The last time we heard from self-described âbohemian rockâ outfit Howling Bells it was 2011âs The Loudest Engine. Yet in the three years between the subdued folk-inspired album, and the newly released hard rocker Heartstrings (their fourth), so much has changed for the U.K.-based quartet. For one, the band took their longest hiatus to date to focus on personal matters...
Move over J-Pop! All-female metal bands are now all the rage in Japan. Recently Revolver brought to light this cultural phenomenon in a two part series that had us curious to dig a little deeper. While the entertainers who get the most attention in Japanâs musical scene are undoubtedly pop-leaning boy bands, the news that these heavy metal all-girl groups donât just...
Filling the airwaves with her signature dove-like croon since the late â80s, Tori Amos still finds herself cemented in a place of peaceful relevance, spinning pop music into a completely new realm once again. This was her year of 50, an age painfully dog-eared with crotchety terms like âslowing downâ and âsettling.â Amos hasnât ducked and covered,...
Arc Iris frontwoman Jocie Adams hasnât had a necessarily linear trajectory. In college, she studied physics as well as music, leading her to involvement with NASA. Despite working with some prestigious institutions, she gave up the space-science game and, instead, spent some time with indie folk band, The Low Anthem. In this group, Adams provided vocals, clarinet, organ...
Itâs not everyday that, two seconds into a song, youâre already convinced you just heard the next best thing and have to instantly send, Tweet, post and share it with everyone within 20 feet of youâand your entire phonebook. That is, until you hear Ghost Beach. The Brooklyn-based duo is heavily inspired by heavyweight female talent...
Linda Ronstadt, who has been dubbed the Queen of Rock (and Queen of L.A., according to the famous T-shirt Mick Jagger sported in the â70s), has a new autobiography Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir, which tells the story of how a young girl from Tucson ended up as a superstar. Ronstadt has had a colorful career...
Once you see the words of ReVampâs song, âNothingâ scroll across the screen in this lyric video, it becomes apparent just how meaningful they are. Classically trained frontwoman Floor Jansen has always been a powerhouse vocalist (sheâs also the current singer of Finnish symphonic metal act Nightwish), but after suffering a nervous breakdown during intensive recording for all her projects,...
As she prepares for her third studio album, Somewhere Else, to be released on February 18, alt country star Lydia Loveless finds herself in a content place. Despite the singer-songwriterâs quick rise to fame for songs like âBoy Crazyâ and a seemingly nonstop touring spree, her journey to the top started off rough. Loveless was at her lowest...
Itâs a week before Christmas and just past noon in Roberta, Georgia. Meiko is taking a break from helping her mom in the kitchen. âWeâre just chilling and baking cookies,â she says. Itâs a welcome respite from a crazy week, in which Meiko zipped across the country from L.A. to her hometown in southern Georgiaâbut not before...
It may not be the most original statement to call soul singer Sharon Jones an absolute force of nature, but it may be the most accurate. The 57-year-old has lived many lives alreadyâperhaps most notoriously as a corrections officer at Rikers Island in New Yorkâbut itâs her life as a performer thatâs most notable. Her singing career...