Nick Cassavetes has signed onto direct the upcoming film ‘Cali’ with Kristen Stewart in the lead, Collider is reporting. The action comedy, which is expected to be released next year, follows two San Fernando Valley lovers in Los Angeles who sell a fake snuff film. The two lovers subsequently take off with the money. Years later, the girl, played by Stewart, returns from the dead in order to save her younger sister, who she abandoned. Stewart will be receiving her first producer credit on ‘Cali’ as well. The film greatly deviates from the ‘Twilight’ series, as her lead character comes face-to-face with homicidal porn stars, stoner vet techs and an  [ Read More ]

Current “Celebrity Apprentice” star, Lisa Lampanelli, recently released her latest album, “Equal Opportunity Offender: The Best of Lisa Lampanelli” on April 17th via Warner Bros. With reality television and millions of Kim Kardashians clouding the entertainment air, it might alarm you that Lampanelli’s claim to fame isn’t her mean streak on “Celebrity Apprentice”; it’s her tact for discussing social and political topics so eloquently. With the jokes aside, you, Shockya readers, should be warned that the CD casing for “Equal Opportunity Offender” is slapped with a big “Parental Advisory” label on it, which is not meant to add more cover art. Lampanelli is joyfully missing the filter from her brain  [ Read More ]

Avid readers, you might have noticed the absence of raw laughter on Shockya. “American Reunion” probably made you chuckle, if you kept your focus on Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy, and did not let Chris Klein’s receding hairline, Tara Reid’s lack of acting skills or Jennifer Coolidge’s plastic surgery addiction divert your attention. With Shockya’s new dedication to frequently informing you about the latest comedy releases, these dry spots in comedy films will no longer disappoint you as much. CD and DVD releases from stand-up comedians will fill the absence of unreliable humor in these movies. Here to kick off the Shockya commitment to continuous laughter is  [ Read More ]

With 2011 coming to an end, you should prepare to be flooded with countdowns from the year’s top movies to the top music videos. Yes, some of these lists are entirely trivial, but they are also short and sweet and sum up a year in less than five minutes. A trivial list in this context would be the top ten reality stars, which is a completely unnecessary countdown since a Kardashian is at every number. You, Shockya readers, deserve an unpredictable list that can benefit you, not make you wish you could be famous for doing absolutely nothing. So, open up your iTunes and get ready to purchase the Top  [ Read More ]

Maturity changes people’s music tastes. Around the tender teenage years, you get the love struck teens who prefer to remain loyal ‘N SYNC fans or those who drift the way of Dashboard Confessional. This transition takes place in the 90s, but the same goes for the 21st Century youngins who stick with Bieber and those who move to Daughtry. If you take the darker and at times, more distributed route, the hidden Bieber or ‘N SYNC fan within you will still expose itself every so often. You shouldn’t be embarrassed by this disclosure, but if you are well passed the midlife crisis age, maybe you should listen to Selena Gomez  [ Read More ]

Hollywood Undead is a rap rock or nu metal group that hails from Los Angeles, California. They formed in 2005 and have produced two albums. “Swan Songs” dropped in 2008, via A&M/Octone Records; “American Tragedy” in April of that same year. The members, who go by Charlie Scene, Da Kurlzz, Danny, Funny Man, J-Dog, and Johnny 3 Tears, take their individuality to the next level with their trademark masks. Donned in metallic and colorful masks, Hollywood Undead brought their dual genre magic to Roseland Ballroom on November 11th. With the opening track, “Undead”, the crowd’s energy exploded. The audience moved along to the music with hands high up in the  [ Read More ]

The album may have dropped a little while back, but it is just too classic to not inform you Shockya readers about. You should insert rock after classic because this album is from the former Uriah Heep member, Ken Hensley. The keyboard player, Hammond organ player, guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer joined forces with Norway’s Live Fire in 2006 and recorded the album, “Faster”, over a three-week period in Riga, Latvia. The 12 track album dropped June 21st via Eagle Rock Entertainment. Hence, the “while back”, but good music is good music and deserves to be reviewed. Hensley’s music background is rooted in a time period where rock was evolving  [ Read More ]

