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Greensboro, NC band Irata plays heavy rock with a lot of melody. On the band’s new album, Tower, there’s both guitar and vocal harmonies, plenty of clean singing and clean Continue reading Irata “Tower” review
In a press release for the album, the band says, “Our activism and socio-criticism is strongly rooted in self-reflection and improving our selves. We do not only intend to break Continue reading Gold “Optimist”: the new album
The High Court ruled this week that “a law denying federal trademark protection to names that are deemed disparaging is unconstitutional,” reports The New York Times. The Oregon band The Continue reading The Slants win in court
We last talked about the awesomeness of GOLD when reviewing their debut album, but the Dutch “dark rock” band has completed another one, a 10-track record called No Image that’ll be Continue reading GOLD gearing up for new album release: “No Image”
Jumpin’ Jupiter calls its music “americanarockandrollsurftwangcountrywesternbluegrassabillybluepunkjazz” on Facebook, and with a description like that, it’s worth checking out a song. The group was playing at a farmer’s market in Arlington, VA: We can’t fry Continue reading Jumpin’ Jupiter: “bluegrassabilly” (video)
The boys from Harrisonburg, VA (where MACRoCk is hosted) played northern Virginia recently and we caught a song on video, below. Big Weird is a high-energy, fun three-piece garage rock Continue reading Catching up with Big Weird: video
Dating back to the 1980s in Seattle, WA, Mudhoney is still touring, releasing records and doing their thing with the “Seattle sound” or grunge sound. In fact, Mudhoney is one Continue reading Catching up with Mudhoney: live video
Everybody’s got an opinion and everybody’s entitled to one, and Eddie Vedder has expressed his on more than one occasion. Israel supporters got annoyed on July 11, however, when they Continue reading Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder: The Singer Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest
D.U. previously reported on S-Explode from Japan doing a U.S. tour, which is happening as of this writing. We saw them play the first show in a basement in Leesburg, Continue reading S-Explode “3songs” review + live photos
The Finnish band name and album name will be mouthfuls for English speakers, but the music is easily digestible. It’s dirty, obnoxious, sloppy and glorious old-school rock ‘n’ roll from Continue reading Räjäyttäjät “Awopbopaloopop Alopbam RÄJÄ!” review