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JESSE RUTHERFORD TOOK TO SOUNDCLOUD WITH HIS TALENTS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS TO DROP SOLO TRACKS UNDER VARIOUS PEN NAMES. NOW, THE NEIGHBOURHOOD FRONTMAN HAS RELEASED HIS FIRST FULL-LENGTH SOLO ALBUM, AN 11-TRACK PROJECT CALLED AND (OFFICIAL RELEASE WAS NOVEMBER 10 VIA COLUMBIA RECORDS). THIS EXPLOSIVE FORM OF ARTISTRY WAS CO-PRODUCED BY DYLAN BRADY, LARS STALFORS, MD$, ALEX LEONE, AND TAKE A DAY TRIP. JESSE RUTHERFORD EQUALLY ROCKED HIS SOLO SCENE AT SELECT HEADLINING SHOWS, INCLUDING A PERFORMANCE AT THE ECHO IN LOS ANGELES ALONGSIDE SPECIAL GUESTS. YOU CAN WATCH HIS VIDEO FOR ‘BORN TO BE BLONDE’ AND BLAME ON YOUTUBE, (THEY’RE TWO OF OUR FAVORITES). PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, HE’S NOT LEFT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BEHIND IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. ON JANUARY 12, 2018, THE GROUP RELEASED A NEW EP AND HAS CONTINUED SCHEDULED PERFORMANCES INCLUDING COACHELLA, AND A PROLIFIC OPENING SLOT ON TOUR WITH ENGLISH INDIE ROCK BAND ALT-J. FOR TICKETS PLEASE HEAD TO WWW.TICKETMASTER.COM.

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BELCALIS ALMANZAR, KNOWN PROFESSIONALLY AS CARDI-B, IS AN AMERICAN RAPPER AND MEDIA PERSONALITY BORN AND RAISED IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK CITY. SHE CAME ON THE SCENE AS AN INSTAGRAM CELEBRITY, AND BETWEEN 2015 AND 2017, SHE SUSTAINED ROUTINE CASTING VIA VH1’S POPULAR REALITY SERIES LOVE AND HIP HOP: NEW YORK. WITH A VERY NOTEWORTHY APPROACH TO SUCCEEDING AS A MULTI-TALENTED” ARTIST, THE START OF 2017 SAW CARDI-B SIGNING A RECORD DEAL WITH ATLANTIC RECORDS. HER DEBUT SINGLE “BODAK YELLOW”, WAS PIT-PROVEN TO BE MAJOR LABEL STATUS BY REACHING NUMBER ONE ON THE US BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART. SHE BECOMES THE 2ND ARTIST TO REACH A MILESTONE OF THIS NATURE; AS NO FEMALE RAPPER HAS CLIMBED TO THIS LEVEL SINCE 1998, WHEN ICONIC FUGEES MEMBER (AND SOLO ARTIST) LAURYN HILL TOOK THE CROWN. THIS SINGLE, AND MANY OTHER HOT JOINTS ARE INCLUDED ON HER DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM ‘INVASION OF PRIVACY (2018), WHICH HAS NOT ONLY DEBUTED AT NO. 1 BUT IS ALSO THE BIGGEST-SELLING ALBUM FOR A RHYTHM AND BLUES/HIP-HOP ALBUM THIS YEAR. ACCORDING TO NIELSEN MUSIC, THE RELEASE SOLD 255,000 EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE ON DAY ONE. BIG CONGRATS TO CARDI B! PLEASE HAVE A LISTEN TO HER NEW ‘COLLAB’ WITH BAD BUNNY AND J BALVIN – I LIKE IT (FROM CARDI B’S DEBUT ALBUM INVASION OF PRIVACY, WHICH IS AVAILABLE NOW! STREAM/DOWNLOAD: HTTPS:// CARDIB.LNK.TO/IOPAY

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LITTLE DARK AGEAND IS THE FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM BY THE AMERICAN ROCK BAND MGMT, RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 9, 2018, THROUGH COLUMBIA RECORDS. IN ALMOST FIVE YEARS NOW, THIS NEW PIECE REPRESENTS THE FIRST FORM OF ARTISTIC SUBSTANCE TO BE RELEASED BY THE BAND, FOLLOWING UP ON THEIR UNCONVENTIONAL AND WIDELY MISUNDERSTOOD THIRD STUDIO PROJECT MGMT, RELEASED IN 2013. BACK IN JANUARY 2018, ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BAND REGARDING LITTLE DARK AGE.AND AFTER THEIR TWO PREVIOUS ALBUMS WERE RECEIVED IN NOTHING MORE THAN A HARSH AND CONFUSED MANNER BY MANY FANS AND CRITICS, MGMT BECAME SADLY CONCERNED THAT THE ADMIRATION AND RECOGNITION DERIVED FROM THE RELEASE OF THEIR FIRST ALBUM WOULD BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLICATE. THEY MISCALCULATED THEIR PREDICTIONS.

AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH IT’S GREAT TO SEE, AND NOT A SURPRISE, THATAND LITTLE DARK AGEAND HAS RECEIVED POSITIVE REVIEWS FROM MUSIC CRITICS. AT ‘METACRITIC’, WHICH OFFERS A “NORMALIZED” RATING OUT OF 100 TO REVIEWS FROM MAINSTREAM CRITICS, THE ALBUM HAS AN AVERAGE SCORE OF 77 BASED ON 24 REVIEWS, INDICATING “GENERALLY FAVORABLE REVIEWS, AND IS ALSO THE MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM BY MGMT ON THIS PLATFORM.AND WE LOVE THE WAY TERRANCE CAWLEY OFAND THE BOSTON GLOBEAND STATED THAT MGMT’S FOURTH ALBUM TO DATE WAS “BOTH HOOKY AND ECCENTRIC ENOUGH TO PLEASE MGMT FANS OF ALL STRIPES.”, AND THE WASHINGTON POST’S MARK KENNEDY DROPPED POSITIVE NOTES DESCRIBING THAT “MGMT HAVE ONCE MORE DELIVERED AN OFF-KILTER, CHALLENGING AND VERY ADDICTIVE ALBUM.” THESE TWO REMARKS SPEAK UNPREDICTABLE LEVELS OF VOLUME TO MGMT FANS WHO HAVE NOW BEEN GIVEN ANOTHER DOSE OF THE STYLES AND SOUNDS UPON WHICH THEY’VE BUILT THEIR PSYCHEDELIC DEDICATION (AND ADDICTIONS) UPON.

IF YOU’RE NEW TO THE BAND, SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU GOT LOST IN THE IMMENSE GROUP OF NEW LISTENERS AND ARTISTS DURING THEIR HIATUS, WE SUGGEST YOU TAKE A LISTEN, BUT FIRST LETS REWIND A LITTLE. MGMT IS AN INDIE ROCK BAND THAT CAME TOGETHER IN MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT BACK IN 2002. IT CONSISTS OF ANDREW VANWYNGARDEN (LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, BASS GUITAR, DRUMS, PERCUSSION) AND BEN GOLDWASSER (VOCALS, KEYBOARDS, GUITAR, PERCUSSION). REPRESENTING THE FACE OF THIS ECLECTIC BAND, AFTER THEIR THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, THE TWO CORE MEMBERS TOOK TO A PERIOD OF SEPARATION. IT WAS DURING THIS PERIOD BY THEY BEGAN WORKING ON THEIR FOURTH INSTALLMENT LONG-DISTANCE VIA E-MAIL. THE DISTANCED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MUSICAL DUO, WHO LATER DECIDED TO SYNC UP AND WORK TOGETHER AGAIN IN A SYNTHESIZED FASHION, PROVIDED FOR AN ALTERNATIVELY UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCE, BY WHICH THE GROUNDS OFAND LITTLE DARK AGEAND BECAME ROOTED.

ON TOUR, THEIR LIVE CREW/LINEUP IS COMPOSED OF VANWYNGARDEN, GOLDWASSER, WILL BERMAN (DRUMS, PERCUSSION, HARMONICA, BACKING VOCALS), SIMON O’CONNOR (BASS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS), AND JAMES RICHARDSON (LEAD GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS). IN THE AUTUMN OF 2006, MAUREEN KENNY SIGNED THE BAND TO COLUMBIA RECORDS. THEIR TIMELINE OF STUDIO RELEASES SITS BELOW:

– ORACULAR SPECTACULAR (2007)

– CONGRATULATIONS (2010)

– MGMT (2013)

– LITTLE DARK AGE (2018)