The wait is finally over. We should put extra emphasis on that wait because it is referring to the eight years we went without a new Jane’s Addiction studio album. We tried covering up the music void with tunes from an array of alternative rock bands, but the tracks only proved to be a temporary fix. Nothing hits our psychedelic cravings like Jane’s Addiction songs. So, it’s goodbye to the posers and hello again to the rock legends, Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins. Before we dive into our analysis of the band’s fourth studio album, we just want to get one thing straight. Of course, the trio’s sound  [ Read More ]

We have self-diagnosed ourselves with music ADD. The “medical” condition involves the urge to change a song right after you just pushed play on it. We don’t blame the artists for failing to hold our attention, we blame our uncontrolled need to soak in as many genres we possibly can. The good news is that we found a cure that does not involve pill popping. The solution is listening to tribute albums. These compilation records have an overall theme that is covered in a variety of ways. Let’s take a look at the album, “A Tribute From Friends”, to better explain our music ADD remedy. The M.O.B (Mick Fleetwood, Steven  [ Read More ]

“Forever Abomination” is the fourth installment in the Skeletonwitch discography. It is also the first to feature their brand new drummer Dustin Boltjes who replaced former drummer Derrick Nau or what he liked to be called “Mullet Chad”. As such “Forever Abomination” has lived up to its two previous releases “Breathing the Fire” (2009) and “Beyond the Permafrost” (2007). Thus this release exceeds the meaning of “metal”. Guitarist Scott Hedrick says “We live and breathe this shit!” “We tour as much as humanly possible, and when we’re home we write. There’s technically no such thing as ‘time off’ when you’re in The ‘WITCH”. This of course lives up to its  [ Read More ]

There is always that “one” that “one” album that is indeed without a doubt “the best to date”. Surly this can said about Blessthefall’s first ever debut LP “His Last Walk” with former frontman Craig Mabbit who brought Blessthefall to the forefront of the music scene before departing to join forces with Escape The Fate in 2008. Blessthefall saw that their time seemed bleak and raw but went onward to release two more albums “Witness” and now their third LP to date “Awakening” seems to fall short of their first release. The fast grinding guitar structure, powerful heartfelt lyrics, screaming coals are all fun and good filling but the quality  [ Read More ]

Usually, the autumn days have us thickening our clothing layers with a dismal expression on our faces, but this fall we think our frowns will be permanently flipped around. We credit our surge of optimism to Grace Potter and The Nocturnals. We got to check out the genre-fusing band on Saturday night, September 24th, at Rumsey Playfield Central Park and the night was magical. That description might sound a bit corny, but Grace Potter and The Nocturnals remind us just why we fell for music in the first place. We have had the band’s 2010 self-titled album on constant replay for the past year, but seeing them perform the tracks  [ Read More ]

It’s time for us to thank those overly produced tracks that we frequently hear on the radio. We know that’s an odd statement to make, but it’s true. If you take a listen to music that avoids auto-tune and synthesized beats, you will appreciate it more than you would have if those technological advances never existed. So, yes these ‘improvements’ have tarnished a handful of music, but have made authentic music sound even purer. We guess we can apply the Yin Yang belief to the music world. The auto-society has indirectly given birth to Anthony Scuderi. The elementary school music teacher and band director has implemented his skills as a  [ Read More ]

One year ago former I Am Ghost frontman Steven Juliano fronted Epitaph Record’s most talked about bands over the course of their 6 year career. During which they got signed to Epitaph one year after their formation, got their jump start from their EP ‘We Are Always Searching” which sprung three studio albums 2006′s “Lovers’ Requiem”, 2008’s “Those We Leave Behind”, and 2009′s “LIVE in Orange County”. Things were running in accordance to the band’s success factor and everything they had gained would soon be lost. One year after their live LP was released in 2009, Juliano would break the news of the band’s departure. According to him he says  [ Read More ]

Phoenix Arizonans’ The Attitude got their start in 2005 following their formation two years later their debut EP “Straight To The Middle” struck and then touring commenced. Once that was said and done the band went off to write and record material for their follow-up a brand new EP titled “Dance Fuck Suicide”. This EP was 4 years in the making and now that it’s been completed the results are flawless. “Dance Fuck Suicide” is a continuation of “Straight To The Middle” on this release the album includes 4 album tracks “Burn”, and “Like Rats”, which had been previously demoed but never released until now. While “Dance Fuck Suicide”, “Own  [ Read More ]