Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Johnny Brenda's hosted a new-age, indie rock power pack Thursday August, 18th. War On Drugs played a record release show down on the good ole' corner of Frankfurt and Girard, bringing along both an up-and-coming Philly blues rock group, Tin Horses, and the critically acclaimed afrobeat band out of Brooklyn, NY, Caveman.
Since the five piece chamber rock ensemble's birth in January of 2010, Caveman has shared the stage with Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, White Rabbits, Cursive, Here We Go Magic, Wye Oak and Yuck in under a year. Consisting of Matthew Iwanusa (lead vocals, guitar, drums), Jimmy “Cobra” Carbonetti (guitar), Stefan Marolachakis (drums, vocals), Sam Hopkins (synthesizer, vocals) and Jeff Berrall (bass, vocals), Caveman takes their listeners on ...
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Papadosio, who are an emerging progressive rock band with electronic-infused prowess from Ohio, made its second trip into Philadelphia, April 13th, at The Blockley. "Dosio", as their loyal fans call them, cover a wide spectrum of sounds that rang from beautiful improvisational jazz riffs, to dirty dub breaks, and ambient electronica.
Consisting of Mike Healy (Drums), Rob McConnell (Bass/Vocal), Anthony Thogmartin (Guitar/Vocal/Keys/Programming), and Billy Brouse (Keys), Papadosio has a massive summer tour ahead of them this year. If you've been flip flopping all Spring, attempting to balance your wallet with your festival wish list, you can certainly add this band to your list of "must sees." They begin their festival campaign at ...
Monday, April 18th, 2011
The Gorgon Tongue - Impale Golden Horn + Forbidden Planet
Horseback
Relapse Records
Available May 10, 2011
Genres: Drone, Ambient (Impale Golden Horn) / Power Ambient, Black Metal (Forbidden Planet)
RIYL: Aix Em Klemm, SunnO))), Earth7.7 / 7.1
It’s difficult to discern whether a band is going for a money-grab with a re-release, or if they are trying to help new fans explore their older records. Horseback received considerable critical acclaim with their previous LP, Invisible Mountain. However, each Horseback record has managed to be its own beast, with different genres, and in some cases, a different lineup. ...
Friday, March 11th, 2011
Mare Decendrii
Mamiffer
SIGE Records
March 15, 2011
Genres: Jazz-influenced Doom, Power Ambient
RIYL: Earth, SunnO))), Brian Eno, Kayo Dot
by Adam Rauf, Senior Staff Writer
8.8
Music is becoming a globally-connected phenomenon. Not only are you finding artists these days that are collaborating online to help in the germination process for songwriting, but you’re also finding various schools of music colliding to form giant murals of beauty. Mamiffer, which combines the talents of “post-metal” icon and visual artist Aaron Turner (Isis, House of Low Culture, Old Man Gloom) and performance artist Faith Coloccia (Everlovely Lightningheart) is the perfect recipe for ...
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Lotus descended upon Philadelphia in grand fashion for both their New Years Eve and New Years Day shows at The Electric Factory. Of course the sold out crowd for New Years Eve 2010 was a glorious ocean of good vibes, but more than plenty of Lotus fans made their way on January 1st, 2011 to fill up the floor as well.
Brothers Past opened for Lotus on December 31, 2010 and brought the crowd to a feverish anticipation. Little did we all know that Tom Hamilton and Tom McKee would be returning to the stage to add vocals for a cover of Mott The Hoople's ...
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
1. Trap Them – Filth Rations
2. Valient Thorr – Stranger
3. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
4. United Nations – Never Mind The Bombings, Here’s Your Six Figures
5. Kaki King – Junior
6. The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
7. Cephalic Carnage – Misled By Certainty
8. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part II (Return of the Ankh)
9. Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin
10. Galactic – Ya-Ka-May
Trap Them – Filth Rations E.P. (Southern Lord Recordings) – Bulletproof release. Four of the most well executed songs in extreme music in 2010. If you think there was a better overall song offering elements of Swedish death metal ...
Sunday, September 26th, 2010
Since I have now reached the 10th installment of Old Soul, I am featuring an artist that truly embodies the essence of what this column is all about. He is a true musician, not only in the sense that he is skilled at his primary instrument, the piano, but he sees, hears, composes and executes his music in his own unique way. He has blended genres in ways that have had an important influence on the development and direction of multiple musical genres, including both acoustic and electric jazz, classical music, funk, R&B, soul, and hip-hop. He hasn't gained success by following a corporately ordained formula like many ...
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Photo by Larry West.
