Dumpweed? Like, the blink-182 song? You bet your ass. Although the NJ quartet is rooted in pop punk, their new single “Commitment Is A Dirty Word” injects a darker throwback AFI vibe, complete with mysterious imagery and lightning-fast melodies. The official music video was released today along with their third record The Golden Snake. “‘Commitment is a Dirty Word’ is a battle between a mother and father dealing with the pain they’ve caused each other,” says vocalist Eric Palermo. “It’s destructive and chaotic and it shows the domestic struggles many married couples have. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, people mistreat…
Author: Elicit Magazine
Today, Trixie Mattel announces the December 20th release date for the soundtrack to her acclaimed documentary “Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts”, further demonstrating the talents of a singer/songwriter/pop culture figure who repeatedly has rewritten the book on what it means to be a drag artist as well as what it means to be a folk musician in 2019. The acoustic six-song album (all one-takes with just guitar and vocals) shows the breadth of Trixie’s musical ability as she tenderly reinterprets country-folk icons Dolly Parton (“Backwoods Barbie”) and the Carter Family (“Keep On the Sunny Side”), showcases her own songwriting chops via three…
Jericho’s Noguera’s first full band record ‘Get It by the Feel’ has been over a year in the making, the track listing ‘Future Project’, ‘What Do You Really Mean’, ‘High’, ‘The Moon Against the Black Sky’, and ‘The Sun’ll Come Up’ features a unique blend of jazz, soul, and psychedelia. The EP was recorded and produced by Jericho at home in Birmingham. LISTEN HERE Jericho on the new material from the EP: ‘With the new songs on the EP I’d been worrying that they might take some patience to catch. ‘High’ for example is nearly six minutes long, and builds…
After five-weeks on SiriusXM Liquid Metal’s Devil’s Dozen with their song “Stop Calling Me Liberty”, progressive thrash-metal masters Sifting have revealed a new music video for their most technically-complex and heaviest song to date, “Emotionless Shells”. Watch it right now at this location. The video was directed by Zach Perez at Astral Media in a Los Angeles warehouse, and showcases the epitome of the age old saying “practice makes perfect”. “This song is mostly about the limitations we face and overcoming them through our struggles” says front man Eduardo Gil. “it’s about realizing that sometimes we fall down and fail, but we must get back up and fight!” Drummer Joey Aguirre adds “this is a fast-paced…
Today Terrell Hines releases the video for “Get Up,” shot in Quebec at an abandoned Asbestos Mine and directed by Mishka Kornai, the song is off Hines’ debut EP on Capitol Records, St. Mark Rd.. Watch the video HERE. Hines is not only a songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer with influences as broad as Outkast, Joy Division, Four Tet, and Gullah music, but his mind isn’t quite like other people’s. It’s no wonder Berklee College of Music gave Hines a full ride, or that people’s first exposure to his vision came during a 2019 Apple Keynote — that song, the rip-roaring avant-hoedown “Get Up,” hails from St. Mark Rd. EP,…