Hiding In Public – What Lies Ahead / 2006 Self / 11 Tracks / http://www.hidinginpublic.com / Reviewed 29 January 2007 Hiding In Public play an odd brand of rock music. If anything, tracks like “Satellite†seem to be heavy in a tradition that includes acts like The Eagles and Bryan Adams. There is not a modernization of these influences, but rather Hiding In Public attempts to perfect the musical style.…
Theodore Presser Company is happy to announce the arrival of the 2010 worship planners and workbooks from Abingdon Press; annual, essential tools beloved by choral directors, pastors, and musicians. Created by David L. Bone and Mary J. Scifres, Prepare! (777-40102 • $22.00) is a weekly worship planbook specially designed for pastors and musicians. An all-in-one resource, it helps both the music director and pastor plan worship services for each Sunday…
ALL LEATHER plan to hit the road this spring in support of their recent Dim Mak release When I Grow Up I Wanna F%^# Like A Girl. ALL LEATHER are a trio that features Justin Pearson, who has toured the world in a number of bands including The Locust and Some Girls, Nathan Joyner of Some Girls and Jung Sing from Mexico’s star “lazer punk” band, Maniqui Lazer. ALL LEATHER…
Hide From Cleo – Coffee Dreams and Acoustic Beans / 2006 Self / 17 Tracks / http://www.hidefromcleo.com / Reviewed 07 February 2007 Hide From Cleo comes out of the gates with a noisy restaurant sound, which kind of makes sense since the title of the track is called “Breakfast at Woodiesâ€. The start is not the quickest thing ever heard, but the band is setting up listeners for the rest…
Who was the greatest pop singer of all time? Well, opinions certainly do vary on that topic, but one thing is certain: Bing Crosby has to be part of the discussion. Collectors’ Choice Music feels most blessed and honored to bring you the first in a series of releases direct from the Bing Crosby Archive. Over the next couple of years you will find classic albums, unreleased albums, rare and…
The Dillinger Escape Plan have spent the past month laying waste to cities throughout North America, and will bring their headlining tour to a close on April 16th at the Coachella Festival in Indio, CA alongside Jay-Z, Muse and Faith No More. For those who missed the notoriously outrageous shows, our friends at Samson and Metalinjection.net have put together three live clips for you to check out. These were made…
Daniel Lioneye (H.I.M. side project) need a music video and are tasking their fans to create one for them. The band have launched a music video contest for the songs “I Have Never Wanted To Be Number One” and “Euroshaman.” Go to the contest page www.redmusic.com/lioneyevideo for directions on how to download the songs, lyrics, and where to upload your video once you’re done. One Grand Prize winner will recieve…
Domino Records will be releasing Owen Pallett’s “Lewis Takes Off His Shirt” on 12″ and digitally on June 22, 2010. Owen’s North American tour in support of the recently released Heartland will begin this evening in Toronto. Full dates below. Download the Dan Deacon remix of “Lewis Takes Off His Shirt” for free here: http://bit.ly/dkatXP Lewis Takes Off Shirt 12″ Track List: A 1: Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (Album…
Hey Tiger – September / 2005 Self / 10 Tracks / http://www.heytigerband.com / Reviewed 15 March 2006 I’ve never gotten why there are just so many bands coming out of New Jersey at any one given time. It seems like every second or third act is a Jersey band; is it really true that every citizen of the state has a band, oir is it some bizarre patch that individuals…
For its second album, Highland Park sextet Fol Chen presents Part II: The New December, songs of malaise and miscommunication set to dark pop and glitch-riddled chamber funk. Since the band’s inception, Fol Chen has remained a mysterious entity – its membership disguised by masks and aliases, its lyrics appearing as transmissions from a fictional world. But just as the on-album narrative has congealed in bits and pieces, the group’s…
