Finland's Devenial Verdict, which recruited a second guitarist back in October, has issued the following announcement about gearing up to enter the recording studio: "Devenial Verdict will enter studiio on the 20th of January! We will be recording a few new songs. Unfortunately we weren't happy with the songs on Obedience Leads to Harmony and de... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
So, with Conrad Murray being convicted of the manslaughter of Michael Jackson , it looks like all the other people who had a hand in pushing Jackson toward the exit have managed to swerve responsibility. I hope if I ever build a fanbase, and die in terrible circumstances, my supporters don't turn up at the courtroom and turn the trial of those responsible into a circus. One fan - part of the chanting crowd who turned the court precinct into a tailgate party - told BBC News that "we've got justice for Michael", [...]
Dr. Conrad Murray has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Jurors in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson 's doctor reached a verdict on their second day of deliberations Monday. The panel of seven men and five women deliberated for about nine hours before the buzzer sounded. Just before 11 a.m., a buzzer in Judge Michael Pastor's courtroom rang three times - the sign jurors are to send when they have agreed on a verdict. An attorney for Murray told jurors Thursday that his client would never have [...]
Even if you aren't a Michael Jackson fan, it's hard to resist singing along to Billie Jean, isn't it? Especially the chorus. That is definitely some catchy stuff. So many musicians have covered the song, from Chris Cornell to Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump, and I recently found a cover by the extremely talented Aloe [...]
I can't seem to make up my mind about Doctors & Dealers (aka one-woman band Sparrow). On one hand I find myself annoyed at her meek voice and broken accent (which is hypocritical considering I'm also Swedish and probably sound the same when I speak English, but whatever), on the other I find the music to be perfectly pleasant to tap along to. My review of her previous EP Trouble was pretty brutal, but I stand by it. It really was in one ear and out the other. Nevertheless, Every Sinner Has a Future [...]
In my initial profile post on The Blueflowers , I described their 2009 debut album Watercolor Ghost Town as "a stunning tale of love, life and heartbreak" and "an absolute gem". I still stand by this and can gladly report that these descriptions also apply to the follow-up, In Line With The Broken-Hearted . Once again I'm seduced by the blend of Gothic alt-country and folk, Kate Hinote's lush vocal, and cinematic visions ranging from couples slow dancing at a 1950s high school prom to lonely cowboys riding off into the sunset. Herein lies [...]
I very much enjoyed Katie Stelmanis' debut Join Us (you can read my review here ) and am glad she's back, even if in a slightly different form. No longer solo, Katie has teamed up with fellow Canadians Maya Postepski and Dorian Wolf to create AUSTRA . The sound is still very much like Katie's debut - sharp, cold, experimental electronica ladened with Ms. Stelmanis' classically trained voice. The major difference is perhaps that AUSTRA is slightly less experimental in the sense that the songs are more accessible regarding the melodies, sometimes echoing Depeche Mode's Black Celebration [...]
A concept album about a fictional game show that takes place in the 1970s might sound a bit strange, but Television City by L.A. band Liz Pappademas and The Level couldn't be further from that. With the piano, tale-telling lyrics and Liz's voice as the main driving forces, it's actually beautiful, soothing, lush, and really rather intriguing. Apparently the idea of the concept came from a song that didn't end up on the album, but nevertheless made Liz think of "the characters that might be involved in a game show and how they might [...]
Doctors & Dealers - the Swedish one woman band - has returned with a new EP titled Trouble , which is set to be released on the excellent date of December 10th (my birthday, in other words). This time D&D - or Sparrow, as she's also called - has worked with none other than Gordon Raphael, producer behind The Strokes and Regina Spektor. And he didn't just work on this EP but also the upcoming Doctors & Dealers' full length, Every Sinner Has A Future , the follow-up to Lost Friends And Newfound Habits [...]
