop, and grunge to create a large, resonant sound full of memorable hooks, melodic vocals, and plenty of guitar solos. Having been compared to iconic acts like Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, and Pavement, the band has won over fans with their raucous live show. They’re gearing up to release their new EP, High Gain, June 4th via Uninhabitable Mansions, a label founded by fellow Brooklyn band Radical Dads". [...]

• deadstarsmusic - Fractured

"Gritty vocalist and guitarist Josh Finver fronts this Washington, D.C., based four-piece that features Robert Peters on lead guitar and an explosive rhythm section featuring drummer Enzo Ferroggiaro. Though the band takes inspiration from rock pioneers that have come before, Black Dog Prowl has a sound that is very much its own and a high-energy live show that is among the best a nation’s capital has to offer. In 2011, with the addition of Peters and departure of founding member Micah McCutchan, the band has taken a grungier turn. BDP spent the better part of the year working with Scott [...]

All'indomani di una lunga coda post-"High Violet" a base di brani prestati a colonne sonore di film, serie tv e videogiochi, più l'organizzazione dell'ATP festival l'anno scorso ed alcune esibizioni speciali tipo la performance trasmessa via web con Bob Weir dei Grateful Dead o quella surreale eseguita al museo Moma di New York con la canzone "Sorrow" tratta dal penultimo album suonata per sei ore di seguito! (senza menzionare i vari impegni da produttore di uno dei due gemelli "axe-man" Aaron Dessner ) i National tornano a illuminare di una flebile luce sgualcita [...]

There's only a month left to wait for Queens of the Stone Age much anticipated album, ...Like Clockwork, as a follow-up to the band's widely [...]

The Scene just broke the news that Deerhunter (who just release the band's sixth album, Monomania, last week) will in fact open for The Breeders tonight [...]

"Slim Loris, from Stockholm, Sweden, blends Indie Pop/Rock with Americana and a pinch of Swedish melancholy. The band formed in 2009 from the remnants of two indie acts, and released a collection of demos entitled 'Amateur Night at the Asylum' the year after. In 2011, Slim Loris's debut album 'Down To Earth' was released, led by the 1st single 'Low', showing the band's fine-tuned song writing skills and classic rock sense of melody. Two songs from Slim Loris were also featured in the Swedish film Var kommer mjolken ifran". The simplicity and natural expressiveness of the [...]

• Domestic - Slim Loris

I teutonici Blackmail rinascono a nuova vita, cambiano pelle ma non il vizio di spaccare i padiglioni auricolari di chiunque si avvicini al loro raggio d’azione elettrico, e dopo circa un triennio di pausa dovuti a casini interni e problemi di rapporti tra i membri della band eccoli di nuovo in giro col nuovissimo album “II”, solo una semplice sigla per immortalare una tracklist assolutamente da non prendere sottogamba, undici tracce padrone assolute delle atmosferiche rock di quelle che struggono, bruciano e lasciano segni indelebili pressappoco dappertutto. Vent’anni di carriera sono tanti, ma rimettersi sulla [...]

Totalmente avulsa da ogni logica di mercato e stoicamente indipendente in ogni suo aspetto la messinese Snowdonia continua a sfornare album di tutto rispetto: agli inizi dell'inverno è infatti uscito, con la collaborazione produttiva di TeslaDischi e del gruppo stesso, “L'Ombra Delle Formiche”, debutto dei tre genovesi Unsolved Problem Of Noise (più spesso abbreviati nell'acronimo U.P.O.N. ). Il disco contenuto nel lussuosissimo digipack, illustrato magnificamente da Valentina Fenoglio , è una vera gemma in cui convergono sentori cinematici, furia hardcore e grande perizia jazz: sin dall'iniziale “Formicazione (Parte I)” possiamo assistere allo scontro e [...]

"The Critically acclaimed rock duo of vocalist/guitarist Zack Lopez and vocalist/drummer Sean Stockham have shared stages with the likes of Muse, Social Distortion, Them Crooked Vultures, Alice In Chains, 30 Seconds To Mars and Linkin Park and more than held their own, drawing rave reviews from NME, the BBC, Alternative Press and Kerrang!  Lopez and Stockham are raising the bar with 'Pick Up Your Head', an album that sees the duo opening up their sound. Mixed by Grammy winning producer Dave Sardy (Johnny Cash, LCD Soundsystem, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds), the album was produced by the duo working alone [...]

