Video: 'Blood' The Middle East

Tweet The following thought struck me while listening to the Middle East's 'Hunger Song'; I hear the train a comin', it's rollin' 'round the bend, and I ain't seen the sunshine, since, I don't know when, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison. Now, there are major divergences between both songs (Rohin Jones vocals for one) but there's no doubting the parallels in the momentum. It is by a long stretch the best thing I've heard from the Townsville (Australian east coast) band and [...]

• The Middle East - Hunger Song

For a band that by some accounts had broken up over a year ago--and with only a five-song EP to show for its efforts--The Middle East should consider its current US tour nothing less than triumpha... Continue reading "Gig Alert: The Middle East's Impromptu Show at Dan's Silverleaf Tonight" >

I love it when something like this happens - two bands that I've had in heavy rotation in 2010 - Mumford & Sons and The Middle East - are teaming up on a spring tour including a stop in my hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Dates May 14 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs May 16 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore at TLA May 18 - New York, NY [...]

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