On their new album, I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper (yes, that is the name of the band) achieve a solid combination of rock and electronica, with some good pop melodies on top. The result, entitled Strange Lights, is a pretty addictive, even for those who might be reluctant of the electronic bits, and it is probably the strongest effort done by the done to this date. While some of the tracks demand your best dance moves (A Day Like This, Ten Years Later), others bring some atmospheric classic synthesizers-based electronica (Softcore Sex Dreams, Martin, Amsterdamned). Finally, the album is rounded with a few power pop gems, like Watcha Lookin’ At? and Just Do It. We are sure that with this new album, IWATSW will make some good noise in the indie scene as it already proves their hectic touring schedule this spring. But now you can click on the continue reading link to hear the opening track of Strange Lights, which also carries the title Strange Lights. »»
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I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper – Strange Lights
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HIM – Heartkiller
The prince of love metal, Ville Valo, and his band HIM have a new album ready to be released in one week. We have not been able to listen to Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice yet, but we are quiet intrigued about this musical essay on love that deals with solitude, death and happiness. Following the album release, the band will tour all around the world starting in Australia in a few weeks and continuing during the spring in Europe and the United States. In the mean time, you are just one click away of seeing the video for Heartkiller, the first single off the album. »»
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Michael Monroe new band
After Andy McCoy’s fiasco in November, it is time for Michael Monroe to resume his solo career and keep the Hanoi Rocks legacy alive. The singer is unveiling his new band with a press conference today in Los Angeles, but apparently the information is already out there. It looks like Monroe has gathered a supergroup of top class rock and rollers as the band is formed by Ginger (The Wildhearts), Todd Youth (D Generation), Sami Yaffa (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls) and Jimmy Clarke, who was the drummer on Michael Monroe’s Demolition 23. The band will debut in March in Las Vegas and at the SXSW in Austin and after that, it will play at Tavastia, in Helsinki in April.
You can follow the press conference tonight at 9pm CET on the Michael Monroe’s official website.
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Epilä – Pyhäkoulu
The Internet phobic band Epilä finally release last week their long-awaited debut ‘Avohakkuu’ and they also have a new video for the second single Pyhäkoulu. To our ears, the whole album might not be as strong as expected (yes, live they are better), but it does have a few good radio-friendly songs such as the one you are about to hear and see as soon as you click the continue button.
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Q&A: Los Bastados Finlandeses
The story says that the legend of Los Bastardos Finlandeses started in remote mexican desert, a place where the guitars are loud and tequila never stops its flow, when guitarist Don Osmo pulled out the infamous Bastardo Joker as a gypsy woman dealt her cards. However it happened, a few years later, Los Bastardos Finlandeses, a bunch of forty-somethings who have played forever together and with others, are the hardest rocking band in Finland, inspired by heavy beats of Motörhead and the lyricism of Phil Lynnot. With three albums in less than three years (each of them dedicated to one of the members of the band) and a hectic touring schedule, Los Bastardos are also one of the hardest working bands in the country. Before embarking on their first UK tour in a few days, Welsh singer El Taff Bastardo (aka Bryn Jones) tells us about their last album, ‘El Grande’s Saloon’.
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