Over the last few years, the Stockholm, Sweden-based band Spelljammer has gone through a number of lineup changes with its current iteration featuring lead vocalist and founding member Niklas Olsson switching to bass, guitarist Robert Sörling, […]
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Comprised of arguably three of Philadelphia’s most talented and accomplished musicians, Ecstatic Vision have quickly won both national and international attention for a sound that draws from a variety of influences including Krautrock, Fela Kuti, […]
The Denver-based stoner-rock band Luna Sol can trace their origins to when vocalist/guitarist Dave Angstrom (Hermano and Supafuzz) moved to the mountains just north of Denver three years ago and began soaking up the strange […]
Comprised of Harriet Bevan (vocals), Jim Swainston (guitar), Nico Carew (guitar), Dave Vachon (bass) and Dom McCready (drums), the Leeds, UK-based quintet of Black Moth captured the attention across the UK with a stormy, power […]
Comprised of Dani Neff (vocals, guitar), Greg Yancey (bass) and Zack Humphrey (drums), the Austin, TX-based trio of Megafauna released their sophomore effort, Maximalist late last year and the album has the band taking an […]
As I mentioned on an earlier post, I was a huge fan of Living Colour as a boy and my inner 8 year old is understandably thrilled to catch them tonight at Brooklyn Bowl – […]
My father got me into Living Colour when I was a boy – for his part there was quite a bit of pride involved as one of the original members, Muzz Skillings grew up in […]
Originally comprised of Matt Hedigan (bass and vocals), Ruadhan O’Meara (synths) and Lar Kaye (drums), the Dublin, Ireland-based trio of No Spill Blood started out as a side project, with each member bonding over a mutual love of Devo, Trans Am, The […]
Brown Sabbath: Brownout’s Latin Funk Interpretations of Black Sabbath at Brooklyn Bowl 9/5/14
Brown Sabbath: Brownout’s Latin Funk Interpretations of Black Sabbath Brooklyn Bowl September 5, 2014 As I’ve mentioned countless times, often having two completely different jobs often creates competing and sometimes contradictory demands for my time […]
Originally part of the Tampa, FL music scene, the members of The Ukiah Drag, ZZ Ramirez, Thomas Conte, Brian “The Sultan” Hennessey and Andrew Eaton have played in bands alongside the members of Merchandise and […]
Over the past few years, Grupo Fantasma has developed a reputation as being among a small group of outstanding, independent Latin bands – and perhaps even rarer, among a group of truly unheralded funk bands, despite […]
With the release of their first two albums, and several singles through a variety of indie labels, the Vancouver, BC-based White Lung has received quite a bit of love and attention across the blogosphere for a sound that’s […]
A few weeks ago, Metallica played a special concert in front of a small group of fans and research scientists at the Carlini Argentine Base in Antarctica, becoming the first band to play on all […]
Richmond, VA-based Windhand will be releasing their forthcoming album Soma through Relapse Records on September 17th. And since the band’s formation back in 2009, the band has specialized in crafting the sort of power dirges reminiscent of […]
The Madison,WI-based duo, the Hussy recently released the official video for “Woodland Creatures” off their latest and third album, Pagan Hiss. Sonically, the track is among the hardest tracks I’ve heard this year. With it’s thundering drums, […]