daughtry

Chris Daughtry announced at a concert a few nights ago that he has teamed up with DC Entertainment's "We Can Be Heroes" campaign, an initiative to stop hunger in the horn of Africa.

As part of the effort, Daughtry recorded an acoustic version of their song "Rescue Me" and performed it for the first time at their concert in Los Angeles in front of a backdrop featuring some of DC Comics' most popular superheroes.

To watch a clip from the performance, follow this link. To learn more about the "We Can Be Heroes" campaign, click on the image on the left.

Get Outta DAUGHTRY's Head sabato, 14 aprile 2012 19:40 by madseason
daughtry

Click on the image to watch Daughtry's brand new video for "Outta My Head", directed by Shane C. Drake (Avril Lavigne, Paramore, Panic! At the Disco, Madina Lake, Fall Out Boy).

"Outta My Head", written by Chris with Marti Frederiksen, is the third single off Daughtry's last studio album "Break The Spell" -released last November and on its way to reach the "Gold" status in the U.S.A.- and the follow-up to the album's previous chart-climbing hits "Crawling Back To You" and "Renegade".

News, news and more news venerdì, 28 ottobre 2011 22:20 by madseason
I've some interesting news that I had to leave behind due to the server upgrade. I'll try to claw them back in a couple of posts. First of all, the mandatory Blue October news: their upcoming emotion drenched single, "The Feel Again (Stay)", has been chosen as the soundtrack to the closing film for this year’s three day (31st Oct – 2nd Nov) UK Radio Festival. "The Feel Again (Stay)", a powerful, poignant song about loss and heartbreak, is the perfect musical backdrop to an obit film which looks back and remembers all the people from the radio industry who have passed away in the last twelve months. Speaking of the texan band, I can confirm that their last american tour partners IAmDynamite will be the opening band of the upcoming Blue October's german shows.
Electronic/dream poppers M83 have a brand new video out, for the single "Midnight City", off their last week released new (double) studio album "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming". Directed by Fleur & Manu, the video is a tribute to "Village of the Damned", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Akira". Enjoy it here. Also, M83 announced more live dates, in addiction to the scandinavian ones presented at the beginning of this week. This time the dates are in Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. Head on to their website for further info.
young guns

"Learn My Lesson" is the first single/video off Young Guns sophomore record, to be released early next year. For those who still don't know them yet, Young Guns are an interesting english alternative rock band coming from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Watch the video clicking on the image on the left.

Hurricane Bells have released their new, PledgeMusic financed, album last Tuesday. It's titled "Tides And Tales" and you can preview and buy it on Hurricane Bells' Bandcamp page. And do not forget Hurricane Bells' new video for the single "The Ghost Of Her", released just one month ago.

Behind the moniker Smoke Signals we find Coley O’Toole, Joe Ballaro and Zac Clark from the great eclectic piano rock band The Queen Killing King. The new album, named as the band "Smoke Signals", is out since last August. The band describes it as a collection of "blues and bluegrass infused songs with stick-to-your-ribs melodies and high harmonies". This is a different sound that I invite to know, listening to the whole record here, and watching the video for the single "Black Holes (featuring Rocco DeLuca)"at this link.
Christian alternative poprock stars Jars Of Clay have been writing songs and reinventing their sound for 17 years. Many music fans still remember them for their succesfully first single "Flood", but there's much more to be mined in their 11 albums catalog. Their new collection "Gather And Build" is a playlist that features a handful of quintessential Jars Of Clay songs, as well as some previously unavailable tracks. Get it for free thanks to NoiseTrade here.
Download "Are You There", a nice track from Vancouver alternative rock band Fear Zero last album "Whole Damn Nation", for free at this address: www.theprovince.com.
Daughtry's new video for "Crawling Back To You" premiered yesterday. As said, the single's off the band's upcoming album "Break The Spell", produced by Howard Benson and to be released November, 21st through RCA Records.
monte negro

Los Angeles based, original bi-lingual rock band, Monte Negro (a band I really dig) has just released the single "Zero", which is an exciting prelude to what will be Monte Negro's new album release in early 2012: "Replica I". Watch the very entertaining video clicking on the image on the left.

Watch new music video for "Fire Escape", Matthew Mayfield's third single from his debut album "Now You're Free". The video for the song (co-written by John Paul White of The Civil Wars) also features the lovely actress Brittany Snow. Matthew is also giving you the chance to download his album for free: just follow this link.

Another new video: this is for contemporary christian singer/songwriter Plumb's new single "Drifting" featuring both Tiffany and Dan Haseltine of Jars Of Clay. Check it here. News about the new album coming soon!
Download a supercatchy new song from Plain White T's named "The House On Shady Lane" at this link. For free, of course.
You can watch the live stream of Zornik's sold out exclusive anniversary show at Ancienne Belgique (Bruxelles) tomorrow October 29th at 20.45 (Center European Time). Just follow this link: Zornik live.
Republic Of Letters is a cool San Diego based poprock band in Coldplay/The Killers style. They released their "Stories" album last March for Mass + Measure Records and this is the video for the single "Entre Chien Et Loup (Restless Hour)", shot and edited by Jared Armijo-Wardlean.
Daughtry

As said, Daughtry, the american rock band from North Carolina fronted by former American Idol season 5 finalist Chris Daughtry, will release their third studio album on November 21st through RCA Records.

The title of the album is "Break The Spell" and today the band has finally published the official cover (click on the left image to enlarge).

The first singles off the new album are called "Crawling Back To You" (hear it here) and "Renegade" (follow this link for a full preview).

Daughtry have also a new track out now on "Batman Arkham City - The Album", the musical companion to the new game based on Gotham's Dark Knight. The track is called "Drown In You" and here is where you can listen to it.

