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.
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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.
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Yea that is right, $75,000. But you do get some interesting goodies with that purchase in addition to the CD.
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U2 is bringing something different to this conert and you could never guess what it is.
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What comes to mind when you see this?
Susan Boyle, a Britain's Got Talent hopeful that just might surprise you.
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The Legends of Rock 2009 held on April 4 was surely an amazing show.
If you missed it, here are some highlights posted by our friends at YouTube.
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The prolific, speed, thrash, death metal purveyer's Mortification are set to release their 14th album, The Evil Addiction Destroying Machine in late May.
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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.
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It's not often that an iTunes Free single of the week is so good that I am compelled to purchase the entire disc (digital tracks).
Angel Taylor's Love Travels is that rare exception. Hopefully it will spur a trend of continued quality on Apple's part in selecting talented artists.
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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.
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Check this video out. I love it when a band takes creative chances with their videos. This one is really cool. I hope you enjoy.
Good Old War - Coney Island
Good Old War
Keith Goodwin
Tim Arnold
Dan Schwartz
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.
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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
The Duke Spirit is
Liela Moss
Luke Ford
Toby Butler
Olly "The Kid" Betts
Dan Higgins
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.
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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"
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