The amount of depth that the Criterion Collection gets in regard to cinema is amazing. Raffaello Matarazzo had a tremendous career that ran for thirty years (1933 to 1964), but eir name has to now been largely forgotten. This collector’s set includes four films: Chains, Tormento, Nobody’s Children, and The White Angel. The video transfer for each of these black and white films is simply stunning, while the stories that…
Platinum Hit: The Winning Songs Live Tracklisting: 01. My City (Live) (Nick Nittoli, Jes Hudak, Karen Waldrup) 02. Paint This Club (Live) (Nick Nittoli, Sonyae Elise, Scotty Granger, Melissa Rapp) 03. Where I Need To Be (Live) (Johnny Marnell, Brian Judah, Scotty Granger) 04. Walk Through Walls (Live) (Johnny Marnell, Scotty Granger, Jes Hudak) 05. Love Me To Life (Live) (Scotty Granger, Sonyae Elise, Brian Judah) Platinum Hit , which…
The cover of this album does not give any good clues to what will await listeners. “My Life After Death Pt. 1” only furthers this dilemma. There is a cohesive band playing something that is rock in nature, but what really awaits listeners? The band could easily move into rock, emo, or punk; what eventually comes to light is that Roman Numerals play a very time-tested brand of pop-infused rock.…
Bullet Tooth is proud to announce a new Kid Liberty EP titled “Give Up. Give In.” to be released July 12, 2011. The band just wrapped up production with producer Geoff Rockwell (Memphis May Fire, Forever The Sickest Kids) and have 4 songs that will be available on the EP: 1) Give Me Alan Or Give Me Death 2) Fuck You ( Cee Lo Green) 3) The Situation (Acoustic) 4)…
Ron Pope spent a few years in The District, and is quickly gaining notoriety among a wide selection of listeners; eir music was present on So You Think You Can Dance, and the iTunes sales of eir singles have been brisk throughout all of 2010 and the beginning of 2011. “Whatever It Takes” is eir latest album, released on Hard Six Records. The album starts out with “If You Were…
Wow, I had heard of Roger Miret but never really heard eir – apparently ey was the former lead singer of Agnostic Front, and yet I can hear what ey is singing. Simply fucking fantabulous! This even sounds like a mixture of the Street Dogs and LES Stitches, so RMatD have two things going for them before their first song, “Loud and Proud” ends. “Riot, Riot, Riot” gains its immense…
Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, who has proven to be an up-and-coming vocal and dramatic draw on both sides of the Atlantic, looks forward to capping his season with a high-profile European summer schedule. He returns to the U.K.’s Glyndebourne Festival to make his role debut as Argante in Handel’s Rinaldo (July 2 – Aug 22), as well as appearing in the same production at London’s world-famous BBC Proms festival on…
Jeff Ott had Fifteen. Conor Oberst had Bright Eyes and Desparecidos. Rocky Votolato chooses it to go more along Lifted-Era Bright Eyes, and have a number of individuals back him while he strums along on a guitar. The angsty vocals of Conor can be heard in tracks like “Death-Right”, while hints of Justin Sane’s solo work really seems similar politically (from discussing suicide bombers in “Automatic Rifle” to the Union…
With all the coverage that we give to supplements, it begins to slip our mind that there are a number of great videos released every month. Furthermore, there are some solid videos that focus on individual-level health. Kickstart Your Health, a video produced by Detroit’s DPTV and hosted by Dr. Neal Barnard, is one of the best ones that we have seen. This hour-long video gives viewers a three-week plan…
Fresh from playing the ultimate house concert of the year, The White House, Aimee Mann returns to the road for a string of West Coast tour dates in August. Kicking off her tour at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano on August 12th, Aimee will make a stop at the Hollywood Bowl to perform in Joni’s Jazz, alongside Herbie Hancock, Clen Hansard, Chaka Khan, Cassandra Wilson and Wayne Shorter…
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New York, New York – Escape to New York, an art, music and interactive performance party from the creator of the Secret Garden Party UK, will be bringing extraordinary and sensory captivating pop up art installations to the festival experience this summer. The installations, curated by Winkel & Balktick, will be sprinkled throughout the festival grounds, popping up throughout the three day and night event, and range from visually beautiful…
It took me some getting used to the fact that BioPharma’s Nano EPA was not in pills. However, my fears were quashed the first time that I took the Nano EPA DHA; the flavor is a dead-on recreation of Lemon Meringue pie. By using one teaspoon of the Nano EPA DHA, individuals will be providing their body with a tremendous amount of nutrients. The way in which BioPharma processes their…
“Paralyzed” opens up “Are You Nervous?” and the dance-punk played by Rock Kills Kid is something that is often replicated but never duplicated. This is the next step beyond Franz Ferdinand, as there are the angular arrangements present throughout this album. However, this angular sound is not the only thing that fuels the album, as the soulful vocals look back to the days of Duran Duran while the fullness of…
Born of three musicians who crossed paths in music school in Los Angeles, EINVERA deliver a high-paced multi-instrumental explosion of technical metal born under the influence of nontraditional American folk music. After months of crafting original material together, the band finalized and recorded early in 2011, the recording sessions resulting in the 33-minute-long, eclectic, energetic, eight-song, full-length dubbed In Your Image, recently self-released by the core members of EINVERA themselves.…
The biggest problem that I have had with energy chews in the past is that many cannot divorce themselves from a vitamin-heavy flavor. No matter which flavor one gets, they cannot taste this vitamin flavor in FRS Energy Chews. While we are reviewing their orange flavor, the company produces a wide array of others – Lemon Lime, Pomegranate Blueberry and Pineapple Mango. We used FRS Energy Chews in a much…
Built To Last is another Rock N Roll Purgatory band that has been tremendously influenced by the rockabilly movement. This influence is shown in the very distinctive, upright-soudning bass lines of “Monster Truck” and “The Best”. Lead vocalist Phil creates the distinctive vocals, a mixture of Tiger Army, Nekromantix, The Misfits and even Reel Big Fish. In an odd change from the norm, Rocket 350 really has the bass filling…
Quite possibly the Southern Hemisphere’s best kept secret, Clubfeet is ready to announce their arrival to the world. It is the holy union of five sons of Melbourne, Australia and Cape Town, South Africa. Together, they create music that sounds like a daydream feels – ethereal, intoxicating and infinitely carefree. It is truly sublime, heart melting indie-pop. “Edge of Extremes” is the very first single from their new Gold on…
This is the Vanguard debut of Diane Schuur, and I feel that this shift in record labels is precisely what ey needed. While 2008’s “Some Other Time” (Concord) was typical Schuur, “Gathering” is the next evolutionary step forward. This renewed take on life is easily heard during “Gathering”, which will undoubtedly impress in regards to the intricate arrangements and tremendous vocal delivery that are commonplace here. The array of tracks…
The Rocket Summer sounds about as emo as you can get with their opening track “Move To The Other Side of the Block”, being essentially a Jadisonotes track: a piano with a melo-dramatic set of vocals (laid down by Bryce. What is impressiver about The Rocket Summer is the fact that Bryce does practically everything on the disc, including writing, arranging, singing, and playing on all the track – perhaps…