Posts tagged "Serj Tankian"
Metal Monday Volume 117 (4.8.13)

Metal Monday Volume 117 (4.8.13)

It’s embarrassing how much fun the debut from David Draiman’s Device is at times. I’m a casual Disturbed fan, owning the first three records at least, but you mention industrial metal to me and cite early Nine Inch Nails (Going so far as to cover “Wish” on the Deluxe Edition) and Ministry as influences on your latest project and consider my interest piqued. That said, Device is a solid debut that doesn’t stray too much from the Disturbed mold yet […]

Metal Monday Volume 110 (2.18.13)

Metal Monday Volume 110 (2.18.13)

David Draiman goes industrial on his latest project Device in the latest Metal Monday column!

Spin Cycle: Serj Tankian, Harakiri

Spin Cycle: Serj Tankian, Harakiri

Outside of Zach De La Rocha, I don’t think there exists a more passionately political figure in music than Serj Tankian, front man of the long dormant System of a Down (how dormant? Serj is now two solo albums away from matching the band’s entire catalogue). He’s founded an activist group with former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and never misses a moment, be it at concerts or on the Internet, to share his views on global events, […]

Popblerd's New Release Report 7/10/12: Zac's Back!

Popblerd’s New Release Report 7/10/12: Zac’s Back!

The Zac Brown Band needs money to maintain their beards, so they are releasing a new album this week. Read on to find out what else is new in stores and online!

The Singles Bar: Serj Tankian, “Cornucopia”

If you were disappointed by the debut single from Serj Tankian’s debut album Harakiri (I was), you’re in luck. Tankian’s second released track, “Cornucopia”, finds America’s favorite Armenian poet/singer/top hot aficionado returning to a more convention sound for him. Shimmering arpeggios and driving clean distortion back up the soaring vocals, featuring Tankian’s mildly inscrutable lyrics (“kiss an ugly turtle and make it cry”) centering on humanity’s destructive tendencies and nature’s violent responses to them in the form of tsunamis and […]

The Viewfinder: Serj Tankian's "Figure It Out"

The Viewfinder: Serj Tankian’s “Figure It Out”

Earlier this month we clued you in about Serj Tankian’s new single “Figure It Out” , from his upcoming album Harakiri. I described the track as a crunchy, manic political rocker with a rather blunt lyrical style (at least with the chorus “CEOs are the disease”). Yesterday, Serj released the official accompanying video for the track which is, unsurprisingly, also manic and rather direct. Playing off the Occupy Wall Street zeitgeist of the time, Tankian intersperses video of every day protesters with shots of fat […]

The Singles Bar: Serj Tankian's "Figure It Out"

The Singles Bar: Serj Tankian’s “Figure It Out”

Political provocateur and System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian is back with a third solo album. Check out the new single!

New Release Report 9/21/10: Wanna Get Your Hands All Over Maroon 5?

I’m scared of the new Maroon 5 album, “Hands All Over” ( purchase on Amazon mp3 ). The first single, “Misery”, seemed like the height of laziness to me. If you stuck “This Love” and “Makes Me Wonder” in a blender, the result would be “Misery”, and despite the critical arrows that seem to get slung Adam Levine and co.’s way, they’re definitely better than that. However, no less an authority on music than Popdose’s Grand Poobah Jeff Giles Y’all has deemed M5’s third studio effort, “Hands All Over”, […]