Mastodon The Hunter Reprise Records By Ellen Eldridge Admittedly, the name Mastodon sounds like one of those maniacal, hard-hitting bands with a growling singer; the type of band that turns off chicks, and attracts angry, sweaty men. The opening line to The Hunter calls, “I burned out my eyes,” while a melodious guitar riff cushions […]
Quote of the morning? “This sounds like Godzilla shitting out a million blue whales. THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME.” Only hometown boys, Mastadon could get a response like that from their upcoming album, The Hunter. Being released on Sept. 27th, here is a teaser of the band’s first single, “Spectrelight.” (NOTE TO LISTENERS: Do NOT operate heavy machinery […]
Review by Ellen Eldridge; photo by Robb Cohen The tour title, BlackDiamondSkye, creatively showed the unity between bands Mastodon, Deftones, and Alice In Chains, but, at the same time, the bands’ combination of words from the latest album releases lead to the realization that had they stuck with the first word from each release the […]
– We’d previously mentioned how Kele’s video for “Everything You Wanted” was our generation’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” but it seems that we were mistaken. Janelle Monae‘s one-take video from the neck up with a surprising outburst of genuine emotion obviously takes this honor. The video is below, and if you don’t get a little […]
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