Note: I got this 7` free with Muddle #13. The Wicked Farleys are what i would guess is a emo band. I have never heard anything like this before. Note that that comment doesnt always mean that it is good, This song, Feel the Mores, goes too long without vocals, and it is boring and repitious. It gets annoying in the middle with the alarm sounding guitar. God i wish…
In a grand commemoration of the 50th Celebration of the GRAMMY® Awards, Shout! Factory and The Recording Academy®’s GRAMMY Recordings announce an electrifying 7-CD series encompassing GRAMMY winners from four of the legendary awards’ major genres. With a personal introduction written by 27-time GRAMMY winner and 50th Celebration Ambassador Quincy Jones, this series is a sumptuous ode to the biggest hits in music history and a must-have for music lovers…
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (PS3) / 2007 Sony / http://www.us.playstation.com/uncharted / Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune was developed by Naughty Dog Studios, the individuals that came up with Jak & Daxter, as well as Crash Bandicoot. One could logically guess that Naughty Dog would create a solid game with “Drake’s Fortuneâ€, and they do just that. The story behind “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune†is that you are Nathan Drake, a treasure hunter that is…
Art, if it’s done right, is not easily definable. You just know it when you see it. The boys in Sacramento-based Tera Melos know this, even if they have a hard time conveying it. “So you know Excite Bike, right?†asks bassist Nathan Latona when describing Drugs To The Dear Youth. “Did you ever stare at the screen so long that the track and the graphics invert so now you…
Whippersnapper-the long walk Released on Lobster Records in 1999, with 12 songs. Cost to me: free. The great follow-up to 1998’s “Americas Favorite Pastime”. After a change in lineup, Whippersnapper is back, with a tighter pop punk sound. The songs are extremely catchy and extremely well played. The guitar lines, as well as the bass, are killer. “The long walk” is a step up from “America’s Favorite Pastime”, both lyrically…
The three bands that were voted to take part in the Dew Circuit Breakout Finale live on MTV2 December 15th are…
Tomb Raider Anniversary (Wii) / 2007 Eidos / http://www.tombraider.com / http://www.eidos.com / Tomb Raider has been one of the most tenacious franchises in gaming history. Obviously, it does not have the lead time that a Mario Brothers has, but has remained a strong-selling force in video gaming for over a decade. The amount of systems with which you can play Tomb Raider Anniversary is large – individuals can stick the…
Fearless Music TV Performance Airs This Saturday At 12:30 AM / To Play Brooklyn’s Southpaw on Dec 20th “With the assistance of a large and stellar cast, including Sufjan Stevens and Beach Boys collaborator Van Dyke Parks alongside her usual group The Reasons, she’s assembled a bleakly delightful universe which combines, congruently enough, something of the vocal style of Rickie Lee Jones with the wearily witty lyrical sensibility of Tom…
5 songs, self released, 99 Pop punk from New England. Good riffs, not much audible bass, and decent drumming on this album. They are decent sounding pop punk that definitely has its roots in rock music as well. The lead singers voice is good, but almost annoying. It has an odd quality to it that is hard to place. the guitarist can pull off some really good solos. They have…
Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess (Xbox 360) / 2007 Square Enix / http://www.square-enix-usa / Final Fantasy XI has been around for a half decade now, and expansions such as “Wings of the Goddess†ensure that players will be locked in for years to come. The game play and additions brought the Final Fantasy XI series by “Wings of the Goddess†will ensure that the 500,000 subscribers of the…
Columbia Records will release “Back Country,” the first official live concert recording from the platinum certified and Grammy nominated singer/songwriter John Ondrasik and his band Five For Fighting, on Tuesday, November 6. “Back Country” — the first new release from Five For Fighting since the group’s last album, “Two Lights,” entered the Billboard Top 200 at #8 in August 2006 — will be available in three physical configurations: a DVD,…
This was released in 1995, was out on Mayhem/Futurist, and has 13 songs by this 4 piece band.This is not alt all what i expected from Mayhem and Fierce, which are two cool metal labels.Warrior Soul sounds like Monster Magnet meeting White Zombie meeting Godsmack. All of the pieces in the band are mediocre, and they don’t stand out in any way.The vocalist has a pseudo-70s Brit punk feel to…
Uncovered at Austrian customs, the PRE / AIDS WOLF “Live Dates” bootleg 7″ single has been seized by Skin Graft Records for lawful distribution worldwide. Originating in Russia by the rogue record label SINRAFT Records, this vinyl record includes unauthorized live recordings of Montreal’s AIDS WOLF and London’s PRE, packaged in a full color 8 page calendar of compromising band photos.
Orcs & Elves (Nintendo DS) / 2007 EA / http://www.orcsandelves.com / http://www.ea.com / For me, ID entertainment will forever be the firm that created Quake. However, with the advent of games like Orcs & Elves, I may have to start changing my perception about what ID does in the gaming world. It has seemed to me in the past that a number of the RPGs that are brought over to…
These Are Powers’ music is composed spontaneously through improvisation and collaboration. Focusing on tight, cyclical, incrementally shifting grooves smeared with spectral guitar and banshee vocals – rather than the general entropy favored by many improvising units – the band upends traditional stylistic expectations of acts operating within the noise-punk continuum. The recent addition of Bill Salas [aka Brenmar] allows Anna Barie and Pat Noecker to further develop their concept of…
8 songs, self released in 1999. They are great, fast pop; punk with catchy hooks and excellent audible bass playing. Although they are pop punk, they avoid the pitfalls that most pop punk bands fall into, like to glossy of a sound, or writing songs for MTV .The vocalist sounds like the singer of NOfx and the singer from the living end. They are a band that has some serious…
Matt Pond PA – Last Light / 2007 Altitude / 13 Tracks / http://www.mattpondpa.com / http://www.altituderecords.com / I can’t believe that Matt Pond PA has been around for practically ten years. Well, after listening to “Last Lightâ€, I can, but still. “The title (and opening track) shows exactly mature Matt Pond PA is. The atmospheric sound of the alt-rock that the band plays has comparisons ready-made to acts like Modest…
Hot Chip has released “I Became A Volunteer” to the internet-going masses. However, this song is exclusive, and it will only be available for download on their site for a short amount of time. To get this solid track, sign up at hot-chip/downloads/sep07/ for a free MP3 of “I became a volunteer”. Hot Chip says that the track was on “Myspace a while back but won’t be on the new…
This shit is plain bad. I don’t think i have heard this level of crap for a long time. This sampler was produced by once great Danzig and Slayer producer, Rick Rubin, but it seems like as Rick has grown older his taste in music has degraded. This 2 song tape sounds like a bunch of losers trying to emulate psuedo-industrial moron Trent Reznor`s band, Nine Inch Nails. My advise…