As a lover of entertainment, and a writer of little ability, I have fallen into the briar patch. People give me new CDs and ask me to write my opinion of them, despite no musical ability of my own. I get to go to concerts almost bi-weekly, frequently without even paying. Now, about every three […]
Something about this CD reminds me of the early nineties (I won’t tell you how old I was then)–the post-Nirvana days when a ton of girl bands and singer/songwriters came out of the woodwork and made it big. Rock’n’roll enough to be ‘edgy’ but pop enough for the radio. Juliana Hatfield, Lisa Loeb, Letters to […]
Music with a message. This is Immortal Technique, speaking what so many of us have thought in our minds. “If you message ain’t shit/fuck the records you sold/’Cause if you go platinum/It’s got nothin’ to do with luck/It just means that a million people are stupid as fuck.” Ah yes. William Hung fans come to […]
With a name like the Mojo Gurus, a CD called “Hot Damn!”and song titles like “Race With The Devil,” “Raylene” and “Black Cat Blues,” you would probably guess that this is a rockabilly band. You’d be partially right. “Race With The Devil” is a rockabilly song, a twist on the “Devil Went Down to Georgia” […]
BAADASSSSS! (a.k.a. Gettin’ The Man’s Foot Outta Your Baadasssss!) (Mario Van Peebles, 2004) Why does it seem like every movie about making movies serves only to show how hard it is to make movies? Mario Van Peebles directs and stars in Baadasss!, a film about his father, Melvin Van Peebles, making his breakthrough movie, “Sweet […]
Words of thanks from Suburban home records From Virgil Dickerson: Running an independent label is more difficult now than ever before. Although we got through this difficult situation, we still need the support from independent music fans to keep releasing new music. If you are curious about any of our releases on Suburban Home or […]
Def Jux nails it down again with the comprehensive new compilation, Definitive Jux Presents: III. Hearing comps like these is awesome because they really give you a taste of the talent within the label. This album in particular contains tracks not found on any of their artist’s albums, with the exception of two — an […]