2007’S ORACULAR SPECTACULAR, THEIR FIRST MAJOR-LABEL ALBUM, AND ITS THREE HIT SINGLES,AND ELECTRIC FEEL, TIME TO PRETEND, AND KIDS, REPRESENTS A BODY OF WORK THAT BLEW FANBASES AND RADIO STATIONS OUT OF THE WATER, PRIOR TO RELEASING AVANT-GARDE DISCS CONGRATULATIONS AND MGMT, WHICH MANAGED TO DIMINISH MUCH OF THE LOYALTY AND INTEREST THE BAND HAD BUILT UP OVER TIME. WE SIMPLY WISH TO CONCLUDE BY STATING THAT; FOR A BAND AS CREATIVELY GROUNDBREAKING AS MGMT, IT’S NOT A MATTER OF IF” THE ARTISTS WILL RETURN, IT’S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN. PLEASE ENJOY ONE OF THEIR FRESH SONGS BELOW FROM THEIR NEW ALBUM LITTLE DARK AGE

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MIKE SHINODA – LINKIN PARK’S EXPLOSIVE MC, BAND MEMBER, AND CO-FRONTMAN – INITIATES TWO TRACKS AHEAD OF HIS “POST TRAUMATIC” LP – A MUSICAL JOURNEY INSPIRED BY THE LATE CHESTER BENNINGTON; IF YOU WERE, OR ARE, CURRENTLY A DEDICATED LINKIN PARK FANATIC, (I.E. WHOSE HOARDED ALL RELEASES INCLUDING STUDIO RECORDINGS, LIVE SETS, COLLABS, BOOTLEGS, LIVE 105.3- MORNING MIX CASSETTE RECORDS, AND SO FORTH, AND ESSENTIALLY MEMORIZED AT LEAST EVERY WORD OF 5-10 SINGLES THAT CAME TO SURFACE SINCE THE LATE ’90S / EARLY 2K) A NEW PROJECT IS DROPPING BY ONE OF LP’S PRIMARY BAND MEMBERS. SHALL WE CALL THIS AN EXTENSION FROM ONE OF HIS EXISTING PROJECTS? MAYBE A FRESH ANGLE FOR THE TIME BEING? HOW ABOUT AN ESCAPE WELL DESERVED….THE REASONING IS NOT OUR BUSINESS, OUR PRACTICUM BEHIND THIS PUBLICATION IS TO STATE THAT POWERHOUSE VOCALIST AND MC MIKE SHINODA IS STARTING TO TURN A FEW HEADS WHILE DROPPING NEW SOLO JOINTS RECENTLY. AMIDST THE EMOTIONAL GRIM CIRCUMSTANCES AND TOUGH ADJUSTMENTS SURROUNDING THE BANDS SPLIT AND TOUGH BATTLE FOR CLARITY AFTER FACING THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THEIR MATE AND BAND LEADER CHESTER BENNINGTON, WHO TRAGICALLY LEFT US EARLY TO START A NEW JOURNEY, NOT SO LONG AGO.

LINKIN PARK’S DYNAMIC LEADER AND VOCALIST REMAINS, AND WILL ALWAYS REMAIN, DEARLY MISSED BY HIS LOVED ONES, THE CREW HE TOURED WITH, AND OF COURSE, HIS LOYAL FANS WORLDWIDE, WHO SURROUNDED HIS LIFE – ON AND OFF – THE STAGE. GRIEF THROUGH VARIOUS READINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS OF RECENT RESEARCH REPORTS OUTSIDE OF OUR INTERNAL RESOURCING, THIS PIECE HAS BEEN IMMENSELY CHALLENGING, SIMPLY BECAUSE MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS TANGLED IN MY ADMIRATION FOR THIS CREW, MY DRAFT WRITING RESULTS EQUAL DESPAIR. AS I READ BETWEEN LINES AND JUMP THROUGH SELECTIVE LYRICS, APPEARING AT ALL ANGLES IS THE TRACE OF SELDOM AND FACTUAL EVIDENCE, THAT LOSING CHESTER BENNINGTON TO THE MISUNDERSTOOD ACT OF SUICIDE, HAS HIT MIKE SHINODA BEYOND THE ABILITY OF HUMAN COMPRESSION AND CURE THAT CAN (UNMANLY OCCASIONS) WORK THROUGH SPIRITUAL POWER, PHYSICAL WEALTH, AND BRAIN ACTIVITY TO HELP OUR WOUNDS MEND RAPIDLY AND SOMEWHAT PEACEFULLY. IT’S FUNNY HOW GROWTH FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE AND THEN ADULTHOOD DICTATES A SHIFT IN OUR ABILITIES TO HEAL FROM CERTAIN FASHIONS OF EMOTIONAL BLOW AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT. AFTER CONDUCTING MY RESEARCH ANALYSES, I WAS FULL OF THOUGHT BUT EMPTY AT THE CORE. THE FREQUENT THRILL OF CHARGING THROUGH AN ARTICLE AND PRESSING ON TO PUBLISH AFTER ESTABLISHING THAT THE BACKBONE AND THEME-DRIVEN STORYLINES REMAINED UNIFIED, AND ON POINT. MY MENTALITY TOOK A HALT, AND I REMAINED CENTRALIZED IN THE DEPTHS, AND MELANCHOLY BEGAN TO TAKE OVER. I DESPISED WOUNDS OF THIS NATURE, AS THEIR ABILITY TO RUN DEEP AFTER THE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL OF THIS MANNER. POINT BLANK, AS STATED FREQUENTLY BY MR. SHINODA, CHESTER BENNINGTON WAS HIS BEST FRIEND, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE UNANNOUNCED, TRAILING NO SENSE OF OBSCURITY, BUT JUST THE ESSENCE OF UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDED BY THE NOTION OF A HOPEFUL OPTION OR COMFORTING SENSE OF RATIONALE THAT COULD (OR COULD HAVE NOT) IMPOSED A CHANCE TO POSSIBLY SAVE A LIFE. PLEASE NEVER PLACE BLAME IN ANY DIRECTION AS A RESULT OF SUICIDE, THE AFTERMATH WILL PERMIT STINTS OF FRUSTRATION, AND SLOWLY EPISODES OF GRASP CAN TAKE EFFECT.

