Coming through like an actually-female singer like Claudio (a fake-female singer) from Coheed and Cambria, Cruiserweight’s “Sweet Weaponry†comes through in an intense way, even if it is a little on the sterile side. “Vermont†is a track that sounds like it should be in the middle of the disc, in the sense that Cruiserweight is already at the top of their game, and with their incorporation of Sean Neil’s…
In these hard times, we can all stand a ray of hope. Hope in hip-hop now comes from the legendary Q-Tip, he of A Tribe Called Quest fame. His long-delayed album Kamaal the Abstract, slated originally for release in 2001, is finally dropping September 15th on Battery Records. A musical hybrid, Kamaal was commendably avant-garde at the time of its creation. Amazingly, itÂ’s even more apropos in 2009; given the…
DJ JS-1’s latest release, a 21-track, 40-plus guest-featured onslaught of hip-hop, turns to a violent page for the track “Murder.” Chino XL, Sean Price, and Killah Priest each lay down a verse over a beat that blends old school West Coast bumpin’ with a new school dark consciousness. Even the rappers, in the midst of their own braggadocio rhymes, give it up for the ferocity with which JS creates this…
Critical Praise for Pseudo Slang: “Pseudo Slang make the thinking fan’s kind of hip-hop.” – Chicago Sun Times “When I first heard Pseudo Slang ‘Yes Doubt’ I was floored, and it became my #1 Song of 2008. I’ve been doing radio for 18 years but few songs ever gave me chills, ‘Yes Doubt’ was one of them. I can’t wait for the album.” – DJ 3rd Rail, Chicago DJ and…
A Conversation with Jesse Matheson about his debut album, Pleasure Pounds, a record so full of fun, food, sexual innuendo, and sexual food innuendo you’re sure to be back for a second helping… Jesse Matheson, what do you mean when you say Pleasure Pounds? Pleasure pounds are something like a love handle,” says the aÂffable singer-songwriter. “They’re those parts of a woman’s body that are, well, womanly.” So is it…
Tending a hothouse full of luminous, melody-infused indie rock songs with sweet vocals, Boston’s Static of the Gods announceS the release of The Knowledge Machine on November 10, 2009. The Knowledge Machine, resulted from a discussion with friends on how words get lost in translation—most specifically the Finnish word for computer, which literally translates to “knowledge machine.†Johnson explains, “Over the next few days, that phrase seemed to keep coming…
KIDS LIKE US are set to release their new full length album “The Game” on August 18th through Eulogy Recordings. They posted a new song called “Snitchblade” from their upcoming album on their Myspace page. Bio: Kids Like Us started in the winter of 2002, after massive touring and 4 records later it’s 2009 and they are still ever present in the North Florida hardcore scene. Known for their energetic…
Setting the release of Eat the Peace a year to the day of the 2008 self-titled EP, the indie-pop maestro Alan Cohen Experience delivers an election day gift on November 3rd, 2009. Featured on CNN and in the UK’s The Guardian, Alan Cohen Experience’s finds himself again collaborating with Brooklyn Producer, Roger Greenawalt (The Pierces, Ben Kweller, Nils Lofgren). Featuring The Pierces’ Catherine Pierce on “Peace,†“Ranger Stranger†and “Truck…
The Crumbs have been around for a decade. In that time they have been on two larger independent labels, with TKO being their third. The Crumbs are also a band that can move all through different sounds and harmonies in their way to making a truly chameleonic album. However, in all of the moving through genres and intensities, we are left with a very uneven album, with some of the…
Keep up with the NeuFutur by using the dish network discounts and satellite tv review at Tv-Providers.com to decide dish vs directv and get direct tv deals today! SonyMusic Independent Network is proud to announce the upcoming release from Athens, Greece-based sound collective Night On Earth. Night On Earth’s sophomore release, “Second Hand” will be released on October 27th on Upstar/SIN/Greece. “Second Hand” is a collaboration with producer Thanassis Papakonstantinou…
Earfarm – “…their new project flies on its own accord on the strength of literate vocals with a sweetly falsetto delivery (imagine David Byrne on helium?) and wonderfully busy drums that recall the awesomeness of the Dodos’ Logan Kroeber’s inimitable style. Groovily paranoid? Paranoia with grooves? Works both ways really.” Pop Tarts Suck Toasted – “This duo is definitely making their own mark on the New York scene. With sweet…
Saddle Creek has announced the signing of Lawrence, KS-based Old Canes and will release the band’s sophomore album, Feral Harmonic, on October 20, 2009. While folk music at heart, Feral Harmonic is far from traditional, with the songs drawing elements from different influences such as indie and even punk rock. The album explores transcending fear, and the human spirit’s tenacity when faced with life’s complications and challenges. Bold and resounding,…
My last album was a bedroom laptop type thing. Very introverted. Logos is an album that was recorded all over the world. It’s not about me. There are collaborations with other musicians. The lyrics are not autobiographical. The view is a lot more panoramic and less close-up. I became bored with introspection. This was also the case Deerhunter’s ‘Microcastle’ LP, which was written during the same period. I started recording…
Universal Records South’s award-winning artist Phil Vassar is releasing the video for his brand new single “Bobbi With An I†exclusively to AOL, the international #1 music site. Shot in Nashville, Phil enlisted the help of his friend and actor James Denton (Desperate Housewives) to create a video fitting for this fun, summer song that, under the direction of Eric Welch, is sure to garner a few laughs. “Bobbi With…
Boston indie-pop rockers, The Hush Now, are excited to release their sophomore album, Constellations. on October 13th. You can also preview the new album with a free download of their single “Hoping and Waiting”. Recorded at Chillhouse Studios and produced by Mighty Lemon Drops’ Dave Newton, Kurt Schneider and Noel Kelly, Constellations was supported by a cast of musicians including ex-Cerulean Frontman Rick Bolander on guitar as well as Noel’s…
“Accomplished and compelling songs and arrangements…has a cohesive sense of identity, with melodies and arrangements that belong to each other. For all their modern touches, these songs have vintage virtues” -Pop Matters “The vocals recall…TV on the Radio, as they swirl around each other, pushing higher and higher…” -Spin from Spin.com’s Band of the Day, January 29 2008 “Every once in a long while you hear an artist that stimulates…
Serengeti and Polyphonic’s Terradactyl is an album about place-losing place, mostly, struggling to find it again, and succumbing to the fact that it’s cold, and surprisingly lonely, when you’re dressed in the human condition. Serengeti, heretofore a master of on-record character acting, appears here as his most vulnerable self: someone wedged between a dream and a series of day-jobs, between a failed marriage and raising new life, inside of a…
Can’t it all be so simple? We all wish relationships came a little easier; Frank Nitt is no different. In his latest video, “L.O.V.E.” featuring DJ Quik and J. Black, the soulful, catchy new track from this Detroit emcee plays over clips of Nitt’s daily routine with that special someone. As the video progresses, we get a look at the ups and downs of a relationship, as the neglect of…
I’ve reviewed The Crumbs once before. That album I wasn’t the biggest fan of, but that was The Crumbs 2003-2004, and this is the Crumbs 1993-2002, and I don’t feel that a blanket statement would do much to describe what clearly is a different phase for this long-lasting band. I’m shocked, I hear melody, and a style of punk that is a mixture of Rancid and The Ramones come out…
After the dissolution of Unbelievable Truth in 2000, Andy Yorke and his band are working together again to provide the title track to the upcoming Mark Mulcahy tribute album, Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy, out September 29 (Shout! Factory). Mulcahy is best known for his bands, Miracle Legion and Polaris as well as his solo work. The ultimate goal of Ciao My Shining Star is to…