New Jersey alternative rock outfit OURS will be on tour this summer supporting their latest album, Ballet the Boxer 1. The band will be headlining the majority of the tour, but will be supporting Peter Murphy during the second half of July. See tour dates below. In the meantime, check out a live performance of their [...]
Placebo to Release Loud Like Love September 16
English alternative rock band Placebo will release their 7th studio album this fall on September 16. The 10 track album, titled Loud Like Love, was recorded in London at RAK Studios and was produced by Adam Noble. The album will be available in the following formats: 3D Lenticular Super Deluxe Box Set 10″ by 10″ 3D [...]
Peter Hook and The Light Announce US Tour Dates
Peter Hook announced today that he will embark on a US tour starting September 10 in Boston and wrapping up September 28 in Denver. On the tour, Peter Hook & The Light will perform New Order’s first two albums, Movement and Power, Corruption & Lies, in their entirety as well as b-sides and singles that correspond with [...]
Cinema Sleep To Release Truth for the Seeker on May 28 via Standby Records
Cincinnati, OH’s Cinema Sleep writes music that makes you want to put down your sister’s eyeliner and rock out. Formed in early 2012 by five accomplished musicians, including Brady Reis (lead vocals), Alex Asch (lead guitar and keyboards), Ryan Meyers (bass guitar), Robert E. McDonald (rhythm guitar/vocals) and Kevin Vincent (drums), Cinema Sleep takes influences [...]
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo and Allister’s Scott Murphy Release (mostly) Japanese Album
Scott Murphy from pop-punk band Allister and vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Rivers Cuomo from the Grammy award winning alternative rock band Weezer, have partnered up to release an extraordinary self-titled debut album, Scott & Rivers. Scott & Rivers features twelve catchy pop-rock songs, which are almost entirely sung in the Japanese language, including the track “Homely Girl.” Hailing from Chicago, [...]
Review: Senses Fail – Renacer
The English translation of the word “renacer” is “to be reborn.” That said, Senses Fail couldn’t have chosen a more appropriate title for their fifth full-length album. Renacer is different in almost every way when compared to their previous work. Lyrically, this album is their most “happy” … it’s not an album full of songs about substance [...]
Review: Famous Last Words – Two-Faced Charade
Charades is an acting game in which players act out a word by miming a similar sounding word, and other contestants have to guess the word. It’s a team game that’s usually played at parties. But despite its festive origins, charades is rigidly ruled, timed, and highly competitive. Because you’ve probably played – or have [...]
NK to Support Fall Out Boy on Spring Tour
Long Island, NY’s NK (featuring members of Envy On The Coast, Dillinger Escape Plan) will be supporting Fall Out Boy on their spring tour from 5/21 – 5/26. NK Tour Dates 5/21 Pittsburgh, PA The Stage AE 5/22 Detroit, MI The Fillmore 5/24 Toronto, ON Sound Academy 5/25 Montreal, OC Metroplois 5/26 Boston, MA House [...]
Melvins – Everybody Loves Sausages
There’s a reason why Roger “Buzz” Osborne is king – or King Buzzo, to be exact. As the guitarist-vocalist-songwriter for the seminal band Melvins, the good King created the sludge sound that Seattle grunge bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden copped, commercialized, and turned into vinyl gold. And more experimental, metal-minded bands like Tool, Boris, Mastodon, [...]
The Saddest Landscape to Release Exit Wounded on June 11
The Saddest Landscape will release a new 5-song EP title Exit Wounded on June 11 via Topshelf Records. The band recorded the EP this past winter with Jon Taft at New Alliance in Cambridge, MA. Exit Wounded serves as the follow-up to last year’s critically- acclaimed 7 song album, After The Lights. In the meantime, check [...]
