Their forthcoming album is not set to be released until May 4th, but Minus the Bearis already providing fans with a free listening party. The band posted a link on their websiteyesterday to astreaming audio player on KCRW.comof new album, OMNI. The freebie is available until May 18th and I am urging every one to take advantage!
OMNI
OMNItrack list:
1. My Time
2. Summer Angel
3. Secret Country
4. Hold Me Down
5. Excuses
6. The Thief
7. In To The Mirror
8. Animal Backwards
9. Dayglow Vista Rd.
10. Fooled By The Night
Just like with past albums such as Planet of Iceand Menos El Oso, Minus the Bearstill continues to amaze us with spacey electronic beats and sexy lyrics. OMNI is sure to entice tons of new fans with the band’s attempt at creating melodic-sounding catchy choruses, but long-time listeners will love the care-free vibes that the album exudes.
Minus the Bear
As usual, Minus the Bearis in the middle of a pretty lengthy tour with many East-Coast stops coming up at the end of the month. Catch the bandin New York, Philly, Jersey, Hartford, Boston or DC if you’re in the mood to be serenaded by this guy:
School and life in general have been extremely intense these past few weeks. With the radio and MTV being the easiest access to new music, I am saddened to say that Justin Bieber, Tay-Tay, and good old Miley have been my best friends as of late. Thankfully, though, I’m about to kick ‘em all to the curb and will no longer have to listen to Bieber’s pre-pubescent relationship woes. Gosh, he can be so whiny sometimes.
In a mere three weeks, quite a few talented artists are going to start releasing new albums left and right. Spring is a hot time for bands to release new albums in order to get fans amped up for their SUMMER TOURS.
Here is what our spring release line-up is looking like right now: COHEED AND CAMBRIA- Year of the Black Rainbow- April 13
Which of these new releases am I most excited for? Uh is “all of the above” an answer?
Right now, I’m in a slightly screamo/sweet guitar-riffs/big hair kind of mood, so lets start with Coheed.
Claudio Sanchez, lead singer of Coheed and Cambria.
Take a look at the big scary man above. Semi-frightening, right?
Now listen to this song:
Can some one please tell me how a creature of this size can produce a sound so soothing? Just one of life’s greatest mysteries, I suppose.
Giant fro or not, Coheed and Cambria is back with some sweet new tunes. New album, Year of the Black Rainbow is set to be released on April 13th. Two new tracks, Here We Are Juggernaut and Broken, are available for our listening pleasure on Coheed’s website.
After listening to Juggernaut 11 times in the past hour, I have decided to do the unthinkable and actually PURCHASE the CD when it comes out. And I’m not talking about half-assing it and buying the cheaper version on ITunes. I’m going to march right over to Best Buy on April 13th, pay the $11.99, tear off the crispy plastic wrapping and pop Year of the Black Rainbow right in to my old-school boom box. Claudio’s voice does not live up to its full potential in mp3 quality.
Coheed and Cambria
“This is not your place, no this is not your playground, it’s my heart,” just one of the emotionally twisting lines from Juggernaut that Coheed is so famous for.
Coheed and Cambria have been around since the mid-90s, but did not release a full studio album until The Second Stage Turbine Blade in 2002. The have since released four more studio albums, two live albums and many special-edition releases. Fun fact- all of Coheed’s albums are concept albums that reveal a science fiction storyline called The Amory Wars, a series of comics written by Claudio Sanchez.
Coheed is on tour headlining right now and will be stopping off in California for a little festival called Coachella in mid-April. Then the guys are hopping back on the road for a two-month tour with Circa Survive. You have two options: 1.) Patiently await my stellar review of Coheed and Circa’s performance in Central Park on May 26, or 2.) GO SEE THE MAGIC FOR YOURSELF.
The decision has been made. I WILL be attending this year’s Bamboozle tour. Call me an emo-scenester all you want, but it will be me who has the last laugh while I am watching Weezer, Saves the Day, MGMT, Motion City Soundtrack and Minus the Bear (among many others) rock the f*ck out at the Meadowlands in NJ on May 2nd.
Courtesy of TheBamboozle.com.
What started as a three-day music festival in Asbury Park, NJ in 2003 has now evolved in to a country-wide tour. In addition to New Jersey, The Bamboozle roadshow now stops in Chicago and California. The line-up varies from state to state, and to be quite honest, New Jersey has the best line-up. I’m not just saying this because I’m partial to New Jersey (it’s my home-state and I first started going to The Bamboozle there in 2005), take a look at the line-up and decide for your self:
When I first started going to The Bamboozle in ’05, my friends and I would get tickets for all three days. Decked out in our studded-belts, converse and band-tees, we would hop around the festival seeing all of our favorite musicians, chasing cute boys in bands and trying to get autographs and pictures with as many band members as we could. Right before Fall Out Boy became huge, they performed at The Bamboozle in 2005. It was easily one of the best performances that I have ever seen AND I somehow managed to get a picture with drummer Andy Hurley.
Andy Hurley from Fall Out Boy. Courtesy of FriendsorEnemies.com.
Gosh I was so much cooler back then than I am now. Too bad I lost the picture, though.
Not wanting to (completely) relive my punk-kid days, I am only going to this year’s Bamboozle on Sunday, May 2nd. I don’t think my body can handle mosh-pits and crowd-surfing to that extent anymore.
I must stop and vent for a second though- it really bothers me when people won’t go to concerts of bands they love because of the “young punk-kids” that are going to be there. Yes, middle-schoolers with multiple piercings and mohawks are annoying, but should that stop some one from seeing a great performance? NO. Just throw blunt-objects at them, sit back, relax and enjoy the show like I do!
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