Fresh from performing alongside The Killers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cat Power and MSTRKRFT at The Echo Project in Atlanta this weekend, San Francisco-based party starters Scissors For Lefty will join the rollicking Juliette and the Licks as main support for an extensive national tour. The band made a stop at the CMJ Music Marathon in N.Y. for a performance at the regional showcase SF @ CMJ at the…
Fiona Joy Hawkins – Angel Above My Piano / 2006 Self / 13 Tracks / http://ww.fionajoyhawkins.com / Fiona Joy Hawkins is an award-nominated (MusicOz Awards) and award-winning (NAR Lifestyle Music Awards) pianist. “Angel Above My Piano†really starts going with “Flight of the Albatrossâ€. This track presents a wide-open soundscape, one in which no vocals are needed. The rich lines laid down by Hawkins tell more of a story than…
“Operator Please are the next big thing….if you like Beth Ditto and The Gossip you will love them. Operator Please fucking rules!” (Perez Hilton) “Imagine being stuck in a lift with a plugged-in B52’s, Bow Wow Wow, Haysi Fantazyzee and Yeah Yeah Yeahs: crashy, trashy, thrashy and gloriously good fun.” (The Sunday Times) “The. Song. Of. The. Summer. Operator Please are about to wrestle the crown of World’s Best Party…
I love independent film studios. They always provide a freshness to the genre in which they create films, and Red Scream Films LLC is no different. One of their new films is “Prison of the Psychotic Damnedâ€, and it follows the rich low-budget horror tradition that early Craven and Corman were instrumental in creating in years past. “Prison†deals with what happens to five individuals that stop by a train…
There are Dio-ish vocals on this album, and a typical level of hair band lyrical quality. This has many amazingly neat sounding guitar solos.This album has 9 tracks. The form of this is a dirgy style of Hair Rock that is electrifing. The guitars and vocals on this album are top notch , but the bass and drums are just average. The band sounds a little bit like Twisted Sister,…
Issued Scat #35, released on Scat records in 1994, with 20 songs from the 6 piece band named Guided By Voices. “Hardcore UFOs” is Indy Rock with distortion filled guitars. These songs are definatly influenced by Pop Music ,as “Buzzards and Dreadful Crows” has vocals that sound like Rod Stewart. The songs are relatively short for non punk songs. “The Goldheart Mountain Top Queens Directory” is awesome, strong, and a…
Born on a ship during the 1984 Baseball World Series between the San Diego Padres & the Detroit Tigers. Sleeps in a Peachtone cabin in the woods of Western Maryland, between a Captain Beefheart poster, and dog named, the loan officer. Has a nasty cough, and eye sight a bit less sharp than when he was 12. Finished a collection of songs : Paranoid Cocoon. Plays those same songs on…
Keyboard Cathy – Sushi Lover / 2007 Self / 7 Tracks / http://www.keyboardcathy.com / Keyboard Cathy began her career in the music industry after watching the impressive 2005 film adaptation of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxyâ€. 2006 saw the release of Keyboard Cathy’s first album “Inspirationâ€, and 2007 marks the release of Cathy’s first EP, “Sushi Loverâ€. Despite the fact that these albums are released at a breakneck speed,…
West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Recording / 2007 Decca / 20 Tracks / http://www.westsidestory.com / Pretty much anyone that has watched their fair share of movies or stage performances is at least familiar with “West Side Storyâ€. Since West Side Story originally opened in 1957, the individuals related to the show, along with Decca’s Broadway imprint, thought it necessary to come out with a re-imagining of the score.
The release date for The Gunshy’s newest release, There’s No Love In This War, has been moved back to October 30. This album is, in my opinion, the best The Gunshy has ever put out, and certainly the most poignant. Here is a quick word from Matt Arbogast:
 7 inch / 2 Songs / Sonic Swirl Records (SSR) The albums has 2 songs: Satan Superman and Dotbuster. I got this piece of vinyl for only 50 cents at Schoolkids Records, which is one of the only things there that is worth the price that Schoolkids charges.There are much better record stores in Athens, Ohio, including places like Outer Limits. This is good, fast, indy punk with vocals delivered…
Very Odd, Very indy minded music from California. Too bad that this tape is from 1993, and i do not know if the band is still together. Any info about this band would be greatly appreciated, and the person that gives me valid info will get a link on my index page. Now back to the tape. This band is female-leaded, and it is on GODCO tunes. This tape has…
Modern Life Is War – Midnight In America / 2007 Equal Vision / 11 Tracks / http://www.modernlifeiswar.net / http://www.equalvision.com Modern Life is War has been around for about five years. I know that NeuFutur is not unfamiliar with the act, as we have covered them on the Iowahardcore compilation and have picked up a few of their albums in the past. Saying that, it seems as if the band has…
The new album by Neil Young, Chrome Dreams II, will be released by Reprise Records on October 23rd. Speaking from a vacation retreat with his family, Young says it’s “an album with a form based on some of my original recordings, with a large variety of songs, rather than one specific type of song.” It comes at a creative peak for the artist, following the Greendale, Prairie Wind, and Living…
The CD has 14 songs ,was published in 97, and is on Flying Nun Records . GL is a 4 piece band from New Zealand. They have very decent Indy songs with excellent tempo changes, while still keeping a cohesive sound. The transcribing of the lyrics to the CD liner is horrible. GL can sound like all sorts of acts, going from hard rock to pop to Alt. Rock. “Nude…
Head over to http://music.aol.com/popeater to check out the world premiere of National Product’s ‘By All Means’ video. National Product, the Orange County by way of Hawaii, rock band is creating quite a stir these days. A runaway hit on HawaiiÂ’s STAR 101.9 even before the release of their debut effort, Luna on R&M Artist Records, the bandÂ’s song “Love Me” is still in heavy rotation five months after getting played…
Mekons – Natural / 2007 Quarterstick / 12 Tracks / http://www.mekons.com / http://www.touchandgorecords.com / The Mekons have been together for a period longer than most current youthful fans of music have been alive. While it may seem like an eternity to individuals just getting into music for the first time (this year marks the thirtieth since the band was founded), The Mekons are able to create in “Natural†an album…
Atlantic recording group KOOP has announced details of their upcoming North American tour. The dates celebrate the recent release of “KOOP ISLANDS.” KOOP – aka Oscar Simonsson and Magnus Zingmark – will kick off their concert schedule on November 2nd at New York City’s Hiro Ballroom, with dates continuing through a November 10th show at Los Angeles’ Barker Block (see attached itinerary). When performing, Simonsson and Zingmark magically transform KOOP…
This album is on Discovery Records and it was released in 1995 with 11 songs. This is Indy rock done by two bothers that are Australian. They sound only like one other Aussie band, and that is Midnight Oil. Their influences also include Bowie, and Elvis Costello. This is slow tempoed music. The vocals are alright, but the whole presentation of the music is incredibly boring. The two brothers write…