As Tall As Lions are set to release a new digital EP entitled Into The Flood November 29th on Triple Crown/East West. The band recorded the EP with Mike Watts over a six day period in October at Vudu Studios in Long Island and are excited for their fans to get a taste of something new before they hibernate in early 2008 to record the follow up to 2006’s self…
I really like this album, because it is such a trip. No pun intended (The front cover in cut into little blotters,like acid). This band has done its homework on Teutonic Trance Music, taking a cue from Kraftwerk. It also draws heavily from the great beats of hip-hop and mixes them around into an amazing piece of art. This record is on Novamute Records, which is distributed by Tommy Boy…
“An intriguing, totally new direction. . . like the particular later-’80s 4AD period when Ivo Watts Russell was fixated on Pixies and Throwing Muses, with loopy harsh guitar, beat, and cooed vocal. . . with a bit of what you liked about Weezer’s radio hits.” ÂJack Rabid, The Big Takeover NYC – Rat Wakes Red’s sad, soulful sound found its roots in James Raftery’s (the boy nicknamed Rat) solo living…
Blake Lewis – Break Anotha / 2007 Sony / 1 Track / http://www.myspace.com/blakelewis / Anyone that knows me knows that I pretty much loathe American Idol. Sure, there have been one or two idol stars I could stand after the show (Clarkson and Aiken, primarily), but the vast majority of post-Idol albums have been drek. Blake Lewis, with eir single “Break Anothaâ€, is trying to change that. What Lewis trying…
Add the Y of multi-instrumentalist John Davis [drummer of D.C.’s defunct Q And Not U], the X of singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn, and their combined knack for evocative production, inventive songwriting, and multi-part harmonies, and you’re almost there. Mix in the duo’s passion for 60s & 70s pop music including The Kinks, Richard & Linda Thompson, The Jam, Simon & Garfunkel, and some “Shake Some Action”-era Flamin’ Groovies, and you’ve got…
1999 on sour records, with 12 songs. 4 piece hc band from Dunkirk NY. Extremely cool audible bass with super fast songs that are fucking perfect to mosh to. all the pieces sound great together with excellent guitars and bass. The drums aren’t half bad either. I haven’t heard something this fast being so good in a long time. These guys kick so much ass its not funny. WNY has…
Being known as just a “band” is too vague for the Midwest boys of Love in October, they would rather be known as “creators.” What they do is more than play fun, pop rock, dance music — they also have made a critically acclaimed music video, in addition to their funny, handmade clips that appear on their Web site from time to time creating an online following. Set to hit…
Alix Lambert – Mastering The Melon: Projects By Alex Lambert / 2006 Trilce / 121 Pages / Alix Lambert has done a lot of shit for not hitting the forty-year mark as of this point. This coffee table book is like a sampler into eir life. Each chapter seems to tell a different story through largely-visual (mainly pictoral) narratives. One of the most interesting segments in “Mastering the Melon†has…
Slug #220 / Free / 1:00 / 68M / http://www.slugmag.com / Reviewed 10 June 2007 I have said this before, but Slug is one of the best scene-specific magazines out there. Oftentimes, I will forget that the magazine has much to do with Salt Lake City; the pieces are written well enough and are interesting enough to keep individuals interested, no matter how far they are away. Expect to see…
Shred Sled #1 / $1 / :20 / http://www.myspace.com/jakewatts / Reviewed 10 June 2007 This is a skate-specific zine done by a 14 year old. I don’t get many zines done by such young people anymore, so it is nice to see one of these zines. The zine is fairly sterile, with everything looking to be laid out using Word or Paint/Photoshop. The pages themselves are quick reads, with pictures…
Track Marks #1 / $1? / :45 / 36M / thecoloroftheskyisgreentoday@yahoo.com / Reviewed 11 June 2007 Track Marks is not what you think it is about. While there are pieces in this issue that deal with drugs or drug use, what the zine is about is trains and railroad tracks. This issue seems to be a collaborative effort between a number of people, throwing in their prose or poetry about…
Ragged #2 / Free / :30 / 32M / http://www.raggedmag.com / Reviewed 11 June 2007 Ragged is becoming a more solid zine with each subsequent issue. Granted, there have only been two issues, but the increase in the quality between issue one and two is tremendous. This issue has a number of different features with bands that are up and coming; this means that acts like Aqualung, Robbers on High…
Athlete – Beyond The Neighbourhood / 2007 Astralwerks / 11 Tracks / http://www.athlete.mu / Athlete is perhaps the biggest band that no one has heard of in the United States. Their last album, “Touristâ€, went double platinum, and “Beyond The Neighbourhood†is poised to do the same thing. From the opening strains of “In Between 2 Stateâ€, Athlete shows that they understand how to get individuals involved with their music.
MTV VMA Award-winning, Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum Island Records group the Killers are hard at work collecting B-sides, rarities and one-off sides for a compilation album to be released later this year, entitled SAWDUST, out November 13th with lead track SHADOWPLAY at radio now! The band hunkered down at a recording studio in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, completing the album with Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Lou Reed.
This band is no longer. In fact, it was no longer in 1992. This band was around for at least 6 years, and they were a Irish Punk Band. But when i say punk, i don’t mean the music. These guys sounded like thrash metal. They are really hard, and as per usual metal or punk bands, their songs don’t really last that long. In fact on a CD of…
The Lord Weird Slough Feg, whose name is derived from a character in ancient Irish mythology, originates from Central Pennsylvania. The band relocated to San Francisco, California in 1990 in hopes of resurrecting the ailing ‘true metal’ scene in the United States. The band quickly gained a reputation as, ‘The band San Francisco loved to hate’ by taking a stand against the trends and incorporating stage savagery with strong visual…
Countime – Broken Blinded Betrayed / 2006 No Joke / 7 Tracks / http://www.nojokereordsla / “From The Heavens Above†is the first track on “Broken Blinded Betrayed†and it shows Countime as an act that loves their classic, “tough guy†hardcore. The band produces fast, heavy, and intense hardcore music that has more than its fair share of metal influence. Note that during “From the Heavens Above†that Countime do…
DATELINE – Burbank, CA – Avenged Sevenfold, the self-titled and self-produced follow-up to the 2005 million-selling City of Evil, topped the Billboard Alternative, Hard and Rock Charts this week. It also debuted at Number Four on the Billboard Top 200, marking the biggest sales week ever for the Huntington Beach based band. Avenged Sevenfold was released on October 30th by Warner Bros. Records.
This is a tape that was self published and self produced. The guitar lines are above average but they still sound typical of most Rock Bands. The guitarist can put out some decent lines, but he does not do this often. The vocals are whiney, and the drums are pretty bland.The bass work is decent, but it is nothing to write home about. The drummer sounds like he has no…
Vagrant is proud to announce that Bloomington, Indiana’s MURDER BY DEATH has signed to the label. The quartet’s fourth full-length, Red of Tooth and Claw was produced by Trina Shoemaker (QOTSA, Emmylou Harris, Iggy Pop) at Dark Horse Studios in Tennessee and will be released in the early spring of 2008. “We are thrilled to be working with Vagrant and we’re really excited about the new album,” says Adam Turla,…