DAUGHTRY: new music for Renegades venerdì, 16 settembre 2011 23:45 by madseason
Daughtry

Daughtry, the american rock band from North Carolina fronted by former American Idol season 5 finalist Chris Daughtry, will release their third studio album on November 21st through RCA Records.

The first single off the new album is called "Crawling Back To You" and you can hear it here.

Also, Daughtry have made available a new song from the upcoming record called "Renegade" (I still have to understand if this will be the album title, too). Listen to this good straightforward hardrocker following this link and let me know what you think about it.

DAUGHTRY - VOLKHAUS - ZURICH - OCTOBER 11, 2010 martedì, 26 ottobre 2010 22:49 by amaranth

 

  • Date: October 11th, 2010
  • Venue: Volkhaus
  • Town: Zurich

 

Mentre da noi in Italia i talent show  sono insipide vetrine per “fenomeni” da dare in pasto alla massa per una stagione o poco più, all’estero la musica è ben diversa. Vuoi per cultura musicale, vuoi per un approccio differente, alcuni format televisivi sia all’estero e soprattutto oltre oceano, tipo l’American Idol, sfornano di anno in anno autentici talenti vocali. Da qui a dire che non siamo di fronte a fenomeni commerciali ce ne passa, ma resta il fatto che oltre all’immagine, la sostanza non latita. Tra i vari David Cook, Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, Kelly Clarkson, tanto per nominare un paio di nomi meritevoli tra rock e pop, uno dei nomi sfornati dall’Idol americano che ad oggi ha saputo crearsi una certa credibilità è senza dubbio Chris Daughtry. Due dischi fino ad ora pubblicati che han venduto milioni di copie negli States, qui in Italia a parte qualche sporadico passaggio radiofonico, un nome sconosciuto ai più. Eppure Daughtry con il suo modern rock dalle melodie radiofoniche ha tutte le carte in regola per fare breccia tra i cuori di chi è cresciuto con l’hard rock e il melodic rock anni ottanta. Triste constatare quanto la “vecchia europa” fatta di appassionati di un certo tipo di musica rock/metal, sia sempre più pigra e si rinchiuda nel solito orticello di nomi sicuri e facili, addirittura lamentandosi che non ci sia più nulla di interessante da ascoltare in giro.

Già approdato in Europa di spalla ai Nickelback all’inizio di questo 2010 (altra band che certi classic rockers farebbero bene a rivalutare), Daughtry torna per un mini-tour europeo, e quale occasione migliore se non allungarsi fino a Zurigo per capire se siamo di fronte al solito fenomeno mediatico d’oltreoceano e poco più?!?  Il pubblico presente al Volkhaus di Zurigo è composto per lo più di teenegers, con un’alta percentuale di ragazze, segno che il buon Chris non piace solo musicalmente. Certo fa un po’ strano avere un quindicenne di fianco a te con Shazam acceso sull’Iphone per riconoscere un pezzo dei Def Leppard (recentemente coverizzati da Daughtry nell’ultimo disco di Santana con “Photograph” per l’appunto) ma tant’è meglio che Daughtry sia il viatico per  far scoprire e conoscere un certo tipo di musica ai giovani d’oggi. L’ora e venti di show si snoda agile tra i pezzi del debutto e “Leave This Town”, con una bella scaletta che alterna brani più sostenuti a ballate, cantante a squarciagola dal pubblico presente. A parte qualche problema di suoni ad inizio show (da non attribuire totalmente al banco mixer come vedremo a breve…), è Chris a farla da padrona. Oltre ad un ottima presenza scenica,  Daughtry è un’autentica forza della natura, con la sua voce cristallina e potente, che non mostra alcun cedimento nel corso di tutto lo show. Discorso differente per la band che l’accompagna, assolutamente inadatta per il tipo di musica proposta, soprattutto quando in studio ti puoi permettere produzioni scintillanti. Da bocciare chitarrista solista e batterista, con un approccio da grezzissima punk band, con suoni sporchi e stecche a go go che rovinano diversi  brani in scaletta tra cui una “Ghost Of Me”, voce a parte, completamente disastrosa! Fortuna che Chris imbraccia la chitarra acustica in “Life After You”, “September”e “Learn My Lesson” e risolleva le sorti di uno show altrimenti indecente a livello esecutivo. Immancabili in scaletta i singoli più famosi “It’s Not Over”ed “Home” ma il colpo di coda nel finale spetta ad un’inaspettata cover di “Rebel Yell”, segno che aldilà delle etichette è sempre il buon classic rock anni ottanta l’essenza di tanto rock spacciato con l’etichetta “modern”. Chris Daughtry è una delle migliori voci rock odierne nel panorama mondiale, nulla da dire.  Detto questo una riflessione sulla stato della musica odierna andrebbe fatta. Laddove una volta c’erano band talentuose che spuntavano fuori dal nulla e diventavano dei fenomeni, oggi il mercato della musica punta sul sicuro. Si cerca il talento e una volta trovato gli si costruisce intorno un fenomeno con Producer  e songwriter di grido. Su disco funziona, peccato che però dal vivo non si scherza, servono dei musicisti di un certo livello, e uno stallone di razza come Daughtry merita dei comprimari di un certo rilievo. In effetti non faticherei ad immaginare il buon Chris Daughtry in una delle tante all star band che vanno di moda oggi, se non tra le file di qualche band famosa…

 

DAUGHTRY, October 11th, Volkhaus, ZURICH

Setlist:

Feels Like Tonight

What I Want

Ghost Of Me

EveryTime You Turn Around

Over You

Life After You

September

Learned My Lesson

Supernatural

No Surprise

You Don't Belong

 

Encore:

It's Not Over

Rebel Yell

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