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,…
