HORSE the Band recently filmed a video for the powerhouse new song “New York City†with director Roboshobo (Mastodon, The Blood Brothers, Poison The Well). The vocalist for HORSE the Band, Nathan, had this to say about the song and the video:“If ‘A Natural Death’ is about the vast scope of nature from the horror of birth to the beauty of death then ‘New York City’ is a song about…
Charles Mingus Sextet With Eric Dolphy – Cornell 1964 / 2007 Blue Note / 9 Tracks / http://www.bluenote.com / I am not the most well versed individual when it comes to blues and jazz music. As one can glean from the artists present in the title of this disc (Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy), this is a jazz album. The fifties and sixties were an interesting time for jazz music,…
We are Northern State. We are pleased to announce that our new album “Can I Keep This Pen?” will be released on Ipecac Recordings this August ’07. We’ve been friends for a very long time. Our names are Spero, Hesta Prynn and Sprout. We grew up together in deep suburban Long Island and found ourselves living in NYC after college. We have always shared a love of music, and we…
Young Stunna – The Best of Me / 2007 RJM / 19 Tracks / http://www.rjmrecords.com / There are a number of independent rappers that are trying to ply their trade in the current perio.d So many of them suck that it means finding a halfway decent rapper is a shore in and of itself. Many times, there are a few strong tracks on a disc and about ten times the…
“Four Beatles-headed psych-nerds with a taste for razor-sharp snake rock. ‘I’m 20 years old and… I may not live to see 21’, screams maniac John on ‘Tomahawk’, the deadly soundtrack to a fit of square-scalping.” – NME
Fast Computers – Heart Geometry / 2007 Self / 11 Tracks / http://www.thefastcomputers.com / The synth lines that start out “Sweden Hasn’t Changed, You Have†will undoubtedly remind individuals of The Psychedelic Furs. The fact that the book has pictures from a library further gives individuals an eighties type of feel. The band shifts things up enough that it does not last; a song like “How Many Times†brings Fast…
Summer Music Festivals! Gotta love them! Especially when windy city avant-pop combo Chin Up Chin Up are performing. That is right, Chin Up Chin Up will be performing at this years Lollapalooza on Friday Aug 3, 2007 @ 1PM CT on the Citistage. The tracks off the bands 2006 critically acclaimed release “This Harness CanÂ’t Ride Anything” are a joyful mix of shifting dynamics, stuttering riffs, and buoyant arrangements all…
Chris Letcher – Frieze / 2007 2Feet / 15 Tracks / http://www.sheergroup.com / http://www.2feetmusic.com / The opening to “Frieze†starts off slowly with what sounds like a movie quote opening up “Deep Friezeâ€. However, it is the poppy style of indie rock that Letcher plays that immediately saves this album. There are more than passing comparisons to individuals like Matthew Sweet on “Deep Friezeâ€, and while the Avalanches meets Kid…
Mondo Generator has announced the dates for the upcoming “What Is Rock†tour with Turbonegro. The tour will kick off in September and go through the middle of October.
Buildings Breeding – S/T / 2007 Mushpot / 12 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/buildingsbredding / http://www.mushpotrecords.com / Buildings Breeding play a dreamy type of indie cum pop rock music that will bring individuals back to the shoegazer genre present in the early to middle nineties. The use of clapping during the opening track “Stacking Up Reasons†further closes the sound in on the band, to make it seem as if the band…
