DRAIN Return with DECIBEL-premiered Single "Hyper Vigilance" Feat. Taylor Young from CALIFORNIA CURSED (Revelation Records)

DRAIN Live 2019 - PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Jameson

DRAIN are a rising Santa Cruz, California-based band that play a very specific style of Punk/Hardcore; fittingly described within a recent press release as "Metal-tinged, moshy, Crossover-style Hardcore that's, also, incredibly entertaining." DRAIN's current line-up consists of frontman Sam "Sammy" Ciaramitaro, guitarist Cody Chavez, bassist Justin Rhode, and drummer Tim "Timmy" Flegal, who have previously played with Gulch and Hands of God. Honestly, the best way I can think to describe DRAIN's sound is if you were to combine the fresh, feverish nature of Henry Rollins-era Black Flag mashed with the frantic, guitar-heavy Thrash stylings of early Anthrax or Metallica. It appears as though DRAIN formed around 2015 and over the past few years, have been garnering quite the reputation for their insanely fun, hyperactive live shows. Now, following a string of demos, EP's, and live recordings, DRAIN are gearing up to let loose their full-length debut, CALIFORNIA CURSED, on Revelation Records. We've already been treated to a few brain-melting tasters from the album, by way of "Army of One" and "California Cursed" from Promo 2018, as well as recent pummeling 58-second lead-off single, "Sick One."

For their appearance on Axe to Grind last year, DRAIN played "live" renditions of the three aforementioned tracks, along with an as-yet-unreleased composition from CALIFORNIA CURSED entitled "Bad Faith," as well as "Don't Believe The Hype" (no, not a Public Enemy cover!) from their 2017 EP, Time Enough At Last. Just yesterday, DRAIN returned to premiere a band spankin' new track, "Hyper Vigilance," from CALIFORNIA CURSED, via DECIBEL Magazine. "Hyper Vigilance" clocks in at just over two minutes, a bit longer than "Sick One," and even boasts a feature from CALIFORNIA CURSED producer, engineer, and fellow musician Taylor Young. Concerning the creation of CALIFORNIA CURSED, Ciaramitaro explains, "with writing CALIFORNIA CURSED, we kept it very organic and just got into a room together and tossed ideas around until we had songs that we felt were catchy, full of big riffs, and had no filler." DRAIN's next live dates include April 3-4 at United Blood Fest in Richmond, Virginia with Converge, Cold World, Vein, Judiciary & more and April 24-26 at Wild Rose Fest in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with Knocked Loose, Never Ending Game, Regional Justice Center & more. DRAIN's CALIFORNIA CURSED is now available for pre-order on "ocean" blue, exclusive pink, and super-exclusive in-store only green vinyl, via Revelation Records/REVHQ.

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of...

Jet Planes, Islands, Tigers On a Gold Leash: Lorde - "Royals" (The Weeknd Remixo)

I think it's pretty safe to say that The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) comfortably teeters the fine line between glitched-out smooth New Age R&B and hard-hitting Hip-Hop ; while the same could arguably be said for 16-year-old New Zealand new-comer, Lorde . Her break-out single "Royals" 1/2 jokingly shouts out semi-common bravado-worthy shit like: diamonds, "gold teeth, Grey Goose ... Cadillacs, Cristal, Maybach ... jet planes, islands, [and] tigers on a gold leash." But now, the Lorde/Weeknd connection has been further solidified, as Tesfaye recently managed to conjure up and release his own "Royals" remix. My beautiful girlfriend said earlier, and I paraphrase, that it "makes her wanna dance lol and she could [likely] hear this remix in a future movie!" Following the wide-spread release of her first 2 EP's (Love Club & Tennis Court) , Universal Republic plans to unleash Lorde 's proper debut album, Pure Heroine between ...

Pop Artist & Surfer Chronicle Intriguing Ex-Pornstar In "SASHA GREY."

Seemingly made to co-exist as thought-provoking companion pieces... "LINDSAY LOHAN" directors Richard Phillips & Taylor Steele are back with their most recent Art Presentation, "SASHA GREY." The 90-second short film was shot in early May @ John Lautner Chemosphere House in Los Angeles, CA. Both striking flicks will be shown on a giant floating video screen [ "Commercial Break" ] @ Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Venice, Italy (June 1-5). "Adult acting chops" aside, Sasha (23) seems very intelligent, captivating, free-spirited, business savvy, well-mannered, charming... and dare I say, "average." And I really think that's exactly what Phillips/Steele were trying to convey throughout the course of the piece; Grey's beauty, public draw, sheer likeability, and honesty will surely take her very far in future endeavors... Solidifying her [updated] image as a true "Pop Culture Figure." * Featured soundtra...

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