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"I'm sorry we had to reschedule this a few times," says Angels & Airwaves frontman Tom DeLonge. "I am an asshole! Sometimes it's hard to make time to get everything done." Ain't no thang; DeLonge is a busy man with a lot going on and after a 20-minute chat with him, I could tell the hamster never, ever stops running ...more |
Alison Sudol, the 22-year-old songbird behind A Fine Frenzy, isn't afraid to flaunt her soft spot for the sentimental. Her debut album, One Cell In The Sea, finds Sudol's fragile vocals and diary lyrics entwining with haunting piano, to craft ballads of love and heartbreak ...more |
ARTISTdirect conducted an exclusive video interview with Fletcher and Randy of Pennywise at NRG studios, while the band was finishing up their latest record Reason to Believe. A combination of soaring hooks and punchy punk guitars, the album is the best to date from the long-running SoCal quartet ...more |
You knock on enough doors and eventually someone has to let you in. Flo Rida, the newest edition to Florida's rap high council, should know. Early in his career, he came out to Los Angeles without a contact to call on and ended up traversing the city, hitting up record labels for a chance to audition on the spot. No one wanted to hear him at the time, but that didn't mean he was going to keep quiet ...more |
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During Pennywise's sold out record release show at the Key Club, the first words to come from the stage proved quite ominous. With an ear-to-ear smirk, guitarist Fletcher Dragge quipped, "Welcome to Thunderdome, ladies and gentlemen." Considering that the mosh pits had already broken out before the band played one note, Fletcher's remark hit the nail on the head ...more |
Past the glitzy, red carpet and line of photographers at the entrance of Opera in Hollywood, Snoop Dogg turned the normally chichi club straight hood. Opera is one of the more upscale party destinations to open in the area recently. Nestled on Schrader Blvd, blocks east of Highland Ave, the chic nightspot symbolizes Hollywood's evolution from "gutter" to Glamour Ego Trippin' ...more |
ARTISTdirect sent a trusty correspondent down to Austin to cover the annual music industry mayhem that is SXSW. He provided us with a daily update and photo recap of each day of the festival's highlights. Check out each one of these installments here: (Day 1), (Day 2) and the finale, (Day 3). Our correspondent features some great snaps of everyone from Moby to the legendary Lou Reed and N.E.R.D. ...more |
The Parlor Mob know how to put on a rock and roll show. That was clear from the moment that the band hit the stage at the Troubadour last night. A crowd of hipsters and indie rock denizens witnessed the young, New Jersey quintet in all their glory. It was exactly what West Hollywood's sleepy scene needed ...more
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Linkin Park's current tour alongside Coheed & Cambria and Chiodos should've been called "The Clash of the Titans." That was imminently clear from the jaunt's sold out stop at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Pairing up hard rock's heavyweights with two of the strongest genre favorites made this one of the best road shows in recent memory ...more
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Three songs into Devildriver's set at the Sunset Strip House of Blues, vocalist Dez Fafara addressed the sold out crowd, with a gigantic smile. "LA, the hardest fucking place to do it—thank you so much for graciously receiving us!" Fafara, a Southern California native, knows the Hollywood Heavy metal scene's fickle nature better than anyone ...more |
On The Verge: Paddy Casey
Irish troubadour, rover and singer-songwriter Paddy Casey conjures the Emerald Isle in name and in song, but if you're expecting that his music provides the soundtrack for a night of Irish car-bombs at your local pub, well, you'd be wrong ...more
Fri, 09 May 2008 07:48:26
If his goal was to make an album that feels as good as it sounds, mission accomplished for Tom Holkenborg. The one-man band/production team/live force most-widely recognized as Junkie XL has delivered ... more
Fri, 09 May 2008 07:40:52
While many bands that achieve success on terrestrial radio–like 10 Years—are often faceless, and indistinguishable, and can be interchanged without much thought, 10 Years manage to sidestep the rest ... more
Fri, 09 May 2008 07:38:52
Everything is beach-y keen and totally waterproof on The Submarines' Honeysuckle Weeks. For a band with a submersible name, the married duo of John Dragonetti and Blake Hazzard certainly keep things ... more
Fri, 09 May 2008 07:34:27
Pre-release hype surrounding the new Def Leppard album promised everything from a return to Pyromania form, to a full-on country album. Fortunately, neither could be farther from the truth. Pound for ... more
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