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Album Review: The Birthday Massacre ‘Imaginary Monsters EP’

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Reviewing an EP is a bit difficult, especially when there are only three new tracks and the rest of the album consists of remixes. However, when it comes to a band like The Birthday Massacre, who has not only been remixed often but also does remixes, things become more interesting. So enters Imaginary Monsters, the band’s third EP. How does this EP stand? Check out after the jump!
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Let’s tackle each new song before moving onto the remixes, shall we? The first track, Forever, makes me wonder if The Birthday Massacre might just be The Cure of today, only a bit heavier at times. There is a beautiful melancholy hovering over this 80’s influenced track and deliciously emo lyrics but in the good way. Overall, it is a very strong track and a great way to kick off the EP. Second is Burn Away, a solid song but not one that really stands out for me. The third new song is Left Behind, a short but sweet track that is almost entirely synth and seems to be placed as a way to mark the end of the original tracks and the beginning of the remixes. 
The remixes build in intensity as they go along. For those of you who are looking for something more mellow and relaxed, start with the first two remixes. Personally, I found the Combichrist remix of Shallow Grave and the SKOLD remix of Pins And Needles to be the most interesting and exciting. 
The Final Word: With fresh inventive takes on tracks from Pins Needles and three very solid original tracks, this is a great EP to whet your appetite until a new The Birthday Massacre album comes out.
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‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live’ Concert Event to Make Streaming Debut Next Month

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The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live

AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.

The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.

Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24. 

Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”

Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.

The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.

Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.

The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.

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