I have been evil and haven’t updated this site in awhile. Well there is some good news as to why. I got a new job, and have been spending a lot of time doing good things for myself and getting my party on. Sorry no pictures available…hehe but it’s all good. I am getting everything together at my house to start doing the radio show hopefully at least once a week, if time permits that is *crossing fingers*

So that is the tiny update I have for now. I hope you all are doing well!

Have not seen one of these things for awhile now. Kind of made of laugh when I saw it. You can tell the economy is bad…50 cents for a metal elephant ride in the rain hehe

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If you haven’t heard of A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH it’s a great band featuring “VARIOUS UNKNOWN SERIAL KILLERS”. You can hear the song “Bad Dream” available on their MySpace & Facebook. Check them out now. Great stuff coming from this project….I really like “Bad Dream”…that is so going on my Halloween collection. :-P

Hanging out at the Carriage house. Posting this as a test from my phone. Yay mobypicture.com
~13th

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This show I am going to make it to damnit! :-P Been wanting to see that band back when they were called Steve Carson Band! So go to the show!

Socialize: Follow us Join us Add us NEW Songs: Facebook myspace NEW Videos: Visit our past:	HAPPY NEW YEAR! FIRST SHOW of 2010 : SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 the BEAUTY BAR 4746 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92115 - MAP Official Website / myspace Page Doors open at 9pm 21+ welcome with ID / $5.00 cover Also performing: The All Wait & Eclipse 79
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED LOVE & SUPPORT!

New video for HIM’s new single “Heartkiller”. Check it out!

I heard Outlett is almost done with mastering their EP and you will be able to check it out at this FREE show @ The Viper Room. I am thinking of dragging my butt up to LA for the event! So check them out on MySpace – Facebook – Twitter.

Let me begin by saying….most of the time MySpace seems to be a useless tool. Except tonight it showed me something different then what I am used to. Which is usually strange messages from strange guys (human, supposedly though I am not too sure, and not too sure I want to know) wanting to “get to know me” or updates from all my friends and their iphones or android thingymajiggers . Instead I got a friend request from a band called The Fantastic Harlan Jones Band.

In the “blurb” with the request it said something to the effect of…”If your into Rolling Stones…blahblahblah” well yeah of course I dig the Stones. The first song I picked was “Down This Road” which you can hear a clip of it below. You can buy “Down This Road” on iTunes & other places too! (Yes I bought it.)

The Fantastic Harlan Jones Band – Down This Road (Clip)

From the first listen of this track it did remind me of Stones, but then the singing started and I instantly thought…this is like old ass Aerosmith too! NICE!. With a lot of emo, screamo “My mom sucks” bands taking over the internet these days, I have to say this was the nicest random friend request I have gotten from a band in a long time.

Listen to the rest of this song and others at the bands MySpace profile aka: www.myspace.com/thefantasticharlanjonesband. Tell em’ CarrieRawks.com sent ya. :-P

Thanks to HIM Supporters for pointing out this article on their blog here is a review from a pretty damn cool site called UnderTheGunReview.net. Read more below…

Artist: HIM
Album: Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice
Genre: Goth Rock
Label: Sire

Finnish “love metal” band HIM are finally back with their 7th studio album, Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice. The album has a due date of February 9th, 2010 here in the states, but let me tell you that it’s probably in your best interest to start preparing now as this is easily the band’s best work in quite some time.

Beginning with the near pop punk intro chords of “In Venere Veritas,” we quickly find HIM to not only be back on the scene, but with more energy than we’ve seen from them in quite awhile. Ville Valo comes across early as Matt Skiba did during the Good Mourning years of Alk Trio with his emotion-drained vocals and borderline graphic storytelling that is only amplified by the near perfected instrumentation of tracks like the late 80’s goth rock jam “Scared to Death” or the much progressive [and lead single], “Heartkiller.” The band swings in and out of rock subgenres with flawless progression that truly displays just how versatile they’ve become over the past 7 albums.

Read More Here @ Under The Gun Review

And from a tweet I made earlier:

carrierawks: First look @ Heartkiller video shoot! http://bit.ly/7tuomd Watch out for the fangirl drool puddles lol