Armor For Sleep frontman Ben Jorgenson is the perfect archetype of the irresistible rock pixie. He’s got incessantly unthreatening and huggable tiny-ness, impeccable style, and a gleaming smile that makes girls giddily shutter and swoon and boys pale with jealousy. The ubiquitous recognition of this is clear as Jorgenson leads Armor for Sleep onto the […]
Harking back to the days when hiop-hop music had a bit of fun laced into it is New Orleans’ own Colorado resident Bionik Brown. Replete with punchlines, quotable lyrics, and hopeful commentary, this southern boy’s debut is worth a listen, even if his voice might remind you of Ahmad meets Kanye. In fact, “The Insomniac’s […]
Denver, we have a rising star in our midst. After just one listen of Input’s third full-length release A Radio With Guts, it’s hard to believe this artist has been at this game called music writing for only two years, having two albums under his belt, including Poetry On Top Of Heart Beats and Elusive […]
I first came to know the artist MF Doom upon the release of his seminal opus American Hunger—a three-disk, 60-song, behemoth of an album project that actually housed more hits than misses. Later, in a passing quote by freestyle impresario Supernatural, there was a mention that of all the people (Craig G and Eminem included) […]
There’s a feeling I get when my mind turns to The English Beat (or The Beat, for you purists). I’d call it nostalgia, but nostalgia alone can’t explain how the band continues to pack nightclubs some 25-30 years after its last major hit. And it can’t be dismissed as some uncanny, one-hit-wonder attraction either. For […]
Peanut Butter Wolf has hooked up with game-maker 2K Sports to release B-Ball Zombie War, the soundtrack for 2K’s NBA 2K8. These 20 tracks come fresh and impressive, but not surprisingly. Head of Stones Throw Records, PBW gained notoriety for his collab last year with Cartoon Network, on the heels of which this project has […]
Swampblood is the fifth album from genre bending, Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers. Similar to The Reverend Horton Heat, they combine psychobilly, rock, blues, and country in an intense mélange liable to set your hair on fire. That is, if you like that sort of thing. An appropriate title, all the tracks on Swampblood have a […]
When Justin Warfield and “Adam 12” Bravin hit the earwaves in 2006 with the She Wants Revenge self-titled debut, things happened at the speed of light. Hitting all the “next best thing” lists, late night talk shows and music festivals was the second breath to their initial small club tour. The two had individually been […]
