Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel and Aziz Ansari star in the latest Human Giant short entitled “Camping Weekend.” What happens when a group of best friends are forced to choose life over…death…well, just roll with it - it doesn’t suck. The short, like Illusionators, is set for release on The Human Giant which will [...]
One of hip hop’s most anticipated releases of the year comes with the upcoming Talib Kweli album Eardrum. The lyrics have a serious flow and they mix easily with the simple, yet memorable, beat. Also featured in the song is Hi-Tek.
Peter Steele, lead singer and bassist for Brooklyn, NY based group Type O Negative recently gave a humorous description as to the reasoning behind the band’s cover art for the upcoming album Dead Again during an interview with Tina Cederberg of GetMetal.com, “Me being the songwriter and art coordinator for the band I thought the [...]
The Morning Benders are back with the group’s second EP entitled Boarded Doors, which will be released on March 13th. For those that don’t know, the group plays a historical pop-rock sound which some (not I) have dubbed close to that of the Beatles has turned some heads over the past year or so [...]
Willard Grant Conspiracy is a group that has, over the course of course of ten years, released eleven albums of live and studio material - with Let It Roll being its latest. The band’s only permanent member and vocalist Robert Fisher sounds like a roots-Nick Cave with a voice deeply based in coffee and [...]
Soft Focus is just one of many new programs on Vice’s new internet-only television network (VBS). It’s host Ian Svenonius, who I feel dumber for not knowing anything about until now, begins the interview series with a set of guests that I can in no way argue against. The first two being Henry [...]
Minneapolis-based MC Brother Ali recently announced a two month tour that will approach fifty cities with label mate and fellow Midwest MC Pslam One accompanying him. The tour will be in support of the upcoming album The Undisputed Truth which is set to hit stores in early March. Also supporting Brother Ali on [...]
With the release of A Weekend in the City London’s Bloc Party has tried to council its fans with the attempt of again finding a solid voice, all the while attempting to atain its remarkable critical acclaim. And somewhere in there lies the challenge of explaining the life of a group of twenty somethings (exception: [...]
As was anticipated indie darlings Arcade Fire blew away the audience (and staff members) with performances of both “Intervention” and “Keep the Car Running,” both tracks from the upcoming Neon Bible. Still high from the set of recent performances at the Judson Memorial Church in New York the band was quickly announced as upcoming [...]
The first thought for those who are only casually familiar with Peter, Bjorn & John (myself included) will be that “Objects of My Affection” is quite subtle and less enticing than the wider known “Young Folk.” But a few listens to the single should provoke more interest as the bass line begins to develop [...]
While commercials are airing at this year’s Oscars the latest site for Trent Reznor’s concept album Year Zero has been deployed. The site, Hollywood in Memoriam includes the following text:
In conjunction with the release of Wu-Tang Clan’s upcoming album 8 Diagrams the historic hip hop group will be joining the Rock the Bells festival set for a number of shows as it crosses the nation. While that alone is exciting news, the Los Angeles Times has reported that Rage Against the Machine will [...]
Hopefully the first seven seconds of Dungen’s lead single from its upcoming album Tito Bitar is fairly indicative of the rest of what we are to hear. A raging drum roll introduction is hammered by some strange psychedelic Stooges riff which is then joined by some steady-handed piano all leading into the group’s audiorgy. Though, [...]
Though not entirely won over by Canadian MC K-Os‘ latest album Atlantis: Hymns for Disco, his recent performance on The Late Show with David Letterman has a very Roots-y feel which I am immediately drawn to. While far less musically inclined (at least on the surface) than The Roots K-Os drives an interesting blend [...]
The song for the lead single from Three Six Mafia’s upcoming Last 2 Walk album is…well…a little funny, to be honest. How far has the group strayed from its beginnings since its inception? Far enough to where it is now street to shout out “Academy Award Winners” during the intro to your song. [...]
Though a little disappointed with the speed of which the recording industry has targeted the spread of Year Zero material it’s still going to be interesting to see where and how this release ends. The album art has now been released which accompanies a short trailer for the CD, one which shows a little [...]
Having only ever heard a scattered history of the band’s music I had in my mind, for one reason or another, the idea that group’s performance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien would be far more dramatic or loud. It’s times like these that make me question my sanity…though I could just have confused [...]
Sometimes I don’t know whether I’m going mad or if Nas’s music has lost what many people claim it to still have. Lyrically “Can’t Forget About You” is simply not as solid as what he would like us to believe and whether or not this bodes a negative future for commercial hip hop isn’t [...]
A concept of which the United States is a twisted version of its former self, where the government has turned into a mutated mess, with a religious right strong arming the nation with force and underhanded tactics. This has been uncovered through information found on a flash drive which following an arena concert…
I have been following the ordeal with Joe Rogan and Carlos “Don’t Call Me Ned” Mencia recently and am finding it very difficult to side with Mencia (Holness) given the facts: 1. Rogan has laid out actual evidence that his jokes are not original, 2. Mencia has no clear retort to the damning evidence other [...]
