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…
The Concert Will be Broadcast Worldwide on November 22nd at 3pm EST; Viewers will be Given the Opportunity to Co-host From Their Home TEL-AVIV, Israel, November 19/PRNewswire/ — BlogTV.com, a revolutionary UGC website that enables anyone with a Webcam, DV cam or 3G phone to create their own show and broadcast it LIVE online, will be streaming (http://www.blogtv.com/Shows/24583 ) a LIVE Infected Mushroom concert straight from Tel Aviv on November…
Goldtoes – The Gold Rush / 2007 Self / 14 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/blacknbrown Goldtoes is the individual that is associated with Thizz Latin, the CEO of the firm. The first track on “The Gold Rush†is “Blow Itâ€, and it brings all of the energy and style that any current rapper has. There is not much of a commonality to specific rappers out currently, but Goldtoes provides individuals with something…
In support of their latest self-titled release, the New Rivals are touring non-stop into 2008. Below are tourdates they have lined up with Stiff Little Fingers and with The Lemonheads. Also they’ve released a video for “Mudslinging†check it out
8 song release in 1998 on Golden Garbage Can Records. Light hair rock from these guys from London Ontario. They sound like Poison, Scorpions, Motley Crue, and Warrant, complete with some great wank-o-rama guitar solos and excellent guitar lines.Syre has a great sound that should have been in 19898. The vocalist at times sounds like Bret from poison, and at other times sounds like the lead singer of the Scorpions.”Hard…
U.S. troops overseas and veterans here at home will get an early “present in their holiday stocking†as Mannheim Steamroller, along with their fans and the VFW Foundation partner for a week-long promotion to bring America’s favorite Christmas music to military service members and their families. To celebrate Thanksgiving and the approaching holiday season, beginning Monday, Nov. 19 running through Sunday, Nov. 25, for every purchase of the new holiday…
Chris Rice – What a Heart is Beating For / 2007 Sony / 11 Tracks / http://www.chrisrice.com / http://www.sony.com / When I still was seriously into Christian music, Chris Rice was an individual that I encountered. I was not too familiar with eir work, but I heard a few tracks here and there that I like. “What a Heart is Beating For†starts off with “So Much For My Sad…
Fresh from their blistering performance at CMJ, The Hard Lessons (Augie, Ko Ko and The Anvil) sign with Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Quack!Media. Tossing away the rule book on the conventional regimen of selling records, The Hard Lessons and Quack!Media are taking an unsullied approach to their upcoming release.
Ahh….the ever popular poser band The Suicide Machines. I know i am going to piss off the legions of their fans, but i thought TSM are mediocre punk that just to get famous, put horns in their band. All their songs start off good, but then it just goes into bad 3rd wave ska. The only indication that i have heard that TSM are good are 2 songs, one off…
We are seriously thrilled to announce the addition of Bon Iver to the Jagjaguwar family. In early 2008 Jagjaguwar will properly release the debut full-length “For Emma, Forever Ago” that has been making major waves in critics circles based on the strength of an early artist-pressed advance cd and a couple awe-inspiring sets at CMJ a few weeks back. The New York Times called it “irresistible” and Pitchfork stamped its…
She Wants Revenge – This Is Forever / 2007 Universal / 13 Tracks / http://www.shewantsrevenge.com / http://www.universalrepublic.com / You know, I don’t remember She Wants Revenge charting in 2005 and 2006, and apparently they did for “Tear You Apart†and “These Thingsâ€, hitting #5 and #22 on the U.S. Modern Rock charts. “True Romance†is one of the singles off of the track, and it shows She Wants Romance as…
Heading into their eighth year of broadcasting cutting edge music, pioneering web radio/art collective DUBLAB is marking this November their “Infinity” Anniversary with the unveiling a freshly redesigned & greatly expanded website, the launch of their fundraiser campaign, and the announcement that they are going non-profit. Things kick off this week with the Proton Drive starting this Monday, the completion of the DUBLAB’s new site, and Wednesday’s Echo Expansion show…
This band I know since my dad works with one of the guys in it. I was blown away the first time i heard it. This band is seriously good and very heavy. This music is throw you on your ass and kick you in the nuts metal. I like this band a lot. I give this tape an 8 out of a 10 since they totally kick ass. Track…