Christian-Themed Rock Band Flyleaf Appreciates Slow Ride To Platinum Success

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The buzz surrounding Christian-inspired metal band Flyleaf only seems to increase with each day. Their self-titled debut CD recently went platinum, their mainstream appeal continues to grow and the Texas-based band, which played the South by Southwest music festival Thursday night, is embarking on yet another tour (this time with Seether) this spring.[...] Read more!

Published: 2008-03-14 Provider: StarPulse

Creation Northwest at the Gorge

EntertainmentMxPx, the veteran punk-rock band from Bremerton who just released their latest album, "Secret Weapon," last week, is one of many bands appearing...

Published: 2007-07-20 Provider: Seattle Times

CRUNK'S ANGELS

GETTING "crunk" takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to the tunes the guys in Family Force 5 play - it's a genre they're pioneering called "crunk rock." With a little bit of hip-hop layered over synthesizers, rock guitars, big beats and...

Published: 2007-11-08 Provider: New York Post Keywords: band, rock, Olds, America, Christian, Family, Force, bands, better, music, music

Beatles' music offers something to believe in

Faith & valuesRock-music writer Steve Turner grew up in a Christian home in Daventry, England. And like other teenagers who came of age in the 1960s...

Published: 2007-01-26 Provider: Seattle Times

New Music Tuesdays: Ghostface Killah, The Libertines

Rolling Stone’s Christian Hoard says Ghostface Killah’s The Big Doe Rehab is another stellar album from the Wu-Tang MC, though it doesn’t quite measure up to last year’s Fishscale and lacks some of that album’s colorful drug-slinging tales. The Libertines’ new best-of comp pulls together songs from the short-lived band’s first two albums and an EP — enough for new fans to get a taste of Pete Doherty and Carl Barat’s fiesty band, but not enough to justify doling out your hard-earned cash. Click above to watch the full reviews. Plus: Read the review for The Big Doe Rehab here. >>Watch every episode of our weekly New Music Tuesdays video podcast by subscribing via iTunes (when prompted, click “Launch application”). Every Tuesday, a new episode will be delivered to your iTunes. [If you don’t have iTunes, download it here.

Published: 2007-12-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Videos, New Music Tuesdays, Podcasts

Weekend Rock List: Most Gruesome Band Names

Because Halloween is right around the corner, this week’s Rock List focuses on bands that are more horrifying than the entire Nightmare on Elm Street series. To honor those groups that frighten the hell out of you before you can even hit “Play” (and those that even make Nas’ new album title seem tame) hit us up with your favorite gruesome band names. Here are five that make us listen with the lights on: Alien Sex Fiend Carcass Cannibal Corpse Flesh Eaters Christian Death [Photo: Dalle/Retna]

Published: 2007-10-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

New Music Tuesdays: Kid Rock, Band of Horses

Click above to check out Christian Hoard’s analysis of Kid Rock’s straight-up Rock N Roll Jesus (which Rock once described to Hoard as the equivalent of going to a bar and getting shit-faced, then discovering a gospel choir there), and tuneful indie-rock act Band of Horses, whose guitar-heavy, beautiful Cease to Begin helped them earn the title of Hot Band in the current Hot Issue. Read the review for Kid Rock’s Rock N Roll Jesus here and Band of Horses’ Cease to Begin here. >>Watch every episode of our weekly New Music Tuesdays video podcast by subscribing via iTunes (when prompted, click “Launch application”). Every Tuesday, a new episode will be delivered to your iTunes. [If you don’t have iTunes, download it here.]

Published: 2007-10-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Videos, New Music Tuesdays, Podcasts

"Jukebox" by Cat Power

Chan Marshall's mercurial voice is ready for its close up on Jukebox, her second covers album. After the success of her seventh LP, The Greatest, which was recorded with the Memphis Rhythm Band, Marshall seems, at long last, both comfortable and confident. Jukebox dusts off classics and non-standards popularized by Frank Sinatra, Hank Williams, James Brown, Billie Holiday and Janis Joplin. Ever the distinctive interpreter, Marshall completely transforms these songs—often past the point of easy recognition, but always with memorable results. She manages to infuse "New York, New York" with cagey desperation, while "I Believe in You"—a tune from Dylan's Christian period—becomes an affirmation of fervent, yet ambiguous, passion. Even the two non-covers here fit in rather seamlessly: There's a rousing version of the Moon Pix classic "Metal Heart" (which plucks lyrics from "Amazing Grace"), as well as a gorgeous new track,

Published: 2008-02-04 Provider: Artist Direct

by: Nate Chinen ­Versatility is a mixed blessing for any serious musician, as Ron Blake can probably attest. The Virgin Islands–reared saxophonist has lately made his wage playing hectic fusion with bassist Christian McBride, hypnotic funk with Meshell Ndegeocello, and whatever else with the Saturday Night Live band. He’s been busy and hard to pin down. Even his strong last album, 2005’s Sonic Tonic (Mack Avenue), suggested the work of a transient soul. Shayari, Blake’s latest, holds still long enough to make a solid impression. It’s an acoustic record, but with deep undercurrents of groove, thanks to master drummer Jack DeJohnette, who saunters through some tracks, and McBride, who swaggers through others. Michael Cain, the album’s hands-on producer, improvises fluently on piano, sometimes in duets with Blake—a format more engaging here than anyone might expect, especially on “Remember the Rain,” one of several casually arresting original tunes. Blake, playing tenor, sounds tenacious and loose, like a middleweight contender. Trading jabs with DeJohnette on “Hanuman,” he could almost pass for a young Charles Lloyd, carrying the Coltrane torch for a Fillmore crowd. But what distinguishes Shayari is the powerful sense that Blake, turning inward, is finally playing for no one but himself. imagePath = '/ui/img/icons'; echo $social->getFeedHTML(); } ?> Page printed from: http://www.vibe.com/ Return to previous page

