Artist of the Week: Duff McKagan’s Loaded
DUFF MCKAGAN’s LOADED are preparing for a variety of events and promotions around the April 7 release of their first full-length U.S. release, SICK.
First up: a special April 9 hometown in-store performance and signing for the band–Duff McKagan (guitar and vocals), Mike Squires (guitar), Jeff Rouse (bass) and Geoff Reading (drums)–at Seattle’s Crocodile [...]
Artist of the Week: Mastodon
Today is the day that’s been circled on your calendar for weeks. Today is the day that Mastodon’s Crack The Skye is released upon the Earth!
CRACK THE SKYE is available in two packages from iTunes. The Standard Version and a Deluxe Version, which includes the CRACK THE SKYE digital album, plus the entire album presented [...]
Artist of the Week: Static-X
Cult of Static is Static-X’s sixth studio album and was produced by Static and John Travis (Social Distortion, Suicide Silence, Buckcherry). The album also features Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine who adorns “Lunatic” with legendary guitar work. Fans who pick up the album on Amazon.com will be treated with Static-X’s version of [...]
Artist of the Week: DOPE
Over the course of a decade Dope has recorded 5 studio albums, established an incredibly devoted touring fan base, and sold more than a million albums worldwide. This week, on March 10th, DOPE will release No Regrets.
Artist of the Week: Cinema Bizarre
Cinema Bizarre. Who would have thought those two words could so perfectly sum up this five piece Berlin based band? The individual look, the explosive shows and the glamour of the movies tied in with a sound that refuses to be pigeonholed. First and foremost there is the music. Glam, New Wave, Electro, New Romantic, Rock. It’s a fusion of all of these and more! As lead singer Strify explains, “Our sound stands for a big firework – musically and emotionally. We want to fascinate the people and lead them to another world with our songs.”
Artist of the Week: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have just released their long-anticipated album, Lonely Road. Produced by Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Incubus), the collection features the single “You Better Pray” which AOL Music just bestowed with their “Video of the Day” honor. The band has also just premiered an alternate version of [...]
The All-American Rejects
When The World Comes Down featuring the smash single, “Gives You Hell” is in stores now. Purchase the entire album (in MP3 format) from Amazon.com for the low, low price of $2.99.
Rise Against
Tim McIlrath – vocals, guitars
Joe Principe – bass
Brandon Barnes – drums
Zach Blair –guitar
You can’t force artistry. True musical creations are typically launched via pure inspiration or serendipitous moments and ideas that are often baked to perfection through sheer work and dedication. Still, many musical artists have opted to churn out songs with a cookie-cutter, assembly [...]
