Month: March 2015

Posted on: March 10, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Animation Association Interview

Across the Sea is your debut album. What story does it tell? It’s a story about a lot of things, really. Most clearly it’s about being young and losing your first love. The stuff I was writing about, I had been in a relationship for 3 years and then I moved away from home and we broke up and I just felt like my whole world was falling apart.

Posted on: March 10, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

CommonUnion59 Heartbeat Serenade CD Review

CommonUnion59’s Heartbeat Serenade begins with It’s Alright. The track does well in providing a proper introduction for fans, all while the act holds a number of cards close to their chest. There is a dynamic that is created between the two sets of vocals that stand separately from most music played on the radio, while the set of influences that can be discerned during this track ranges the gamut from…

Posted on: March 10, 2015 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Judas Priest – Defenders of the Faith: 30th Anniversary Edition

In the long, sometimes rocky, but almost always impressive career of Judas Priest, there are a handful of albums that stand out from their 20-plus releases that are considered by any sensible group as “Classics”: 1978’s Stained Class, 1979’s Hell Bent for Leather and 1980’s British Steel. Often left off that list though is the equally impressive Defenders of Faith, the band’s ninth studio album.

Posted on: March 10, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Ian C. Bouras Two Sides to Every Sunset CD Review

Ian C. Bouras has released his latest album, Two Sides to Every Sunset. The six tracks that comprise Bouras’ latest effort will take listeners on a journey through new age, reggae, rock, and electronic genres over the space of a half-hour. The album begins with The Light That Swims in the Darkness (A Bird’s Tale), a track that crams in a number of twists and turns over the course of…

Posted on: March 8, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

FUEL+ 6000mAh Rechargable Battery

This is an idiot-proof battery. Patriot has made the process from initial opening to charging an easy one. There are so few ways for things to go awry that the FUEL+ line should be purchase for anyone that requires additional charge for the day. There are two ports a 1 and 2.5 A port to allow for a more nuanced method of charging.

Posted on: March 7, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 1

Old Ruffian

Great Divide’s Old Ruffian pours a rich mahogany that possesses a full, off-white to tannish head; this head seemingly grows larger as the beer approaches room temperature. The beer has a similarly dense collection of flavors comprising the nose, with notes of sugar, spice, and a wee bit of malt all poking through. Where traditional offerings in the barleywine style can be overwhelmingly sweet, Old Ruffian’s considerable hop presence creates…

Posted on: March 6, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Hollow Ground – Hollow Ground EP Review

Hollow Ground creates some sick and funky riffs with the introductory salvo from their new EP. This sound builds off of the work of acts like Alice in Chains and Corrosion of Conformity, with the tremenedous arrangements that comprise the album tattooing themselves deep into the psyche of anyone listening in. The anguished vocals that kick in after the first minute of A Way Forward provide additional credence for the legitimacy…

Posted on: March 6, 2015 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Daniele Pecorelli Interview

Hello, Daniele. You have a new EP that is coming out, DarkStar. What significance does the single hold for you? The album DarkStar EP is the extension of Sonometrìe, the album previously published. The two works are both accrued from performances for the show of Sonometrìe. A work of interaction between dance, sound and polyphonic singing. Where the tradition of ancient music and dance was reworked into contemporary forms. With…

Posted on: March 6, 2015 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Texas – 25 (CD)

The Scottish pop band with the American name is yet another example of a great band that does remarkably well across the globe, with the exception of here. Despite some decent attempts over the past two decades, of the band’s eight records, only one (their 1989 debut, Southside) showed up on the U.S. sales charts, only reaching #88 before disappearing.