Hailing from LA but now based in Berlin, The Blood Arm are the latest group to take advantage of PledgeMusic to finance their fourth album and letting fans be a part of the project. Sister City will be released on their own imprint Pau! Records with a proportion of proceeds going to the American Red Cross. The band have made this video talking about the project and what you can do to get involved.

After the release of last year’s critically acclaimed album Turn And Face Me, The Blood Arm are already plotting their next assault after relocating from LA to Berlin. They are launching a PledgeMusic campaign to raise funds for their next release Sister City. Sister City will be the band’s fourth album release, completely self-funded on [...]

Musikfreunde aufgepasst! Berlin Live meldet sich zurück und lädt diesmal zum anständigen Headbangen ein. In der aktuellen Ausgabe, welche am 7. Januar um 21 Uhr bei ZDF Kultur ausgestrahlt wird, hat sich das Format ganz dem Heavy Metal verschrieben. Auf der Bühne der legendären Hauptstadt-Lokalität TRAFO haben diesmal Gitarrensoli und gestandene Schwermetaller das Sagen. Die deutschen Speedmetaller Gamma Ray gründeten sich 1989. Bandleader Kai Hansen konnte sich vorher schon bei Genre-Größen wie Helloween oder Blind Guardian einen Namen machen. Im Jahr 2010 erschien bereits ihr zehntes Album. Nach diversen Umbesetzungen besteht die Band heute aus ihrem Gründer Kai Hansen, Gitarrist ...

Paris Suit Yourself by Sebastien Dehesdin   I’m not sure that I like surprises. What has caught me off guard is a previously unforeseen third band on tonight’s bill. This throws the timings out and will have implications later on in the evening. The unexpected pleasure is  Great White Shark , who hail from Berlin, but are originally from the UK . They illustrate how times and fashions change. read more

Requested by Ellie • Compiled by Ilana 01. The Kingsmen - “Louie Louie” (Very Best: Kingsmen) 02. The Aquabats - “Pizza Day” (Don’t Be Scared) 03. The Blood Arm - “Suspicious Character” (Suspicious Character) 04. The Briggs - “This is L.A.” (Come All You Madmen) 05. David Bowie - “Ziggy Stardust” (Best of Bowie) 06. The Beatles - “Twist and Shout” (Please Please Me) 07. Dropkick Murphys - “Shipping Up to Boston” (Warrior’s Code) 08. The Doors - “Alabama Song” (Best of the Doors) 09. Electric Six - “Gay Bar” (Fire) 10. Molly">Flogging Molly - “Drunken Lullabies” (Drunken Lullabies) 11. Frenzal Rhomb - “Let’s Drink a Beer ...

(Rough Trade/Remote Control) Fun, eclectic third set from LA rockers On their debut 2007 album Lie Lover Lie, Los Angeles quartet The Blood Arm showed their appreciation for Mark E. Smith and The Fall. The chopping rhythm sections and cold, this-is-how-it-is vocal attack of Mass Murder and Suspicious Character even captured the attention of Scotsmen Franz Ferdinand, who quickly labelled The Blood Arm one of their favourite groups. Fast forward a few years and LA’s The Blood Arm remain a highly ...

One victim of the August riots was the independent music scene. The burning down of the PIAS distribution centre in Enfield destroyed huge amounts of physical stock from over 70 record labels. Label Love is the umbrella movement to support those labels and towards the end of the month The Ruby Lounge hosts the Manchester Label Love fundraiser night with The Narrows, Trojan Horse, Nine Tail and Tribal Fighters. A very different showcase for the independent and DIY music scene is the Carefully Planned Festival – two days of music over four venues in the Northern Quarter for the insanely cheap ...

Die belgischen Indie-Rocker dEUS haben ihrer aktuellen Single "Constant Now" eine visuelle Untermalung beschert. Die fünf Herren aus Antwerpen präsentieren sich im neuen Clip ganz im Stil vom Cover ihres neuen Albums "Keep You Close", das vor zwei Wochen erschien und via Soundcloud derzeit auch in voller Länge im Stream steht ( motor.de berichtete ). Das Video wartet mit Touristen-Charme (man beachte das Fernglas von Tom Barman) und einigen Live-Sequenzen auf. Die Quintessenz bleibt wie gewohnt ein wenig schleierhaft, doch macht euch selbst ein Bild: dEUS - "Constant Now" "Keep You Close" ist das mittlerweile sechste Studioalbum von dEUS. Mehr über den ...

In which the Eddie Argos-affiliated man about town and up to 24 volunteers (bandmates sounds somehow inappropriate), including most of Art Brut, both permanent We Are Scientists, all of Black Box Recorder, Simon and Julia Indelicate, both of Carter USM, Dyan from the Blood Arm, both of Robots In Disguise, Jackie from the Yummy Fur/1990s and Tim Ten Yen. The only rules, it says here are ‘no rehearsals’ and ‘no soundchecks’. It figures. Fuck You! I’m Keith Top Of The Pops is one man being playfully spiteful and hordes of guitarists and everything else available trying to keep ...

The result is too many songs that feel like the musical equivalent of travelling on a busy tube train - the overcrowding isn't fun and is generally uncomfortable.

Los Angeles' own indie-rockers The Blood Arm return with their third studio venture, Turn And Face Me presenting a savage smattering of high-octane tunes. As such, it's a fairly straightforward album that begins to drag before eventually breaking free from a slew of academic first impressions. read more

The Blood Arm, who have just released their new album, provide the latest Track Of The Day. Check out all the Tracks Of The Day here. The band, originally from Los Angeles, began as the brainchild of vocalist Nathaniel Fregoso. But things really started to happen when he met guitarist Zebastian Carlisle in a karaoke bar [...]

Das kalifornische Quartett The Blood Arm gibt neue Tourdaten bekannt. Diese folgen ihrem im Juni erschienenen vierten Langspieler " Turn And Face Me ", der auf Snowhite erschien. Nachdem bereits ein erstes Konzert im Berliner Magnet Club angekündigt war ( motor.de berichtete ), legen die Vier nun weitere Termine nach. Wer sich also von den Live-Qualitäten der Mannen überzeugen möchte, der sollte sich einen der folgenden Tage im Kalender markieren: The Blood Arm – Live 2011 : 16.09. Essen – Zeche Carl 25.09. Leipzig – Werk 2 28.09. München – Atomic 29.09. Weinheim – Café Central 22.10. Frankfurt – Yellowstage 23.10. Köln – Werkstatt 24 ...

The last time we came across LA four piece The Blood Arm was on 2007's Suspicious Charachter, a song

While you’re prepared to agree in principle that The Blood Arm are probably quite good at making a big old stomping pub-rock-on-Nurishment racket it’s hard to find a good reason to care about them. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com