Tag Archives: Sound City

Metal By Numbers 4/10: Killswitch Engage Disarm The Charts

Posted by on April 10, 2013

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. What do you get when one of the master bands of metalcore gets their original vocalist back? Well, first you get to tour a bunch, but then you get a top 10 album. Yes, […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/3: Black Out The Charts

Posted by on April 3, 2013

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Ah, April. Where spring gets going, where you can’t trust the internet for a day, and where people find a day to pretend to be stoners while real stoners treat it like any other […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/27: Clutch Rock The Charts

Posted by on March 27, 2013

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. BUUUUUUAAAHHHHHAHAHAHAHA! *ahem* Sorry, got carried away. Also, if you don’t know what the hell that was, you might want to get a taste of our top album for this week with this lyric video. […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/20: If You Listen To Fools, The (Adrenaline) Mob Rules

Posted by on March 20, 2013

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. By now, you’ve hopefully recovered from St. Patrick’s Day, or, as I like to call it, Every One Is Suddenly A Dropkick Murphys Fan Day. You also might have done something stupid this past […]

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Video: Dave Grohl Gives Keynote Speech At SXSW

Posted by on March 15, 2013

Yesterday morning, Dave Grohl gave the keynote speech at SXSW. Although the Foo Fighters frontman went about this in a humorous, entertaining way, he went on to called the moment, “without a doubt, my musical life’s greatest honor.” One of the main statements he conveyed in his speech was that “The musician comes first.” He […]

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Let’s Watch Dave Grohl, Trent Reznor, And Josh Homme Record New Music, Shall We?

Posted by 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 […]

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Dave Grohl Brings Sound City Players To New York

Posted by on February 14, 2013

There are few current  musicians that could direct a documentary, make an album with some of their musical idols, and then get them play shows to promote the film and subsequent soundtrack: Jay Z. His wife. Taylor Swift. Mumford. His Sons. And of course Dave Grohl, who brought his Sound City Players to New York’s Hammerstein […]

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Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players Announce NYC Show

Posted by 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 […]

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Review: ‘Sound City’ Is A Love Letter To Rock And Roll

Posted by on February 1, 2013

It’s not a spoiler by now to say that Sound City, which premiered yesterday in theaters and is available on demand today, climaxes with a jam session featuring Paul McCartney, director Dave Grohl’s musical idol, and the surviving members of Nirvana. And anyone that’s seen the trailer for the film, about the rise and fall […]

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Dave Grohl’s Collaboration With Corey Taylor Makes Its Way Online

Posted by 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 […]

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