If you tossed selections by Billie Holiday, Sly and the Family Stone and Gil Scott-Heron into a blender and hit "puree," you very well might end up with "New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)." Or a bit of mess. Same difference, really.
Siouxsie is tired. Her time in New York has been a whirlwind, a four day melange of photo shoots and press for her new solo album Mantaray . "Come and get fucked up, go back and get more fucked up," as she puts it--figuratively, of course.
Sadly, this week marks the final lesson in our monthlong comics crash course. I wanted to end on an inspired note, so today I'm sharing 25 of my personal favorites. These aren't necessarily the "essential" reads you hear about all
The punk priestess is on the prowl in a sold-out show at the Fonda, mixing Banshees hits with numbers off her first solo album. Thirty years on, she's still shattering barriers.
Let's hear it for the women. This week, I'll spotlight some prominent female artists with new CDs out. Siouxsie, the former leader of pioneering U.K. goth rock band The Banshees, released "Mantaray" (Decca) late last year.
(PR) As the one man band known as Junkie XL gears up for the March 11 release of his fifth studio album Booming Back At You, he will release two exclusive EP's for Beatport with Beating Back At You Vol 1 and Vol 2. The two EP's-both set for release February 26-each feature a brand new track exclusive only to Beatport and a cut from Booming Back At You.
antiMusic reports: Fear Factory's Burton Bell makes his triumphant return to the metal spotlight with his new band Ascension Of The Watchers, who release their debut album, 'Numinosum,' this week. But don't expect a Fear Factory clone, it's a new musical avenue for Burton.
Siouxsie is cleaning house. After 30 years with the Banshees and the Creatures, she has dumped both bands, along with her drummer husband, Budgie, and set off on her own with a highly confessional solo album, "Mantaray." On the first single, "Into a Swan,"