Label: Flightplan Records Released: January 29, 2008 Some time in the 90s, pop punk generally began placing the pop over the punk in its approach to the point that it might be difficult to tell the difference between A New Found Glory and Avril Lavigne. That’s sad, because punk has a long pop tradition that dates back at least to… Read more »
Label: Count Your Lucky Stars Released: January 2008 Sometimes there is a very fine line between great and terrible. Great bands stay just on the good side and awful bands may only take a single step over. Queen’s bombast pushed right up to the line and they’re one of rock’s truly great bands. Meat Loaf (or really Jim Steinman) took… Read more »
Another great song about Popsicles! Check out Lourds over at Breaking Records. Lourds – AstropopMusic Video Codes at Www.roxwel.com
Check out this one from Americana/indie rockers the Demolition String Band. Their music is in a new Sundance Flick called “Burning the Future: Coal in America.” You can pick up their new album, Different Kinds of Love, at Breaking Records.Demolition String Band – WisteriaVideo Codes at www.yallwire.com
The Offspring have created a YouTube group as a gathering place for fan created video clips set to the new song “Hammerhead.” “We are excited to see what people will do to add their perspective and talents to ‘Hammerhead.’” – Dexter Holland Be creative. Be current. Be literal. Be abstract. Use your own self-shot/documentary footage. Find the right footage for… Read more »
Label: Deep Elm Records Released: May 13, 2008 Pneuma is an album that works more in noise than structure. Ambient layers and ambling indie rock rhythms are grounded by a more common vocal approach that alternates between whining and screeching and screaming. There is nothing pretentious about Moving Mountains’ deconstruction of rock though. It is experimental, but not simply for… Read more »
Song: Yet Another Movie / Round and AroundArtist: Pink FloydAlbum: A Momentary Lapse of Reason Gah. It’s like Phil Collins’ drum machine joined Pink Floyd. Fortunately, Gilmour’s guitar work isn’t terrible. I probably would’ve loved this when I was 16. Actually, I would’ve heard this when I was 16 if the album wasn’t so awful that I always turned it… Read more »
After 3 1/2 years together, Facedown Records recording artists Remove the Veil is calling it quits. Another Way Home, an intense and gritty hard rock album, came out last year and showed a lot of potential. The band will play their last show at Summer Side Show VI in Columbus, Georgia on June 7th. Check their Myspace page for details.
Label: Rhino Released: April 22, 2008 Love is a second rate band, but at perhaps the creative peak of rock music. They existed at a time when the old marriage of R&B and C&W that was rock n roll was experimenting with a lot of new partners. Love was a part of that. At times, the result was brilliant, making… Read more »
Song: KeyArtist: The Guess WhoAlbum: Canned Wheat A psychedelic take on the Bible, with a seven-minute drum solo. Because there’s nothing God digs more than drum solos, right?