April 15, 2011
Named for the fictional character “Musketeer Gripweed,” played by John Lennon in Richard Lester’s 1967, motion picture How I Won The War — The Grip Weeds‘ retro-psychedelic pop lives and breathes their ’60s rock idols. Formed in 1988, in New Jersey by brothers Rick Reil (guitar) and Kurt Reil (drums), The Grip Weeds‘ lineup is [...]
April 1, 2011
Paul Gilbert is an American guitarist. Well known for his guitar work with Racer X and Mr. Big, as well as many solo albums. He has been voted number 4 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the “Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time,” as well as a spot in Guitar World’s 50 [...]
April 1, 2011
The New York stop on the Japan Nite 2011 tour was held at the beautiful Bowery Ballroom. The Zukuna Sisters opened up the show with some very smooth soul music. The White White Sisters followed that up with sweet pop nuggets sung into a hugely distorted microphone, and then crunched completely into a noisy, electronic [...]
March 15, 2011
Lacrimas Profundere is a gothic metal band from Germany. Their name means “to shed tears” in Latin. Originally a death doom rooted gothic metal band, Lacrimas Profundere have progressively evolved their style to catchy and heavy Gothic Rock, complete with dark and dirty melody lines. The sextet was formed in 1993 by Oliver Nikolas Schmid. [...]
March 1, 2011
Texas Pandaa are an indie-pop band from Japan, with twin vocal harmonies and a sophisticated musical configuration. Praised both at home and abroad as they push their writing and musicianship beyond their ambient roots — Texas Pandaa released their third album Down In the Hole on 2010.06.02. Texas Pandaa are Asako Natsubori (guitar, vocal), Mikiko [...]
February 15, 2011
Stream of Passion is a progressive metal band with symphonic metal influence founded by Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Marcela Bovio in 2005, in The Netherlands. The band currently consists of vocalist, lyricist, and violinist Marcela Bovio, bassist Johan van Stratum, keyboardist Jeffrey Revet, guitarist Eric Hazebroek, guitarist Stephan Schultz, and drummer Martijn Peters. With the [...]
