Coheed Drumline

This was pretty cool.

The Daytrotter Sessions

The Daytrotter Sessions are a musical endeavor done by Futureappletree Studio 1 which can be found in downtown Rock Island, IL. The goal of these recording sessions isn't to provide you with something you've never heard before, but rather present you a new sound from bands you may already know and of course some you don't. While touring the country, the bands involved in the Daytrotter Sessions, take 2 hours out of their day to play some borrowed instruments and record a few unreleased or reworked songs. Their efforts produce a result that on occasion may turn out better than what the bands have put out on record. All recordings are live, no overdubs, what gets played in the studio is what gets put on tape.

A recent addition to the Daytrotter Sessions comes from the Seattle-based group Minus The Bear. After just re-releasing their EP, The Make Beer Commercials Like This, on vinyl, the guys from Minus The Bear took time out of their busy schedule to record four songs off of Planet of Ice for the Daytrotter sessions. The four songs can be heard below.

Knights (Minus The Bear)



– original version appears on Planet of Ice

Ice Monster (Minus The Bear)



– original version appears on Planet of Ice

Part 2 (Minus The Bear)



– original version appears on Planet of Ice


Throwin' Shapes (Minus The Bear)



– original version appears on Planet of Ice

To download the songs visit the Daytrotter Minus The Bear page

One Day As A Lion

Zac De La Rocha, lead singer of Rage against the Machine, will be teaming up with former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore for a new project called One Day As A Lion. Their debut EP will be released on July 22.

According to their myspace, "One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept. A defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It’s a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask. One Day As A Lion is a recorded interaction between Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore from Los Angeles, California."

"The name taken from the infamous 1970 black and white, captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound.”

The Greenhouse Effect

Asher Roth is a young, white, middle-class rapper from Pennsylvania. I know, it might sound like a throwback to VH1's White Rapper Show but this kid is no John Brown. His first mixtape, The Greenhouse Effect Vol. 1, was put out by Don Cannon and DJ Drama and puts out an exposition of his undeniable talent. Don't sleep on Asher Roth, while his lasting presence has yet to be determined he proves himself as one of raps budding talents.