Published: 2008-04-08 Provider: VIBE

Beck’s “Odelay” Goes Deluxe, Lily Allen and Jamie Lynn Spears Announce Pregnancies, The Band and Burt Bacharach Score Lifetime Achievement Grammys and More

On January 29th, Beck will release a double-disc deluxe version of his 1996 album Odelay that includes sixteen B-sides and compilation tracks that haven’t seen U.S. release before, as well as two never-before-released songs from the album’s original sessions produced by the Dust Brothers: “Inferno” and “Gold Chains.” The second disc also includes remixes by Aphex Twin, Mario Caldato Jr. and U.N.K.L.E., plus “Burro,” a Spanish-language rendition of “Jackass” recorded with a mariachi band. Lily Allen and her boyfriend, Chemical Brothers’ Ed Simons, have confirmed they are expecting their first child. Allen’s rep told Us Weekly, “As the pregnancy is at such an early stage, the couple will be making no further comment, but they are obviously thrilled by the news,” and added that Allen’s follow-up to this year’s Alright, Still, “will be released as planned next year.” ‘Tis the season for pregnancy announcements: Sixteen-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney’s little sis and star of Nickelodeon’s Zoey 101, is reportedly expecting her first child with boyfriend Casey Aldridge. In a statement, Nickelodeon said, “We respect Jamie Lynn’s decision to take responsibility in this sensitive and personal situation.” After the news became public, the Christian publisher planning to release a parenting-themed title penned by mom Lynne Spears next year said the book is “delayed indefinitely … delayed, not canceled.” But at least one person doesn’t think the baby news is true: Britney told paparazzi, “My sister’s not pregnant!” while out shopping last night. Metallica are adding more international festival dates to their early summer itinerary, fueling speculation that the follow-up to 2003’s St. Anger will be released around then. The band has scheduled dates in Poland and the Netherlands at th

Published: 2007-12-19 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

Reality Show Recap: Dot Dot Dot Expire on “The Next Great American Band,” Episode Eight

Sixty Great American Reality Minutes in Three Sentences: Emo-goth fashion disasters Dot Dot Dot are sent home in favor of Denver And The Mile High Orchestra—presumably because Dot Dot Dot fans are too busy sinning on a Friday night to compete with all the Christian youth groups playing ping-pong, eating pizza and hitting the phone lines for Denver. The remaining bands played the hits of this week’s great American—er, British—songwriters, Queen! And now that there’s only four bands, the producers have to struggle to pad a full hour, so all the bands got to play original songs in the final half-hour (or so we think, since we, like everyone else, turned it off after they announced which band went home). Best Great American Band: Pickin’ and winnin’ Clark Brothers took Dicko’s advice and added a rhythm section (including a barely audible bass player and a flat-haired, bandana-clad drummer who looks like he was fired from Dot Dot Dot). Their cover of Queen’s “These Are The Days Of Our Lives” was a mandolin-tweaked rave up featuring not one, but two, fiery fiddle solos. We also caught the Clark Brothers original song and the lyrics to their “back to the farm” song were really, really stupid. “Daddy was a preacher, swingin’ that old Bible belt.” Did you guys steal that one from Mad magazine? Anyway, everyone was bowled away by their bigger-than-life performance as per usual, but Dicko thought the lyrics made it a “crap song.” Worst Great American Band: Light Of Doom, apparently trying to capture some of Queen’s sense of theatrical bombast (or the Blue Man Group’s sense of theatrical bombast), come out playing the “We Will Rock You” beat on what appear to be four Japanese koto drums. It might have been pretty great if they had actually put some oomph behind it instead of just gently tapping a meek little “boom boom thwack” with some soft mallets. Oh, and totally botching the harmonies. And awkwardly trying to put on their guitars. And turning the rest of the song into ill

Published: 2007-12-11 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Rock List: The Twenty Most Gruesome Band Names

Last week, in honor of All Hallow’s Eve, we asked you what bands had the most gruesome, blood-curdling monikers. After reading through all your Stephen King-like reader comments (some of you kids need psychiatric help), it’s with shaky typing and petrified pride that we present our list of the Twenty Most Gruesome Band Names: 1. Cattle Decapitation 2. Dahmer’s Icebox 3. Alien Sex Fiend 4. Chainsaw Surgery 5. My Bloody Valentine 6. Southern Death Cult 7. Cannibal Corpse 8. Christian Death 9. Revolting Cocks 10. Black Sabbath 11. diSEMBOWELMENT 12. Necrocannibalistic Vomitorium 13. Dogs Die In Hot Cars 14. Throbbing Gristle 15. Carcass 16. Pig Destroyer 17. Nosferatu 18. Flesh Eaters 19. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead 20. Hootie & The Blowfish

Published: 2007-10-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists