Silent Star begins with The New Day, a somber and serene track that sails on the waves of Koch’s immaculate piano playing. No vocals are needed to make this track properly soar – there is a narrative that weaves itself through all facets of this track. Softly Awakening continues many of the same trends that were originally created in The New Day, but Koch twists the overall sound to play…
Nantucket Brand is a company that has only been around for a few years (formed in 2005), but the sort of quality that they operate under has made them into a force to be reckoned with in clothing. We received one of Nantucket Brand’s shirts – the Women’s Cashmere Blend Henley Sweater – for review a few weeks ago. After familiarizing ourselves with the wear and overall feel of the…
Economy, the new album by singer/songwriter John Mark McMillan, is available digitally today, November 1st. The album will be made available physically on Tuesday, November 8th via Integrity Music/RED. The album’s first single “Sheet of Night”, has also just been released. John Mark says “‘Sheet of Night’ is about people who are grasping at the notion that we can be a part of something that stands above the terminally broken…
When I do hard workout days, particularly those that employ my legs, I find myself in absolute agony for the next few days. While I usually can make it to my next workout, there have been some times in the past where I have ghad to scrub a day just based on the muscle and joint pain that I am dealing with. However, NRG-X Labs have had to deal with…
After a fifteen year hiatus, the “classic line up” of Guided By Voices finished off its year-long reunion tour by recording an album of 21 new songs, making a deliberate effort to return to what bandleader Robert Pollard calls the “semi-collegial” approach of iconic GBV albums like Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes. Let’s Go Eat The Factory is some kind of return to form: sprawling, variegated, and yet still recognizably…
I have no idea how they keep doing it, but spirits manufacturers are able to key in to a specific set of flavors and impeccably create a spirit that tastes like it should. Hiram Walker has made a Caramel Apple Liqueur that fits into this perfectly. At 15% ABV, one should not be afraid that a few shots will put them under the table. Keeping some alcohol burn to the…
Glorious Dystopia, Great Scott’s newest release on Muti Music, is a display of how far the producer has come as much as it is an emotional reflection of humanity and our surroundings. “Dystopia Movement 1 & 2” are so beautiful that they rip your heart wide open with emotion, as the release otherwise ranges from the intense and even edgy. Always flowing, the eight track EP is sprinkled with big…
Majesco Entertainment, an innovative provider of video games for the casual market, announced today that its full-body motion game, TWISTER™ Mania, exclusively on Kinect™ for Xbox 360®, is available now, just in time for the holidays. Majesco Entertainment has teamed up with Hasbro™, one of the largest toy companies in the world, to add a digital twist to one of Hasbro’s premier brands that is a worldwide phenomenon in over…
The amount of different styles that The Fairchilds place on Our Revolution is simply stunning; the constituent band members are talented enough that they are able to create a unique and compelling sound that reaches through the majority of tracks on this album. Our Revolution begins with I Need You, a tremendously emotional track that pits vocals against instrumentation; with this antagonistic relationship, the resulting effort is pushed to the…
