It is always sad when someone dies, and while I had no real connection to Elliot Smith’s music, I can honestly say I felt bad when ey died. We can only assume that Chistopher O’Riley felt the same way; I mean, why else devote an entire album of piano-lead instrumental covers of eir music if not for that? At some point, the emotive style of O’Riley’s composition sound like those…
There is a strong connection between an electronic and a rock style fostered during the initial offering by Voice in the Dark, “Can You Believe”. With a driving beat and compelling vocals, there is a world of wonder present here. “Stop” has a slower tempo, allowing for a different side of Voice in the Dark to be shown.
Coming off the heels of “From The Top,” both the first single from the Mello Music Group compilation, Helpless Dreamer, as well as Stik’s own Oddisee produced EP, From The Top, fans are treated to an in depth look at the city that Stik Figa calls home. In this mini-documentary the emcee’s lively personality shines bright through a series of personal interviews in which he touches on subjects ranging from…
This is an album of piano-led Radiohead covers; I couldn’t say I was enthusiastic about reviewing this before I stuck the disc into my player, but O’Riley turns tracks that were originally the height of pretension into nuanced and emotion-filled tracks. The impressive thing about “Hold Me To This” is O’Riley’s ability to maintain relevance over some of the longer tracks (Cuttooth, Talk Radio Host) without anything more than eir…
Originally released for Black Friday/Record Store Day, and now available on the Daptone Super Soul Super Store: http://daptonerecords.11spot.com/index.php?fuseaction=item_cat.ecom_superitem_detail&item_cat_id=5643 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “I Learned the Hard Way” album now available as a LIMITED EDITION BOX SET on all 7″ vinyl. This set features all twelve of the album cuts from the latest smash release on ELEVEN 45’s including TEN BONUS TRACKS. It includes sought after INSTRUMENTAL MIXES of 8…
Hot on the heels of “From The Top,” the Oddisee/Stik Figa collaborative single off the recently released Helpless Dreamer compilation album, Mello Music Group has announced the titular track “Helpless Dreamer” as the latest single to show off their talented roster. This time with Apollo Brown, whose own group album from The Left is enjoying high acclaim, on production, affiliate emcees Roc Marciano, X.O. (of Diamond District) and Tranqill offer…
Beloved country music icon Collin Raye has announced the release of his latest single, “Undefeated,” which is available exclusively at iTunes. Written by Collin and his daughter Britanny, and produced by four-time SESAC Writer of the Year Regie Hamm (Lonestar, David Cook, Clay Aiken), “Undefeated” marks a new chapter in Collin’s storied career. “The past year has been a trying time for my family, but my faith has carried me…
The high-flying rock aerobatics that Oranger pulls off during the title track for this album has the band split up figuratively for increasing returns – there are at least two different levels that the band plays at during this track, and through their success in this field, individuals already know that the band is serious. Where Weezer have been stealin Steve Miller Band’s guitar riffs for the last few years,…
Listenable Records is pleased to announce the signing of Dutch thrash/death metal band IZEGRIM! Immediately after the release of 2009’s Point Of No Return, Izegrim started writing/composing their new album. Their mission was to create the most versitale, riff-packed, in-your-face-sounding record in the history of Izegrim. After more than one year of working as hard as they ever did, they’ve accomplished their objectives. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jörg Uken…
With ‘Wordplay for Working Bees’ Lucy creates a blueprint, not just the departure point for the full length format according to Stroboscopic Artefacts, but he also lays down new possibilities for the techno album. Refusing the obvious 4/4 route, Lucy traverses the widest possibilities of electronic music. ‘Wordplay for Working Bees’ encompasses IDM that leans towards drone, puckering, dub-filled techno and ambient in its most oblique forms. The beloved character…
The mixture of Busted and Rancid makes the opening of Orange’s disc interesting to say the least. Pop-punk mixes with the traditional Epitaph sound to make something that has a few shreds of musical credibility mixed in with the required punk rawk cred. Simply wanting to go and use brain-dead rhymes tied with the snotty faux-British accent of Tim Armstrong may be enough to make tracks that have a catchy…
Moscow Ballet debuts principal dancer Alexandra Elagina and partner Anatolie Ustimov on the east coast tour of the Great Russian Nutcracker. Alexandra Elagina, considered to be an up and coming ballerina, is a soloist at Tatar’s Jalil State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet, home to one of the best troupes performing in Russia today. Anatolie Ustimov danced with Moscow Ballet’s 2009 tour and returns this year in the lead…
“Gone” is the opening track for The Oohlas on “Best Stop Pop”, and the band immediately begins to create a diverse sound for themselves. There are a number of different styles that the band sticks into this first track, but perhaps the most present during “Gone” has to be an early-nineties brand of alt rock that has more than its fair share of later, Radiohead influence. The fact that different…
A true gem from the heavy metal underground! QUICKSAND DREAM was a treasured obscurity even during its original active period in Sweden during the early 1990s. In 1996, the core duo of Göran Jacobson and Patrick Backlund reconvened to record the ambitious and imaginative Aelin concept album. Upon its completion in 1999, the album was only circulated among friends and has remained largely unheard and unknown until now. With sophisticated…
Abyss Records is pleased to announce that Swedish doom/death metal act THE GARDNERZ has joined the label’s ever-growing roster. Plans are in place to release the band’s debut, The System Of Nature, in early 2011. For more on THE GARDNERZ visit the following locations: www.thegardnerz.com www.reverbnation.com/thegarnderz
Brooklyn darlings Elizabeth & the Catapult announce East Coast dates supporting their sophomore effort The Other Side of Zero – out now via Verve Forecast. Elizabeth & the Catapult sat down for a chat and played a very special, intimate session at Rockwood Music Hall with Baeble Music. Watch here for a preview of their new songs live. More music and tour dates below! Elizabeth & the Catapult East Coast…
Imagine a mixture of White Zombie and Hatebreed and one can get an idea about how Maine’s On the Outside sounds on “Tragic Endings”. A screamed-out set of vocals dominates all facets of On the Outside, but there are minor amounts of variations on Kyle’s vocals that keep things at least somewhat interesting. The meshing of hardcore and metal is a marked step away from most of the hardcore acts…
CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC have reached an agreement with Pennsylvania’s ARGUS for the release of their new album entitled Boldly Strides The Doomed. ARGUS was formed in 2007 and features Bruce Balich of Penance fame on vocals. They released their self-titled debut album on Shadow Kingdom records in 2009, which was greeted warmly by the metal press immediately, Decibel Magazine describing them as “…a chest-thumping display of epic heavy metal…
This may only be the second album that Only Crime has released together as a band, but members of the band have been in other bands, releasing a number of album before taking on the Only Crime name. Specifically, members of Only Crime came from the seminal punk band Good Riddance, along with members from the lesser-known act Bane and the smaller band Hagfish. “Everything For You” has a typical…
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