Hot Movie Trailers: Wait, this just in! WORTH WAITING FOR - In 155 days (but who's counting, really?) the most brutal and dark telling in the James Bond compendium (23 films in all) will be released. SKYFALL starring Daniel Craig , easily the best Bond since Connery. This time through, audiences will likely find a very different story - Skyfall was directed by the stylistically different Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Revolutionary Road, Road to Perdition, Jarhead). Craig, who again - has owned the rebooted series in the last two films really seems to have taken his performance to the next level in the ...

Dot to Dot Festival has not only announced its latest additions to its already amazing lineup, but has also teamed up with The 405 to give you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the city of your choice. Taking place over the upcoming Jubilee weekend (2nd-4th June) in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester, Dot to Dot brings you all the hottest acts and buzz bands around right now and delivers them to you in all the best venues across those towns. So, how would you like the chance to see the likes of Cloud Nothings, Friends, The Internet ...

What a name for a band. If you want to grab my attention, name your band after a household object, food or a computer game from my youth. Although I don't think there was a game in itself called Soccer96 , for some reason seeing the name instantly brought back thoughts of sitting at my Commodore Amiga 500+. The reason was of course the king of all football games, Sensible World of Soccer 95/96. Whether the name is a direct nod to that particular game I am unsure, but it only takes one listen of the this self-titled debut ...

In 1960 Ray Charles had his first of three no. 1 hits with “Georgia On My Mind” a cover of a 1930s standard by Hoagy Carmicheal.    In 1962 The Beatles played the final night of their 14 night run at the Star-Club in Hamburg, West Germany, parts of which were recorded and later released in 1977 as “The Beatles: Live! At the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962.      In 1967 a huge 16 date package tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Move, Nice, Corner">Amen Corner, Pete Drummond and the Eire Apparent began at the Royal Albert Hall ...

The Eversons are highlights in the fusion of past and present that is art-punk, a genre most recently propelled by names like Art Brut and The Rakes. Both groups debuted in 2005 with a thickly accented, spontaneously wry vocal wit backed by tremolo-heavy riffs and mechanical rhythms in a style akin to bands like Gang [...]

The Eversons are highlights in the fusion of past and present that is art-punk, a genre most recently propelled by names like Art Brut and The Rakes. Both groups debuted in 2005 with a thickly accented, spontaneously wry vocal wit backed by tremolo-heavy riffs and mechanical rhythms in a style akin to bands like Gang

Die Indie-Rocker von Pete & The Pirates haben vor wenigen Tagen eine lauschige Akustik-Session aufgenommen. Dazu fanden sie sich vor ihrem Auftritt auf dem Festival De Affaire im niederländischen Nijmegen in der örtlichen Kapelle ein. Zwischen den urigen Steinen bewiesen vier von fünf der britischen Herren, dass sie sich auch ohne E-Gitarre und Keyboard sicher in ihren Songs bewegen. Gedankt ist dies wohl vor allem ihrem gekonnten gesanglichen Miteinander. Seht selbst: Pete & The Pirates - "Kappelsessie" Das Quintett aus Reading zeigte sich erstmals 2008 mit einem Album in der Öffentlichkeit. Damals erschien "Little Death", das dieses Jahr im Mai von "One Thousand ...

Well lads, it's Ciarán again. Between the years of 2002 and 2007 I maintained a few 'blogs'. Upwards of 200,000 words I believe. Amongst other things I wished to use them as a sort of permanent record of the psychological effects of braving out the Celtic Tiger years without money, girlfriend, car or dignity. I also felt that they may provide suitable starting material for conversations with a therapist in later years. They show a very different Ireland. A large number describe a nation where, to my mind at least, everyone was indeed 'partying' (as Lenihen said). The ...

Mixtape 116 is a series of remixes put together by our expert electronic enthusiasts, Deluka. We'll let them explain in their own words. In 2006 Sydney base Modular Records released a complication that captured the imagination of Ellie and I. It was called 'Leave Them All Behind' and featured the bands we loved listening to; like The Rakes and Bloc Party, but remixed in a way we'd not really be exposed to before. We loved it. It was the exact combination of electronic and 'live' sounds that

Mixtape 116 is a series of remixes put together by our expert electronic enthusiasts, Deluka. We'll let them explain in their own words. In 2006 Sydney base Modular Records released a complication that captured the imagination of Ellie and I. It was called 'Leave Them All Behind' and featured the bands we loved listening to; like The Rakes and Bloc Party, but remixed in a way we'd not really be exposed to before. We loved it. It was the exact combination of electronic and 'live' sounds th

In Großbritannien wird bereits der nächste Hype vorbereitet: Ziel der Aufmerksamkeit ist das Projekt Wolf Gang vom 24-jährigen Briten Max McElligott. Sein Debüt "Suego Faults", das von David Fridmann ( MGMT , The Flaming Lips ) produziert wurde, erscheint hierzulande am 22. Juli via Atlantic Records. In seiner Heimat wird Wolf Gang's Musik als Mischung aus Alternative- und Symphonic-Rock bezeichnet. McElligott steht jedoch nicht alleine auf der Bühne, unter anderem begleitet ihn The Rakes -Schlagzeuger Lesse Peterson. Um die Herren und ihre Musik ein wenig besser kennen zu lernen, hier ein Live-Aufritt: Wolf Gang – "Lions And Cages" (live) Ob Brian Eno , Talking ...

This past weekend alt.country-experimental-folk-rock, ugh fine…just Wilco , returned to MASS MoCA in the former industrial town of North Adams, MA to host their second annual Solid Sound Festival . The 140-year-old-plus site, which was formerly the home to a textile plant and an electronics factory, offered fans a chance to not only see a variety of bands, which included healthy doses of Wilco side projects, and a full slate of comedy curated by John Hodgman , but also some truly fantastic thought provoking art . The weather seemed to be a dominant story throughout the weekend, as some torrential rain storms ...

In the back of a Transit van, in late May, captivating focal point of The Joy Formidable Ritzy Bryan swigs on warming Kronenbourg in a fetching, overtly festive jumper. However if her Beerdrunk Soul was once Sadder than a Hundred Dead Christmas Trees, she's typically chipper ahead of the Mold trio's Anson Rooms show. The band appear to thrive on the road, and the various motorways and highways of the world have become the place they call home over the past year or two. Talking relentless touring habits and ambitious stage props, let Ritzy usher you into the ...

FnA Records 2010 This one is a little past it's sale by date (in other words this review is a little late in coming) so if that offends you move along. Fact is I got it along with the excellent Eight Lives Gone ( Priscilla http://metalmark.blogspot.com/search?q=priscilla ) with a request that I do a write up of it if possible. Why not I figured? With S.A. Adams (The Fury) on vocals/bass/guitars and Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Yellow Matter Custard, Hammer of The Gods, Transatlantic, John Petrucci, Inner Sanctum, OSI, John Arch, Liquid ...

Bringing his high-voltage energy to LAVO for the first time, Steve Aoki is the man behind Dim Mak Records, credited for launching the careers of Bloc Party, The Kills, Klaxons, MSTRKRFT, The Bloody Beetroots, Mystery Jets, The Rakes, The Gossip and more. As a DJ/producer, he has remixed Michael Jackson, The Killers, Robin Thicke, Lenny [...]