SPOTLIGHTS
|
| |
|
|
|
TODAY AT 411MANIA.COM
|
|
 |
411 MUSIC ROUNDTABLE
The 411 Music staff takes one last look at last month, when iTunes took another step towards ruling the world, Jack Johnson went #1, the Grammys awarded Herbie Hancock and Amy Winehouse, Iron Maiden released an awesome live DVD and Fat Joe beefed with everyone in site! Plus, previews for albums by Joe, Exodus, Cavalera Conspiracy, Snoop, Flo Rida, Black Tide and others!
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
BLACK TIDE REVIEWBlack Tide's debut album, Light From Above, shows a young band trying to make it big in the rock scene. Can the album lead to great success for the band? 411's Dan Marsicano checks in with his full review!
|
|
|
|
 |
DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTUREThe Wrens, Okkervil River, Sonic Youth, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Pitchfork Fest, Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobious Pip and more! It's all covered in the latest edition of Dancing About Architecture!
|
|
|
|
|
|
NEWS REPORTS
|
Dancing About Architecture 3.18.08
(03.18.2008) - Ian Wright
The Wrens, Okkervil River, Sonic Youth, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Pitchfork Fest, Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobious Pip and more.
|
 |
All You Cannot Live Without 03.17.08: Be Drunk When You Read This
(03.17.2008) - Ben Czajkowski
Happy St. Patty�s Day! NIN announces astonishing first week download numbers. Serj�s �Cunt� goes to �Rock band.� Journey announces new album date. Is Dark New Day finished? From Autumn to Ashes check in. Linkin Park to hit the road with Jay-Z. Tour dates from Jagermeister, Summer Slaughter, Sevendust, and others. In the media player: Walls of Jericho ft. Corey Taylor, Theory of a Deadman, 36CF, and more.
|
|
|
|
|
|
NEWS
|
(03.18.2008) - Ashish
New photos show arm scratches, face scars...
|
|
(03.18.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Funniest interview of the year...
|
|
(03.18.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Statement from rap mogul says he nor Biggie knew anything...
|
|
(03.18.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Guess he's glad to be rid of that bitch...
|
|
(03.18.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Find out where he's gonna Tell'em...
|
|
(03.18.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Band going back to give the Bay Area some love...
|
|
(03.18.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Yes, another festival...
|
|
(03.18.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Band puts out new CD only days after it's been mastered...
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Dan Haggerty
New dates revealed for missed shows...
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Dan Haggerty
How much did �Diddy� know?
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Dan Haggerty
Straight talk from one of Motley Crue�s creators...
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Dan Marsicano
Session drummer for ABBA found dead today...
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Hey, she was at SXSW so she counts...
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Also, check out the video...
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Duff speaks on VR's current issues...
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Ex-Traffic and Blind Faith singer getting ready for Nine Lives and hitting the road with Tom Petty...
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Mitch Michaels
A new Ne-Yo track gets added to the hit album...
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Mitch Michaels
She says a collaboration is definite...
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Big Snoop remixing the theme to "One Life To Live"...
|
|
(03.14.2008) - Dan Haggerty
That is a lot of downloads...
|
|
|
|
|
|
ALBUM REVIEWS
|
(03.18.2008) - Dan Marsicano
Black Tide's debut album Light From Above shows a young band trying to make it big in the rock scene. Can Light From Above lead to great success for Black Tide?
|
|
(03.14.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Featuring the music of Fats Waller and nine whole seconds of Jack Black�
|
|
(03.14.2008) - Patrick Robinson
Snoop Dogg returns with an album featuring some very experimental sounds with surprising results. Want to know more? Only one way to find out!
|
|
(03.14.2008) - Patrick Robinson
Joey Crack is back! Can he make a statement with Elephant In The Room or is it another paint-by-numbers Fat Joe album?
|
|
(03.13.2008) - Jesse Coy
What's all this talk about alternative energy? Who needs alternate fuel sources when there's an ample supply of Gamma Ray.
|
|
(03.13.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Ricky Ross returns with his follow-up to Port Of Miami with the best studio album Def Jam can buy. But will even that be enough to make Trilla interesting?
|
|
(03.06.2008) - Dan Haggerty
Germany�s power metal act returns to offer up some fast riffs and big hooks. Will it be enough to break them onto American shores?
|
|
(03.05.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Just in time for St. Patrick�s Day, this Celtic rock band brings down the pub on their latest album�
|
|
(03.05.2008) - Blake Lauderback
I take a look at the latest effort from The Black Crowes, and I promise that I actually bothered listening to it.
|
|
(03.04.2008) - Phil Watts, Jr
2008: The Chocolate Boy Wonder returns�again. By the way, the �NY�s Finest� refers to Pete himself. Modest, no?
