Label: Retard Disco Released: June 26, 2007 If precision, refinement and crisp production are part of your idea of a great album, Killed ‘Em Deader ‘n a Six Card Poker Hand is probably not for you. However, if you like raw rock n roll energy, you’ve come to the right place. Epsilons aren’t just superficial garage rockers trying to stake… Read more »
Label: self-released Released: May 23, 2007 After releasing a free internet only EP earlier in the year (which you will get on the CD that accompanies this 7″), London trio, Pocus Whiteface returns with this two song 7″. Both songs draw from loose garage rock and tight, angular post-punk. “But It’s Home” is a bit catchier and more instantly likable…. Read more »
Label: Alive Naturalsound Records Released: August 21, 2007 Nathaniel Mayer is a legend in soul music, though lesser known outside of the genre. Once known for his sweet soulful voice, there is little of that remaining on his latest effort, released 45 years after his most famous song, “Village of Love.” His now thin, raspy voice may not be what… Read more »
Label: The End Records Released: September 4, 2007 For anyone truly familiar with Kosmos’ drummer Michel “Away” Langevin’s longer term project, Voivod, this album should come as no real surprise. For those who think of Voivod as merely a metal band, Kosmos will be a shock though. The self-titled debut is an organ-heavy tribute to 70s prog rock dipping heavily… Read more »
Label: Dim Mak Records Released: August 21, 2007 A lot of bands these days have been rehashing the 80s, but very few of them bring anything particularly new to the table. For me, it’s really dull to have your own teenage years spit back to you as if it’s new, so it’s refreshing to hear a band do something interesting… Read more »
Label: Heads Up International Released: August 7, 2007 Frankly, I wasn’t very familiar with Zap Mama prior to hearing the title track to this album about a month ago on my local independent radio station, WTMD. I liked the song well enough to track down the album, but once I got it, I found it to be a tough one… Read more »
Label: Capitol-EMI (2 CD and 3 CD) Released: September 4, 2007 (originally released August 5, 1967) Piper at the Gates of Dawn is almost universally accepted as a great album. Certainly, “Astronomy Domine” is amazing in its own right. The three group compositions in the middle of the album are good, though somewhat underdeveloped, indicators of where Pink Floyd would… Read more »
Label: self-released Released: 2007 The Underground Rebels have a decent hard rock pedigree featuring former Faster Pussycat guitarist Brent Muscat and former Cult drummer Lez Warner, but the band is really the creative (or not so creative) child of singer/guitarist Kurt Frohlich. Those expecting the swagger of Faster Pussycat or gritty hard rock of Electric-era Cult, beware, because this album… Read more »
Label: self-released Released: September 18, 2007 Zerobridge was formed by two Kashmiri brothers who grew up near the namesake of the their EP, Havre de Grace, Maryland. While this broader cultural experience may seem like a boon for the band, their music has little to do with the former and everything to do with the latter. Zerobridge relies on the… Read more »
Label: Q Division Released: June 2007 Soul and R&B have in many cases become so wrapped up in the influence of hip-hop that they’ve forgotten their own identities. When things like this happen, sometimes it’s best to hear someone get back to basics to reclaim a genre that’s losing itself. Eli “Paperboy” Reed and the True Loves may be just… Read more »