ADRIAN BELEW HELPS KEEP THE BEAT OF KING CRIMSON ALIVE
Don’t expect Beat, the all-star ensemble that celebrates the ‘80s era of King Crimson, to break into a version of “We’re An American Band.” But the classic Grand Funk Railroad anthem would be oddly a...
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EDITORS GET INTIMATE ON ‘SURFACE, ECHO & SOUND’
One of the first things you hear on the new album by Editors, "Surface, Echo & Sound," is a deep breath. As the opener, also the title track, unfolds, it remains relatively unadorned: Tom Smith's...
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THAO DOCUMENTS ‘A NEW ERA FOR MY LIFE’ WITH FRESH RECORD
Thao Nguyen had shed her band name for 20 years, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. Her marriage came to an end. And, after a six year wait, a new album has emerged. Now performing under the mono...
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PETER N. KNIGHT SHARES ‘OUR HOME’ (EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE)
San Francisco Bay Area singer-songwriter Peter N. Knight has assigned himself some homework, and today, he is turning in one of his first assignments, the song "Our Home," where he takes listeners ba...
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LOWLY EMBRACE UNCERTAINTY ON FOURTH LP ‘SOFTY’
“Am I useless if they call me?” Lowly’s Soffie Viemose sings on “Brave,” the first song on the Danish group’s new album “Softy.” “How can I protect my family?” “What good is my singing to a man, tran...
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CRYSTAL EYES SHARE ‘GHOSTWRITER’ (EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE)
Calgary's Crystal Eyes have shared "Ghostwriter," the second single from their upcoming third LP "Secret Oscillator," out Nov. 18. Following up on the album's first single "Pretending to Be People...
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GREEK SYMPHONIC DEATH METAL BAND SEPTICFLESH LANDS STATESIDE
Greek masters Septicflesh have brought their symphonic death metal assault across the Atlantic Ocean, performing as special guests of Arch Enemy and The Black Dahlia Murder for the Wrath Across North...
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CANDLEBOX LEAVES RETIREMENT ‘FAR BEHIND’ WITH NEW MUSIC AND TOUR
More than four years ago, Candlebox frontman Kevin Martin announced he would be retiring, and it was a well-constructed plan: on the 30th anniversary of its quadruple-platinum debut album in 2023, th...
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ANGELS ON THE BATTLEFIELD SHED LIGHT ON THE STRUGGLE WITHIN
Conjuring dragons and sorcerers, the Los Angels symphonic and progressive instrumental metal band Angels On The Battlefield treads common metal ground. But below the medieval imagery, a more personal...
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THE ALBUM LEAF ENLISTS GUEST VOCALISTS FOR NEW ALBUM TO SHARE ‘THEIR OWN JOURNEY’
For his ninth album as The Album Leaf, Jimmy LaValle recruited 10 guest vocalists to help bring his atmospheric music to life in a new way. The appropriately titled "A Body Of Voices" features artist...
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