Stop what you’re doing, ’cause Coast Modern have covered MGMT’s “Electric Feel” and it’s about to turn wherever you are into a dancefloor.
Mike Frazier has announced his ‘Make Rock And Roll Great Again’ East Coast tour this fall with Reward.
Dan “Soupy” Campbell of The Wonder Years has announced his solo project Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties, whose debut album We Don’t Have Each Other will be released on July 8th through Hopeless Records. Campbell worked on the album with Ace Enders (The Early November) as producer. Campbell had the following to say about deciding to do a concept album: I had been thinking a lot over the past year about records like “All Hail West Texas” and “Reunion Tour” where The Mountain Goats and The Weakerthans were able to make me fall in love with the people in… Read more »
With classic-sounding guitar, easygoing vocals and lyrics, and undeniably catchy melodies, Abandon Kansas’s A Midwest Summer easily attracts any straightforward rock palate while embodying the feel of the vibrant and hot summers inherent to the Midwest United States.
While West Coast Tool fans will be treated to King Crimson as show openers, those on the East Coast will be primed by the sonic antics of Fantômas. Though an itinerary is still being plotted, Fantômas, fronted by former Faith No More frontman Mike Patton, are tentatively scheduled to begin their three-week stint with Tool on September 22, according to an Ipecac Records spokesperson. The tour, supporting the band’s second album, The Director’s Cut (see “Patton Scores With Second Fantômas LP”), will be routed to hit major markets such as New York; Boston; Philadelphia; Portland, Maine; Washington, D.C.; Albany, New… Read more »
Irish boy band Westlife will rock Indonesia’s capital on Thursday under heavy security as police take no chances following the death of four fans in a stampede when another band toured Jakarta in March. Organizers said 2,000 security personnel including police would guard the 15,000-seat concert stadium in central Jakarta, along with 200 paramedics backed up by a number of ambulances and fire engines for the late afternoon event. Bands such as the chart-topping Westlife are hugely popular with Indonesian teenagers, but visits have become less common since the country sank into crisis in the late 1990s. The British boy… Read more »
The Nerds may not be together physically but they sure are synced up stoner-ly! We start out the show talking about what we’re smokin’ on, Sasha on the East Coast and TS on the West Coast, and then get right into the big story of the day apparently–the risk of stroke and heart disease with cannabis.
This week I have Kelly Green from hardcore band Fight The Future, she was also in one of my first national act bands called “The Teen Tragedies.” I joined the band when I was 15 and we started playing shows all over Utah and eventually toured the entire west coast and midwest in America. This was the band that started it all for me, hear our stories about how we met and how we both navigated our careers.
In this episode of DISPOSABLE HEROES, I sit down with Jonathan “Sugarfoot” Moffett, the iconic, world-renowned drummer for the one and only Michael Jackson. We chat about his influential upbringing in New Orleans, moving to the West Coast, his fateful meeting with Janet Jackson, to playing with Madonna, Elton John, and all the magic that unfolded from there. You won’t want to miss this very special episode, so tune out and tune in, and be sure to check him out online at sugarfoot.online. Aloha! – Yee
James Davidson joins Scott to talk about east coast vs. west coast scenes, MCR, and all of James’ hyphens.