TO CONCLUDE ON THAT NOTE, RESPECTFULLY SHIFTING LITERARY GEARS, DUE DILIGENCE COVERED BEFORE DEVELOPING THIS ARTISTIC UPDATE AND NEWS PIECE, SHADOWBOX MVMNT, AN AFFILIATE OPERATION OF THE SHADOWBOX CORPORATION SINCERELY AND OPENLY RESPECTS A KEY DECISION REQUESTED ON BEHALF OF MR. SHINODA, WHICH CLEARLY REJECTS AND REFUSES TO DISCLOSE AND/OR DISCUSS ANY, AND ALL, INFORMATION REGARDING THE STATUS THE BAND LINKING PARK, AND WILL NOT ENTERTAIN OR DISCUSS MATTERS PERTINENT TO THE BANDS CURRENT/FUTURE PLANS. AS FANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO SUICIDE, WE CAN APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS TRYING ON ANY LEVEL, AND WE WILL SUPPORT THE STANCE IMPOSED BY THE BAND (150%) UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. CHESTER BENNINGTON MASTERED THE ABILITY TO HARMONIOUSLY TRANSITION VOCAL FX THROUGH THE VARIANCE OF TONE; WHEN SHINODA AND BENNINGTON COLLIDED IT WAS NOTHING BUT ALGORITHMIC FIRE THAT SLOWLY OPENED UP EVOLVING BREAKS FOR FAN INVOLVEMENT. FROM GENTLE TO VIOLENT; SWEET TRANSITIONS FROM THRASH METAL PITS TO BOUNCE PATROL 911 BEFORE THUMPING TO VICIOUS BEATS FROM ANOTHER PLANET COURTESY OF JOSEPH HAHN; AND ONCE THEY MURDERED ANOTHER LP CLASSIC OF THE SET, IT WAS RIGHT BACK AROUND AGAIN -ASSURING YOUR EARBUDS WERE TWISTED, AS SECONDS LATER IT WAS A FRESH PATTERN AND CLASSICAL COMPOSURE – SKILLS DIDN’T SEEM TO COME HARD FOR THE BIGGEST ROCKERS ON THE PLANET.

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IN ORDER TO APPROACH THE GRIEVING PROCESS, WHILE RESPECTFULLY UPDATING OUR READERS ON NEW MUSIC COMING OUT BY MIKE SHINODA, SURROUNDED BY INTERNAL CRISIS AND COMPLEXITY THAT REMAINED FILLED WITH INTERVENTIONS YET TO BE UNDERSTOOD, THIS TIMELESS ORIGINATOR; (PLEASE NOTE: MR. SHINODA FOUNDED THE IMPRESSIVE/ALTERNATIVE METAL-RAP CREW FORT MINOR, ALONG WITH THE RECORD LABEL MACHINE SHOP, AMONGST OTHER IMPRESSIVE ENDEAVORS VIA INTERACTIVE MEDIA, MUSIC, AND SO FORTH); MANIFESTED AN EXEMPLARY PROJECT OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF DISENGAGEMENT AND DISTRESS. TO RISE ABOVE IN A BRAVE MANNER SUCH AS THIS DESERVES ONGOING RECOGNITION.

