Bhutto is a properly-paced telling of the life and times of the Bhutto family, in a fashion that is not completely dissimilar to coverings of a political regime like the Bush, Clinton, or even Kennedy family. While this is ultimately a documentary about the titular leader, the story easily rivals fictional accounts – Bhutto’s story is tremendously interesting and hard to believe at points. In order to properly educate viewers,…
Not too long ago, I did a slew of reviews based on products I found while trolling through the Mac AppStore. During my quest to find something useful, and something worth my time, I found the very interesting App called iDeskCal. For those of you, like me, who are too lazy to go look up that review, here is an overview of what iDeskCal does. The App basically takes what…
Those looking for unpublished secrets about AC/DC or even just a basic backgrounder about Australia’s loudest export are bound to be let down if that’s their sole reason for picking up Rocker’s and Rollers. Yes, Johnson is the front man of the phenomenal successful hard rock band and you know he has a slew of backstage stories that would make Motley Crue’s Dirt read like a Judy Blume book in…
Like pairing a Sex Pistols t-shirt with a pair of old cowboy boots, Dallas-based band The Von Ehrics play cow punk in a way that everyone from Willie to Glen Matlock would approve off. Fast, raucous and loud, Two Foot Stomp finds the band at its finest with the release of their fourth album. You can still hear a slight twang in Robert Jason Vandygriff’s vocals that sound simply sublime…
Remember how cool it was when the writers behind True Blood trotted out the shape shifters in season two to compete with the vampires for our attention? With season three they’ve jacked the bar up pretty high by bringing out a whole parade of supernatural creatures. The series picks up with Sookie (Anna Paquin) turning to a werewolf named Alcide (Joe Manganiello) to help her rescue her vampire beau Bill…
Kids in the Hall fans must be in heaven with this massive release. On 20 DVDs, they have managed to cram in all five seasons of this highly influential Canadian sketch comedy series (that’s nearly 800 sketches).The show has been off the air for more than 15 years, but the skits hold up remarkably well (the same can’t be said for most of the recent SNL sketches that don’t even…
“Nothing gold can stay.” Even as he tried to capture it in verse, Robert Frost appreciated the ephemeral nature of beauty. And so does Grant Olsen. Yet a nod to the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet is only one of the reasons the Seattle-based songwriter-best known as half of the duo Arthur & Yu-christened his new project Gold Leaves. An autumnal character imbues these nine originals. Just as foliage buds, changes color,…
A house is not a home but a venue is. New York’s electro-rockers Jump Into The Gospel will be setting up camp at Pianos next month for their June residency. Be sure to catch them each Wednesday for a night of splashy synths, punchy melodies, and turbulent vocals.. With a sound that brings to mind a cross between Friendly Fires, Passion Pit, and the early Manchester music scene, Jump Into…
“Vasene” is a track that defies convention and takes a turn through a number of genres and distinct styles to create Jane Hunt’s first single on her self-titled EP. The dynamic, high-energy violin line weaves its way masterfully through the track, while the atmospheric vocals push the track even further. The track is fleshed out through the addition of an emotive and understanding drum line. “Melia Dream” is the disc’s…
British import Six D has been making quite the buzz ever since their appearance on E!’s hit show “The Dance Scene” two weeks ago, and now the pop group has been invited back to appear on the May 22nd episode. The supergroup recently debuted their single “Best Damn Night” on RyanSeacrest.com. Positioned to make a huge splash in both the U.S. and U.K. in the coming months, the multi-talented group…
A robotic amalgamation of disco, funk, electro and punk influences, LA-based Short Circuit’s debut EP, Late Night Drive, will be released digitally worldwide this Monday, May 23 on Binary Entertainment (Keenhouse, Fabian, The Kids Are Radioactive). The brainchild and solo vehicle of LA electronic musician Andrew Verner, Short Circuit creates music that is equally made for night driving as it is for the dance floor. The son of a small…
It always felt a little disingenuous to label Great White as a hair metal band. Yes they were popular during glam metal’s late 80’s heyday and yes they were featured right alongside bands like Poison and Ratt in the pages of Hit Parader and Circus magazines. I’m sure their concert riders even called for cans of Aqua Net at the time, but if you listen to their music, it was…
New Orleans’ blackened blues-metallers Blackfire Revelation finally release their long-delayed, self-titled debut full length this July on their Southern Reconstruction label. Blackfire Revelation was founded by J.R. Fields in the summer of 2002. Fields was in film school at the University of New Orleans at the time and growing increasingly disinterested in both college and the film industry. Later that year, his grandfather, a farmer and Baptist deacon from Mississippi,…
Detroit, MI’s FIREWORKS are preparing for the May 24th release of Gospel on Triple Crown Records and have announced a new run of dates in June with support from Hostage Calm and Mixtapes. The dates will be preceded by an appearance at Krazyfest in Louisville, KY, where they’ll play alongside Anti-Flag, Cave In, Hot Water Music and others. FIREWORKS have also confirmed two dates with Hot Water Music later this…
Vancouver, Canada has always had something of a split musical personality. The city is both a hub of electronic and industrial bands such as Skinny Puppy and Front Line Assembly and home to bloody-knuckled DIY punk legends like DOA and SNFU. In Left Spine Down, the city’s sounds have found a fusion that Left Spine Down calls cyberpunk. Left Spine Down (also known simply as LSD) blend elements of industrial,…
Let’s get this out of the way up front: if goofy, often absurdist humor is not your thing, stay far away from Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! In fact, it’s probably best you stop reading this review and just move on to more productive things. Ok, now that those born without a sense of humor have moved on, can you believe these guys have found a channel brave…
Earth & The Next Society – Live Earth (CD) / 2011 Self / 5 Tracks / http://www.earthandthenextsociety.com “Golden Age” is the first track on Live Earth, and the confident guitar work that opens up the album will immediately ensnare listeners. While the presence of a nearly six minute track may be a hard hurdle for some bands to hop, Earth & The Next Society craft a song that is as…
Too Young To Be In Love is the first fully-realized Hunx and His Punx album, and the group’s first for Hardly Art. It was recorded in New York City by Ivan Julian-one of the founding members of inimitable NYC punk legends Richard Hell and the Voidoids. This record was made in the same studio that one of Hunx’s idols Ronnie Spector once recorded in. While it is preceded by the…
To celebrate the re-release of Pearl Jam’s 2nd and 3rd albums (VS. and Vitalogy), the band is giving one lucky fan a chance to win an Epiphone Les Paul Custom guitar! To enter, the band wants to see you perform a guitar cover of their song “Animal.” Rules 1. You must submit a YouTube URL of your cover to enter. 2. The cover must be of the entire song. At…
Forgetting to take your shaker out of your workout bag after a hard workout is something that is tremendously easy to do, and creates a ticking time bomb that will absolutely gag you the second that you go to open and clean your bottle. Strip-based SDC Nutrition is quite familiar with this phenomenon, and looks to make it a thing of the past with their unique About Time Fill, Shake…