Singer and Broken Social Scene member Feist recently threw her fans a curveball, covering Guns N' Roses epic ballad "November Rain" as part of an encore during a recent show in Mexico City.
"Supergroup" is a word that gets tossed around a lot, but it's hard to deny the musical prowess of the members of Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, a new band featuring Brent Hinds (Mastodon,) Ben Weinman (The Dillinger Escape Plan,) Eric Avery (ex-Jane's Addiction) and Jon Theodore (ex-The Mars Volta.)
After meeting at a taping of Later... With Jools Holland, it looks like the meant-to-be pair of Feist and Mastodon will actually be doing a bit of collaborating after all.
Mastodon have been known to write a song or two about prehistoric beasts, but I'm pretty sure they never mentioned a purple dinosaur anywhere in the lyrics to Leviathan.
In a new video interview with Roadrunner UK, Mastodon's Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor sit down to discuss their love of Canadian prog-rockers Rush. You can check out the video below.
Bearded Georgians and purveyors of fine metal, Mastodon made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman last night to perform a new song, "Curl of the Burl." You can check out video of the performance below.
There's been a lot of positive news for guitar music this fall in the charts, and it's safe to say that September was one of the stronger months for six-string-heavy releases in recent memory.