Fanfarlo's first full-length LP, Reservoir is perhaps the best disc to land this year by a relatively unknown, unsigned, visionary sextet. At the very least, it is a hidden gem sure to add a shine to your heart and for the price, is not to be missed.
Recalling Baudelaire's novella La Fanfarlo, of which their name is derived, Fanfarlo is surley setting themselves up to be the example of romantic irony the music world needs right now.
A-Ha's ninth (9) disc, Foot of the Mountain lands on or about June 19th, 2009 for much of the world outside of the U.S.A.
As a long-time A-Ha fan, I have been waiting anxiously for this new
release. At first listen, the single struck me as very familiar. In two
seconds I had it.
The prolific, speed, thrash, death metal purveyer's Mortification are set to release their 14th album, The Evil Addiction Destroying Machine in late May.
A staple album on my ipod is The Great American Desert by the Thrift Store Cowboys. After seeing a live show at this year’s SXSW,
I knew I had to tell more people about this evocative band. Their sound
comes from a diverse mixture of instruments; sometimes it sounds
western rockish, sometimes mariachi, sometimes indie folk with a desert
twist. It is cohesive and beautiful, with the violin or pedal steel
suddenly blowing through like the west Texas wind.
Through these years there have been drums sets that come and go. From expensive to exotic, from Sunlite to Slingerland. There have been relatively few that really stand out.
Wondering through the interwebs like I do, I came across a forum that has a nice listing of ridiculously massive drum sets.
I'll start this review off with full disclosure, I'm a big Lamb of God fan. I love them, but coming off the last album, Sacrament,
I was beginning to think that one of the new pillars of metal had
stalled out.
While Lamb of God's earlier material is good, I feel LofG
really hit their stride and solidified their signature sound (and in
turn, their place in the metal pantheon) with Ashes of the Wake. Sacrament has its bright spots, but as a whole left me wanting. Enter Wrath.
I apologize for this next statement but I am usually not a fan of female fronted bands. BUT, I have found one that I like. Their music is very raw and hypnotizing with a layer of smoothing vocals on top. The Duke Spirit has changed my opinion on female fronted rock bands. I think I like them a lot because the have modern sixties sound to them and I really like that right now. Last night I was flipping through channels and we stopped on jimmy kimmel to watch the game show they were playing. We watched that and then The Duke Spirit started to play and I was hooked from the first beat of the drum. A light bulb goes off as well and I realized that my buddies from hip sent me their video so I have decide that this week new video would be from the very talented THE DUKE SPIRIT and the song is called LASSOO
If there ever were a group that was the bridge between Counting Crows and Blues Traveler it is Alexandria's Virginia Coalition. A perfect blend of college rock and folk pop, Virgina Coalition comfortably reminds me of the sounds of both of these bands without an ounce of copy-cat and two tons of originality.
After a long fight with cancer, Kye Rae Sweet, wife of Stryper
front-man, Michael Sweet passed on to be with the Lord at 8:30pm on
Thursday March 5, 2009.
Michael met his wife Kyle during the recording of Stryper's first video "You Know What To Do"