So about a week ago, Blow The Scene contributor and graphic artist, Larry West roles into the office with some pictures he took at Ozzfest, August 22 in Camden, NJ. And to be honest, until Larry zipped in with his photo stack, I didn't even know Ozzfest was still around. But sure enough Ozzy is still baby-steppin across stages all over the states, and for this year's final show date, he brought a special guest.
I took a look through Larry's stack of ...
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Flaming Lips (Live in Pittsburgh, PA 07/20/10)
It’s impossible to properly put into words what a Flaming Lips concert is like. You can mention the visuals, the confetti, the balloons, the space bubble/hamster ball, and yet you’ll feel like you’ve only scratched the surface. Wayne Coyne et al like to make seeing the band more of a spiritual experience than just a concert. Being that they just covered Dark Side of the Moon with their friends Peaches, Henry Rollins, and parts of his nephew’s band Stardeath & White Dwarfs, you can definitely get a Pink Floyd vibe from all of the ...
Monday, August 9th, 2010
In this installment of Old Soul, I would like to focus on a classic soul group who toured and recorded for years, and who had numerous line-up changes and label switches, before they reached chart-topping success. Just like the flashy spinning hubcaps that this group was named after, their records are still spinning, and still moving, long after the original soul ride has ceased. This group is none other than The Spinners.
In 1954, before The Spinners were The Spinners, they were a group of high school friends living just outside of ...
Sunday, July 25th, 2010
In this installment of Old Soul, I want to extend the socially conscious vibe from No. 5 featuring The Voices of East Harlem with some great live performances from a very tight, multi-ethnic, California-based group who fused funk, rock, jazz, Latin American music, R&B, soul, and reggae to create a gritty, dancy, laid-back sound for carrying their messages of unity and harmony: War.
War (who before working with Eric Burdon were known as Nightshift) began their launch in 1969 when they paired up with Eric Burdon (ex-lead singer of the Animals), and ...
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
It's hard to believe Helmet have been around now 21 years and are still touring the globe. I first picked up a In The Meantime in 1992 when I was in 4th grade. Damn. And like many of you, it was one of the first "heavy" albums I ever got into. Led by founding member and front man, Page Hamilton, Helmet's influence played a major role in the development of many of the leading rock and metal bands in the mid 90's. Page Hamilton's quartet recently re-released their beloved third album Betty with 5 bonus tracks.
They had this to say ...
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Blow The Scene's Joshua T Cohen caught up with San Diego's favorite indefinable quartet of unhinged musicians Ghetto Blaster, for an exclusive interview this week. Ghetto Blaster draws on influences from across the board delivering an onslaught of quirky riffs and melodies punctuated by a pugnacious vocal intensity that finds itself floating somewhere in the punk-rock, alt, prog end of the spectrum with a splash of schizophrenia thrown in for good measure. Ghetto Blaster singer and front man Ryan Foxe takes Blow the Scene readers into his world..
Joshua T Cohen (BTS): Go ahead and introduce yourselves to Blow The Scene readers around the world. Declare your musical contribution to ...
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
In our first feature of Summer Slaughter Tour 2010, we covered headlining acts Decapitated, The Faceless, and All Shall Perish. Today we are focusing on two other participants that should definitely be on your radar; The Red Chord and Cephalic Carnage.
To be honest, most reviews or mentions of the The Red Chord make my skin crawl. The band is often lumped in with the trolls of metal scene. You know the ones; the slew of bands ...
Friday, June 25th, 2010
These days its rare to find a band that has created more of an aura of confusion and rumor than the punk/power-violence, super-group, United Nations. Every aspect of this band is clouded in myth and mystery. The only confirmed member is Geoff Rickly, the vocalist/lyricist of the band Thursday. Why? Well it may have something to do with the fact that all other rumored members are under contracts with record labels that prevent them from playing in other bands. These rumored members include; Daryl Palumbo, vocalist of Glassjaw and Head Automatica, Ben Koller, drummer for Converge, Jonah Bayer, guitarist of Lovekill, and Eric Cooper, bassist of Made Out of Babies. Live interpretations ...
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Interview with Buzz Osbourne & Dale Crover of The Melvins
Adam Rauf, Staff Writer
All images by Seth Ballentine, Blow The Scene Staff Photographer
The Melvins are an amazing band that really defies words sometimes. They’ve had an extensive history of playing music, being an influence on countless bands, and yet are some of the most honest and straightforward folks in the music business. Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover have seen it all, and always make great interviewees. They’re funny, they’re quirky, and they write some of the best ...
