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Séance Rock

Wed, May 22 2013 9:11pm - Source: The Portland Mercury

THE BOTTOMLESS CAULDRON of metal is bubbling over with female-fronted, '70s-worshipping bands these days.

One Track Mind: Queen, “Sheer Heart Attack” from Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl (2013)

Tue, May 21 2013 3:04pm - Source: Something Else!

Too often, Queen has become the sum of its over-stated parts — the operatic singer, the layered vocals, the anthematic balladry.

What's Going On?: The Ten Cities Project

Thu, May 16 2013 12:56pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

60 acts, 22 concerts, 23 authors, and counting.

Matt Parker – Worlds Put Together (2013)

Mon, May 13 2013 12:18pm - Source: Something Else!

Matt Parker's debut album Worlds Put Together is appealing, but in an odd way.

Savages - Silence Yourself

Fri, May 03 2013 7:09am - Source: The Quietus

Inspiration, not innovation, is what I look for in Savages.

Electro Chaabi In Cairo: Part II - The Wedding Of The Year

Tue, April 23 2013 1:38pm - Source: The Quietus

We're staying in the Mayfair Hotel off July 26 Street, situated on an island in the Nile. It has a large colonial entrance hall and a once grand marble staircase that speaks of different distant times while inside, sub, sub-divided rooms with rickety wardrobes, monastic beds and hopeful electrical wiring speak to a more realistic pragmatic present.

SXSW 2013 - Friday

Sun, March 17 2013 7:10pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

A quick flit over to The Madison for one of Clash's favourite emergent artists of 2012, this Kuwaiti born, but New York dwelling producer was firmly, and tautly serving up ghetto buzz in a lively club.

FEEL BAD FOR YOU MIXTAPE: FEBRUARY EDITION

Fri, February 08 2013 2:40pm - Source: Nine Bullets

The February installment of the Feel Bad For You Mixtape is up and streaming.

I Beliebe To My Soul!

Tue, January 29 2013 11:07pm - Source: Rolling Stone

They say that age brings wisdom--and so it is that more than a few of the older among us chuckled when younger music fans were puzzled by the reaction met by this week's announcement of the Coachella Festival lineup!

How Giallo Can You Go? Antoni Maiovvi Interviewed

Tue, January 29 2013 12:59pm - Source: The Quietus

Outside, on Berlin's Hermannstrasse, snow is falling without mercy.

Queens of noise: heavy metal music encourages heavy-hitting women

Thu, January 17 2013 11:49am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

In this world, women aren't expected to be demure, modest, or quiet - they are encouraged to be innovative, brazen, and ballsy, because this is metal, not brainless Top 40 treacle.

International Harvester “Sov Gott Rose-Marie”

Mon, January 14 2013 7:35pm - Source: THE RISING STORM

One of the more under-appreciated international underground music scenes to emerge from the 1960s was Sweden's iconoclastic progg movement, spearheaded by political organizers and avant-garde musicians such as International Harvester founder Bo Anders Persson.

[The One Song, 2012] The Industry

Tue, January 01 2013 6:01am - Source: One A Day

To be honest this was a tie between 'Call Me Maybe' by Carly Rae Jepsen and this tune by my favorite hirsute Melbournite.

IoS pop review: Ellie Goulding, Guidhall, Southampton

Sun, December 23 2012 12:14am - Source: The Independent - Music

The only person who looked more nonplussed than me by Ellie Goulding's double Sound of 2010 and Brit Awards Critics' Choice win was Ellie Goulding, as awkward and baffled by being anointed The Chosen One as Monty Python's Brian.

A peek inside BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction with Ghostpoet, Hyelim Kim & Nils Frahm

Wed, December 19 2012 9:37am - Source: Drowned In Sound

My breath mists on the narrow door window as I crane my head into its corner, trying to get a decent view.

Knox Road’s Top Albums of 2012

Tue, December 18 2012 3:57pm - Source: KNOX RD

Chariots of harmonies swing round dirt tracks of metal bashing guitars, purely plucked acoustics and Longstreth's unending poetry loops.

KNIFE PARTY: START THE PARTY

Thu, December 13 2012 5:33pm - Source: Mixmag

From the ashes of one of dance music's biggest ever bands, Knife Party have swiftly risen to become the most exciting new DJ/production duo on the planet.

The MiCKS – The MiCKS EP (2012)

Sat, December 08 2012 12:45pm - Source: Something Else!

An analog recording from Dreamland Studios, this converted West Hurley, NY, church, The MiCKS — raucous, randy, ready to fight — sounds like it could have been made 40 years ago, back before TV singing-contests shaped popular music.

'Once a year, the band discusses and turns down awesome offers to tour the world'

Tue, December 04 2012 5:38pm - Source: Rolling Stone

"This is the first Rage Against the Machine release of any kind in 12 years," Tom Morello says of XX , a 20th anniversary box set including their remastered 1992 debut album and original demos.

