When we first heard about Jemina Pearl’s solo debut our fevered sniveling over the traumatic breakup of Be Your Own Pet was quelled – at least for a moment. Would the ferocious frontwoman bring the goods without her shredding sidekicks – would the songs maintain their high-flying heroics with the loss of the loose ends? [...]
JEMINA PEARL REVEALS DEBUT LP
Jemina Pearl, our favorite rioting, rambunctious, rancorous ex-Be Your Own Pet frontwoman shotgunned our faces off last week with the announcement that her debut LP sits ready and raring to rend our ears straight from our smiling mugs. We’ve already listened to the excellent ‘Get Awkward-era’ tracks posted on JP’s Myspace [...]
LISSY TRULLIE ‘BOY BOY’ VIDEO.More news trickling out from the Lissy Trullie camp with today’s release of the official video for their single “Boy Boy”. Check it out below – we’ll be sure and cover these NYC garage-rockers up until their May 26th show at Emo’s!Lissy Trullie – Boy Boy (Official Music Video)Lissy Trullie – [...]
CRYSTAL CASTLES IN AUSTINBloodshed and mayhem in Austin, Texas as Cannibal Cheerleader faves Crystal Castles ripped and snarled their way through a brief but electric set at La Zona Rosa. Thrashing through new tracks such as “Baptism” and “Yes/No” with reckless abandon while adding a new level of live carnage to their classics such as [...]
ISIS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM
Details are somewhat sketchy at the moment, but if all sources are true metal masters and sludge signors Isis will be delivering their fifth offering of pure drone-metal goodness this very May 5th. Entitled Wavering Radiant, several songs are purported to feature guitarwork from Tool shredder Adam Jones. Stay tuned for more [...]
JEMINA PEARL IN STUDIO/NEW BAND
Straight from the devil’s mouth, the Myspace of Jemina Pearl, the ex-Be Your Own Pet frontwoman writes:
i want the light on my tongue……..
okay. i’m kicking it in the ecstatic peace headquarters right now! northampton is covered in snow. gross! i really need some some boots….we’re living like vampires only recording at [...]
JEMINA PEARL RETURNS TO THE STAGE
According to all the reports, the return of ex-Be Your Own Pet lead singer Jemina Pearl to the world of music was nothing but a triumph, albeit perhaps an awkward one for the pint-sized crooner. You can check out a video below that sounds every bit as ramshackle as a [...]
JEMINA PEARL RETURNS/IS A HORROR FAN
While we were lamenting over the loss of one of our favorite bands ever, Be Your Own Pet, after their breakup last August, lead singer Jemina Pearl was hard at work writing and recording her solo debut, according to this article. Her label Ecstatic Peace! confirms these developments and [...]
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TOP TEN SONGS OF ‘08
10. Spinnerette – “Ghetto Love”
Squeaking in at the last second care of the newest incarnation of ex-Distiller Brody Dalle, Spinnerette, “Ghetto Love” combines spidery guitar riffs and wailing female vocals to make a part-industrial, part-punk masterpiece that rivals the tunes from such seminal works as Coral Fang. Highly recommended [...]
BALMORHEA REVEAL DETAILS FOR THIRD LP
Seems our friends Balmorhea have been busy over the last few months, recording, mastering, and ultimately finishing their upcoming third LP All Is Wild, All Is Silent (cover up above). From the recent show we covered (video coming soon!) the gang’s new tunes are going to blow the lid off [...]