mr. Gnome Launches Tour - Album Set For November
Clevelend's mr. Gnome hit the road and give us a new song called 'Vampires.'
Cleveland twosome mr. Gnome hit the road yesterday to launch a rather long US tour in support of their new album Heave Yer Skeleton (we totally dig the name) - due out in November. Heave Yer Skeleton was recorded in Josh Homme’s Pink Duck Studios in Los Angeles. mr. Gnome has received some pretty odd comparisons in their rather short career – mostly to a Karen O who decided to replace her Ritalin with Fun Dip...
Posted by Wes Soltis on Oct 02, 2009 @ 9:00 am
New Music From Ghostface Killah
'Ghostdini Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City' receives positive reviews.
Ghostface’s new album, Ghostdini Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City, came out Tuesday and offers a new side to the Wu-Tang artist. The artist throws R&B into the mix (a lot of it) with the topics of love, love lost and banging - a pretty solid trifecta,...
Posted by Andrew Macnider on Oct 01, 2009 @ 9:00 am
New Music From Ian Brown
Ian Brown gives new music in the form of 'Stellify.'
You know that feeling the actor that played Ralphie in the holiday favorite A Christmas Story gets every time he goes in for an audition? I thought you'd might. The casting director only wants to talk about his child star past while never mentioning his shining achievements in, say, that after school special on the topic of high school steroid use. I'm thinking Ian Brown might get the same brush off from time to time when it comes to his solo career.
The debut record from the Stone Roses has been hailed as "the greatest album of all time" by NME. The famed NME can be an overly boisterous publication from time to time, but they aren't too far off with that statement. Not that Ian Brown would give a toss about living up to his fabled past, but his staunch Manchurian work ethic has always been the driving force behind his creativity and steady output since the demise of the Roses some 15 years ago.
It's nearly impossible to recreate the victories of the past, and Brown's solo career has been sketchy at best; but his latest album, My Way, is the most solid effort in a long long time. Combining the stomping street vibes of the club with the psychedelic soul embedded in Brown's voice, first single "Stellify" is a good healthy punch to the gut and could very well be a new Rocky theme - if Rocky were based in Manchester.
Posted by Joe Roth on Sep 30, 2009 @ 9:00 am
We’ve Got You Covered: Scissor Sisters and Franz Ferdinand
How much change do the Scissor Sisters put into 'Take Me Out?'
I really have no idea of the public opinion of Franz Ferdinand. I know I like them, and I always figured everybody else likes them, too. I figure someone is trying to play the “too popular for me” card when they say they don’t like Franz Ferdinand. I do know, however, that the critics love them like nobody’s business. Franz Ferdinand won the Mercury Prize in 2004 for their debut album – along with a couple BRIT Awards and a ludicrous amount of praise from NME.
Scissor Sisters are a less popular than Franz Ferdinand (at least in the United States), but have garnered huge success in Europe, Canada and Australia. Scissor Sisters actually achieved fame in the UK when club DJs started playing their cover of “Comfortably Numb.” And now here they are, covering Franz Ferdinand.
Scissor Sisters take the Franz Ferdinand hit “Take Me Out” and give it a sound you’d most likely hear at a shitty lounge somewhere near an airport. Does it work? Well, yes – completely. While it’s not nearly as dance infused as most of the Scissor Sisters’ catalog – the song does entice a tad bit of toe tapping. And I don’t just toe tap for anything.
Posted by Wes Soltis on Sep 29, 2009 @ 9:00 am
In Remembrance: At The Drive-In
Who deserves to be recognized more than one of the hardest working bands of the past decade?
As far as defunct bands go, one band stands alone in being missed as well as referenced, At The Drive-In. The post-hardcore troupe from El Paso were not only known during their time as being one of the most energetic, stand-out bands around, but have since become known for their somewhat messy breakup and the projects which spawned out of their demise...
Posted by Andrew Scott on Sep 28, 2009 @ 9:00 am