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.

Continue reading "Fanfarlo - Reservoir" »

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.

Continue reading "Thrift Store Cowboys in concert and more" »

What if I told you that you could see greats like Run D.M.C., Metallica, Jeff Beck and more under one roof?

Continue reading "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions" »

Coalesce. Photo by: Jenny Brothers

Avant-Hardcore vets Coalesce have announced the completion of their first full-length endeavor since 1998. Ox is 14 songs totalling about 35 minutes.  They recorded the album at Blacklodge Studios with Ed Rose, a mainstay in the Coalesce sonic composition. Ox will be released and nationally distributed by Relapse Records sometime in April or May. For you hXc purists, there will be a vinyl version available.

Visit the Official Coalesce site.

Track Listing:

1. The Plot Against My Love
2. The Comedian in Question
3. Wild Ox Moan
4. Designed to Break a Man
5. Where Satire Sours (instrumental)
6. The Villain We Won’t Deny
7. The Purveyor of Novelty and Nonsense
8. In My Wake, For My Own
9. New Voids in One’s Resolve
10. We Have Lost Our Will (instrumental)
11. Questions To Root Out Fools
12. By What We Refuse
13. Dead is Dead
14. There is a Word Hidden in the Ground

It’s official: I have a new favorite song. While watching The Totally Rad Show (a GREAT video podcast where the three hosts discuss geek culture topics...

Continue reading "The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition" »