Temporary Res. conceived this Sabbath tribute some eight years ago and has had it on the backburner up until now. They explain its long put-off release as having something to do with the irony of the Osbourne family’s thorny recent resurgence in the cultural ratings; but I doubt there’s much irony; it’s just time to […]
Thomas Campbell, skateboarder and artist, has moved on to film (and surf.) Dogtown and Z-Boys revealed to the world that skateboarding began as earth’s answer to surfing, and thus come the surf films… Campbell currently has work lurking around the “Beautiful Loser” art show, which I had the pleasure of ingesting at San Francisco’s Yerba […]
There is an old adage: If you add a teaspoon of fine wine to a barrel of sludge, you get sludge; and if you add a teaspoon of sludge to a barrel of fine wine, you also get sludge. That said, as far as the neo-emo-pop-punk world goes, I only have a few interests. Alkaline […]
The only thing you REALLY need to know about the third Atticus compilation is that there’s a Lucero song on it that you can’t buy on any of their currently available records. Therefore, you should buy it and listen to it over and over again until that song is as burned onto your brain as […]
This is the second volume of Denver music that proves once and for all that this town is overflowing with talent in all shapes and sizes. You’ve got the smart, wave punk from The Swayback, sexy vinyl skirt teasing from The Symptoms, a taste of German love for trees from The Czars, the euphoric and […]
What self-respecting, hipster indie kid wouldn’t love the latest iteration in the Sounds Eclectic series? Packed with a bevy of mostly live, in-studio cuts from a variety of acts like The Polyphonic Spree, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead and Interpol, Sounds Eclectic 3 carries on the tradition of compiling the favorite performances on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes […]
“Every 17 minutes, at least six Americans lose a loved one to suicide, for a total loss of life to suicide of more than 30,000 people each year.” That’s what reads inside the cover of this 2 volume compilation of artists, coming together to contribute to The National Hopeline Network, a suicide prevention and crisis […]
Reviewing a compilation as a whole is always difficult. Each artist is different in their purpose, and the meaning of each song can be varied as well. Even the theme of the album may not necessarily tie each song together in a logical way. Regardless of this, I will not attempt to dissect each song […]
To understand how this compilation was inspired by Kitaro you first have to know Kitaro and his musical history. For over 30 years his compositions have brought worlds of nature and ancient Japanese instrumentation together with the worlds of rock and modern electronics. I typically don’t include quotes when reviewing music, but this I wanted […]
While the typical Oakie set includes an egg timer, complete with intermissions to stand with his arms outstretched out to the masses so they can adore him, the proof is in the pudding when it comes to his mix CDs and original work. Yes, the guy’s ego is nauseating, but throwing his music into your […]
