Individuals that have had their ear to the ground in independent music during the last decade will be familiar with the name Julie Moffitt. Moffitt released her first album in 1995 (Labyrinth), and sporadically released follow-up efforts in 2001 (dancerdemonloveranswer) and 2002 (Yules). “Cover to Cover” represents Moffitt’s fourth release, a blend of Moffitt’s interpretations of the songs that have molded her into the performer that she is today, along…
Eastern Conference Champions – Home Away EP / 2007 Suretone / 4 Tracks / http://www.eccmusic.com / http://www.suretone.com / It has been a few years since we last reviewed the Eastern Conference Champions, and the “Home Away†EP marks the first tracks off of their “Ameritown†album. The vocals that stop off “The Box†have a lot in common with a Dave Matthews, while the rock created by the rest of…
When I turned sixteen, Mark Mansfield threw a party for me at his parents’ house in the Hollywood Hills and my band was all set to play. For my birthday, my girlfriend, Melissa, gave me a gram of coke and that night I learned a valuable lesson: I do not like to combine cocaine and guitar. I did a few lines just before we went on and I could hardly…
This is a 12 song CD, released on Popular Records in 1996 by this 5 piece band. All but one of these songs are over 4 minutes long. Odd style of hard rock in the blues vein (read: Bryan Adams and Lynard Skynard) but more musical. Great guitar riffs combine with a gruff voice to make a rough sounding set of songs. The songs are very well written and very…
Seattle’s The Protocol are back with a diverse sophomore release called Recess out on Parlor Records. Recess is a journey through the indie pop, pop punk and pop rock genres and first release for Parlor Records, the upstart indie label also based out of wonderful city of Seattle.
Fuzz is excited to announce the creation of the first of its kind 3D commercial application on the internet for music sharing and discovery- the Fuzz Mixtape. Capturing the nostalgic feel of passing around cassettes until the tape wore thin, the Mixtape allows anyone- fans, artists, labels- to distribute their own personalized creations to the masses. The streaming Mixtapes are featured on Fuzz.com with a widget available for placement across…
This Holiday Life – The Beginning of the End of the World / 2007 Self / 10 Tracks / http://www.thisholidaylife.com / This Holiday Life start out their “The Beginning of the End of the World†with “A Yes, Not A Noâ€. During “A Yes, Not A Noâ€, This Holiday Life show that they are consummate professionals, creating a style of music that is simultaneously catchy and intricate. The band puts…
Industry pioneers LAMB OF GOD have crossed the line… literally. The Grammy-nominated metal band are breaking down the smoke and mirrors and allowing – for the first time in music history – fans and professionals alike the revolutionary opportunity to produce and/or remix the entire Sacrament audio CD. All of the studio audio tracks (guitar, vocals, drums & bass) from the entire Sacrament album have been isolated, separated and prepared…
GEA is the seventh album by singer-songwriter-guitarist-poet-painter-dancer Mia Doi Todd. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, CA, self-produced in collaboration with Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and is being released March 4, 2008 on City Zen Records in North America and Kindred Spirits abroad.
I don’t know what to classify this. I’m guessing indy rock, because its slower and more pop-like then punk. This album is OK, and it doesn’t do anything for me. It wouldn’t make me mosh, but its not bad either. I don’t know what band they sound like.This album gets a 6.5/10. The Infamous Hamburger Transfer, as well as all Trunk Federation albums, are out on Alias Records (http://www.aliasrecords.com)
Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow will release her sixth studio album, Detours, on February 5, 2008. The album marks the return of producer Bill Bottrell, who previously worked with Crow on her breakthrough debut album Tuesday Night Music Club, which earned the singer three Grammy Awards, and sold more than ten million copies worldwide.
“How a band that’s only been around for two years manages to sound this assured I don’t know, but Coronation Thieves remains a brave and thrilling debut — if not one of 2007’s best albums, then at least its greatest discovery†9.0/10 – Prefixmag.com
One World – Share My Love / 2007 Sunstone / 15 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/oneworldband / http://www.sunstonerecords.com / One World is an act that can easily move from a niche genre into something that will be accepted and appreciated by a wide swath of popular music listeners. “Julia†is a slower track that makes individuals recall an earlier Latin style. The shuffling arrangements present during this track keep the track fresh…
â€when I was a kid all I did was listen to music,†says, front man of Brit Pop Punk Band Switches. “… I started playing and writing songs when I was four or five. At that age I only knew two chords so it was mainly Bolan rip-offs. I used to be fascinated with multi-tracking. I had this Fisher Price tape recorder and my moms reel to reel and I…
This is an 11 song tape, and it was self released. They tout themselves as New York Cities oldest noise band. They are more of an industrial band then a noise band, because noise bands are usually just random noise, while industrial bands have some harmony, and Teenmilk has a little bit. Teenmilk has brutal-sounding riffs, definitely drawing parallels to bands like Overkill and Exodus.This is hate-indsutrial music, in which…
Hailing from Philadelphia, Man Man are an astonishingly original quintet who have found the perfect berth for their gypsy-swamp-rock-carny-soul sound at the equally singular Anti- Records, home to other such illustrious iconoclasts as Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Neko Case.
The Hanslick Rebellion – The Deli of Life / 2007 Eschatone / 6 Tracks / http://www.eschatone.com/albums/ESC011/ / “You Are Boring The Shit Out of Me†Is that stand-out track during “The Rebellion Is Hereâ€. The song starts out with an instrumental interlude that will slowly worm its way into each listener’s head. The track, which deals with the banality of office work, has hints of System of a Down and…
The Silver Seas – High Society / 2005 Cheap Lullaby / 11 Tracks / http://www.beesmusic.com / Two years of distance between when this album came out and when it was originally recorded does not even put a minute layer of dust on the compositions that The Silver Seas (formerly The Bees) put together on their “High Societyâ€. Daniel, Jason, John, and David are able to craft a style that is…
Nearly 14 years to the day of the filming of Nirvana’s landmark “MTV Unplugged†performance, that raw, revealing and emotionally gripping acoustic concert previously seen only on television will be available for the first time on DVD. Unplugged In New York (Geffen/MTV Networks/UMe) will be released on November 20, 2007 and will feature the complete, unedited 66-minute concert including “Something In The Way†and “Oh Me†not aired during the…
This tape is a 10 song complication from 1989, covering Tankards career from 1986-1989. This, as with most good metal albums, is on Noise/Futurist records. They were a German metal band, and their fan club can be reached at: Jochen Graf: Po Box 55 02 62, 6000 Frankfurt #55. the vocals are all delivered by Screaming, and they sound like Metallica, Exodus, Pantera, Megadeth, Autopsy, and Coroner. They had 4…