Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 21, 2014
[youtube]http://youtu.be/zKe8jze56Vg[/youtube] While Avatar’s fifth album, Hail the Apocalypse, is coming out May 13th, to many Americans, it’s only their second. 2012’s Black Waltz was the first album to come out stateside, but the Swedish band has been together since 2001. Their last album also found the band playing America for the first time, touring with the likes […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on May 9, 2013
What’s cooler than a song featuring Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe and Corrosion Of Conformity’s Mike Dean and Reed Mullin? How about that same song but also with Dave Grohl? Well as it turns out, such a track is in the works now, as all four musicians will appear on a newly recorded track for […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on March 21, 2013
Dave Grohl has always been a bit reluctant to play songs from Nirvana, even though he’s essentially reunited with Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear onstage numerous times now in support of his Sound City documentary. However, it turns out that they came pretty close to pulling out a Nirvana tune for The Sound City Players’ […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on March 7, 2013
Dave Grohl’s Sound City documentary was jam-packed with great moments. One highlight for many, though, was seeing Dave Grohl, Trent Reznor, and Josh Homme jamming on a song together for the film’s soundtrack. Now Rolling Stone has video of the supergroup trio performing the track in Studio 606 from start to finish. While film spliced […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on February 2, 2013
When we saw the first NYC screening of Sound City, a rep from Variance Films (who was on hand to introduce the film) joked how disappointed we likely were that Dave Grohl wasn’t there. In fact, Grohl was in L.A. for both a separate screening and for a show with his “Sound City Players,” who […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 16, 2013
[youtube]http://youtu.be/d2GCp8vs168[/youtube] What does a song featuring Dave Grohl, Slipknot/Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor, Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen and Kyuss bassist Scott Reeder sound like? Well, now we know the answer. BBC Radio 1 recently premiered the collaboration recorded for the soundtrack to Grohl’s Sound City documentary. And thanks to Antiquiet, a quality audio rip […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 9, 2013
Last month, Dave Grohl revealed plans to perform at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18 with a band of “Sound City Players” in support of his new documentary. It was already a safe bet that the band and guest appearances would be made up of appear in the film and soundtrack. But now we […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 3, 2013
It was confirmed last month that Dave Grohl’s Sound City documentary would have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival later this month. And as if seeing his directorial debut on the big screen wasn’t enough of a reason to travel to Park City, Utah, it’s now been revealed that Grohl will also be […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on December 17, 2012
By now, you’ve seen the trailer for Dave Grohl’s Sound City documentary. And you likely already knew that the film’s soundtrack would include collaborations Grohl recorded with numerous musicians featured in the documentary (using the actual soundboard that used in Sound City Studios). Now we know who will appear on which song on the soundtrack, due […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 10, 2012
Dave Grohl’s documentary, Sound City, will be released as a HD digital DRM-free download and stream on February 1st. It will also receive a theatrical release on that date. It’s available for pre-order for $10 now.
