maandag 27 juli 2009
Check My Brain komt uit op 17 augustus
Dit meldt de twitterpagina van EMI Music.
Volgens de vele reviews die volgde na de listening parties, is dit echt een nummer om naar uit te kijken.
De nieuwe single krijgt ook een clip die wordt geregisseerd door Alexandre Courtes. Hij werkte eerder met onder andere U2, Snow Patrol en Kaiser Chiefs
zondag 26 juli 2009
Black Gives Way to Blue mogelijke tracklist
De mogelijke tracklist:
1. All Secrets Known
2. Check My Brain
3. Last Of My Kind
4. Your Decision
5. A Looking In View
6. When The Sun Rose Again
7. Acid Bubble
8. Lessons Learned
9. Take Her Out
10. Private Hell
11. Black Gives Way To Blue
donderdag 23 juli 2009
Black Gives Way To Blue review
Een bericht sprong er voor mij toch wel echt uit. Namelijk het artikel van de metalsucks site.
Zij gaven een korte interpretatie van de nummers die ze hoorden:
1. Heavy as fuck. AIC is the band every modern hard rock band (Chevelle, Disturbed, etc) tries to be, but aren’t nearly as good.
2. Awesome, heavy, deep groove. “Check My Brain”? Dense vocal harmonies, inflection just like Layne. Depth.
3. Power grooves, bass present throughout.
4. Acoustic. First time you can hear Duvall’s voice upfront without all the layers of guitars and harmonies. Verse sounds like “Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World.” Multi-layer vocal harmony. very ’90s guitar — “Your Decision”?
5. “A Looking in View.” God damn this song is heavy. Track 1-3 were also as heavy as this. This album is slow, groovy. Slow heavy as opposed to fast heavy. Sometimes slow is heavier than fast. Fade out… no one really does fade-outs anymore.
6. Another acoustic song. Is this the Layne song? Kinney bongos. Electric solo great — shoulda been longer.
7. Slowest yet — heavy. Not going for poppy choruses on this record, just good songs and emotion. Part 2 — fastest section on the record yet. Back to part 1. This song is epic. Back to part 2!
8. mid-paced rocker — most like old AIC so far. Duvall’s voice really low, haunting. Pretty sweet chorus. Possible single.
9. Big, slower, but arena-rocky. Major key chorus. Reminds me of “Sea of Sorrow.” Short but fitting solo. Song still kinda slow and plodding (in a good way).
10. Really slow but still loud. Distorted guitars. AIC are the Crowbar of alt-metal/rock. Gigantic sounding guitars on this whole record. Another ace solo – Jerry not a guitar hero, just plays what’s right.
11. Quiet. piano + guitar + vocals. Layne song? melancholy. “Black Gives Way to Blue”? “I Remember You.”
Het hele artikel is hier te vinden
donderdag 16 juli 2009
Alice in Chains strikt Alex Courtes voor nieuwe videoclip
Courtes maakte eerder al clips voor U2, The White Stripes en Kaiser Chiefs.
De single staat geplanned voor half augustus.
U2 - Magnificent (Alex Courtes)
Magnificent - The Making Of
woensdag 15 juli 2009
Bevestigde tracks voor het nieuwe album
Hier het rijtje:
A Looking in View: De eerste single en de nieuwe videoclip. Staat in de US Mainstream Rock Charts op 33.
Black Gives Way to Blue: De titletrack. Gaat volgens Jerry Cantrell over wijlen zanger Layne Staley.
Check My Brain: De tweede single van Alice in Chains die half augustus uit gaat komen. Het gaat onder andere over de verhuizing van Jerry Cantrell naar Los Angeles.
Your Decision: Een nummer geschreven door de nieuwe zanger William DuVall. Een nummer wat gaat over het overleven van pijn en het kiezen om te leven. Naar aanleiding van een vriend die zelfmoord pleegde.
Meer over de het nieuwe album, de tracks en de listning party is hier te vinden:
Wikipedia
Reuters Blog
LA listening party results
Mensen die er zijn geweest zeggen:
i had a blast tonight. the new cd is called "black gives way to blue". every track on the new cd is awesome. the title track is about layne. the best part of the night is when the last song ended. you hear down in a hole start, the screen lifts, and the band is playing it acoustic. they played 2 songs off of the new cd.
i want to thank everyone who put together the show. thanks for the free booze and food...in n out burgers rule!!!
(Reactie op de myspace blog van de band)
Just left the Alice In Chains album listening event! 3 songs played live including 2 new songs. Sounded SICK. Duff was there #Hollywood #AIC
(Reactie van twitter)
zondag 12 juli 2009
New York & Los Angeles listening party
En het enige wat je ervoor hoeft te doen is een mailtje sturen.
Details staan hier:
http://www.aliceinchains.com/content/?p=222
dinsdag 7 juli 2009
Jerry Cantrell praat over Michael Jackson
Blabbermouth bericht hierover:
The Pulse of Radio reports: The members of ALICE INCHAINS know something about loss, with the band losing singer Layne Staley to an overdose in 2002. With questions about drugs surrounding the death of MichaelJackson as his memorial takes place in Los Angeles on Tuesday (July 7), ALICE guitarist Jerry Cantrell told The Pulse of Radio that Jackson's accomplishments will still stand tall. "You know, it's kind of shocking," he said. "I mean, a performer and a songwriter and just an icon of that stature — the dude was a star from five to 50. He had a lot of personal problems, I don't know what was real or what wasn't, but the body of work speaks for itself, and the level that he maintained for that many years is pretty wild."
Videoclip A Looking In View
De videoclip van A Looking in View, de nieuwe single van Alice in chains.
Hij is te zien via de officiële website:
http://www.aliceinchains.com
En via youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kowh-_3O4NU
De clip is enorm donker en 18+ vanwege een naakte vrouw erin.
De regisseur is Stephen Schuster
Videoclip A Looking In View
De videoclip van A Looking in View, de nieuwe single van Alice in chains.
Hij is te zien via de officiële website:
http://www.aliceinchains.com
donderdag 2 juli 2009
Us tourdata aangekondigd
July 18 Detroit, MI Comerica Park (with Kid Rock)
Aug 1 Dublin, IE Marlay Park
Aug 2 Stevenage, GB Knebworth House - Sonisphere
Aug 4 London, GB Scala
August 6 Cologne, DE Essigfabrik
August 8 Berlin, DE Columbia Club
August 10 Hamburg, DE Grunspan
August 12 Amsterdam, NL MelkwegAugust 22 Pomona, CA Epicenter
Sept. 4 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sept. 5 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
Sept. 7 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Sept. 8 New York, NY The Fillmore
Sept. 15 Toronto, ON The Opera House
Sept. 16 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Sept. 19 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Sept. 20 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Sept. 21 Minneapolis, MN First Ave
Sept. 26 Portland, OR Roseland Grill
Sept. 28 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Videoclip A looking in view later
Nog even wachten op de clip dus
ALICE IN CHAINS are giving fans a sneak preview of their highly anticipated upcoming album BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE (Virgin/EMI) by posting a brand-new song online. The seven-minute-long track, titled “A Looking In View,” can be heard on www.aliceinchains.com. A companion video for the song is forthcoming and its trailer is available on the band’s site. “A Looking In View” will appear on BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE, in stores September 29th.