When The Casket Lottery first appeared a few years back, it seemed like they were destined for really big things. They had hardcore star power, since both of Coalesce’s bass players were in the band. Their first record, “Choose Bronze” showed a ton of promise right off the bat, though it was a huge departure […]
I had my television on mute as the news played out the events of the day and as I began listening to To A Loved One, the sophomore release from Denver’s Hello Kavita. It was definitely a ying and yang experience, flipping from the flurry of Red Tag sales pushing spending for the holidays as […]
When you walk too fine of a line as a musician trying to balance multiple interests, you run the risk of never truly discovering your calling. While comprised of a few definite high points, Battery Park’s Scattered Pictures walks this razor edge, begging the question, “Who do they want to be when they grow up?”
In the age of Warped Tour, Hot Topic, and MySpace, sounds of “independent,” and “underground” music, especially punk, metal, and hardcore, are as prevalent as ever. With the advent of this popularity comes a new set of politically correct guidelines that inevitably follow, which most bands seem apt to conform to, if not packaged that […]
Two members from Hagfish, brothers Doni and Zach Blair, have put 50% of “the band back together,” reinventing their sound to reflect a matured and somewhat “tainted love” attitude through their song writing and chorus lines, while retaining the punchy guitars and youthful energy that put Hagfish on the map back in the day.
Falling Out by Peter Bjorn And John is songs about just that, and “some about falling in as well, but mostly out.” This debut album from the Swede trio also responsible for producing/arranging fellow groups such as the Concretes and the Shout Out Louds is full of bittersweet pop. It embodies all the pleasantries of […]
It was Monolith of 2008. I was walking through one of the indoor stages on my way to somewhere else when I heard this mind-blowing, menacing yet palpitant noise pouring over the eager eyes and ears of the audience, which was fixated on the three-piece annihilating the stage. I pushed my way to the front […]
If you want a good indication of what’s in store for the Monolith pre-party on Friday, September 11, you need go no further than the new Chromeo DJ-KiCKS remix album from !K7. Electic and endearing, funky and funtabulous, track one through track 18 is a non-stop groove and party waiting to happen, sans the balloons […]
You may know Amanda Blank as the hip-hop vixen in a number of Spank Rock tracks (most notably, “Bump”), and she’s often toured (and ahem, partied to the point of losing her voice) with the crew, but on her debut, I Love You, her persona is shining brighter than ever. For starters, Amanda’s liquid smooth […]
Scoop one song from Matt (Johnson) & Kim (Schifino) and pour into a fountain glass. Add water, shake, and down yourself eight solid ounces of smiles and sunshine. As it may have been said about ecstasy, I want to scream loudly that if everyone listened to Matt & Kim’s latest album, Grand, there would be […]
