In the city, partying isn't the only thing heating up the summer nights. Love and friendship is in the air. Enter Jody Adams, our relentless photographer, who's been out there documenting everything he sees, from the booming horns of NO BS! Brass at The Broadberry's...
Gatorface - Wasted Monuments (No Idea) Gatorface straddle the line between punk and hardcore, coming down on both the more melodic and the snottier sides of both genres. The mathy complexity of some songs doesn't justify itself, instead serving to undermine some of the catchier choruses here. Nonetheless, this is an energetic and enjoyable album....
Ever since I can remember, I’ve been collecting music. My father was a music fanatic and I picked up the habit from him. He’d take my brother and I to the record store, sometimes twice a week, indulging our burgeoning interest in music by buying KISS, Danny Gatton (I still listen frequently to his seminal release Redneck Jazz) and Joe Walsh...
Although Municipal Waste's latest album, Massive Aggressive, has been out for over a year, they're still making video clips to promote it. And thank goodness for that, since the results have been uniformly excellent. Their previous collaboration with Fangoria magazine on the "Acid Sentence" video produced an excellent three-minute take on the...
Lubec- Nothing Is Enough! (The Acme Thunderer) The highly stylized pop music of Lubec’s debut EP, Nothing is Enough!, relentlessly drives from hook to hook, moving from grand pop gesture to even grander pop gesture as each song progresses. The groups sound is heavily influenced by the proto-indie rock of 80s acts like The Smiths and The Cure,...
BASS is universal!! Featuring Diplo and Yolandi getting freaky on some graffiti African penis tip, this video will straight up have you wondering about the next generation and where music is headed in the future. Its fresh, its next level hip hop, and so weirdly creative. BASS is universal!! Featuring Diplo and Yolandi getting freaky on some...
Elizabeth And The Catapult - The Other Side Of Zero (Verve Forecast) Female singer-songwriter stuff that walks the line between alternative and soft rock. When Elizabeth and co. drift in the direction of Feist, Fiona Apple, or Tori Amos, I'm happy. But there are more than a few Sheryl Crow moments here, which don't make me so happy. Decent, but...
Minneapolis rappers Eyedea, of Eyedea And Abilities, and Slug, of Atmosphere, freestyling on The Wake Up Show, hosted by Sway And King Tech. Michael "Eyedea" Larsen passed away this past weekend, age 28. The cause of death is currently undisclosed, but regardless, he went too soon. He was a true talent, as this video makes clear. I wish I had a...
Eskorbuto/R.I.P. – split album (Munster Records) The act of reissuing an album, especially one rendered obscure by the unforgiving fog of time, presents something of a contradiction. On one hand, it is a resurrection of sorts, a breath of new life into a creation that was previously relatively inert. However, the album’s re-presentation also...
Built To Spill October 9 at The National A friend told me that the main reason to see Built to Spill live is to hear Doug Martsch’s vocals. This is partially true--Martsch does have a unique voice and a distinctive style--but it is hardly the main reason you should see this band live. It’s certainly not for the excitement of their live show,...