|
|
(03.03.2008) - Dan Marsicano
German experimental rock band The Ocean hit these shores with their third release. Can Precambrian make a splash in America with rock fans or will they be regaled to the underground?
|
|
(03.01.2008) - Phil Watts, Jr
The nucleus of what could have been Soul Brother Records�
|
|
(02.29.2008) - Phil Watts, Jr
Uh�Pete? Why in the HELL did you waste a beat on some fool from BET�s 106 & Park?! WHY?!
|
|
(02.27.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Janet�s back with a new label and a new set of producers, but will that be enough to relaunch her career?
|
|
(02.27.2008) - Mitch Michaels
Philly-based rockers make their debut with a hard-driving set of riff rock�
|
|
(02.27.2008) - Dan Marsicano
Death Angel returns after a four year absence with Killing Season, which shows the band sticking with their thrash metal roots while adding in some modern influences. Can Killing Season be a return to form for these Bay Area thrashers?
|
|
(02.26.2008) - Jesse Coy
A punk original and master satirist in the midst of a reissue campaign... the Hate Police are out to get you, and there's nothing you can do.
|
|
(02.25.2008) - Phil Watts, Jr
Did you know that they actually released 2 versions of PeteStrumentals? I go over them BOTH here.
|
|
(02.25.2008) - Dan Marsicano
Brain Drill is a technical death metal band trying to make it big with their debut album, Apocalyptic Feasting. Can the California band show that they belong with the big dogs of death metal?
|
|
(02.21.2008) - Mitch Michaels
After fifteen years together, Seven Mary Three is still hammering out albums, but how will this new venture into the worlds of alternative lite and alt-country stack up?
|
|
|
|
|
|
COLUMNS
|
(03.18.2008) - Mitch Michaels
The 411 Music staff takes one last look at last month, when iTunes took another step towards ruling the world, Jack Johnson went #1, the Grammys awarded Herbie Hancock and Amy Winehouse, Iron Maiden released an awesome live DVD and Fat Joe beefed with everyone in site! Plus, previews for albums by Joe, Exodus, Cavalera Conspiracy, Snoop, Flo Rida, Black Tide and others!
|
|
(03.17.2008) - Dan Marsicano
This week, 411's Dan Marsicano is going overseas to look at the debut album of the British trio Muse. Showbiz shows a different side of the band, a more melodic one. Why didn't this album attract much attention in America, compared to their later releases?
|
|
(03.14.2008) - Dan Haggerty
Another lost year for metal, another column to pull the plug on the myth and showcase some classic albums! From AC/DC to Black Sabbath, from Ozzy Osbourne to Def Leppard, and the staples of the British Invasion itself - This was great year for metal. Step inside and find out who made the list!
|
|
(03.13.2008) - Phil Watts, Jr
Prodigy is on his was to prison...and what does he give us as a going-away present? ONE MASSIVE, EYE-PIERCING, HEADACHE-INDUCING BLOCK OF TEXT---IN ALL CAPS!!! Plus: Kool Moe Dee, and Bad vs. Evil vs. Premier!
|
|
(03.13.2008) - Blake Lauderback
We will be discussing The Rock Hall, plane crash soundtracks, cults, a band with a revolving door at guitar, and learning more about colors and sex toys. You know you wanna know.
|
|
(03.12.2008) - Mitch Michaels
411�s guide to some of the best up and coming acts to watch at SXSW�
|
|
(03.12.2008) - Dan Haggerty
Ben Czajkowski and Jeff Modzelewski enter the music zone arena this week to take on: Did Robert Plant do the right thing by turning down a Zeppelin reunion? Is the Van Halen reunion over? Is Deep Purple underrated? Should singers write there own music? All this and more plus the Foo Fighters bring the Video of the week!
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONCERTS
|
(02.29.2008) - Mitch Michaels
The best country show going? Damn Strait!
|
|
(12.11.2007) - Dan Marsicano
Coheed and Cambria came into town on November 28th and they brought along two bands that are radically different from Coheed and Cambria's progressive sound. Can the three bands keep the crowd entertained for four hours?
|
|
(11.30.2007) - Jes Tones
Sub Pop's latest indie powerhouse hits up tiny Montana venue for back to back shows...
|
|
(11.25.2007) - Jesse Coy
New Orleans plays host to a bit of Rage, to say nothing for some Lez and some Kings.
|
|
(11.24.2007) - Jesse Coy
Does Ian need a geography lesson? Find out...
|
|
(11.22.2007) - Dan Marsicano
The Hot Topic tour stopped by Philadelphia to showcase four bands from the hard rock/metal genre...
|
|
(11.05.2007) - Jesse Coy
Tori brings a couple personalities to Beantown. See the show through the eyes of an outsider.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