Photo Credit : Matthew Welsh "The Reflections were born when Darian Zahedi and Jon Safley began collaborating together earlier this year, often sending ideas back and forth while on the road with other projects. Along with bassist, Brady Wills they finished up an album’s worth of songs and spent the better part of Spring at Brightstreet Recorders with producer/engineer, Kenny Woods (Jenny Lewis, Lykke Li, Vampire Weekend). A hypnotic blend of classic indie pop with dashes of chillwave melodies".  Part 1 of our 'Tracks To [...]

• The Reflections - "Disconnected"

EndAnd is a noise-punk/post-hardcore trio from Brooklyn, New York, featuring Daniel Fern (guitars, vocals), Mike Morales (drums, percussion) and Bill Fitzgerald (bass, vocals). EndAnd The first thing to hit me about EndAnd was the technicality of the drumming and inventive melodies. Their latest release, Mechanics & Energetics of Stilt-Running , opens with At Fault’s End , a song which initially smacks of a soft, contemporary take on math-rock before picking up [...]

Occuparsi dei dischi che i Guided By Voices hanno cominciato a sfornare dopo aver riunito la line up di metà anni novanta potrebbe essere un buon lavoro di quelli di una volta, un posto fisso senza timore di restare disoccupati. Per tenere il conto di tutti gli album e gli EP pubblicati, ormai più che il classico pallottoliere ci vuole un ragioniere. E’ come se stessero cercando di entrare nel Guinness dei Primati o fossero impegnati in una gara infinita contro se stessi. E non hanno nessuna intenzione di fermarsi: l’ambizione di Robert Pollard è quella [...]

Brandon Cox (ma vado per intuizione) deve essere una di quelle persone che passano da un dipendenza all'altra, uno di quelli che iniziano e continuano un numero imprecisato di collezioni, con una intensità e un'attitudine maniacale ai dettagli. Salvo poi gettare tutto via e ricominciare da capo: il piccolo museo di casa Cox , un armadio pieno di vestiti che sembrano costumi, personalità e personaggi intercambiabili nel corso della giornata. Da A a Z passando per tutte le altre lettere, ma rimanendo sempre riconoscibile. Nel 2010 c'era "Halcyon Digest", nel 2011 c'era "Parallax" come Atlas Sound , [...]

Hot Shot is the latest single by the ex bassist/vocalist of the Pixies (as well as The Breeders) and all around rock goddess Kim Deal . Give Hot Shot a spin below and reminiscence about the hey days of indie rock.

Found a Flat es el divertido y pegadizo tema con el que debuta el dúo londinense T.W.I.N.S. y la cara A de un single que se publicará el 10 de junio.

• T.W.i.N.S. - Found A Flat

"A London-based band who met through musical endeavours across the city, The Shallows is made up of four members, Tom Skelton on lead vocals, Russ Cragg on guitar, Joe White on bass and Al Hewitt on drums. Taking their influences from the likes of The Strokes, Neu!, Two Door Cinema Club and The Smiths, The Shallows focus is writing great music, with solid vocals. The About Time Vol 1 EP was recorded at Youths (Killing Joke, Paul McCartney, The Verve) studio in Spain at the beginning of 2012. There are two more EPs still to come. The focus of their [...]

• TheShallowsUK - The Shallows - Honestly

"So two Americans, one actuary & one lawyer, suddenly realized how boring their lives were so they packed a couple shirts, quit their jobs, and then flew to Berlin two weeks later. American #1 quickly enrolled in German class because, well, he didn't know any German, and forced his friendship upon a guy from Brazil who liked Pavement way too much. American #1 & the Brazilian kept trying to enlist a third member into their collective, but couldn't find the fit they were needing. Just when they were about to throw their hands up in the air & call it [...]

• Mincer Ray - Perspiring Winners

"This is our first and last time in London" Kaizers Orchestra ringleader and founder Janove Ottesen confesses before a seething throng, only to then revert to the safe haven that is his default Norwegian. I needless to say can't even so much as begin to comprehend that last bit, but he seems pleased with himself as he stands proud on the cusp of the stage – a Scandi hybridity of Mike Patton and Alan Smith. The Bryne ensemble, now in its fourteenth year of existence having formed at the dawning of this contemporary millennium, may be [...]