MP3: Gypsy Pistoleros – “Welcome to the Hotel de la Muerte”
Check out this rough mix of the title track from the Gypsy Pistoleros’ forthcoming album (due in October on Lime Records). “Welcome to the Hotel de la Muerte” mp3 Myspace
Review: The Mars Volta – Octohedron
Label: Warner Bros Released: June 23, 2009 Straightforward. Subdued. Accessible. If Octohedron had been recorded by just about any other band, those words would never cross anyone’s mind. However, the Mars Volta has pushed the boundaries of their music and their mania time and again, leaving the expectation that each album will be a further exploration of psychedelic insanity. This… Read more »
Review: Brian Bond – Fire & Gold
Label: self-released Released: March 10, 2009 Folk and punk has found some common ground over the years. From Billy Bragg’s incendiary love and politics to Elliott Smith’s dark beauty, the two genres have occasionally met in strange ways that have never been entirely one genre or the other, yet clearly rooted in both. Brian Bond is a similar artist in… Read more »
MP3: John Mellencamp – “If I Die Sudden”
John Mellencamp will release Life Death Live and Freedom, the eight song live companion to last year’s Life Death Love and Freedom. Get a sneak preview mp3 until the album is released on June 23rd. “If I Die Sudden” MP3
Review: Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
Label: Hear Music Released: June 9, 2009 Elvis Costello has had quite a long and varied career to say the least, making albums bordering on punk on one hand and working with the likes of Burt Bacharach and Allen Toussaint at others. The genres he’s avoided, like metal or hip-hop, are surely more by choice than inability. There’s no question… Read more »
Review: Spirits of the Dead
Label: White Elephant Records Released: September 29, 2008 Even those who love prog rock often understand that its shortcoming stems from putting the head before the heart. While no genre in rock can compete with prog’s technical prowess, it’s still often dismissed as self-indulgent and lite where the true spirit of rock n roll is the exception, not the rule…. Read more »
Review: Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Before this film had even been released, the comparisons to Spinal Tap were coming from all quarters, including, it seems, the film’s creators and promoters. There’s good reason too, because the parallels between the two films are uncanny, especially considering that one is parody and the other reality. While director Sacha Gervasi surely emphasized the similarities in the two stories… Read more »
Review: Bob Dylan – Together Through Life
Label: Columbia Records Released: April 28, 2009 When Bob Dylan released Love and Theft back in 2001, it seemed that he had more good music left in him than anyone expected. Five years later, Modern Times said otherwise (though many surely disagree). It was tired and old and adult. Now, in 2009, Dylan offers up yet another late career album… Read more »
Live: Good Old War, Pela and the Gaslight Anthem
May 7, 2009, Recher Theatre, Towson, Maryland The Gaslight Anthem released one of 2008’s best records, were a highlight of last summer’s Vans Warped Tour, released an fantastic 10″ on Record Store Day and are now on the verge of opening for perhaps their biggest influence, Bruce Springsteen. There really couldn’t be much more of a positive vibe or greater… Read more »
Video: Dirty Sweet – Marionette
Cool song. Cooler video. Dirty Sweet – Marionette from Dirty Sweet on Vimeo.