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
The Tapes Your Mother Laid Out for You
Second Installment: Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
By Andrew W. Miller
By 1984, progressive rock was far from the genre du jour. It had seen its heyday in the 60s and 70s and had subsequently been bested by the catchiness (sorry, Johnny Rotten) and simplicity of punk and new wave. Ten years had gone by since Rush's first album, Rush (1974), had been released. The latter nine years saw eight full-length albums produced by Terry Brown, who had seen the band develop from straight-up Led Zeppelin worship to the powerhouse that recorded epic, movement-structured albums like 1976's 2112, 1978's Hemispheres, as well as the commercially-successful Moving Pictures (1981) featuring the ...
Papadosio, who are an emerging progressive rock band with electronic-infused prowess from Ohio, made its second trip into Philadelphia, April 13th, at The Blockley. "Dosio", as their loyal fans call them, cover a wide spectrum of sounds that rang from beautiful improvisational jazz riffs, to dirty dub breaks, and ambient electronica.
Consisting of Mike Healy (Drums), Rob McConnell (Bass/Vocal), Anthony Thogmartin (Guitar/Vocal/Keys/Programming), and Billy Brouse (Keys), Papadosio has a massive summer tour ahead of them this year. If you've been flip flopping all Spring, attempting to balance your wallet with your festival wish list, you can certainly add this band to your list of "must sees." They begin their festival campaign at ...
The Gorgon Tongue - Impale Golden Horn + Forbidden Planet
Horseback
Relapse Records
Available May 10, 2011
Genres: Drone, Ambient (Impale Golden Horn) / Power Ambient, Black Metal (Forbidden Planet)
RIYL: Aix Em Klemm, SunnO))), Earth
7.7 / 7.1
It’s difficult to discern whether a band is going for a money-grab with a re-release, or if they are trying to help new fans explore their older records. Horseback received considerable critical acclaim with their previous LP, Invisible Mountain. However, each Horseback record has managed to be its own beast, with different genres, and in some cases, a different lineup. ...
Mare Decendrii
Mamiffer
SIGE Records
March 15, 2011
Genres: Jazz-influenced Doom, Power Ambient
RIYL: Earth, SunnO))), Brian Eno, Kayo Dot
by Adam Rauf, Senior Staff Writer
8.8
Music is becoming a globally-connected phenomenon. Not only are you finding artists these days that are collaborating online to help in the germination process for songwriting, but you’re also finding various schools of music colliding to form giant murals of beauty. Mamiffer, which combines the talents of “post-metal” icon and visual artist Aaron Turner (Isis, House of Low Culture, Old Man Gloom) and performance artist Faith Coloccia (Everlovely Lightningheart) is the perfect recipe for ...
Lotus descended upon Philadelphia in grand fashion for both their New Years Eve and New Years Day shows at The Electric Factory. Of course the sold out crowd for New Years Eve 2010 was a glorious ocean of good vibes, but more than plenty of Lotus fans made their way on January 1st, 2011 to fill up the floor as well.
Brothers Past opened for Lotus on December 31, 2010 and brought the crowd to a feverish anticipation. Little did we all know that Tom Hamilton and Tom McKee would be returning to the stage to add vocals for a cover of Mott The Hoople's ...
1. Trap Them – Filth Rations
2. Valient Thorr – Stranger
3. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
4. United Nations – Never Mind The Bombings, Here’s Your Six Figures
5. Kaki King – Junior
6. The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
7. Cephalic Carnage – Misled By Certainty
8. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part II (Return of the Ankh)
9. Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin
10. Galactic – Ya-Ka-May
Trap Them – Filth Rations E.P. (Southern Lord Recordings) – Bulletproof release. Four of the most well executed songs in extreme music in 2010. If you think there was a better overall song offering elements of Swedish death metal ...
Since I have now reached the 10th installment of Old Soul, I am featuring an artist that truly embodies the essence of what this column is all about. He is a true musician, not only in the sense that he is skilled at his primary instrument, the piano, but he sees, hears, composes and executes his music in his own unique way. He has blended genres in ways that have had an important influence on the development and direction of multiple musical genres, including both acoustic and electric jazz, classical music, funk, R&B, soul, and hip-hop. He hasn't gained success by following a corporately ordained formula like many ...
Photo by Larry West.
So about a week ago, Blow The Scene contributor and graphic artist, Larry West roles into the office with some pictures he took at Ozzfest, August 22 in Camden, NJ. And to be honest, until Larry zipped in with his photo stack, I didn't even know Ozzfest was still around. But sure enough Ozzy is still baby-steppin across stages all over the states, and for this year's final show date, he brought a special guest.
I took a look through Larry's stack of ...
