1999, Released independently, and it has 17 songs from Cantons hometown heroes that might be playing at cool and phat august 20th. Pop punk in the style of the Tirekickers, Rancid, and Smash mouth. These guys are one of the biggest bands in Northern Ohio, and should be more popular. The songs on this disc were written from 95-99 and most (8) of the songs are 2:10 to 2:23 long.…
WIDELY ACCLAIMED SINGER-SONGWRITER MINDY SMITH ADDS HER GRACEFUL TOUCH TO THE YULETIDE SEASON ON ‘MY HOLIDAY’ CD FEATURES SIX ORIGINALS AND FIVE CHRISTMAS CLASSICS INCLUDING GUEST APPEARANCE BY ALISON KRAUSS “Smith is a deft songwriter straddling folk, country and pop, with a lovely girl-woman soprano that feels like cotton sheeting after a bath.” – ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY “Smith’s best songs sound like little miracles.” – USA TODAY (Los Angeles, CA) –…
Digby – What’s Not Plastic / 2007 Toucan Cove / 6 Tracks / http;//www.digbyonline.com / http://www.toucancove.com / Digby start out “What’s Not Plastic†with a brand of rock that links together middle to late nineties rock with a little bit of Our Lady Peace to create something that can speak equally well to the past and present rock fan. The production is solid, and while there is a lot of…
The Trolleyvox’s new release on the Philadelphia-based Transit of Venus label is a two album set that is comprised of Your Secret Safe , a full-band electric album produced by Brian McTear (Danielson, Espers, Mazarin, A-Sides, Lilly’s, Apollo Sunshine) featuring nine new originals and a ripping version of The Who’s “Our Love Was”; and Luzerne, a gorgeous acoustic album featuring songwriter-guitar player Andrew Chalfen and lead singer Beth Filla. The…
The album has 10 bursts of music from this band on Time Bomb, originally released in 1988. SD has been around for nearly 20 years ,getting started in 1981. They cover the Rolling Stones song “Backstreet Girl”. Time Bomb was the label created by Mike Ness after they sold out to Sony. This is good, raspy 2nd wave political punk. The guitars, also by Mike Ness, are amazing. Bugjuice took…
Stillborn Records has signed up and coming Florida 6 piece, Catalepsy. The band just completed their debut full length, “Iniquity” at Miami’s Mana Studios with producer Brian Elliot. It’s slated for a February 12th 2008 release date. Stillborn Records chief Jamey Jasta had this to say “It’s great adding yet another young & hungry band to our new and improved roster. Catalepsy crushes and I’m glad to have them on…
The Simpsons: Testify / 2007 Shout Factory / 41 Tracks / http://www.thesimpsons.com / http://www.shoutfactory.com / Throughout the years, The Simpsons have had a number of different CDs capturing the countless songs that have been present during the show’s run. This disc collects the songs that made it into episodes during the 10th through the 18th seasons. Of particular note right off the bat are “Homer & Margeâ€, a parody of…
ChicagoÂ’s Russian Circles have just signed to Seattle-based Suicide Squeeze records. In addition to changing labels, the band has experienced a change of members: bassist Colin DeKuiper is no longer in the band, and former Botch/current These Arms Are Snakes bassist Brian Cook is temporarily filling the position for recording purposes. Drummer Dave Turncrantz and guitarist Mike Sullivan remain as core members.
Longshot Records in 1999, with 28 songs. 5 white guys play ska-punk for 5 years, and then break up. Pretty sad. It is pretty good for a band that has 3rd wave ska influences. Slush Fund isnt a ska band, but a punk band with a trumpet. Very speed delivery of lyrics, and short songs length make this band great. Some of the guitar riffs on a few of the…
The Redbull Big Tune Beat Battle National Championships came to Seattle’s Neumo’s pitting the top two producers from each Big Tune city against each other. 12 individuals from 6 different cities (Houston, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, and Chicago), went head to head, showcasing their hottest beats for the title of the country’s best beatmaker. The night was hosted by superstar Northwest producers Vitamin D and Jake One,…
Daryl Hall & John Oates – Home For Christmas / 2007 U-Watch / 11 Tracks / http://www.hallandoates.com / Hall and Oates have been together for longer than I have been alive. As I get older, the number of acts that can say that decreases, but Hall and Oates have been cranking out their music for about forty years now. However, “Home For Christmas†is a little bit different from their…
As you may have already heard, Band of Horses has a new member. His name is Tyler Ramsey. Tyler met BoH while recording his upcoming debut album, ‘A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea’ at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC. Initially, he was invited to perform as the opening act for their current tour. Obviously impressed with his talent, BoH invited Tyler to join the band as a…
This album has 6 songs of pure punk bliss etched on this slab of vinyl. This is extremely fast punk. The songs on this disc are of such a caliber that it is impossible to not listen to. This has to be one of the best punk bands coming out of Ohio, with awesome guitars and fucking sweet bass.It has a great old late 70s style, much like the Ramones…
First New Solo Release with Capitol Since 1974; To Be Available On CD & Digitally Starr to Launch Album at Liverpool Concert Event on January 12 On January 15 (January 14 internationally), Ringo Starr will release Liverpool 8, his first new album with Capitol/EMI since 1974’s Goodnight Vienna. Liverpool 8 will be available worldwide on CD and digitally, and the album’s title track will debut as a digital single on…
“We love the Tiesto remix. And as narcissistic as it may be, I have danced to it in my apartment!” Exclaims Sara from Tegan & Sara Click Here to Listen: www.myspace.com/tiesto “A wax statue at Madame Tussaud’s. A memorabilia case at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. Playing for a crowd of 200,000 on abeach in Brazil. Closing this year’s Coachella Saturday night after Red Hot Chili Peppers. Selling out…
On Relativity Records, with 13 songs. SOIA is metal/hardcore with political lyrics. Really good sounding metal riffs, and some cool bass lines, and great drums all the way through. I compare SOIA to Exodus and Pantera and DRI. The songs on this disc are also really short, going from the longest at 3:05 to the shortest at 1:31. Most of theses songs are more metal then anything, which isn’t bad…
Never Enough frontman Norman Matthew (ex-LYLAH) has given a track by track overview of Never Enough’s forthcoming Corporate Punishment debut, which lands in stores on November 20th, 2007. “THE CRAVING” This track was born from a piano and string arrangement I had done in the vein of Queen of The Damned and Underworld, dark and beautiful. Lyrically it’s about the curse of addictions that we all have and the destruction…
Cut Off Your Hands – Shaky Hands / 2007 I Am Sound / 6 Tracks / http:///www.cutoffyourhands.com / http://www.myspace.com/iamsoundrecords / Cut Off Your Hands play a brand of energetic indie rock that is first shown to audiences during “You&Iâ€. The jangly nature of this track fuzzes over slightly the intensity of the band’s compositions. The track is sufficiently short to not give individuals a full glance at what Cut Off…
Brian Dewan isn’t just a musician, he’s artistic in every sense of the word. In addition to his music career, he has been linked to the worlds of furniture making, art and instrumentation. On the November 13, Dewan will be releasing the first installment of the Humanitarium series, a semi-annual series of folk compilations, entitled Words of Wisdom. This disc contains a collection of old folk songs that have been…
Released in 1998 on Espo Records. It has 12 songs, and i paid nothing for it . TSC uses interesting mixes of noise in songs like “Not if i leave first”, to make a interesting indy album . Spacy, distortion filled guitars mix with a very strong drum beat. The openings for the songs are the most interesting parts of the disc. TSC can sound extremely different from song to…