With the risk of being sacrilegious, the first name that came to mind when hearing "The Organ Grinder" by The Migrant was actually the late Jeff Buckley . Musically they don't sound much alike; Buckley was primarily rock while The Migrant has more folk and pop to him, but vocally I can't help but to think that there are similarities at times. They both possess that heart-wrenching soul-quality when singing, something which stands out against their musical genres otherwise. There. I said it, now let's move on. The Migrant's real name is Bjarke [...]
The blogosphere's been incessantly buzzing about Cee Lo Green's new album The Ladykillers, and the awesome first track that he recently released. While the song is, in my opinion, the most kickass song of the year, I'm completely blown away by his cover of Band of Horses' No One's Gonna Love You. This is the [...]
It took me a couple of listens to completely get into it, but then Catherine Feeny's third album People In The Hole isn't something that wears out quickly. To the contrary - it grew greatly during the first couple of spins and soon I was discovering little nuances I didn't notice before, making me appreciate the songs even more. It's a very mellow singer/songwriter record - Feeny has a voice clear as crystal and the songs have folk-pop sound that manages to stay sincere all the way through. It is also a bit of a comeback [...]
MGMT are no doubt extremely popular and remarkably catchy, and their single Kids is one of their best songs that I've heard to date. Apparently a lot of other people also seem to think so, because the Internet is flooded with covers of the song by several different artists, including The Kooks, Weezer (although they [...]
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I'll admit to being a bit unsure about Jen Wood at first. Granted that I haven't heard any of her previous works, but Find You In Love's opening track (and promotional mp3) "Pills" has far too much teen-angst for me to take it seriously. Fact is it gives me the image of a 17-year old girl sitting in her room, writing the dear diary-like lyrics in a pretty note book while looking out the window now and then to ponder over why she can't seem relate to other people her age. And Jen Wood is not [...]
Uniform Motion's soft acoustic pop is something you can bundle up in like a blanket on a cold day. Or simply put on in the background while you tinker around the house. Either way, it's nice, in a drinking tea and thinking "hey things are pretty good" on a sunny Sunday afternoon kind of a way. Perhaps even a bit too much so at times as some songs, while perfectly pretty, are rather anonymous and don't leave much of an impression other than being just "nice". But for a hazy lazy afternoon, Uniform Motion's sublimly soft sophomore album [...]
It could very well be the season of winter or simply my melancholic mood, but lately I've had a craving for cold, instrumental electro-pop. The American Dollar's latest album Atlas seemingly being the catalyst, one-man project Fragments Of Winter (real name Tristan Irvine) has now also joined my current musical rotation of chilly cold pop. Although it borders on a Jean Michel Jarre-sound a few times, Skyrockets is a very enjoyable album. The songs do indeed sound as if they are made out of winter fragments with its cold, snow-clad soundscape, but [...]
No, not this guy. Sorry to any Trekkies reading. I'm actually going to address our good friend daTa's new album "Skywriter". I got it when it came out awhile back, and I suppose you could say I was expecting some uber crunch electro like Paste Back and Aerius Light. Well, I was completely shocked when I listened and found an 80's pop album with beautiful melodic ambient pieces distributed throughout. Since this is a recent 2009 release, I urge you to please purchase it. No download links will be offered, sorry. It's not a full album [...]
The latest album by Palour Steps proved to be a good example of why I shouldn't dismiss music too fast. During the first listen I basically thought "meh" and figured I wouldn't bother with it again. I was admittedly in a rather poor mood during that listen though so once I cheered up and gave it another chance, I thankfully realized how good it actually is. While The Hidden Names is my introduction to the band, it is no less than their fifth album since debuting in 2000. Packed with richly layered indie-pop, good [...]
Little Dragon 's soulful electronic pop only caught my attention recently, but when it did, it grabbed it. Currently on their second album, Little Dragon debuted in 2007 with a self-titled record and had their double-A single "Twice/Test" dubbed as "Single of the Week" by Rough Trade. Made up of Gothenburg-natives Yukimi Nagano (vocals), Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Wallin (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards), Little Dragon list everything from Depeche Mode to Prince, LCD Soundsystem to James Holden, dancehall to R&B, jazz and soul as inspirations, a combination which is quite evident on their new album Machine [...]
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