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Archive for June, 2009
Album Review: Pete Yorn – Back & Fourth
At a sparse ten songs, Back & Fourth is Yorn’s leanest album and his most sonically cohesive, two traits that end up both bolstering and hobbling the sound.
YouTube Live: Van Halen ties one on at the US Festival in ’83
It was a rare extravaganza. May 29, 1983 was the time, Glen Helen Regional Park in California was the place and Van Halen was the band of the moment.
Battles’ Tyondai Braxton preps solo LP
Back in ’07, a little band called Battles created quite a stir in the music industry. With their quirky munchkined-out math rock, Battles created one of the finer albums in recent memory in the form of Mirrored. Well, for anybody who has been wondering about/begging for/eagerly awaiting a new studio effort from the Brooklyn based [...]
Album Review: The Wooden Birds – Magnolia
The Wooden Birds put down twelve songs on Magnolia that cover no new ground and spoon feed the listener.
The Offspring talk up new album of old stuff… What?
There have been a million and one reasons to hate The Offspring‘s last few studio albums, everything from how Splinter was short and full of filler to pretty much everything stated in our stellar review of Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace. Though with another release comes another chance, and only a year after they [...]
Kings of Leon seek to further shape your musical tastebuds
What else is one to do after securing the top of the charts and earning the love of just about everyone, including Perry Farrell? Well, for the Kings of Leon, the creation of their very own label was something to do. In addition to their slew of upcoming tour dates in support of last year’s [...]
It’s been a few months since we’ve had a Crystal Castles meltdown…
Thankfully, frontlady Alice Glass and security had a little disagreement following the band’s “sound problem plagued” performance at last weekend’s Sonar Festival in Barcelona, Spain, leading to mayhem which featured rugby tackles and Glass throwing a drum kit (via NME). Someone should write a book and/or call Jack Nicholson…
Squarepusher brings Solo Electric Bass 1 to live CD
Despite the niche market of drum and bass, experimentalist Tom Jenkinson, aka Squarepusher tends to act outside the fold. In his 2007 live performance he approached the crowd armed with nothing but an electric bass and an amplifier (see below). While by itself this forward idea preaches far beyond the obscurity of Maximum Priest EP [...]
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