Converge’s Ben Koller: A Well-Rounded Timekeeper

Converge came into existence at the behest of founding members Jacob Bannon (vox, lyrics) and guitarist Kurt Ballou in 1991. Subsequent lineup changes and several albums (met with critical appraise) later, Converge has been one of the most interesting and influential bands in hard core metal today. Their highly acclaimed album, When Forever Comes Crashing, [...]

Pedro the Lion: David Bazan

Pedro the Lion was a name of a character songwriter David Bazan lifted from his own rough copy of a children’s book he had set out to write prior to playing music. Pedro the Lion is a band that has chameleon like qualities, changing sonic colors from a simple folksy introductory EP called, Whole, [...]

Denali: Maura Davis

Denali hails from Richmond, VA, and began in the spring of 2000 when singer/guitarist/pianist Maura Davis asked her brother Keeley Davis (Engine Down) to help her arrange some song ideas she had been toiling over. Keeley liked them and asked his bandmate in Engine Down, Jonathan Fuller to come on as the group’s drummer along [...]

Jimmy Eat World: Future for Longevity

When Arizona-based Jimmy Eat World burst onto a burgeoning post-grunge scene in 1995, it was to the delight of the indie rock community. Essentially, a new aesthetic was being forged by the group and its contemporaries in bands like Sensefield, Christie Front Drive and Sunny Day Realestate—way before anyone dropped the ‘emo’ term and co-opted [...]

New Music Round Up (El Michels Affair, Graveyard, Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics)

Suppose most folks have heard the new Mastodon and Manchester Orchestra or at the very least the single from It’s Blitz! That said, I figured I’d drop some knowledge on some fantabulous jams from around the globe.
First up
El Michels Affair – 37th Chamber. link
Yes, as the name suggests, this is directly related to Wu’s 36 [...]

Big Science drops debut EP, Coast of Nowhere for free online!

I know I haven’t really posted much in the past few months. Quick update; I’m applying to grad school and have been really busy getting all my requirements ready for the program (MFA). 
Without further adieu, my dear friends Jasons (cubed) have unleashed the Big Science EP on the world and it is magnificent. No review. [...]

Everyone Has an Asshole

This is a work of satire. It is based in part on a conversation overheard while waiting in a terminal for a connecting flight during a layover. It was one of those lovely one-sided conversations spoken into a phone, right next to me so it was like he was talking to me but I couldn’t [...]

My DJ Fantasy: Sexy Flash App

Ralph Lagnado, Senior Planner of International Digital Media at Woo Agency posted his company’s latest project for client Samsung on the Music Industry Forum on Linkeding.com. Its called My DJ Fantasy and it involves a limo, drinking, and VIP treatment, for the user. This super slick marketing campaign is to help launch Samungs new Q1, [...]

Stooges Gear Stolen In Canada

This is a post from Watts Hoot Page.

if anyone has information, ANY INFORMATION!
please, please, PLEASE as soon as possible contact
Eric Fischer at:
nycentral13@gmail.com
cell phone: +1 646 932 1907
IGGY AND THE STOOGES
EQUIPMENT STOLEN ON AUGUST 4, 2008
OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL
208 SAINT ANTOINE OUEST,
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA

all equipment was in a rented penske 15 foot yellow truck
with u.s. (michigan) [...]

US Gov Sends Tigers to Baghdad Zoo!

Stupidity is Contagious
That is a correct assessment of the Boosh Administration and that cavalier attitude toward common sense has run rampant in the past 8 years. Example: US NAVY testing midrange frequency sonar, the sound is like the squealing feedback of a PA system at a concert, what musicians call ‘bad feedback,’ it is sort [...]