Flaming Lips (Live in Pittsburgh, PA 07/20/10)
It’s impossible to properly put into words what a Flaming Lips concert is like. You can mention the visuals, the confetti, the balloons, the space bubble/hamster ball, and yet you’ll feel like you’ve only scratched the surface. Wayne Coyne et al like to make seeing the band more of a spiritual experience than just a concert. Being that they just covered Dark Side of the Moon with their friends Peaches, Henry Rollins, and parts of his nephew’s band Stardeath & White Dwarfs, you can definitely get a Pink Floyd vibe from all of the ...
In this installment of Old Soul, I would like to focus on a classic soul group who toured and recorded for years, and who had numerous line-up changes and label switches, before they reached chart-topping success. Just like the flashy spinning hubcaps that this group was named after, their records are still spinning, and still moving, long after the original soul ride has ceased. This group is none other than The Spinners.
In 1954, before The Spinners were The Spinners, they were a group of high school friends living just outside of ...
In this installment of Old Soul, I want to extend the socially conscious vibe from No. 5 featuring The Voices of East Harlem with some great live performances from a very tight, multi-ethnic, California-based group who fused funk, rock, jazz, Latin American music, R&B, soul, and reggae to create a gritty, dancy, laid-back sound for carrying their messages of unity and harmony: War.
War (who before working with Eric Burdon were known as Nightshift) began their launch in 1969 when they paired up with Eric Burdon (ex-lead singer of the Animals), and ...
It's hard to believe Helmet have been around now 21 years and are still touring the globe. I first picked up a In The Meantime in 1992 when I was in 4th grade. Damn. And like many of you, it was one of the first "heavy" albums I ever got into. Led by founding member and front man, Page Hamilton, Helmet's influence played a major role in the development of many of the leading rock and metal bands in the mid 90's. Page Hamilton's quartet recently re-released their beloved third album Betty with 5 bonus tracks.
They had this to say ...
Blow The Scene's Joshua T Cohen caught up with San Diego's favorite indefinable quartet of unhinged musicians Ghetto Blaster, for an exclusive interview this week. Ghetto Blaster draws on influences from across the board delivering an onslaught of quirky riffs and melodies punctuated by a pugnacious vocal intensity that finds itself floating somewhere in the punk-rock, alt, prog end of the spectrum with a splash of schizophrenia thrown in for good measure. Ghetto Blaster singer and front man Ryan Foxe takes Blow the Scene readers into his world..
Joshua T Cohen (BTS): Go ahead and introduce yourselves to Blow The Scene readers around the world. Declare your musical contribution to ...
In our first feature of Summer Slaughter Tour 2010, we covered headlining acts Decapitated, The Faceless, and All Shall Perish. Today we are focusing on two other participants that should definitely be on your radar; The Red Chord and Cephalic Carnage.
To be honest, most reviews or mentions of the The Red Chord make my skin crawl. The band is often lumped in with the trolls of metal scene. You know the ones; the slew of bands ...
These days its rare to find a band that has created more of an aura of confusion and rumor than the punk/power-violence, super-group, United Nations. Every aspect of this band is clouded in myth and mystery. The only confirmed member is Geoff Rickly, the vocalist/lyricist of the band Thursday. Why? Well it may have something to do with the fact that all other rumored members are under contracts with record labels that prevent them from playing in other bands. These rumored members include; Daryl Palumbo, vocalist of Glassjaw and Head Automatica, Ben Koller, drummer for Converge, Jonah Bayer, guitarist of Lovekill, and Eric Cooper, bassist of Made Out of Babies. Live interpretations ...
Interview with Buzz Osbourne & Dale Crover of The Melvins
Adam Rauf, Staff Writer
All images by Seth Ballentine, Blow The Scene Staff Photographer
The Melvins are an amazing band that really defies words sometimes. They’ve had an extensive history of playing music, being an influence on countless bands, and yet are some of the most honest and straightforward folks in the music business. Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover have seen it all, and always make great interviewees. They’re funny, they’re quirky, and they write some of the best ...
The Tapes Your Mother Laid Out for You
Second Installment: Rush - Grace Under Pressure (1984)
By Andrew W. Miller
By 1984, progressive rock was far from the genre du jour. It had seen its heyday in the 60s and 70s and had subsequently been bested by the catchiness (sorry, Johnny Rotten) and simplicity of punk and new wave. Ten years had gone by since Rush's first album, Rush (1974), had been released. The latter nine years saw eight full-length albums produced by Terry Brown, who had seen the band develop from straight-up Led Zeppelin worship to the powerhouse that recorded epic, movement-structured albums like 1976's 2112, 1978's Hemispheres, as well as the commercially-successful Moving Pictures (1981) featuring the ...