Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard Of Band Of The Day: Matters & Dunaway
Posted on 23. May, 2008 by spencer in Band of the Day, Music
Today, Synthesis’ Band You’ve Never Heard of Band of the Day will stray a little bit into the electro side of the rock spectrum. And by “a little bit” I mean entirely. Boston electro-rock duo Matters & Dunaway meet at the mid-point where pleather-clad ravers chat Matrix post-apocalyptic fashion and The Faint still mattered. Their is the sound of a not to distant future that was realized in the last decade, with neon-lit tubes blurring by at chemically enhanced speeds. Their new EP, Feel The Future, is available now via [...]
Metalocalypse to Return To Airwaves May 18th on [adult swim]
Posted on 18. Apr, 2008 by spencer in Apocalypse, Music, TV
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As announced last Friday, the world’s most irresponsibly deadly animated metal band, Dethklok, will be hitting the road starting June 2nd to annihilate the masses in real time. This is of course exciting in and of itself. But in addition, the barbaric five piece has been busy sharpening their guitar headstocks and Flying V tail fins for decapitations/impalings on the continuation of their second season on [adult swim], which will premier Sunday, May 18th at the only time imaginable (midnight). This follows up a wildly successful start:
In fall [...]
Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard of Band of the Day: Lords and Barons
Posted on 17. Apr, 2008 by James in Band of the Day, Music
On their Sonic Bids page bio, Lords and Barons simply write, “We make noise.” And they do. And it’s good.
This trio of Los Angelean rockers keep it simple with their sound, too. It’s just sloppy-good rock ‘n’ roll without excess tricks or gimmicks. The lineup is simple guitar, vocals and drums, though it sounds like they had someone playing bass on the recordings. “Sidewalks” is a fun dose of ballsy guitar-heavy pop/rock, but I really like their dirge-y, plaintive anthem “Prelude” the best so far.
Their MySpace page is pretty light [...]
The Kooks Konk It Out
Posted on 17. Apr, 2008 by AJ in Blog, Music
The highly touted boys from Brighton are back with their sophomore release, Konk, that hit stores earlier this week, but some are questioning whether the pre-release hype matches the merit. The Kook’s debut release Inside In/Inside Out was exceedingly well received, but reviews for Konk have been mixed. Betty Clarke of The Guardian gave the record 4 out 5 stars saying, “The woolliness of their debut has been replaced with a determined pop sound that dips into hard-edged rock,†but New Music Express was less than optimistic, and rather disappointed:
“What’s [...]
SP20 Festival Lineup Announced, Celebrate Sub Pop’s 20th in Seattle
Posted on 15. Apr, 2008 by James in Comedy, Music
As previously mentioned, Sub Pop has been planning a little party for their 20th anniversary. Rumors circulate, but now, Sub Pop has made an official announcement. From their press release:
In unabashedly conspicuous celebration of 20 years of not going out of business (sometimes only barely), Seattle’s Sub Pop Records will gather past and present label-mates for a series of events, including a two-day festival at Marymoor Park on July 12 & 13 and a comedy show on July 11 at Seattle’s Moore Theatre. Proceeds from the sale of tickets will [...]
Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard Of Band Of The Day: Phredley
Posted on 09. Apr, 2008 by spencer in Band of the Day, Music
This is a bit atypical of the bands that we generally choose for Synthesis Band of the Day. No horn-rimmed glasses, waifish broads with ugly indie-rock haircuts, ‘roid-bicep hardcore meatheads, striped sweater wussies or epic Dungeons & Dragons progressive metalheads. No, Phredley brings the funk-rock.
In my fledgling college days, back when tie-dye wasn’t as vomitous and my roommate’s constant Phish-Grateful Dead-Phish musical rotation didn’t drive me completely bonkers, I would have broken my left leg to check out a band like Phredley. Now bad photoshop effects kinda irk me, patchouli [...]
“Huge Announcement That Affects the Rock World,” April 15th…
Posted on 04. Apr, 2008 by spencer in Music
Okay, kudos to Sneak Attack Media on the email pitch I received the other day. I have NO idea what it’s for, and if it sucks that PR company will be the recipient of a manila envelope with headshot and glitter stars, ala Tobias Funke. But here goes:
“On April 15th there’s going to be a pretty huge announcement in LA, that seriously affects the rock world. Please check out the link below.
http://newmedia.10thst.com/teaser/teaser_rockvine.mov
On April 15, there will be a huge announcement in rock. It will take place in LA [...]
The Death Set live at SXSW 2008 DESTROYING the Jackson Five
Posted on 28. Mar, 2008 by spencer in Music
Man oh man, the Death Set puts on a show. Damn. Watch Baltimore’s The Death Set DESTROY a Jackson Five tune before launching into their own stuff, bringing half the audience on stage with them. Totally. We caught this at SXSW on Wednesday afternoon. What a way o start a week of debauchery!
