Six years go by and The Strokes finally explode back onto the scene. “Under Cover Of Darkness” is the perfect song to welcome the band back with multiple hooks and enough guitar parts to keep you interested for hours. The music for the new album Angles was written without vocals and Julian Casablancas added them after the fact. It definitely makes sense when you listen to this song as the instrumentation is incredibly busy, but the vocals work. Hopefully it works for the rest of the album as well. Can’t wait for this one… continue reading...
The Strokes are primed to make their long awaited comeback and to start things off they are going to offer the first single “Under Cover Of Darkness” as a free download starting tomorrow February 9th. The new album, and first in 6 years, is titled Angles and officially hits the street on March 21st. The band has described the new music as a return to “classic” sounding Strokes, which is interesting considering they’ve only released 3 albums… but they’ve leaked a brief snippet of “Under Cover Of Darkness” and the result is a tantalizing blast of music that can only be described as Strokes-y. Very excited. Check out the preview: continue reading...
The Strokes will release their 4th album Angles on March 22nd. 5 years after their last album, First Impressions Of Earth, it’s about effing time. Apparently the first single will be “Undercover of Darkness” and expect the first sounds to leak to the web pretty soon. They’re also set to co-headline day 3 of Coachella and additional tour dates can’t be far behind. Here’s an old classic to get you excited: continue reading...
Apple, are you watching?
This is quite obviously a stunt to generate some interest in the band, but it’s pretty damn cool nonetheless. Atomic Tom, a Brooklyn NY based band, play one of their songs called “Take Me Out” on an NYC subway car using nothing but their iPhones… yes, it sounds dumb, but it’s actually quite a good performance! It should be interesting to see how far this video takes them… Enjoy: continue reading...
On 3 days this month, July 12, July 13, and July 22nd at 2:30pm EST, 3 separate Live Beats concerts will be live streamed to the web courtesy of Hewlett Packard. The performances will take place in the Reuters Studio overlooking Time Square in NYC and will also be broadcast on 2 massive outdoor video billboards. Last year featured the likes of Ed Norton, Rihanna, Jewel, Robin Thicke, Christian Siriano, Tom Colicchio, Hillary Duff, Heidi Klum, and others. This year you’ll be able to catch Weezer, Train and One Republic perform songs and also sit down for an interview. For more on this cool event be sure to check out the Live Beats Facebook page. Don’t miss the first performance right here today at 2:30pm! continue reading...
Ben Bridwell and his Band of Horses took to the stage in Vanderbilt Hall in NYC’s Grand Central Station. Great band: continue reading...
After a 3 year break since the very average Our Love To Admire was released Interpol are set to return with a new album which is unnamed as of yet. The whet fans’ appetites they’ve released a new song called “Lights” to the web which is a free download. My first reaction is that it definitely sounds like Interpol… but that’s not much of a stretch. It does sound more interesting than anything I heard off OLTA though. Download it from the widget below: continue reading...
Formed after the tragic death of legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, the recently reunited Arc Angels are set to perform at New York City’s Fillmore Theater at Irving Plaza on Friday, May 8th.
After much speculation in the fan and music communities, the Arc Angels have announced today an official reunion that will include new music and new touring ventures, along with their first major concert as part of Austin’s South By Southwest Festival on Friday, March 20th at 8pm at Auditorium Shores. The eagerly anticipated reunion features original band members Charlie Sexton, Doyle Bramhall II and Chris Layton performing together again. After more than a decade apart, the band has entered the studio to record new music, is slated to open for Eric Clapton on his Spring UK tour, and will release a Live CD/DVD with a U.S. summer tour to follow. Further album and DVD details will be announced shortly. continue reading...
In honor of their 10th anniversary as a band, here is a bootlegged video of a performance by The Strokes before they released their acclaimed debut, Is This It? Included are numerous unreleased tracks and goofy stage banter: continue reading...
NYC band zerobridge continues to release a new track every month from July until with end of the year with September’s previously unreleased and not available until now selection entitled “There We Were, Now Here We Are” – available as a FREE download at their MySpace page: myspace.com/zerobridge and as a direct link below. Here’s a note on the song from lead singer/songwriter Din with more information: continue reading...
