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Signing Story: Fires in the Distance
Date Signed: April 18, 2020 Label: Prosthetic Records Band Members: Kristian Grimaldi, guitar, vocals; Craig Breitsprecher, bass, vocals; Kyle Quintin, drums; Yegor Savonin, guitar, keyboard Type of Music: Melodic Death ... -
Album Review: The Silent Circus Re-release by Between the Buried and Me (9/10)
Continuing to celebrate their 20-year anniversary as a band, Between The Buried and Me (BTBAM) are re-releasing their 2003 sophomore album, The Silent Circus under Craft Recordings. Just like their ... -
Album Review: Between The Buried and Me's Self-Titled Debut Vinyl Re-Release (10/10)
Producer: Jamie King Label: Craft Recordings Score: 10/10 18 years ago, BTBAM's self-titled debut was released on the indie metal German label, Lifeforce records. The album marks a time when founding ... -
Interview with Ori and the Will of the Wisps Composer, Gareth Coker
Thanks to modern technology, video game compositions have evolved exponentially over the years—from bite-sized chip tunes of the ‘80s programmed in a basement to today’s full orchestral compositions tracked at ... -
John Mayer at The Forum in Los Angeles, CA
The Forum was packed for John Mayer's second sold-out show at the legendary Forum in Los Angeles, CA. Mayer and his 9-piece band opened the night with a high energy ... -
Tycho at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
On this cool Bay Area night, Scott Hansen (Tycho) brought a quartet of talented musicians to Berkeley's Greek Theater. Together they helped pulse his project's downtempo ambient compositions to life. ... -
Signing Story: Vile Creature
Self-described as a slow & heavy two piece with anti-oppressive and fantastical leanings, Ontario’s doom metal duo Vile Creature signed with Prosthetic Records. As guitarist-vocalist KW explains, however, signings aren’t always ... -
Tenacious D at Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA
Rock/comedy duo Tenacious D recently stopped into Oakland, CA’s Fox Theatre to present its newest metal-friendly musical, Post-Apocalypto. The full-screen digital + live performance told the band’s newest tale of ... -
Album Review: Terminal Bloom by Light This City (9/10)
A 10-year hiatus can have quite the effect on any band. Along with next-to-impossible expectations set, most artists return with a new writing approach, distancing them-selves further from their roots. On this, their fifth ... -
Coheed Strolls Memory Lane at Berkeley's Greek Theatre
In anticipation of their upcoming October release, VAXIS – ACT I: THE UNHEAVENLY CREATURES, New York's Coheed & Cambria packed Berkeley CA's 8,500-cap Greek Theatre on Thursday night. Taking the ... -
Signing Story: Discrepancies
It’s 2018. There’s no secret formula to success. Like most professions, it’s usually a combination of hard work, exposure, and sometimes a little luck. St. Louis’ rap-rock quartet Discrepancies weren’t ... -
Album Review: Automata II by Between the Buried and Me (10/10)
Between the Buried and Me’s 2018 concept has reach its conclusion on this, Automata II. The four-track finale will bring the BTBAM faithful to its knees with a re-birth of ... -
Comedy & Music Come Together at Clusterfest 2018
To kick off June in the Bay Area, Comedy Central’s annual festival returned to San Francisco’s Civic Center, bringing another 3-day event chock-full of comedy, music, food, activities and… well, ... -
Signing Story: Wolf King
Wolf King have been gaining traction in the San Francisco Bay Area over the last past few years, leaving their blackened hardcore thumbprint on each stage they perform. By early ... -
Chromeo at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA
Fresh off the release of “Must've Been (feat. DRAM)”—their first single since 2014—Chromeo have officially hit the road and don’t plan to let up through September. Stopping in Oakland, CA, ... -
Album Review: Between The Buried and Me - Automata I (8/10)
Stepping back from their rock opera approach that took them to No. 12 on Billboard’s album chart in 2015, BTBAM have released one half of their 2018 concept, Automata. The ... -
Album Review: Lissie - Castles (7/10)
Fresh off her Twin Peaks cameo, singer-songwriter Lissie is back with her first release since 2016’s My Wild West. This time around the Illinois native strips the bluesy guitars at times, giving ... -
Brand New - Science Fiction (10/10)
Only Brand New can sneakily release a digital album overnight and hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200––with the physical due in October. All it took was eight years of anticipation. On Science Fiction, ... -
This Patch Of Sky - These Small Spaces (6/10)
One of the hardest things to do in music is reinvent the wheel. But some would argue it’s better than simply playing it safe. Produced by Matt Bayless (Caspian, Minus The Bear, Russian Circles), ... -
Music Album Review: Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface (9/10)
Manchester Orchestra have hit that fork in the road most bands, fortunate enough to, approach by their fifth album: Release something familiar, or re-invent their sound at the risk of losing a faithful following. ...
