CONTEST: Band Of Horses
THE PRIZE: ONE COPY OF MIRAGE ROCK ON VINYL Satisfy your taste for vinyl with the Seattle group’s fourth studio album. Indie rock cast in a multi-hued analog setting, Band Of Horses’ Mirage Rock relays harmonic dominance from a band with no pleasure in saturating their guitar-drunk melodies with more production than usual. With their new record in stores this week, we’ve collaborated with the fine folks at Sony Music Canada to give... Read More
GOING LIVE: My Morning Jacket, Band Of Horses
MY MORNING JACKET, BAND OF HORSES ECHO BEACH, TORONTO / AUGUST 15TH With the Toronto skyline shimmering in the background, MY MORNING JACKET and BAND OF HORSES reintroduced the spines of Louisville/South Carolina alternative to a city that often forgets its flawless appeal. Masked by the lights of Echo Beach, intricacy and intensity never seemed to dim with the opening five-piece providing a quick glimpse of Mirage Rock and old favourites. To close... Read More
TRACK/MP3: Band Of Horses – “Knock Knock”
A summer really wouldn’t be complete without a new BAND OF HORSES album. The Seattle five-piece publicly detailed and revealed Mirage Rock, their upcoming studio record produced by Glyn Johns (The Who, Ryan Adams), which from the taste of the lead single “Knock Knock”, re-imagines what it’s like for alternative to be incredibly lush. Band Of Horses will release Mirage Rock on September 18th via Columbia Records Read More
Album Reviews – 24/5/10
Stone Temple Pilots / Stone Temple Pilots / Atlantic Almost a decade ago we saw Stone Temple Pilots bathe themselves in stripped-down grunge and pop rock. Now with their self-titled release, the group that tore through the 90s’ has changed their scent, going for a smell that’s a little Tom Petty, Aerosmith and even Oasis in some instances. To say it’s disturbing to the ear is untrue. Kicking and screaming with the fuzz-flashy “Between... Read More
Album Reviews – 17/5/10
The Black Keys / Brothers / Nonesuch Records The Black Keys created the term “riffage” and though on Brothers it seems like it’s lost underneath earnest songwriting and hooks laced with funk, it still breathes. Singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney just made it put clothes on so it could look attractive and appeal to radio. It still sways with dirty garage rock guitar work (“She’s Long Gone”,... Read More