Singer-songwriter Edward O’Connell released his debut album in 2010 to unanimous approval from power pop/retro pop aficionados. As for the world at large, the album did indeed remain ‘Our Little Secret’. While all of the influences were worn blatantly upon his sleeve – literally, too: the front cover parodied Nick Lowe’s ‘Jesus of Cool’, the rear paid a gentler homage to Tom Petty’s ‘Damn The Torpedoes’ – O’Connell’s gift for melody shone brightly through each of the album’s songs and the love for his forebears couldn’t be any more flattering.
Dwarves: upcoming live dates
US punkers (The) Dwarves are playing a short run of dates in the US at the end of November. Most dates include support from legendary Ramonescore band The Queers, with the Chicago show also featuring a set from Screeching Weasel.
Rise Against/Linkin Park: US/Canada winter tour dates
Early in 2015 Rise Against are heading out on a tour of the US and Canada as part of a double-header with Linkin Park.
The confirmed dates are listed below.
New video from Fox And The Law
Seattle-based blues rock band Fox and The Law have recently released their third album ‘Stoned To Death’ via Failure By Design Records. To tie in with the release, they’ve also issued a new video for ‘Cheap Talk’ which you can see in full below.
Some press materials can be read below the embedded YouTube box.
MARMOZETS – The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets
Signed to Roadrunner Records at the tail end of 2013 on the strength of two demo EPs and a couple of independently released singles, Yorkshire’s Marmozets are a powerhouse of alt-metal and mathrock. Their full length debut ‘The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets’ is full of great choruses, which combined with some tight musicianship results in an album with pretty much no weak elements. While the studio recordings do not always entirely capture the incendiary power of their live act, the album’s thirteen numbers have a real sense of urgency and – more importantly – songs that really force their way into the subconscious.