Don Simon is the first wine that we have gotten for review that has been in a normal, recyclable plastic bottle. It is also Spain’s highest selling wine. The first thing that should be said is that the wine’s flavor has not been modified in the slightest; there is not a plastic or similar flavor profile present in each bottle. Of course, there needs to be some discussion of the…
Ted Nugent has shown eirself to really be a renaissance person, whether it be through eir radio show or through eir voluminous music career. While “Motor City Mayhem†may not show bits and pieces of eir radio show, I feel that Nugent’s tremendous charisma comes through on this release. This is due to the fact that Eagle Rock has crafted one of the best live recordings that I have ever…
07.06 – Iota Art Gallery (Washington, DC) 07.07 – Zebulon (Brooklyn, NY) 07.08 – North Star Bar (Philadelphia, PA) 07.11 – The Cake Shop (New York, NY) 07.12 – House Party (Pittsburgh, PA) 07.13 – House Party (Columbus, OH) 07.15 – Uncle Fester’s (Bloomington, IN) 07.16 – Al’s Bar (Lexington, KY) 07.17 – J’s Bohemia (Chattanooga, TN) 07.18 – Little Kings Shuffle Club (Athens, GA) *All Dates w/ Madeline and…
For an ambient/landscape type of album, this self-titled first collaboration between Eno and Cluster is tremendously short in a temporal way. However, the instrumentation present on the disc is rich enough and logical to such a degree that one will be utterly immersed in the music after a mere three minutes of the opening “Ho Renomoâ€. The electronic violin that starts off “Schon Hande†makes for a small bit or…
Although their name would invoke yuletide tidings and blissful chanting, U.S. CHRISTMAS creates music which is anything but. Spanning the dark, decrepit and painful side of disharmonic psychedelia, this North Carolina outfit has successfully distilled the essence of cacophony through countless layers of sound and crushing waves of volume that are an orchestrated assault on the senses. None other than Neurosis’ Scott Kelly took notice of U.S. CHRISTMAS through his…
Talk about gateway drugs. What started out as a little pot dealing on the side to make ends meet has snowballed into gun smuggling and bringing illegal immigrants though a tunnel connecting the U.S. to Mexico. When Weeds, the quirky Showtime comedy/drama started four years ago, the premise was much tamer: recent widow and mother of two Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) was left with a family to raise and no…
The fourth full length by Woods, Songs of Shame, rips deeper with both 90-second and 10-minute forays into skeletal psychedelia. This is not to say the idiosyncratic songwriting style and vocalizing of Jeremy Earl is not present in spades but expanded, colored, and twisted into a tie-dye of soundscapes. Having toured incessantly over the last 12 months as a four piece (Jarvis Taveniere, G. Lucas Crane and Kevin Morby round…
While there seems to be some sort of stigma regarding different types of “educational†television content, I have a feeling that the presentation of Frontline’s Poisoned Waters will be enough to keep viewers on the edge of their seats throughout the entirety of the show’s runtime. The release details how exactly the work that was done in the years immediately preceding and following the Clean Water Act have not really…
XSEED Games today announced that they have secured the North American publishing rights to The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, an intense flight simulation game on Wiiâ„¢. Originally released in Japan by NAMCO BANDAI Games, this latest title from Project Aces, will be available Holiday 2009 exclusively for Wii. After decades of constant war and fighting, the world has finally come to a lasting peace. But with war being an integral…
12 song CD,2000. 35:45, practically 3 minutes a song. They are a 4 piece band from some East European nation that play some extremely catchy clear punk music in the vein of the first wave of punk bands to wash upon the U.K’s shores. The album is surprisingly clear with clean vocals and guitar. In “Saturday Night†the guitarist pulls off an amazing solo aside from his great axe work…
I have never been a big fan of watching golf, but the games that have been released in the Tiger Woods PGA line have been something special. The amount of specificity that is present in this title, and especially the latest title, are far beyond compare both in regards to golf and general sports titles. Where a number of the different sports titles only make minor changes in-between the different…
Yukon roots music songwriter Gordie Tentrees has released his 3rd album, Mercy or Sin, produced by Juno Award-winning producer Bob Hamilton. Joining Gordie (dobro, guitar, harmonica) are long-time bandmates Ken Hermanson (banjo, lapsteel, guitar) and Matt King (upright bass). This is the much-anticipated follow up to critically-acclaimed Bottleneck to Wire (2007) and 29 Loads of Freight (2004). This album finally captures the bands dynamic live show and unique growth of…
How often do you meet a band that ties together brilliant songwriting, flawless technique, mad intensity and a thought-provoking lyrical content to boost? When it comes to extreme metal, it’s really difficult to find the complete package. Maybe that’s why “Retaliate†by Misery Index is such an important album. It shows that the impossible is sometimes just a head bang away…. Misery Index isn’t your average death metal or grindcore…
The Clock Work Army is an interesting band. The band is able to create a distinct style that is still very salient and catchy for the current era. The band is able to throw in a dance-punk backing beat (mainly drums) with a strong female voice and alternative-infused, swirling guitar eddies. There are only five tracks on “A Catalyst For Change†but the band confidently crafts their own sound here.…
So this week, we present week 3 of the “Summer of Golden Bloom†(thank you again Magnet for the aptly titled slogan) which is given to you by Ireland’s own, Tuneraker. “Fan the Flames†is the track for this week which is available at http://www.tuneraker.com/index.php/music-features/world-exclusive-preview-of-fan-the-flames-by-golden-bloom/
ivian Girls have had an extremely eventful couple of years as a band, from appearing at major festivals, to playing the Bowery Ballroom about a million times, to having their own question on Jeopardy. The band spoke with Pitchfork’s Tom Breihan back in March while in the studio in LA working on their sophomore LP, Everything Goes Wrong, due Sept. 8 on In The Red – below is an excerpt…
The shouted-out vocals that start out “2,4,6,8†bode well for Clit 45. The style of punk music that hits listeners’ ears are quick and streetpunk influenced, with guitars that are influenced by the Bad Religion school of music. There are few times that individuals can breathe on this disc, and this is not because Clit 45 is obnoxious, but rather that the band kicks it into high gear whenever they…
It’s a weekend to celebrate! Enjoy your 4th of July with the latest music from our 49th Iconocastic Hip-Hop Podcast. Opening is iCON the Mic King with the latest track from his new Headphone Classics series. Next up is another track from DJ JS-1’s latest album, featuring special guests Chino XL, Sean Price, and Killah Priest. We keep on moving as we introduce D. Black to our podcast series, and…
Reel Big Fish Live! In Concert! will be released July 21 on Rock Ridge Music for a very fan-friendly price. The live concert DVD was filmed before a sold-out, hometown crowd at the Grove of Anaheim this past January and features 20 classic Reel Big Fish songs, as well as all of the hilarious in-between-song-banter-and-shenanigans that fans have come to expect. Reel Big Fish has also lined up another killer…
Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today revealed that Demon’s Soulsâ„¢, a groundbreaking action RPG experience for PLAYSTATION®3 system, is to become the newest entry in the Atlus Spoils fan appreciation program. In addition to the standard version of the game, which now features new North-American exclusive box art, there will also be a deluxe edition. For less than it costs to import the game, fans will receive a 150+ page strategy guide…