One EskimO is pretty much a children's storybook where each chapter is a song and the illustration is brought alive by smooth, simple animation. The band's sound is kind of the usual upbeat soft pop sound, but once you get…
Continue Reading →Brazilian metal pioneers Sepultura give us yet another reason to thrash with their eleventh album since 1986's Morbid Visions. This new LP follows the band's recent trend of concept albums. 2006's Dante XXI was based on Dante's Divine Comedy, and…
Continue Reading →Love songs were given a bad name by evening radio shows, Michael Bolton, and Hallmark, but there's still a lot of good in this favorite topic of songwriters through history, and Starbucks Entertainment gives us evidence in time for that…
Continue Reading →We've been fans of Peter Gregson for a while. The young cellist not only is amazingly talented, but his involvement with his fans is always innovative. His new project titled The Words on the Wall takes his concert into the…
Continue Reading →The new Friendly Fires tune "Skeleton Boy" is one that's upbeat enough to be on repeat for the next week (it's already on its fourth playback in the duration of the writing of this post). But the real beauty is…
Continue Reading →John Frusciante's career has had its prolific periods and plenty of hiatus to balance it out, but the man behind the legendary twang on the BloodSugarSexMagik, as well as the later Chili Peppers work and nine previous solo records, has…
Continue Reading →Another year, another Animal Collective album, further refining a distinct sound of their own device. The Baltimore squad's eighth LP reaches a new level of accessibility, yet retains the experimental heartbeat that made them a favorite noise internationally. Merriweather Post…
Continue Reading →We've written about the music of Daft Punk, Barack Obama action figures and Daft Punk designer toys, but I never imagined I'd have the occasion to write about all three in one post. In the latest mashup of politics and…
Continue Reading →Nine times out of ten, Public Enemy's advice to not believe the hype rings true. And then there's Vivian Girls. You can sometimes measure the trendiness rank of a band by how much a CDR of their demo sells for…
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