Peaches are no longer grown in Georgia, and good country music no longer comes from the South. These days it seems like the only country music worth listening to comes from places like San Diego, Denver, and Detroit.
Blanche – Little Amber Bottles
Born Ruffians – Hummingbird EP
Ontario’s three-piece Born Ruffians makes driving, melodic and stripped down pop, folksy and repetitive like older Modest Mouse, with energized, driving jangle that recalls many a Smiths number.
Dusty Rhodes and The River Band – First You Live
Is bluegrass influenced music making a comeback? I don’t mean that bullshit that they try to pass off at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. The Yonder Mountain String band plays jam band music, and if that is your thing, fine, just don’t call it bluegrass. However, lately I have heard more bands incorporating old-timey bluegrass into […]
Junkie XL – Living for Today
No matter how many occasions we have with good timing, it always seems to stir up a sense of pleasant surprise. This happened with Junkie XL album, Today, which I had brought it with me on my trip to Los Angeles. I had thrown it in my bag along with a few other CDs, which […]
This is a Great Movie Week – Juno, The Gits and Kite Runner
THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE WEEK – JUNO, THE GITS AND KITE RUNNER Those from the Denver Film Society that chose “Juno” as Big Night film for this year’s film festival hit the bull’s eye. I had the pleasure of seeing “Juno” a few days before is premiered in Denver last month, and after seeing […]
Otep – The Ascension
Before dismissing Otep as just another band that’s caught in the tentacles of the dysfunctional nu-metal post goth/metal family—an analysis is of the utmost importance. Consider the following (Otep has): raspy female-fronted vocals in artsy poetic verse, an emphasis on driven bass-fronted metal, a firm idea of what having dynamics actually means and an ultra […]
Plane – I See Love In The Future
With a distinct influence from Legendary Pink Dots, New Order and later goth-industrial emotionalists, Plane dishes out tracks of ominous melancholy on their sophomore drop, I See Love In The Future. Guitars strum serenely on “Blood On The Waves,” and a drum machine paces gently. Gradually the track builds into a chugging train of intention, […]
Various Artists – Guitar Hero 3 – Interscope
Before I get started, if you play Guitar Hero and purchase this CD, you get three more songs compared to the game. I’m not sure how it works, as I’m not a Guitar Hero player, but I’m sure you can figure it out if you are. That’s a great incentive to buy this CD. I […]