Ari Hest – The Green Room Sessions / 2006 Sony / 5 Tracks / http://www.arihest.com / http://www.columbiarecords.com / Reviewed 19 January 2007 Ari Hest has been talked about quite a few times in the last few months, and The Green Room Sessions†is an introductory EP to show everyone who receives it exactly what Hest is about. The style of music that is played during songs like “Upstairs†is a…
Fans and music press worldwide alike are buzzing about the sophomore CD by North Carolina Americana quintet Big Daddy Love titled ‘To The Mountain’. Proclaimed inventors of a new genre of music coined Appalachian Rock, Big Daddy Love’s new CD is about to set the music world on fire! “As an Americana band from the mountains of North Carolina, Big Daddy Love has certain elements to their music that define…
Hero Pattern – The Deception EP / 2006 Self / 6 Tracks / http://www.heropattern.com / http://www.myspace.com/heropattern / Reviewed 21 January 2007 Hero Pattern are smart. They start out their EP with a sub-1:45 track in “Don’t Even Miss Meâ€. The high amount of energy present in this track is a perfect introduction for anyone who has not heard Hero Pattern up to this point, and for anyone that might feel…
Carl Fischer Music proudly announces the newest addition to the BriLee Music vocal solo series for treble voice, Let Nature Sing: Solo Songs for the Developing Voice (BLB008 – $24.95). This new release, like the other books in this series, includes a CD containing both piano accompaniment and vocal demo tracks. Let Nature Sing: Solo Songs for the Developing Voice contains ten songs in a variety of styles from spirituals…
The String Cheese Incident announce the final stop on their 2010 calendar: an epic “Hulaween†weekend of Incidents on Friday, October 29, with the Disco Biscuits, and Saturday, October 30 at the famed Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. Tickets for the Hampton shows go on sale April 20 at www.stringcheeseincident.com. .25 cents from every ticket sold to these shows will go to support three not-for-profit organizations close to the SCI…
Funeral Party is a five-piece band that formed late one night in a park. Hardcore bands and metal bands dominated the local music scene at the time in Whittier, California, an East Los Angeles suburb comprised of mostly working-class enclaves. In the East Los Angeles neighborhoods adjacent to Whittier however, a post-punk dance-craze revival was emerging and Funeral Party began gigging every weekend. The band quickly developed a following and…
The Higher – Histrionics / 2005 Fiddler Records / 14 Tracks / http://www.thehigher.com / http://www.fiddlerrecords.com / Reviewed 12 April 2005 Brother, I was not expecting “Diaries†to come from a band that had released an album with this cover – shallow, I know but the music to be found on “Histrionics†is a brand of emo-rock that situates itself between Brand New and Hawthorne Heights. What is fun with The…
Arthur Nasson was set to leave his basement studio and pack up the van to tour the East Coast with his 12-year old son on drums, when he was struck by a sudden change of heart. A journey was being framed in his mind, but it wasn’t for the road, it was for the quarter inch reel tape. Nasson’s flash of inspiration led him back down the stairs of his…
04/09 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club # 04/10 Iowa City, IA The Mill # 04/11 Lawrence, KS Jackpot Music Hall # 04/12 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory & 04/13 El Paso, TX Percolator & 04/14 Phoenix, AZ The Trunkspace & 04/16 Indio, CA Coachella 04/20 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom % 04/21 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret % 04/22 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern % 04/24 Santa Cruz, CA Crepe Place 04/25 San…
Pre-Order Rooney’s New Album Eureka, Out June 8th, In Multiple Formats Here: http://rooney.hasawebstore.com/ pre-order the album & receive an MP3 of the new single “I Can’t Get Enough” immediately. FREE ROONEY DOWNLOAD OF “I DON’T WANNA LOSE YOU” AVAILABLE HERE: http://ilgrock.com/rooney/mp3-signup/ Los Angeles quartet Rooney will release of their new album, EUREKA on June 8th. Produced and crafted entirely by the band, EUREKA will be released on California Dreaming Records…