Archive for January, 2010
Sometimes with Axl Rose, all you need is just a little patience. Other times, you need a little more than a little. Guns n’ Roses’ Wednesday night concert in Winnipeg, Canada — their first North American date (and fifth show overall) since the release of Chinese Democracy in 2008 — was, thankfully, a case of the former.
After making the world wait nearly a generation for his sixth studio album, and then keeping fans on hold for more than a year for a tour, Rose wasted little time getting down to business in the Great White North. The frontman and his septet took the stage shortly after 10:40 p.m. — practically a matinee for the notorious Rose. And once they got down to business, they certainly made up for any lost time, treating 7,500 fans at the city’s MTS Centre to a high-energy three-hour marathon of new material and classic G n’ R hits.
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Sonic Youth has traveled far with the sounds of beauty and noise, stretching out its repertoire to include no-wave, alt-rock and wild experiments with the music of John Cage. After nearly three decades together, the band’s open-ended approach is essentially unchanged and uncompromised, fueled on harmonic intensity, not pop convention.
At the Wiltern Theatre on Saturday, Sonic Youth again harnessed a storm of melody and feedback, opening its 90-minute performance with the hurried guitar riffs of “No Way,” as singer-guitarist Thurston Moore sang urgently of pain and temptation: “Renounce your lies sweet succubi . . .”
Three guitars hurtled forward as one, with sounds overlapping, cascading, crashing together in a tangle of chaos before soaring again with eccentric melody. “No Way” was from the band’s latest album, “The Eternal,” a collection that dominated the night’s set list and underlined the group’s commitment to the present over past glories.
To read the complete article visit LOS ANGELES TIMES
Madonna is planning a foray into rock on her next album — she’s lined up Pearl Jam producer Brendan O’brien to work on her new tracks.
The pop superstar is starting her 12th studio album, the follow-up to 2008’s Hard Candy, and she’s looking to expand her musical style for the next record.
She has tapped O’Brien, who has also worked with AC/DC and Rage Against The Machine, as well as rap/electronic producer A-Trak, best known for collaborations with artists including Lupe Fiasco and Kanye West — prompting rumors the album will also have a hip-hop edge, according to Britain’s Daily Star newspaper.
The currently untitled record is due for release later this year.
To read the complete article visit MSN
| Sun 02/07/10 | Missoula, MT | Adams Center | ||
| Tue 02/09/10 | Portland, OR | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | ||
| Wed 02/10/10 | Seattle, WA | Paramount Theatre | ||
| Fri 02/12/10 | Victoria, BC | Royal Theatre | ||
| Sat 02/13/10 | Vancouver, BC | David Lam Park | ||
| Mon 02/15/10 | Edmonton, AB | Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium | ||
| Tue 02/16/10 | Calgary, AB | Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium | ||
| Wed 02/17/10 | Saskatoon, SK | TCU Place | ||
| Fri 02/19/10 | Duluth, MN | Duluth Ent. Conv. Ctr. Auditorium | ||
| Sat 02/20/10 | Madison, WI | Overture Hall | ||
| Sun 02/21/10 | East Lansing, MI | Cobb Great Hall | ||
| Tue 02/23/10 | Hamilton, ON | Hamilton Place Theatre | ||
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Canadian metal legends ANVIL kicked off their 2010 North American tour this past Thursday night (January 7) in Cleveland, Ohio at the House Of Blues. The band performed an 85-minute set to a very large crowd despite blizzard conditions. Cleveland metal acts DESTRUCTOR and ETERNAL LEGACY provided support at the gig.
Some markets on the ANVIL tour will still have the “Anvil! The Story Of Anvil” movie shown before the band’s performance. Others will have local acts open instead of the movie. The tour runs through mid-February.
ANVIL’s setlist was as follows:
01. March Of The Crabs
02. 666
03. School Love
04. Winged Assassins
05. This Is Thirteen
06. Mothra
07. Flying Blind
08. Thumb Hang
09. White Rhino
10. Mad Dog
11. Forged In Fire
12. Metal On Metal
Encore:
13. Jackhammer
To read the complete article visit BLABBERMOUTH
In 1994, Jared Leto gave us a TV hunk for the ages: the mute and brooding Jordan Catalano, from My So-Called Life. Unfortunately, Catalano wouldn’t waste an “uhh…whatever” on the hammy, bombastic third disc from Leto’s band, Thirty Seconds to Mars (with Leto’s brother, Shannon, on drums). The signposts here are Pink Floyd, INXS and Nickelback. Leto bellows things like “Where is your God?” over and over as industrial atmospherics and choirs of fans (invited to studio “summits” by the band) hammer home a theme of fortitude in the face of societal trauma (or something). We can all feel as one in coming together to ignore his message of hope.
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