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The Church Announce 2015 North American Tour Dates: Australian Alternative rockers launch Further/Deeper tour Australian psychedelic icons The Church have just announced a slate of North American tour dates for 2015. The date start in Vancouver, British Columbia in late February and will wrap up at Austin, TX’s SXSW Festival in March. The band will also […]
SLIS Holiday Gift Guide: Best Music Box Sets of 2014: this year marks a staggering amount of excellent musical gift selections. Hard to believe it, but the holiday season is almost upon us. And it’s a great year for music geeks, as 2014 has produced a massive amount of deluxe album reissues and music docs on DVD/Blu-ray. And […]
Glenn Danzig Interview: Housecore, Samhain and a Busy 2015. The veteran rocker discusses his upcoming HHF set and busy musical plans for next year. Glenn Danzig has a reputation for being a difficult interview, but he was friendly and approachable when I spoke with him about his upcoming Danzig/Samhain performance at Austin’s 2014 Housecore Horror Film Festival. […]
Twin Peaks to Return in 2016 as Showtime Mini-series: David Lynch’s cult classic series to be resurrected as nine-episode Showtime mini-series. “I’ll see you again in 25 years.” Those were the words of Laura Palmer to Agent Dale Cooper in the series finale of Twin Peaks in 1991. And it seems she was true to her […]
Hey folks, if you see less output on my blog over the next week, it’s because I’ll be covering the 10th Anniversary of Fantastic Fest for my horror movie column on Examiner.com I’ll be up to my eyeballs in movie awesomeness, so be sure to check out my column for a bevy of reviews of […]
Afghan Whigs Announce ‘Gentlemen’ 21st Anniversary Reissue: Group’s seminal album gets deluxe release from Rhino Records with ‘Gentleman at 21’. It’s been a big year for the Afghan Whigs. They released their excellent comeback album Do To The Beast and played a killer Coachella set. Their U.S. tour kicks off on Wednesday. And today they revealed they’re releasing […]
New Faith No More Album Set For 2015 Release: Band plot first new release since 1997’s ‘Album of The Year’ and a full U.S. tour for 2015. Faith No More recently posted a subtle hint on their Twitter page that “in 2015 things are going to change.” And today they made it official; the band will […]
Martin Scorsese To Direct Ramones Movie For 2016 Release: Biopic to coincide with band’s 40th anniversary. The recent passing of Tommy Ramone signaled a true end of an era. The original Ramones lineup of Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy, exists only in exalted memory through their classic punk assault. The band members themselves were […]
Faith No More Tweet Suggests Big Plans For 2015: Buzz gets bigger for FNM’s future plans. It’s been an exciting few months for Faith No More fans; the band headlined this year’s Hyde Park Festival, debuting two songs. And it was announced this week that FNM would be headlining Australia’s Soundwave festival in 2015, alongside Soundgarden, and […]
On August 23rd, The Toadies major label début Rubberneck turns 20 years old, but the band is celebrating its 20th anniversary milestone all year-long. The band released a remastered reissue of the alt-rock classic (Kirtland Records), which contains bonus tracks. They even have their signature Rubberneck Red Beer. And they’re playing the album in its entirety on their 2014 Rubberneck tour. I recently spoke to […]