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FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, SOPHIE ALLISON IS JUST 20, AND SHE RECORDS UNDER THE ARTIST TITLE, SOCCER MOMMY (TWITTER: @SOPHARELA / UPCOMING BAY AREA SHOW: APRIL 7, BOTTOM OF THE HILL, SAN FRANCISCO, $10, WWW.BOTTOMOFTHEHILL.COM / HTTPS://SOPHARELA.BANDCAMP.COM). HER DEBUT ALBUM, CLEAN, HAS RECEIVED HONOR ROLL STATUS, AND RESPECTED PUBLICATIONS LIKE FADER AND PITCHFORK, HAVE DONE NOTHING SHY OF SUPPORTING THE ALBUM, WITHOUT ANY RESERVATIONS COMING INTO SIGHT. PLEASE SEE HER PERFORMANCE AT FADER FORT / SXSW 2018 BELOW.

EACH YEAR IT IS ALWAYS EXCITING TO SEE WHICH CURRENT, NEW, AND BREAKING ARTISTS CAN POSITION THEMSELVES EFFECTIVELY AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (SXSW), SO IN THE END, AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY OUT OF AUSTIN, THEY CAN BREAK OUT IN GRATIFICATION INDUCED BY DESPAIR. THIS GRATIFICATION TENDS TO LEAN UPON A CHANCE TO EYEBALL THE ATTENTION OF THE IMMEDIATE PRESS OR INTERACTIVE PLATFORM(S) WITH TRACTION AT SXSW – WHO MAY (OR MAY NOT) STAMP YOU WITH THE COVETED CATCHPHRASE ‘BUZZING ARTIST’ RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR AUSTIN SHOWCASING NAME/LABEL. FROM HERE, INDUSTRY HEAVYWEIGHTS FROM SPOTIFY TO PITCHFORK MIGHT EVEN ADD YOU TO THEIR “SXSW PLAYLIST” OR “TOP PICKS” WHICH USUALLY DETAIL THE CREATIVE ENDEAVORS AND SHOWCASES OF THE KEY PLAYERS WHO ACHIEVED THE ABILITY TO GRAB THE SPOTLIGHT AND IMPRESS. SOCCER MOMMY HAS SUCCEEDED IN CORNERING HER OWN SPOTLIGHT. AND BEFORE WE CONTINUE, PLEASE REMEMBER, ACHIEVING A BUZZ THAT CARRIES BEYOND THE DEEPLY CONGESTED AND COMPETITIVE EVENT LIKE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (SXSW), IS A DIFFICULT TASK, AND WE MUST NEVER FORGET TO COMMEND THE MUSICIANS THAT PUSH THROUGH ON ANY LEVEL. OVER THE YEARS, SXSW HAS BECOME LARGER THAN ITS OWN ROOTS WHICH LAUNCHED AND GREW THIS INTERACTIVE EVENT, INTO A POWERFUL GLOBAL MEET-UP, MULTIFACETED CONFERENCE, AND BENCHMARK FOR PROFESSIONAL AND CREATIVE RECOGNITION.

