I actually tweeted about this album yesterday, and the good people at Potholes In My Blog let me know it's available to be streamed in full via SoundCloud. Nice! Gigantic, Vol. 1 is the latest album from Philadelphia producer Small Professor. It's one of those LPs that features the production of one, but the mic skills of many. I'm usually on the fence with albums like this, because the skills and personalities of the MCs involved ends up varying so much. However, Small Professor does his best to keep things consistent and cohesive. [...]
Oh. Fuck. YES. MetalSucks and Dead End Threads are proud to present what has to be not one, but really two of the sickest, most brutal tours of the new year. From February 26 to March 3, death metal legends Dying Fetus are hitting the road with death metal legends-in-the-making Job for a Cowboy and Volumes, plus [...]
Chelsea Grin have posted dates for their upcoming tour with Attila, For The Fallen Dreams,Chunk! No Captain Chunk and Vanna (additionally, Volumes and The Crimson Armada will appear on select dates). First off, Chunk! No Captain Chunk is the current title holder for worst band name ever. Congrats on that one guys! Secondly, six bands on one bill? That's a ...
The first full length LP (I think) from London-based producer SE1DavidE. Some ill boom bap instrumental's for you, named after the place where he was born and bred. Name your price over on Bandcamp, and check our previous posts on him here . BUY (NAME YOUR PRICE)/STREAM 'BermondseyBeats Vol.1' FROM BANDCAMP HERE SE1DavidE: Facebook • Twitter • Soundcloud ~lork Tags: [...]
Haven't dropped a compilation in a minut e so make sure you peep this ddoopppee Jazz compilation we're sponsoring. You mighta guessed by the name, this is dedicated to the wave of nu jazz we've had in the last few years, including tracks by Jazz Libs and a whole load of that ill Japanese vibe like Nomak, Deckstream and of course Nujabes. This isn't the first time WIB and Avens have collabed; go check our previous posts on him here . STREAM/DOWNLOAD 'Modern JaZz vol. 1' FROM BANDCAMP HERE [...]
Today is seemingly "news about albums that are coming out in early 20123 day. To that end: Soilwork are writing a new album called The Living Infinite. Generic quote time: Speed Strid says that "people can expect a continuation of the intensity and presence of The Panic Broadcast, only taken to a higher level" and [...]
Last year Donewaiting and Each Note Secure released A Very Ohio Christmas, Volume One featuring acts from all over Ohio. Phantods, Super Desserts, Brainbow, Adam from Southeast Engine, No No Knots, and many others were involved. Today, we are releasing the album as a free download to spread the holiday cheer. We hope to do a second volume next year which we want to tie into a Kickstarter vinyl release. More details next year. Grab it for free and play it all month long. [...]
MP3 Electronic music producer Teebs will be dropping a new release on November 8th via Brainfeeder . Though I wasn't in love with this last album, Ardour , there were still some tracks that drew up some pretty interesting sounds. I'm feeling that way about the first track to drop from Teebs' forthcoming mini-album, too. The quirky, Laurie Johnson-esque melodies feel like they'd fit snugly into the theme for a vintage sci-fi radio program. The beat is pretty pleasant, too. The song's title is "Cook, [...]
We have a decent amount of new stuff this week, including quality releases from Skeletonwitch, Black Cobra, Hull, Fuck The Facts and more. This writer's opinion on all of it after the jump. 3 – The Ghost You Gave To Me (Metal Blade) 3 are an odd band to be on Metal Blade. They play [...]
At the beginning of Sempter I dropped some stuff by Leeds native Bambooman, some nice ambient future beat stuff. This is a compilation he's put together of similar things, mainly UK artists but some... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
I'm officially making the switch from the Top Hard Music chart to the Current Hard Music chart for the purposes of this column. While it's interesting to see what classic Metallica and Aerosmith albums are charting and I still may occasionally reference the former, the latter chart paints a much clearer picture of the modern [...]
Lord VI - Free Cheeze (HashFinger Remix) Illuzual - Funky Elevator Nice FreEP from Yorkshire based UK Collective Sinoptic Music. Perhaps the best known member to WIB is Hashfinger (check previous... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Time for a fucking breakdown! The 2011 iteration of Thrash and Burn tour has been announced for a while, but we wanted to wait until a full itinerary surfaced before reporting on it, you know.. not to clog our news feed. This year's lineup will see Winds of Plague headlining, with support from Chelsea Grin, ...
Alright, there's been a bunch of new shit released today, but we got a little distracted making fun of unknown bands and sucking Devin Townsend's kazoo. So now it's time to play catch-up. First up today: The Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato has released a cover "of a song called 'Driving'. Originally written/recorded by Oupa,the [...]
The line-up for this year's edition of the annual Thrash and Burn tour has been announced, and it's terrible; so terrible that I don't even have any witty way of expressing it's terribleness. So I'm not here to make more jokes at the expense of some deathcore bands; I hope they all have fun on [...]
Nostalgia 77 - When Love Is Strange Mo Kolours - Biddies Real dope jazzy vibes in this Label Love compilation. Featuring artists from a range of well respected labels this is one of the best freenesses I've seen in a minute. Here's the description: Label Love is an eclectic yet unified bundle of unique sounds compiled simply for the love of sharing them with the universe - each track plucked and presented by label heads from Decon Records, Fat Beats, One-Handed Music, Stones Throw, Tru Thoughts, [...]
It's a good day to be an After the Burial fan: the band has released not one but two music videos, plus additional dates for their previously-announced Crush 'Em All trek with Veil of Maya, Misery Signals, and Within the Ruins. So, let's start by considering these videos, "Cinemetal Round-Up" style, shall we? First up, [...]
While I would generally prefer it if all of metaldom would stay as far away from the phrase "Crush 'Em" as possible from now until the sun dies and all of humanity is forgotten forever, there's no denying that the Crush 'Em All Tour II has a pretty solid line-up - After the Burial, Veil [...]
Has anybody else noticed there aren't as many tours going around this summer. Beyond a handful of packages, my Summer schedule seems rather empty. I guess everybody is gearing up for some Fall treks, including these guys: After The Burial and Veil of Maya have just announced a co-headlining tour. The band has also locked ...
This shit knocks. Seriously. Beatsmith Apollo Brown and sayer of rhymes Hassaan Mackey come together for their recent release Daily Bread (which can be copped on iTunes or off their Bandcamp ). Give the single a listen, and their letting this one go for free so be sure to tell em thank you buy copping up.
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