Jukebox the Ghost Giveaway “Empire”, New Album Out Sept. 7

Jukebox The Ghost, the Philadelphia-based piano pop band that I loved the hell out of when I saw them with Free Energy last month, have unveiled the specifics of their sophomore album. Everything Under the Sun, Jukebox the Ghost’s first album with Yep Roc Records, will be out on September 7th. The album follows up [...]

Brandon Boyd to Release Solo Album July 6th; Single “Runaway Train”

Incubus lead singer Brandon Boyd has been quietly working on a solo album while his primary act takes some well-deserved time off. Earlier this month Boyd confirmed that a solo album, entitled The Wild Trapeze, was in the works, and now multiple sites are confirming a release date of July 6. Yes, that’s July 6, [...]

Album Review: The Rescues – Let Loose the Horses

On their debut album Let Loose The Horses, The Rescues have all the ingredients of a modern day Fleetwood Mac (save for the part where they’re all sleeping with each other). With two haunting female vocalists providing soothing, heartfelt melodies over subdued, driving keys and guitars, The Rescues introduce themselves to the world in an [...]

Kanye West Starts His Good Ass Job September 14th

In an update to an earlier story, Kanye West set an official release date for his fifth studio album. Shortly after performing speculative first single “Power” at the BET Awards this weekend (video below), word broke that Good Ass Job, ‘Yeezy’s first album since 808s and Heartbreak and West’s meme-tastic VMA appearance, will be in [...]

Moment of Zen: Giving into the Peer Pressure

When yesterday started, I had every intention of not joining the masses of people celebrating the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death. Just let the man have some peace, I figured. But then the radio station on the way to work was playing a metric ton of MJ, and before you knew it at work I [...]

First Impressions: Angry Rock Edition

Apparently the last two weeks were when every mainstream rock band decided to put out a single. To help sort them all out, here I am with a new round of First Impressions. Shinedown – Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom) [iTunes] When I first saw the title my brain jumped to “Shinedown covering Deftones…cool”. The [...]

Radiohead Album Anticipated by Year’s End, Potentially “Weeks Away”

Radiohead are back in the studio. Ed O’Brien, the drummer for the famously innovative band, confirmed that the band were finishing recording the follow-up to 2007′s industry changing In Rainbows. In an interview with BBC 6Music, O’Brien described the band as being “in the heart of the recording process” and “as good as it’s ever [...]

Eminem’s Road to Recovery a Bumpy, But Memorable Journey

No album is created in a vacuum. The music that an artist makes is the result of surroundings, state of mind, and what came before. This is certainly true for Eminem and Recovery. The unexpected follow-up to last year’s disappointing Relapse finds Marshall Mathers owning up to his drug-fueled shortcomings, and as a result presenting [...]

Blink 182 Announce an Announcement of “Something Cool”

UPDATE 6/21/10 8:30PM EST: Because this isn’t worth getting its own post, Blink 182 will be playing KROQ’s Epicenter festival on September 26 in Los Angeles, alongside Eminem, 30 Seconds to Mars, Rise Against, and Bush. That, ladies and gentlemen, was your announcement. And in the most twisted of ironies, the band to debut a [...]

The Gaslight Anthem – State of Love And Trust (Pearl Jam Cover, Live on Jimmy Fallon)

The Gaslight Anthem were on Jimmy Fallon last night, where they performed “Boxer”, an album track from their brilliant new album American Slang, and more interestingly, they covered the Pearl Jam hit “State of Love and Trust”. Check out the video below. The Gaslight Anthem – State of Love and Trust (Pearl Jam Cover) I [...]