From the monthly archives:

April 2010

James Labrie From Dream Theater Enters Studio For Solo Album

April 23, 2010

Best known as Dream Theater’s frontman, James Labrie posted an update yesterday announcing he about to enter the studio to record vocal parts of his upcoming solo album, currently untitled. Labrie posted the following on his message board, Hey Everyone, Very cool words being said and the chat just never seems to end… Wanted to [...]

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Earth Day 2010, Music Industry’s Carbon Footprint, and Green Music Group Set To Establish Green Music Standard

April 22, 2010

Today, Earth Day celebrates its 40th anniversary.  After decades of environmentalists warning governments, industries and the general public about the damage to the earth, the world has to make a choice.  It isn’t about one nation fighting climate change while others watch.  The world has to participate as a global village to make a positive [...]

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Album Review: Barren Earth – Curse Of The Red River

April 21, 2010

Thanks to Peaceville for sending this album for me to review. Rarely do I encounter a band that deserves to be placed on a pedestal because of its first album.  But Barren Earth’s Curse of the Red River is no ordinary record.  Intricate, melodic, vicious, and beautiful are just a few words that describe the [...]

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Contrapuntist Guest At Decibel Blog

April 19, 2010

Viola and I have written quite a bit about our recent experience vacationing in New Orleans.  I was asked to contribute to the Decibel blog. Thanks to David, the community manager, for giving me the opportunity to contribute. You can see what I wrote at the following link. Decibel is an new website that is [...]

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Fela! Original Broadway Cast Recording about a Legendary African Civil Rights Activist to Be Released on June 8, Pre-Order Available April 20

April 19, 2010

Knitting Factory Records will release the original Broadway cast recording of Fela! on June 8, with pre-order available on April 20 at www.felaonbroadway.com. The musical is the story of legendary Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, who defied an oppressive military government and devoted his life to the civil rights struggle for freedom and human dignity. Here [...]

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Ratt Streams Entire New Album – Infestation

April 18, 2010

The renowned ’80s hair band, Ratt, is getting ready to release Infestation on April 20th.   The band has made the entire new album available for streaming until its release on Tuesday.  The album started streaming on April 14th, but I missed the announcement because of the sad news regarding Peter Steele.  Anyhow.. I’ve listened to [...]

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Two Spectacular Dancing with the Stars Performances – Chelsea Hightower & Derek Hough’s Paso Doble; Tiler Peck & Nuttin’ But Stringz’s Ballet/Hip-Hop Routine

April 16, 2010

Over the past couple of weeks, I had the pleasure of watching two intriguing performances on Dancing with the Stars. The first was Chelsea Hightower and Derek Hough dancing the Paso Doble accompanied by Mark Ballas during week two of the competition. The second was New York City Ballet soloist Tiler Peck dancing a hip-hop/ballet [...]

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Type O Negative Bandmates Comment On Peter Steele’s Death, Opeth and Lacuna Coil Frontmen Respond

April 16, 2010

The past 36+ hours have been brutal for the music world.  Since the announcement confirming Peter Steele’s death, the metal world has erupted pouring their hearts out and offering condolences to friends, family, and bandmates. I get the sense the last time people were struck so hard by a metal icon’s death was when Dimebag [...]

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Mutiny Within’s AJ Jacobs Hopes the Band’s Music Will Give Fans an Emotional Outlet

April 15, 2010

Roadrunner Records granted us the opportunity to speak with Andrew “AJ” Jacobs, bassist of Mutiny Within, prior to their performance at the House of Blues Chicago.  You can read our concert review at the following link. We were pleasantly surprised that Chris Clancy, vocalist of Mutiny Within, was the one to greet us and bring [...]

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Concert Review: Powerglove, Mutiny Within, and Sonata Arctica 4/11/2010 at The House of Blues in Chicago

April 14, 2010

Roadrunner Records generously granted us an interview with AJ Jacobs, bassist for Mutiny Within, and tickets to attend the show afterwards.  We will be posting the interview shortly.  Although we attended the concert mainly to hear Mutiny Within, we enjoyed getting to know Powerglove and Sonata Arctica as well. Powerglove Powerglove played the first set. [...]

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