
++It's fascinating how it's now possible to watch a creative project grow and reach fruition right before your eyes on the Net. Brooklyn's 'Shark?' ( who I profiled here a few months back ) will soon be passing out cigars for their new album. And we the public can all be miniature investing Harvey Weinsteins. ++With his new movie If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise , Spike Lee is giving Tyler Perry a run for his money in the lengthy title department. [...]

Latin For Truth and their album Eleven Eleven is really really good but flawed. It's like a combination of Living With Lions, New Found Glory and some good but semi-ridiculous pseudo-heavy East coast-y hardcore parts. I guess it's posi popcore. There's some great riffage and some killer melodies, but on more than one occasion the band devolves into what might as well be parody. Still, for all the parts of Eleven Eleven that make me want to cringe, I still find myself really enjoying the album. Perhaps it's because of all [...]

Nathan Oliver: "Icicles For Fingers" Nathan Oliver: "State Lines Pt. 3" I've been sitting on Nathan Oliver's new release Cloud Animals for almost two months now. I've thought about it, I've wanted to listen to it, and I just really haven't. Sometimes these things take some time to percolate. But the Raleigh-based band draws on some of the most positive influences from the Triangle, including members of North Elementary and The Rosebuds. A/nd plus it's out on local label Pox World Empire . [...]

Latin For Truth "We Are Sick of Not Having The Courage To Be Absolute Nobodies" free digitally, future album plans Scottsboro, Alabama's Latin For Truth have released a free digital version of their latest EP " We Are Sick of Not Having The Courage To Be Absolute Nobodies " on Pitfall Records . Download a track " 88 Says " here . Currently, the band is gearing up for The [...]