It has already been 7 years since Arizona rockers JIMMY EAT WORLD released their 10th LP, named Surviving.
But last November, they dropped a new single, called Failure
as part of an upcoming EP, but not a word anymore about that
EP so far. Weird.
Anyway, the band is ready now to celebrate the upcoming 25th birthday
of their 4th full-length BLEED AMERICAN (released 17 July 2001), which
featured their gigantic hit The Middle (more than 1,227 billion streams
on Spotify).
They’ll take the road starting in June.
Jim Adkins (frontman/guitarist) is enthusiastic: “I feel like at this time in our lives, especially for me, it’s important to get back to a place that you can savor. This tour is designed to be an elevated version of our show, a heightened experience with production that reflects 25 years of learning how to stretch artistically in the live environment.” Fans can expect to hear the entirety of Bleed American, along with much more they’ll have to wait to see and hear!”
Canadian prog rockersRUSH started their musical enterprise
way back in 1968. Forty-seven years and 19 LPs later they called
it a day.
But 10 years later, in 2015, they returned to tour. And last year they celebrated
the 50th anniversary of their-self titled debut LP, which got a deluxe reissue
treatment.
Today marks the 45th birthday of their 8th album MOVING PICTURES, released on 12 February 1981.
It was a big hit, topping the Canadian charts and reaching #3 in both the US and UK.
Promo picture
PopMatters wrote in retrospective review: “Moving Pictures is, without any question, not only Rush’s masterpiece but one of those rare albums that epitomizes an era. It represents both a culmination and a progression: the peak of the band’s development as well as the blueprint for Rush’s subsequent work.”
Irish/English Celtic-punk band THE POGUES broke the news of the passing
of their drummer Andrew Rankin, who was a co-founder of the band. He
was 72. R.I.P.
Portland‘s groove masters THE DANDY WARHOLS, active since 1994, released
their 12th LP, called Rockmaker in 2024. And now they have a covers album,
ready to share with their devotees on March 20th.
Zia McCabe (keyboardist): “We’ve been talking for years now about getting as
many of the covers we’ve done for specific territories together and releasing them
for all to hear. It’s finally happening.
A total of 17 tracks with covers by big-names such as The Cramps, The Clash,
Gang Of Four, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Runways, and New York Dolls.
Band: GERECKI Who: Art rock ensemble from Serbia, known for blending 60s- and 70s-inspired
rock’n’roll with chamber-pop intimacy, subtle psychedelic hues, and jazz-inflected
textures.
Track: IT GETS DARK
New piece from their upcoming debut album, named Athanasios (Greek word for immortal), out May 7th.
Album artwork
The song draws from a quiet, deeply personal memory: a family visit to the zoo.
Seen through the eyes of a three-year-old daughter — curious, overwhelmed, moved to tears by the crocodile house, then distracted by ducks flying over seemingly empty cages.
TUTV: Gerecki produce a hook-hungry groove, reminiscent of The Beatles‘s classic Get Back jam. No kidding. That’s what my experienced ears (big Beatles fans) told me immediately. A-OK, right? Far and away. It Gets Dark thrives on it and repeats its infectious throb after slowing down here and there. Helter skelter.
Press info: “Never a band to take the easy path, ‘ENEMY’ delivers some of KMFDM’s
most stylistically challenging and politically scathing material yet. KMFDM keeps moving, dancing on the blood-dimmed tide, roaring as a rough beast to make noise against a world that demands the silence of ignorance. Join the Ultra Heavy Beat and make yourself the ENEMY of hypocrisy, discrimination and injustice.”
TUTV: After more than 4 decades and several different line-ups KMFDM know
out-and-out how to entertain their loyal fanbase and by extension all aficionados
of Goth/darkwave/industrial rock. But the band do not limit themselves to just
copy/paste what they did before.
They deliver a variety of bludgeoning EBM music. From vintage, electro-infused thunderstrokes, to barbed wire pop fireworks (with Lucia Cifarelli vocals) and even
a dub reggae intoxicated hip-shaker (Stray Bullet 2.0).
Lyrically Enemy calls for arms in these fucked-up, far-right times, before we get crushed by an elite of ruthless, political piranhas, immoral/corrupt billionaires, and corporate leeches. KMFDM are still relevant, no doubt about that. Now go to your favorite wall and bang your head into it
Last week Ohio‘s veteran blues tandem THE BLACK KEYS – singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney announced the upcoming release
of their 3rd album in 3 years. It’s named Peaches! and will see the day of light
on May 1st.
New album means new tour.
Hear first single You Got To Lose from the new, forthcoming LP, right here.
As they raise their political voice(s) regularly, they couldn’t ignore the bullshit
happening in Trump‘s Divided States Of Hate,where masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shoot American civilians in cold blood.
TUTV: Jumpy. Bouncy. Zippy. Cacophonic overtones, frolic organ blitz, sinewy vocals and psychobilly guitars drenched in an Eastern frenzy, blast out of your stereo. If this is what the Apocalypse will sound like, I wanna be there. Trust me, so will you.
TUTV: Kasabian turned from dance-infused rockers into disco-popsters under the leadership of singer-songwriter Sergio Pizzorno. Lots of drum/bass action on this
new one. Shaky stuff.
Artist: LEO VINCENT Who: Brussels-based, failed goalkeeper-turned-painter-turned-cameraman-turned-musician. Some say it’s disco for night janitors. Some say it’s glam-rock for ravers.
Others haven’t found the time to listen yet because they have real jobs.
TUTV: Oh yeah, the vibes! Oh yeah, the beats! Oh yeah, the swagger! Shake your pelvis, bend your knees and jump up and down, left and right, forth and back. This is a workout tune for all you lazy bumps out there. Move! Now!
Band: MONT LOSER Who: A deformed creature born from the depths of a late-night Parisian haze, half kamikaze, half blood-drunk bat. ML invite you to dive headfirst into the void of a rock scene that always seems to rise from its ashes, when we sometimes wish it would stay dead.
Track: CONFESSIONAL
The title track from their upcoming
album, out on April 17th.
“It’s only reality tv confessionals — people alone in a booth, crying to
the camera, saying things they probably never meant to say out loud.”
TUTV: Psychotic guitars, chaotic screams, mindbending verve and headtwisting changes of speed combine for a roasting 5-minute rollercoaster. Be ready for a dizzying experience.
