Tattoos, acid trips, two near-death experiences. The story behind Mastodon's latest metal masterpiece.
If you happened to be roaming the streets of Brooklyn late in the summer, you might have heard Matt & Kim...
"The surf world was pretty tripped out. They thought [tattoos] had to do with a bike gang or stupid shit like that." - Matt Archbold on being one of the first inked-up surfers
Matt Pond PA may not have the same hype surrounding them that peers like Vampire Weekend do, but when it comes to sweetly satisfying indie rock, it’s hard to top Pond’s unique brand of heartbreak. Their eighth album doesn’t disappoint; from orchestral-tinged ballads such as “Running Wild” to ambient excursions like “Winter Fawn,” the album sees Pond evoking everyone from Death Cab for Cutie to Bon Iver (without copping too much from either artist). Those comparisons noted, it’s pretty clear The Dark Leaves isn’t ideal for a house party. But if you’re in the mood to wallow in your own sorrows, we can’t recommend a better soundtrack for suffering.
“It was love at first e-mail,” says Sherri DuPree-Bemis, vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the band Eisley, of meeting her husband, Max Bemis, frontman for the band Say Anything.
With two shows on-air, NY Ink and America’s Worst Tattoos, Megan Massacre is leaving her mark on this planet.
Chances are you're already friends with Metal Sanaz. Since launching her MySpace page in 2003, Sanaz has become a fixture on the friend lists of over 700,000 fans around the world who have helped her rack up more than two million video views for her online metal show. That fan base helped earn Sanaz a spot as the official host of MySpace: A Place for Metal, and lead to her work with Dave Navarro on a weekly radio show called Spread Radio, which can be found on SyncLive twice monthly. “There was never a goal of having it turn into what it has,” says Sanaz. “I just started finding little ...