WITH OUR SPOTLIGHT ARTIST OF DISCUSSION, SOCCER MOMMY – THE HYPE SEEMS TO DIMINISH – MELODY AND ORIGINALITY ARE TAKEN TO HEART, AS IS THE VOCAL DRIVE BEHIND THIS ARTIST, WHO STEPS WAY BEYOND, EVEN OVER, THE POINTS OF REFERENCE BY WHICH A BUDDING INDIE ROCKSTAR IS EVALUATED. THROUGH THE PROCESSES THAT ALTER EVERY MINUTE ON THE SWATCH WATCH WHILE GRINDING IN AUSTIN, IT SEEMS AS IF SOCCER MOMMY IS THE KIND OF CREATIVE THAT NEVER HESITATES TO VOCALIZE PAIN, PREACH RELIEF, AND STRUM AN HONEST CHORD EMBODIED BY SELF-ACTUALIZATION AND SYNTHETIC ARTISTRY. SOCCER MOMMY RESILIENTLY EXPRESSES THE NATURE OF ANXIETY, UNCERTAINTY, APPREHENSION, AND THE NATURE OF DISAPPOINTMENT THAT REMAINS KINDRED TO THE PROCESSES AND LIFESTYLE OF TEEN-YOUNG ADULTS LIVING THROUGH SOCIETY DAY IN AND DAY OUT. ON SXSW 2018 MUSTSEE LISTS, THE RED CARPET HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT FOR THIS TALENTED MUSICIAN, WHO SPEAKS TO THE MASSES IN A COMFORTABLE MANNER, AND CREATES AMAZING MUSIC THROUGH THE UNDERTAKING, PROCEDURE, AND ARTISTIC AFFAIRS. WHILE OUR ENTHUSIASM FOR SOCCER MOMMY MAY BE DICTATED THROUGH A POKER-FACED AGENDA (AS WE DIVE DEEPER INTO HER TRACKLISTS), AT THE CORE WE CAN’T STOP DANCING, LISTENING, AND APPRECIATING.

SOCCER MOMMY CLAIMS THAT SHE DIDN’T CREATE MUSIC ON A SERIOUS AND EARNEST LEVEL UNTIL SHE WAS 18. AT 20 YEARS OLD NOW, SOCCER MOMMY IS POSITIONED AS AN ARTIST WITH ONE OF THE MOST INTOXICATING VOICES IN INDIE ROCK, SETTING NEW BOUNDARIES IN VOCALIZATION AND INSPIRED EXPRESSION. CRITICS CALL HER MUSIC ‘BLUNT AND SKEPTICAL ENOUGH’ TO FACE HER OWN INSECURITIES. WE FEEL THAT HER AUSPICIOUS DEBUT STAMPS THE ESSENCE OF UNMATCHABLE INDEPENDENT MUSIC, RESPECTFULLY INCOMPARABLE TO ANY OTHER STYLE OUT THERE TODAY. WE’LL BE FRONT AND CENTER FOR HER APRIL SHOW IN SAN FRANCISCO. LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN. WE CONCLUDE WITH A ‘CONGRATS’ TO SOCCER MOMMY; AS SHE PREPARES TO ROCK THE FADER FORT (ONE OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE AND REPUTABLE EVENTS AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (SXSW), AND A PERSONAL FAVORITE OF OURS).

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IN 2000, NEARLY 18 YEARS AGO, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE PERFORMED A LIVE SET RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION (AT THE LOS ANGELES STAPLES CENTER). THEY DELIVERED A PERFECT PERFORMANCE BY DROPPING WIDE-SPREAD HITS OFF OF THEIR STUDIO ALBUMS, GIVING THE CROWD/FANS A MEMORABLE SHOW. IRONICALLY, THEY PERFORMED THE FINAL FULL-LENGTH BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES, A TITLE KINDRED TO THE CITY BY WHICH THE CONVENTION WAS TAKING PLACE, BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES WAS RELEASED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND WITH THE BAND’S INCOMPARABLE ABILITY TO VOCALIZE SOCIAL INDIGNATION, FUSED WITH ANTAGONISTIC POLITICAL MESSAGING THROUGH BRILLIANT LYRICAL CONTENT ON SELECTIVE (IF NOT ALL) TRACKS, UNDOUBTEDLY CAUSED DOUR CONCERNS FROM CITY LEADERS OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA PRIOR TO THE EVENT. WITH A PROTEST ZONE THAT PERMITTED A STAGE PRESENCE OF ONE HOUR, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE ENCOUNTERED NOTHING BUT CONFLICT THROUGH THE PLANNING/DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, EVEN WITH PARTNERS LIKE MTV BY THEIR SIDE. YET AFTER LIFTING THEIR VOICE EVEN HIGHER, ALONG WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF PROTEST GROUPS AGREEING TO GIVE UP THEIR ONE-HOUR TIME ALLOTMENTS ON THE STAGE IN THE PROTEST ZONE, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE WAS OFFERED A PRIME TIME SLOT, CONCURRENT WITH THE PREEMINENT FIGURE BOOKED ON THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION, WHO WAS THEN-PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON. THE SHOW WENT ON, IT PROVED AND PREVAILED.

