It’s that time of year again. There’s a chill in the air made cozy by the lights strung through the trees and across buildings. It’s that special time when my vomit takes on a pale yellow, noggy consistency. This time of year brings presents as well as the new crop of season themed albums. Yeah […]
To get those of us familiar with the sounds of the down underground, EQ/Stomp Pty Ltd. has launched a new compilation series, an offshoot from their Balance releases called Electric 01. In the past Balance has brought many an unknown DJ into the spotlight, and this time around the light shines on Gavin Keitel. Keitel […]
There was a time not so long ago when the ‘soundtrack’ was an institution. No longer just a nice reminder of two hours well spent in front of a movie screen, the soundtrack had become a tool to not only sell, but often save a mediocre film. But the party didn’t last, perhaps due to […]
If you’re a fan of the HBO Series, Six Feet Under, you’ll instantly recognize the opening track used to promote the launch of their fifth season, which will end this summer. The pictures featured inside the cover actually get the series’ original theme song running through your head as the hands, once held together, break […]
It is too bad that we live in the age of rehashing. You know, the age where everything is “re-packaged to appeal to a new, more youthful” market. It is the age that saw everything good—and plenty not so good—shows from television made into movies. The age where a director had the nerve—no, the gall—to […]
LA’s Side One Dummy label has a wonderful habit of putting out very large, very good compilations for not much money at all (they’re responsible for the ever popular Warped collections too) and with Punx Unite (co-released by New Jersey’s Charged Records) they’ve done it again. Thirty-two tracks, from strictly underground punk bands – the […]
Paul Green. Living vicariously through the kids that he teaches. Demanding perfection in every way. Affecting their lives forever. This is the real School of Rock, featured in this year’s documentary. Not in a high school led by actor Jack Black, but a place of learning started and run by Green – a place of […]
Reviewing compilation albums provides an interesting challenge for me. Judging an artist by one song rankles on me. I much prefer to have several songs in order to get a more complete idea of their style, sound, and quality. Some bands can vary wildly between songs while others remain intolerably the same. My opinion of […]
This compilation is nothing if not eclectic. The set, which includes Colorado Springs residents No Alibi, has something for the back-packer set, for the Cali Riders, for the Houston Hustler’s, and for the Midwest Party People. They’ve even got something for fans of vintage Bone (track 16—“Your World, My Pain” by BMP267 sounds like it […]
I’ve always believe that there are elements of all types of music in any given song, at least songs with substance. The blues were a definite influence on rock, rock has of course spread it’s gene throughout punk, pop, and metal pool, and has also poured over into country. Jazz on the other hand, the […]
