Get a behind the scenes look as CLOSE YOUR EYES preps, sets up, and completely takes over the stage at this year’s Vans Warped Tour with their latest music video, “Line In The Sand”. The title track from their 2013 release, “Line In The Sand” demonstrates positive hardcore at its finest; catchy riffs, gang vocals, crowd participation, and a passionate message delivered with endless and uplifting energy.Head over to Alternative Press and watch “Line In The Sand” now. It’s not too late to catch CLOSE YOUR EYES perform “Line In The Sand” live, in addition to fan favorites old and new. See a full list of Vans Warped…
Author: Dom Vigil
Since 2007, French electro-popper Yelle has risen to be a leading lady in the world of European pop music.With a keen interest in fashion and feel for popular culture, she’s been able to take her quirky sound from her French roots to the world at large, playing some of the biggest festivals and farthest flung cities. It is hard to think of another current artist who has managed to go global, the way Yelle has. Having already released two albums – Pop Up and Safari Disco Club – and performed countless live shows around the world, all the while singing in her native French language. Yelle’s beautifully melodic compositions translate regardless if fans…
LA duo Vow are premiering a new song titled “Planks” today on Entertainment Weekly.The track appears on the duo’s upcoming EP, Make Me Yours out August 12thon The Native Sound.Make Me Yours is now available for pre-order as both a digital download, and limited edition 12” vinyl record.
Orlando, FL’s You Blew It! are premiering their cover of Weezer’s “My Name Is Jonas” on USA Today. The track appears on their upcoming 5-track Weezer covers EP titled, You Blue It.Frontman/guitarist Tanner Jones tells USA Today, “To say that My Name Is Jonas is an imperfect song would be the biggest lie of all time and is probably the easiest way to out yourself as a clear poseur. This made covering it very tough. After hours of pulling our hair out, we realized that altering it just for the sake of change might be borderline sacrilegious. For good conscience, we decided to keep…
Indie folk-punk act The Homeless Gospel Choir, which is made up solely of Derek Zanetti, has premiered a new video for the song “Armageddon” today at Absolutepunk.net. The track is featured on the upcoming album, I Used To Be So Young, which will be released on July 15th via A-F Records. The album is available now for pre-order at http://bit.ly/UdpD26.Watch the video for “Armageddon” now, exclusively at Absolutepunk.net“As of the last few years I’ve been doing a lot more visual art, drawing, painting, screenprinting, ect.,” Zanetti explains about the video. “When I was writing for this record Chris Stowe and Chris #2 stumbled across a few drawings I was…
Review by Dom Vigil There must be something in the water in Phoenix, Arizona. It seems that every time I fall in love with a new band, they hail from The Grand Canyon State, and The Dead Rabbitts are no exception. Listening to their debut full-length album, Shapeshifter brought me right back to 2008, when vocalist Craig Mabbitt first formed his old group, The Word Alive, and reminded me why I love him as a frontman so much. This album is just explosive – there’s no other way to describe it. The first track hits you in the face with…
Review by Alejandra Elisabet My Fictions formed in 2010 in Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts. The sound of this band is stripped back to an enticing raw style that draws you in. The more you listen to it the more you get hooked. The songs tell a very haunting yet careful and intricate story but in a time bomb style which will definitely influence newer acts. The lyrics are brilliant and paired with the unforgettable vocals of Bryan Carifio, this is a winning scenario. The fact that this band is still fairly new means they can only go from strength to strength.…
The psycho-maniacal spazzgazm of progressive-math-metal mayhem known as Autocatalytica are reinvigorating the spirit that every ‘heavy music’ connoisseur was drawn to in the first place. Staying true to some serious roots of Strapping Young Lad’s “Alien” and The Dillinger Escape Plan’s “Calculating Infinity” the Brooklyn based quartet have officially released their highly anticipated self-titled LP! To boot, they paired up with New Noise Magazine who hosted an exclusive pre-release stream of the entire album which is still available: HERE. Full of flying technical passages and precise stops juxtaposed with lush melodic passages, Autocatalytica layer on the sound and the talent.
Hotel Books are streaming their highly buzzed-about double EP “I’m Almost Happy Here But I Never Feel At Home” on Alternative Press.The EP is out July 1, 2014 (CD/digital) on InVogue Records with a vinyl release followin on July 29. It can be pre-ordered here.Check out the music video for the track “Dreaming or Sinking” here.
Review by Dom Vigil When a record starts off with an intro as epic as the one on Victory Heights’ new album In Motion, I’m usually a mixture of both excited and nervous. Excited, because if a band can pack that much energy into the first track, I’m anxious to see what else it is that they can do, but nervous because when an album starts off so strong, it needs to be able to keep that same vibe throughout the rest of the record or risk losing the listener’s attention. Thankfully, that doesn’t happen with In Motion – the…