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE PLAYED A FREE CONCERT IN PROTEST OF THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM. THE BAND HAD BEEN CONSIDERING PLAYING A PROTEST CONCERT THERE SINCE APRIL OF THAT YEAR, AND IT SUCCEEDED, TO SAY THE LEAST. FOR FANS OF RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, FROM NEWBIES TO DIE-HARDS LIKE US, WHO YEARN FOR ANYTHING NEW FROM THE POWERHOUSE GROUP, THEY WILL BE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THIS PERFORMANCE IS COMING TO VINYL. LIVE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 2000 ARRIVES ON APRIL 21 AS PART OF RECORD STORE DAY 2018. CHECK OUT THE TRACKLIST, AS WELL AS THE VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM THE CONCERT BELOW. THEIR SET, AVAILABLE IN RECORDED FORM FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, FEATURES SIX OF THEIR MOST INFLUENTIAL ANTHEMS.

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE – LIVE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 2000

– BULLS ON PARADE

– TESTIFY

– GUERILLA RADIO

– SLEEP NOW IN THE FIRE

– FREEDOM

– KILLING IN THE NAME

A TOTAL OF 5000 VINYL COPIES OF LIVE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 2000 WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA RECORD STORE DAY, SET FOR RELEASE ON APRIL 21, 2018. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON EXCLUSIVE RELEASES, HEAD HERE -WWW.RECORDSTOREDAY.COM. FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEW TO RSD, IN A NUTSHELL, RECORD STORE DAY IS AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT LAUNCHED IN 2007. IT TAKES PLACE ON ONE SATURDAY EVERY APRIL WITH A MISSION OF PRESERVING THE CULTURE, EMBODIED WITHIN THE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED RECORD STORE. RSD UNITES ARTISTS, FANS, AND THOUSANDS OF INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES ACROSS THE WORLD THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, AND WE SUGGEST YOU TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO CHECK IT OUT.

AS THE METAL-RAP CREW KNOWN AS PROPHETS OF RAGE OFFICIALLY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ITS LINEUP, ONE NAME WAS VISIBLY ABSENT, AND THAT NAME WAS RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE FRONTMAN ZACK DE LA ROCHA. THROUGH HIS TIME WITH RAGE, THE ECLECTIC LYRICIST AND FIERCE MC CONSISTENTLY REMAINED IN THE SPOTLIGHT. YET, EVER SINCE THE YEAR 2000, A TIME WHEN THIS RECORDED CONCERT TOOK PLACE, STRANGELY ENOUGH, THE MEMBERS OF RAGE BEGAN TO HEAD THEIR SEPARATE WAYS, AND HIS ARTISTIC DELIVERANCE HAS BEEN SCATTERED AND SCARCE, TO SAY THE LEAST. SINCE 2000, GUITARIST TOM MORELLO, BASSIST TIM COMMERFORD, AND DRUMMER BRAD WILK HAVE GONE ON TO MAKE A TOTAL OF THREE ALBUMS IN A SIX-YEAR PERIOD WITH AUDIOSLAVE (AMONGST OTHER SELECTIVE SIDE PROJECTS IN MUSIC/MEDIA). THE BAND REUNITED IN 2007, ROCKING A TOTAL OF 50 SHOWS IN FOUR YEARS, INCLUDING A HEADLINE SLOT AT COACHELLA. ON JULY 30TH, 2011, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE PLAYED THEIR FINAL SHOW TO DATE AT THE L.A. COLISEUM. SELECTIVE SIDE PROJECTS EQUALLY EXISTED FOR THE ICONIC FRONTMAN, THAT DISPLAYED COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS ALONGSIDE MUSICAL HEAVYWEIGHTS LIKE CHUCK D, QUESTLOVE, AND DJ SHADOW. YET, THE WORLD OF RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE FANS STILL AWAITS CLEAR COMPREHENSION REGARDING DE LA ROCHA’S CREATIVE POSITIONING AS A SOLO ARTIST, IF THAT IN FACT IS WHAT HE HAS BECOME. IF YOU ARE A FAN LIKE US, YOU’VE ACCEPTED THE NOTION OF WAITING FOREVER.

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PLEASE LISTEN TO ONE OF OUR OWN PERSONAL FAVORITES – VIETNOW BY RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, FROM THEIR ALBUM EVIL EMPIRE.

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CHECK OUT THIS PERFORMANCE FROM FREE TIBET CONCERT – SAN FRANCISCO, CA.AND BULLS ON PARADEAND SITS ON THE TRACK LIST OF THE FORTHCOMING VINYL DROP ON 4/21/2018.

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