First Impressions is a segment where we let you into our early thoughts on a highly anticipated album, This week, we have our early views on Skillet’s Portals. It drops August 25, 2009. Given their last record was entitled Comatose, the decision for Skillet to entitle their new record, Awake is only fitting. Not only […]
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First Impressions: Skillet – Awake
June 26th, 2009 
James Shotwell 
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Tags: awake, awake album art, christian rock, early review, frist impressions, review, skillet 
4 Comments »Darkest Hour – The Eternal Return
June 26th, 2009 James Shotwell Artist: Darkest Hour Album: The Eternal Return Genre: Hardcore Label: Victory In recent years, Victory has slowly been losing bands they made huge and it’s taken a bit of a toll on how people view the label. I won’t lie, I’ve always been a supporter of the music [not the business] of Victory, but I […]
Posted in Reviews Tags: darkest hour, hardcore (genre), legends, metal (genre), the eternal return, Victory 1 Comment »Weekly 5: Quixote picks Michael Jackson’s Top 5!
June 26th, 2009 James Shotwell As an email from the band state upon delivering this to me, they compiled this list on Tuesday. That’s two days before the unexpected death of the King of Pop. Obviously this feels like the perfect time to bring out his classic, so I figured there was no reason to wait another week to post […]
Posted in Features Tags: band favs, best michael jackson, michael jackson top 5, quixote, weekly 5 Comments Off on Weekly 5: Quixote picks Michael Jackson’s Top 5!Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
June 26th, 2009 Brandon Michael Jackson, one of the most talented and eccentric performers in pop history, died of apparent cardiac arrest at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles at 2:26 p.m. PT today, June 25th. According to reports, he collapsed in his Los Angeles-area home and paramedics arriving on the scene found the superstar with no pulse; […]
The Roots release new track via Fallon
June 26th, 2009 Brandon The Roots – How I Got Over (Live on Fallon 6/24/09) …a creative way to release new music for the first time.
Are You A Skeptik?
June 26th, 2009 Brandon Skep – The Rebirth I told you I’d be back with some more work from one of my new favorite artists. This time around, Skep happened to give a shout out to Under The Gun Review while destroying a crazy verse without a beat and dropping knowledge on the masses. If you haven’t checked him […]
Hit The Lights – Coast to Coast EP
June 25th, 2009 James Shotwell Artist: Hit The Lights Album: Coast To Coast Label: Triple Crown Genre: Pop Punk Last Summer, I announced Hit The Lights as the band who would be the official soundtrack to UTG’s Summer and that remained the fact for much longer than just Summer. Having followed this band since they play for gas money in […]
Weekly 5: Top Cults [with members of J.A.C.K.]
June 25th, 2009 James Shotwell Weekly 5 is our attempt to get more coverage for more artists. Doing interviews and even moreso scheduling them can be difficult, especially in the busy summer tour months, so to give bands opportunity for coverage when our schedules don’t meet too well, we’ve developed: The Weekly 5. This is a top 5 list any […]
New Music First: Letterday – The Company We Keep
June 25th, 2009 James Shotwell If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times, Massachusetts must put something in the water to turn out as many great musicians as they do. Whether it’s the hardcore kings in Death Before Dishonor, the brocore skills of Four Year Strong, The screamo talent of Therefore I am, or, and this is […]
Posted in Features, Streams, Unsigned Tags: letterday, massachusetts local act, new music first, pop punk (genre), pop rock (genre), Unsigned 4 Comments »The Roots to premier song on Fallon tonight!
June 25th, 2009 Brandon The Roots are using their late-night TV gig on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon as a forum to preview their upcoming album, How I Got Over. Billboard reports that the show’s house band will debut the socially aware title track from their ninth studio LP on tonight’s (June 24) broadcast. The song’s official music video […]
Ex-Wilco Member Jay Bennett Died Of Overdose
June 25th, 2009 Brandon Authorities say former Wilco guitarist Jay Bennett died of an overdose of the pain killer, and that they’re investigating his death as an accident. Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup says tests show the 45-year-old musician died from fentanyl. The drug is found in patches commonly prescribed to treat chronic pain. Bennett died May 24 after […]
50 Cent talks “Before I Self Destruct”
June 25th, 2009 Brandon NEW YORK — No fair; 50 Cent is cheating. Well, it’s not really cheating when you have producers such as Dr. Dre, Timbaland and Polow Da Don working on your album. Fif is stacking the deck for his current incarnation of Before I Self Destruct. Fif is on his third different production of the album, […]