21 Tuesday May 2013
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All of those weirdly awesome videos were leading up to this. Queens of the Stone Age have aggregated all of animated videos, courtesy of Boneface, into one fifteen minute clip featuring snippets of their music and cartoonish macabre images. Queens of the Stone Age’s new album, …Like Clockwork, is scheduled to be released next month on June 4th. You can view the film directly below.
21 Tuesday May 2013
Posted in Avant Garde, Band Spotlight, Metal, News, Non-Metal, Upcoming Shit
The avant-garde troupe Kayo Dot have released a thirteen minute teaser of unmastered audio from their upcoming album Hubardo, which is slated for a Fall release. From what I can tell, this album is going to be one complex and weird musical excursion. But I would not expect anything less from Kayo Dot. You can get a taste of the new album below and be sure to pre-order the album at this location.
16 Thursday May 2013
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...like clockwork, i appear missing, kalopsia, keep your eyes peeled, music video, Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age are offering more odd animated videos set to portions of new tracks in promotion of their upcoming album …Like Clockwork (June 4th). These new videos are for pieces of the tracks “Kalopsia” and “Keep Your Eyes Peeled”. These tracks follow the events of the first video for “I Appear Missing” which I have posted below as well. These videos are creepy, macabre, and completely surreal. I love them! Check out each video in order below.
16 Thursday May 2013
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Spin.com premiered an upbeat, rockin’ tune from the poppy sludgy rock gods in Torche. The song is entitled “Keep Up” and is apart of the Volcom Vinyl Club and will see a 7″ release sometime in July. Keep in mind that the band are also working on a new full length as well. You can stream the single below if you wish to rock out.
15 Wednesday May 2013
Posted in Album Reviews, Band Spotlight, Indie Rock, Non-Metal, Now Playing..., Other, Streaming Songs..., Videos
I have been somewhat aware of the existence of Imagine Dragons for a while now, seeing them played on various Pandora Radio stations, but it wasn’t until I started hearing their new song “Radioactive” played on commercials and television shows that I finally gave them a proper listen. I have been listening to their debut studio album Night Visions and, although it’s not metal whatsoever, I wanna tell you what I think about it. Continue reading »
15 Wednesday May 2013
Posted in ambient, Atmospheric, Band Spotlight, News, Non-Metal, Post-Rock, Upcoming Shit
Palms (Deftones, Isis) have released the official details on their highly anticipated self titled debut. The album will be released on June 25th through Ipecac and feature the following track listing:
1. “Future Warrior”
2. “Patagonia”
3. “Mission Sunset”
4. “Shortwave Radio”
5. “Tropics”
6. “Antartic Handshake”
Digital pre-orders are now being offered through iTunes with an immediate download of the song “Tropics”. Physical pre-orders will be made available soon through the band’s official official website.
The band will be hitting the road as well for a few dates with Crypts (ex These Arms Are Snakes). Those dates are as follows:
12 Sunday May 2013
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Touche Amore officially entered the studio earlier this week to begin recording their new full length record which should see a Fall release through Deathwish, Inc. The band is reportedly working with producer Brad Wood (Sunny Day Real Estate etc) on the upcoming effort. In light of the event, Touche Amore have released an official album trailer which can be viewed below.
11 Saturday May 2013
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In the mood for some statically charged, fuzzed out, 70′s inspired rock? Well Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats have got you covered with their crunchy opus Mind Control. Spin.com is offering an exclusive stream of the new album that you all should take advantage of and then rush out to buy the record when it releases next Tuesday, May 14th. Check it out!
-Lane Oliver
10 Friday May 2013
Pitchfork is currently streaming the opening track from Locrian’s upcoming album Return to Annihilation, which is due out on June 25th through Relapse. I have become so used to Locrian’s dark droning mentality that this new track, “Eternal Return”, really surprised me. This four minute piece opens up with swelling drones that build into a bright collage of melodic, almost post-hardcore ish riffing and rhythms and keyboard melodies. The distorted vocals which are swallowed by one another add a nice dimension of weirdness to this overall upbeat sounding song. I was definitely not expecting this from Locrian. Head over to Pitchfork and check out the track right meow!
-Lane Oliver
08 Wednesday May 2013
Posted in Album Reviews, Band Spotlight, News, Non-Metal, Now Playing..., Punk, Rock, Streaming Songs...
Okay, folks. By this point in the game, I don’t need to tell you that I am a huge fan of cover songs and all kinds of music. For nearly three years I have been telling you this and today my love of cover songs, pop-punk and Ramones all come together. I have loved Ramones for ages now. They were my first punk band, so I hold them very high on my scale, so when bands cover Ramones songs, I can be very, very picky. Usually those covers range from meh to not bad, excluding a few good covers. And then we get to New Found Glory. Continue reading »
06 Monday May 2013
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Queens of the Stone Age have released the follow up single to “My God is the Sun” (which can be streamed below as well) with an accompanying animated music video entitled “I Appear Missing”. The track is more on the mellower side and is dripping with QOTSA style psychedelic flare. The accompanying video shows a floating bandage man who floats across the desert and ascends towards the sun only to fall to his splattering death. It’s quite odd. You can check out both …Like Clockwork singles below.
…Like Clockwork will be released on June 4th.
02 Thursday May 2013
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Palms, the highly anticipated collaborative project from Chino Moreno (Deftones) and ex-Isis members Jeff Caxide, Aaron Harris and Bryant Clifford Meyer, has finally released a taste of what’s to come. Pitchfork is currently streaming the track “Patagonia” from their upcoming self titled debut which is due out on June 25th. The track is just what I expected this project to sound like; a culmination of the more melodious and ambient moments of Isis and Deftones. But that doesn’t mean the track exceeds my expectations for “Patagonia” is quite stellar. It’s totally entrancing and has a lot of that ambient Wavering Radiant era Isis sound I adore. You can stream the track at Pitchfork or stream it via Youtube below.
26 Friday Apr 2013
Posted in ambient, Atmospheric, Band Spotlight, Black Metal, Drone, Experimental, News, Noise / Electronics, Noise Rock, Non-Metal, Upcoming Shit
The Chicago noise shifters Locrian will return this year with their follow up to 2011′s excellent The Clearing. Above is the very minimalistic yet creepy artwork (which reminds me of a scene from The Mist) to Return to Annihilation, Locrian’s upcoming epic that will see a release through Relapse Records on June 25th in North America, June 21st in Germany and Benelux, and June 24th in the UK and the world abroad. Pre-orders for the effort can be found here. No track listing has been made available as of yet. The band has also released an official trailer for the album, which features a short snippet of the album’s title track. It’s sounds trippy and eerie as hell! Check that out below and check back for more Locrian news.
22 Monday Apr 2013
Posted in Band Spotlight, Doom Metal, Drone, Experimental, News, Non-Metal, Videos
Corrections House (Neurosis, Yakuza, etc) have released their new music video for their entrancing song “Grin With a Purpose”. The track comes from their debut 7″ that the band released earlier this year. The video revolves around a mysterious driver in a ski mask drifting along a deserted highway, witnessing strange figures in the desert among other things. It’s pretty much a big interpretive art piece. You can stream the video below.
18 Thursday Apr 2013
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Dallas, TX “stonegaze” trio True Widow will be releasing their third studio album this summer. The new eight track record will be entitled Circumambulation and will see a release through Relapse Records on July 23rd. More information on the upcoming effort is soon to follow. The band will also be supporting new labelmates Baroness on a handful of tour dates next month. You can view those as well as stream their previous album, As High As the Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth, directly below.
