A new month is upon on so it is time to look back and see what I listened to this past month. Because of two gigs and a trip to the west coast I was, once again, presented with the opportunity to listen to a lot of music. So here are my top five...
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Archive for August, 2006
“Travel Music”
“Scanners-Violence is Golden”
Band:Scanners Album Name:Violence is Golden Best Element: Variation / Atmosphere Genre: Alternative / Indie Rock Website: www.scannersmusic.com Label: Dim Mak Record Band E-mail: info@scannersmusic.com From across the ocean comes London’s Scanners with their album Violence Is Golden - a powerful alternative rock four-piece with a nice contrast of new wave pop and indie punk...
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“Unperfect Me”
Chris Lalonde and Betz Dauterman are the duo that compose both the graphic design company Abandoned Designs and the clothing company Unperfect Me. In late 2005, Lalonde and Dauterman discovered each other while freelance graphic designing and decided to work as a team under one name.Thus, Abandoned Designs was born and the idea of...
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“Stellamaris-S/t EP”
Band: Stellamaris Album: S/t EP Best Element: Auxiliary instrument Genre: Pop/rock (that doesn’t suck) Website: www.thisisstellamaris.com Band E-mail:info@thisisstellamaris.com Label:N/a As long as this emo/screamo, “The Used complete my life,” “I can’t wait to love the next band Myspace features for the day!” craze continues to dominate the airwaves I refuse to pick up the...
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“Sinks of Gandy-Trust = Damage”
Band Name: Sinks of Gandy Album Name:Trust = Damage Best Element:The catchy garage-rock sounding vocals Genre: Loud, pop-ish Indie rock Website:http://www.sinksofgandy.com/ Label:Tiberius Records Band E-mail:info@tiberiusrecords.com I am positive that most anyone can name over ten bands that can be described as loud, pop-ish rock. They could probably name the same number of post-shoegaze bands...
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“Shotgun Monday-Read Compare Adjust”
Band Name: Shotgun Monday Album Name: Read Compare Adjust Best Element: Talented music in the roots of true emo-core Genre: Emo-core Website: http://www.shotgunmonday.com Label Name: Modern Radio (www.modern-radio.com) Band E-mail: shotgunmondayband@yahoo.com My first instinct upon hearing this CD was to think “Who brought back At the Drive In?” From the sharp and dissonant guitars...
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“Lonely China Day-Eponymous EP”
Band: Lonely China Day Album: Eponymous EP Best Element: Sweeping, dreamy sound Genre: Post-roc Website: www.tagteamrecords.com Label: Tag Team Records Band E-mail: marcusk@tagteamrecords.com The most amazing thing about this EP is not the quality of the post-rock swells and swoops augmented with heavily technological glitches and swishes. That would be enough to woo me,...
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“The Lesser Birds of Paradise-Space Between”
Band: The Lesser Birds of Paradise Album: Space Between Best Element: Perfect songwriting Genre: Alt-country/folk/pop Website: www.lesserbirds.com Label: Contraphonic (www.contraphonic.com) Band E-mail: I have never enjoyed a release that I’ve had to review as much as I enjoy Space Between by the Lesser Birds of Paradise. I’ve stopped listening to other albums- for the...
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“Homemade Knives-No One Doubts the Darkness”
Band Name: Homemade Knives Album Name:No One Doubts the Darkness Best Element: The beautiful imagery filled lyrics Genre: Acoustic Website: http://www.myspace.com/homemadeknivesrva Label Name: Triple Stamp Records Band E-mail: info@triplestamp.com I have to admit that when I saw the cover art for the Homemade Knives’ album I couldn’t help but laugh- I hardly expected to...
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“Hairshirt-Lover Politician EP”
Band Name: Hairshirt Album Name: Lover Politician EP Best Element: A great attempt at reinventing the wheel Genre: Indie rock Website: http://www.hairshirt.net Label Name: Contraphonic (www.contraphonic.com) Band E-mail: info@hairshirt.net Hairshirt is very different from anything you’ve heard in the past twenty years! They are a band who has traveled through time from the 1980s...
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