Well I have a few gems for you this week. I have a new metal band that I have been listening to for the past month (and should've told you about long before today). And an artist who was on a previous podast that has released a masterpiece of intimate and inspiring acoustic rock. Here ya go. Deflagration "A Call To Arms" (Metal) This stuff is damn heavy and breaks some new ground ta boot (I can't quite pinpoint it but you'll see what I mean). I've [...]
Guest post: Treadmarkz is my brother-in-law, a Human Beatles Encyclopedia and the author of the weblog Treadmarkz.wordpress.com . Some Country music purists would probably say that anything that warrants the name "Alternative Country" is not really Country. But ultimately it is the domain of the fan to judge what an artist is or is not, to them. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Jennifer Dixon . A little country sensibility with a style that hovers along the cusp of blues, pop, jazz owing to a [...]
If you are anything like me, then you know that there is nothing like the feeling - a small buzz even - that you get when you pop in a new CD and realize immediately that you have stumbled onto to something that you just have to share with everyone. That is what happened to me today. Early this morning, like any other morning lately, I reluctantly drug my ass out of a warm bed, shuffled my son through our pre-dawn sleepwalk and then headed out the door to what was looking like a long day at work. [...]
I was flipping through eMusic the other day when I noticed a new release by an old favorite of mine, Extreme. I was a little apprehensive at first but figured what the hell, I'll download it. Boy am I glad I did. Here is a quick review. The title of the release is " Saudades De Rock ". In the opening line on the track "Slide" Gary Cherone sings "Find a groove and then drop the hammer." That pretty much sums up most of the tunes on the release. One of the reason [...]
I was flipping through eMusic the other day when I noticed a new release by an old favorite of mine, Extreme. I was a little apprehensive at first but figured what the hell, I'll download it. Boy am I glad I did. Here is a quick review. The title of the release is " Saudades De Rock ". In the opening line on the track "Slide" Gary Cherone sings "Find a groove and then drop the hammer." That pretty much sums up most of the tunes on the release. One of the reason [...]
Like Americana folk rock? Searching for a new double-LP to wrap your Midwestern heart around? Check out New York's Matt Keating 's Quixotic , out today on Kealon Records. Keating reunited with longtime studio partner Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) and also worked with bassist Jason Mercer (Ron Sexsmith, Ani DiFranco), drummer Jordan Richardson and guitarist Duane Jarvis (Lucinda Williams, Frank Black.) Here's the first track: Matt Keating : "St. Cloud" (mp3) And the video for "Sorry Son"
The early 2007 Jazz at Lincoln Center event called "Willie Nelson Sings the Blues" was a two-night country/jazz collaboration between Willie and jazz trumpet legend Wynton Marsalis . Lucky for us, the recordings from the event are available as the 10 track album called Two Men With the Blues . Set for release tomorrow on Blue Note Records, I will say this album is pretty sweet - pairing two of my musical heroes together to perform what grandma would call "oldie but goodies" before opining for the days of full service gas stations and airline [...]
On his new album, Someone Else's Déjà Vu (Saddle Creek), Son Ambulance 's principal singer/songwriter Joe Knapp shows he's come a long long way from his piano-driven indie-pop, "striving for a dirty Billy Joel vibe" that made up much of his 2005 LP, Key (which I really love , by the way). I first caught Son Ambulance around 2002 in a cramped apartment show in Ames, Iowa with a hardwood living room floor serving as a stage. As Knapp tinkered at his keyboard, David Dondero accompanied on guitar and the wine was flowing freely. [...]
In the past 10 months I've acquired every David Bowie album and an entire host of live albums, bootlegs and imports. And to be honest, while I respect him greatly, I'm not the biggest Bowie fan in the world - at least not a regular listener. But apparently I wasn't a "real" Bowie fan until today, when I checked out the new Live Santa Monica '72 disc on Virgin Records - a recording of Bowie's Santa Monica concert that was his first live U.S. radio broadcast (KMET in L.A.) and never available as [...]
Love As Laughter 's Holy came out last week. Obviously influenced by bands like Modest Mouse (whom they toured with, btw), I was immediately struck by the title track and "Crosseyed Beautiful Youngunz," which you can see them perform below (taken from 6/16 show in Rochester):
Mar 's debut album, The Silence , featured Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf and Black Heart Procession and Samuli Kosminen of MúM and was recorded in Iceland in the thick of Sigur Ros' Takk... Sessions. The new album, The Sound , was recorded in a backwards Arkansas cabin - just a trifle different atmosphere, really. Guest appearances by Bright Eyes' violinist Anton Patzner and cellist Zoe Keating of Imogen Heap add strong string elements to an already rich layered sonicism. Mar : "Icarus" (mp3) [...]
Today local postmodern indie rock band Aviette release their second full-length album, The Way We Met , on Draw Fire Records. Working with Minneapolis-based producer Darren Jackson (Tapes n' Tapes, Kid Dakota, The Hopefuls) helped the group make some lofty steps on their sophomore offering, and early indications are this band is poised to take off. Aviette : "Why Do We Stop" (mp3) Read our interview with the trio last December here . Aviette play the University of Minnesota on [...]
UK garage punk band The Heys sent us their new album, Young Bored and Broke . The Heys : "Pressure" (mp3) The Heys : "Friday Night" (mp3) While "Pressure" is the lead single, I'd opt for the cooler, Strokes-flavored title track. RIYL The Kinks, Jam, Hives and Strokes.
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