Label: Facedown Records/Dreamt Music Released: January 22, 2008 When Dreams Become Reality would be an ambitious album even if it was the fourth or fifth release for San Diego’s Thieves & Liars. As a debut, it’s even more impressive. They draw on a lot of influences, some of which entrench them in hard rock and others which allow them to… Read more »
* Recording to begin at production studio in late February* Album scheduled for Summer 2008 release by Black Numbers Fresh off their supporting slot on the Hot Water Music reunion show, Static Radio NJ (New Brunswick, N.J.) has announced plans for their yet-to-be-named debut full length via Black Numbers. In late February, the band will begin recording in Hoboken, New… Read more »
From the band’s Myspace page: De Novo Dahl will be featured in a commercial on the Sci Fi Channel starting TONIGHT (Feb 1st) promoting the new Friday night line up of shows like Stargate Atlantis and Flash Gordon. We’re expecting a sharp increase of Star Trek fans at our upcoming shows… The commercial will be featuring our song “Shout” from… Read more »
Label: Universal Records Released: January 29, 2008 The Mars Volta really scaled things back for this one. Gone are the super-long songs (the longest here is comparatively radio-friendly at nine and a half minutes). All sarcasm aside, they run completely wild with music that’s almost impossible to follow, yet just as impossible to ignore. On previous efforts, their bold explorations… Read more »
Label: Released: October 9, 2007 A Wilhelm Scream doesn’t exactly break down all the walls on Career Suicide, but they do manage to put forth a solid album that isn’t the same old fare over and over again. The album is largely a metally hardcore affair, but its layered sound (particularly the guitar parts) gives it far greater dimension than… Read more »
Check out Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles’ new video for “Stop and Think It Over”. If you aren’t familiar with their, here’s a review their latest album, Diamonds in the Dark. Myspace
Label: Image Entertainment Released: January 15, 2007 I’m a fan of Yes. I understand that they have serious flaws from Jon Anderson’s esoteric, eastern-philosophy-lite lyrics to their frequent substitution of calculation for emotion, but somehow, they manage to get away with it in my book. Like Yes’ better moments, this DVD often finds itself short on thrills, but long on… Read more »
Label: Flight Plan/Reignition Records Released: September 25, 2007 Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer is yet another power-pop band among what seems like an endless stream coming out these days. So, what sets this female-fronted hook-fest apart from the others? For one thing, energy. In a genre that seems to go through the motions, Zolof is engaged in what they’re… Read more »
Label: Self-released; buy it at CD Baby or Not Lame Released: September 4, 2007 Watts took their name from the drummer of perhaps the most over-rated rock band in history. However, the part of the Stones that they tap into is that of the band in its hungry 60s prime, not the bloated dinosaur of the last 35 years. And… Read more »
The Gypsy Pistoleros would be pigeonholed into a genre that I usually dismiss, but that would be a mistake in this case. Sure, there were some great glam bands, but most of those still hanging around are just old men who can’t admit their day has passed or young bands that want to recapture glam at its commercial peak (which… Read more »