Author Archives: bobvinyl
Found in the Shuffle: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars – “Seconds”
Song: SecondsArtist: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-StarsAlbum: In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 This has great energy. It’s obviously a U2 cover, but the All-Stars completely made it their own. Best of all, they made it African without compromising the basic Western roots of the song. I wish more world music was like this. (By the way, Bob reviewed… Read more »
Video: Thao and the Get Down Stay Down – Bag of Hammers
Here’s a cool video from Thao’s very cool We Brave Bee Stings and All album.
Review: Title Fight – Kingston
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 »
Review: Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) – Year of the Rabbit
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 »
Video: Lourds – Astropop
Another great song about Popsicles! Check out Lourds over at Breaking Records. Lourds – AstropopMusic Video Codes at Www.roxwel.com
Video: Demolition String Band – Wisteria
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
Win $10,000: The Offspring “Hammerhead” Video Contest Announcement
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 »
Review: Moving Mountains – Pneuma
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 »
Found in the Shuffle: Pink Floyd – “Yet Another Movie / Round and Around”
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 »