The Fighting Jacks are on Tooth and Nail. The Fighting Jacks are only about 3 years old. The Fighting Jacks are one freaking lucky band. Barely 3 years old, and on a highly respected label. That’s quite amazing. Therefore, I’m expecting amazing things from them. Well, they have some amazing moments, and some not-so-amazing...
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I could tell Castle Oldchair was going to be a bit odd as soon as I opened the package. The art is drawn a bit oddly, and the liner notes are printed backwards (you need a mirror to read them….I tried it). Also, in the finished copy of this album, there will be a...
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Don’t ever let Barton Gill hear you say that funk is dead. He’ll bust out a funk song that he just wrote and prove you wrong. This CD is a battle between 70’s funk music and Modern Era rock music. It’s an odd mix, but it provides some good results. Most of Gill’s work...
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There have always been not enough emo Christmas songs. Maybe everyone’s too happy on Christmas to write an emo song, which, as we all know, are mostly depressing. Still, emo Christmas songs are cool, and I thank Stanxa for bringing along the best one I’ve ever heard. “(Caught In The Headlights) On a Christmas...
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These days, it seems that the only place modern rock exists is on the radio. I can hardly find any of it underground. It could be that it doesn’t exist, or I’m just looking in the wrong places. Either way, Orizon is the first independent modern rock group I’ve heard in a long while....
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Will Rock For Jesus is a compilation of a bunch of Christian rock bands, if it wasn’t inherently obvious by the title. It hardly warrants an introduction. This cd was put together by the pop-friendly Word Records, and it shows, completely. If there are three words to describe this, they are: radio-ready, catchy, and...
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Everyone complains about compilation albums. It’s true that they are sometimes sub-par in their choice of bands. In fact, I don’t think there’s ever been a perfect comp. All comps have at least one song that must be skipped. This comp is the inaugural release from new label Mono vs. Stereo. The label promises...
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Sunday, September 17, 2006 Murder by Death/Appleseed Cast/Unwed Sailor/Street to Nowhere The Conservatory, Oklahoma City, OK I have looked forward to this concert for a long time- mostly because my favorite song in the world is The Appleseed Cast’s “Fishing the Sky” (which I wrote about last month), Unwed Sailor’s The Faithful Anchor is...
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Crew clearly states on their website that their music is marketable. I would have to agree with that statement. Their melodic rock offerings are so contagiously catchy and inventive that I couldn’t think of who to compare them to. It’s just too good to compare to anything on the radio! They also boast that...
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The Paul Wright EP has two distinctive features. The first is that Paul Wright is a white guy whose EP features pictures of him skating on an old-school skateboard. White guy solo acts are instantly corellated to acoustic guitar. The second is that Mr. Wright’s label is Gotee Records, which has a few rock...
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