Friday, October 31, 2008
The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia (2008)
Alternative Rock / Blues / Soul
The first full-length collaboration between Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan is a desperate hurricane of despair and debauchery befitting its artful cover. Just be prepared to take your dose of each singer separately, most of the time.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Checking in
Just stopping by to assuage any fears that I might have been abducted, incapacitated, etc.. Incapacitated might work. Incapacitated by a bout of laziness, at any rate.
Regularly scheduled posts will return soon (possibly Halloween evening). Until then, keep the volume at 11 and enjoy life.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Porcupine Tree - We Lost the Skyline (2008) [LIVE] and Nil Recurring (2007) [EP]
Prog-Rock / Hard Rock / Acoustic / Experimental
In Absentia or Deadwing are likely to be the first Porcupine Tree albums on anyone’s plate, but their massive back catalog is solid all the way through. The Tree’s two most recent releases carry the torch.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Les Fragments de la Nuit - Musique Du Crépuscule (2008)
Modern Classical / Experimental
French neo-classicalists Les Fragments de la Nuit toss us under a killing moon on the haunting Musique Du Crépuscule.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Rise Against - Appeal to Reason (2008)
Hardcore Punk / Punk Revival / Melodic Hardcore
Rise Against’s stripped-down, bare essentials, roots-of-punk simplicity accounts for most of their charm, but it’s also their undoing in places.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble (2006)
Dark Jazz / Ambient Electronic / Instrumental
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble’s approach to genre synthesis sidesteps melodrama, instead delivering uniquely unsettling, dark, and musically rich ambient-jazz bathed in electronica influence.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Souvenir’s Young America - An Ocean Without Water (2007)
Post-Rock / Slowcore / Instrumental
Before Pandora introduced me to Souvenir’s Young America, I went through quite a few post-rock ensembles that didn’t quite fit the bill in my search for the kind of music a space station might play as soundtrack to their decaying orbit.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Bolt - Movement and Detail (2005)
Instrumental / Progressive Math Rock / Indie
Bolt’s mathy prog-rock isn’t quite “take no prisoners” rock by numbers, but it does put rocking first and foremost, and will accept homework questions from envious tone geeks after class.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club - Cipher (2008)
Gothic Americana / Psychobilly / Folk
At the forefront of the new “Denver sound,” this near-unclassifiable outfit’s rotgut brand of music will make your insides squirm while your feet do-si-do.
Friday, October 10, 2008
What Bird - Good Night, Good Riddance (2008)
Folk Rock / Electronic / Indie
Graveyard shift commuter-poets with a soft spot for acoustic/electronic pop will find their car stereos have found a new best friend in Good Night, Good Riddance.