Laura Cococcia: Meaningful Music: Mayday Radio Has Something to Sing

Sat, November 24 2012 3:57pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Music

Mayday Radio 's song "Don Quixote" is titled after the famous Spanish character, who, after finding a suit of armor in his shed becomes a knight in an attempt to revive chivalry, no matter what others had to say.

Chicken Diamond – Chicken Diamond II (2012)

Fri, November 09 2012 12:55pm - Source: Something Else!

I've been pretty impressed with how just two guys from Indiana could create such a big, raucous noise while upholding the principles of Southern blues.

Iron Dog – Interactive Album Rock (2012)

Tue, November 06 2012 12:47pm - Source: Something Else!

Straight out of Brooklyn is a improvisational trio that frolics far in the outer reaches of avant-garde.

Witch Mountain & Castle @ Saint Vitus w/ Kings Destroy (pics)

Mon, November 05 2012 6:06pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Doom bands Witch Mountain and Castle played Saint Vitus Bar during their US tour on Friday night (11/2).

Serj Tankian Talks "Harakiri", Tour, System of a Down, and More

Wed, October 10 2012 11:07pm - Source: ArtistDirect

Serj Tankian 's latest solo album Harakiri evinces just how wonderfully multi-faceted of an artist he is.

The top 10 scariest dance tracks of all time

Mon, October 08 2012 8:46pm - Source: Beatportal

Witch house, horror house, gothy trance—dance music has always flirted with the occult, UFOs, and all sorts of ghoulish goodness.

Beatport kicks off October with the top 10 scariest dance tracks ever

Mon, October 08 2012 7:43am - Source: Beatportal

Witch house, horror house, gothy trance—dance music has always flirted with the occult, UFOs, and all sorts of ghoulish goodness.

POLARiS ’12: Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, YT // ST

Mon, September 24 2012 11:16am - Source: Quick Before It Melts

Like the three witches at the start of Macbeth , Yamantaka // Sonic Titan 's Alaska B and Ruby Kato Attwood preside over a bubbling cauldron of boil, boil, toil and trouble that threatens to erupt into a drama of epic proportions.

Zeus - Busting Visions

Sun, September 02 2012 7:43pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

It's safe to say that Canada is a giant bubbling cauldron of great new music at the moment.

Coldplay hit played over UK for Games

Mon, August 27 2012 4:36am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

HUNDREDS of musicians will perform renditions of Coldplay's hit anthem Viva La Vida to mark the end of the Paralympic Games.

Hex & The City: Eccentronic Research Council & Maxine Peake Live

Fri, August 24 2012 10:09am - Source: The Quietus

There is a certain atmosphere downstairs in 2200 Dale Street even before the acts come on.

London Olympics 2012: A musical farewell to the world

Sun, August 12 2012 11:34pm - Source: The Independent - Music

With 29 gold medals – the last arriving just hours before the grand finale in the Olympic Stadium – reflecting the glory of the best performance by a British team in 104 years, the Closing Ceremony delivered the grandest of grand hurrahs for London 2012.

Review: Niki & The Dove – Instinct

Tue, August 07 2012 2:19pm - Source: Pretty Much Amazing

It's no coincidence that pop music regularly invites comparisons between the sensations of the ear and those of the tongue.

British Music Takes Center Stage at Olympics Opening Ceremony

Sat, July 28 2012 1:16pm - Source: Rolling Stone

The U.K.'s rock and pop big guns featured heavily in an edgy and quintessentially British 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, as the London Games began with a bang.

Latitude 2012: The Editor's Reviewgasm

Tue, July 17 2012 3:14pm - Source: Drowned In Sound

I often hear these dead behind-the-eyes religious types open up their gobs claiming to feel so 'blessed'.

The truth about Liars: an interview

Tue, June 26 2012 1:10pm - Source: Death + Taxes

Liars are one of the most dedicated bands in music today.

Black Sabbath - Iron Man: The Best Of Black Sabbath (Compilation Album Review)

Wed, June 06 2012 1:41pm - Source: Stereoboard

It was the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year and the time was exactly 11 o'clock.

Review: Niki & The Dove – Instinct

Fri, June 01 2012 3:42pm - Source: Pretty Much Amazing

It's no coincidence that pop music regularly invites comparisons between the sensations of the ear and those of the tongue.

James Campion: The Nasty, Junky, Funky, Lowdown Country Blues

Tue, May 15 2012 2:53pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

On May 12, nineteen hundred and seventy-two, the greatest rock and roll album by the greatest rock and roll band, smack dab in the middle of the genre's golden age, hit the streets.

Unique Zayas Talks "It Is What It Is"

Mon, May 14 2012 5:58pm - Source: ArtistDirect

The New York artist cooks up a cauldron of R&B, soul, rock, hip hop, and pop that's profoundly intoxicating.

Gringo Star Unveil Music Video For New Album Title Track 'Count Yer Lucky Stars' - Watch Now

Fri, May 04 2012 9:36am - Source: Stereoboard

Gringo Star have unveiled the music video for 'Count Yer Lucky Stars', the title track from the follow-up to their 2008 album 'All Y'All'.

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