Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Adebisi Shank - This Is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank (2008)
Hard Rock / Bitpop / Experimental
Two-handed tapping, spastic bitpop bleeps and blops, octave pedaled guitar and incredibly tight playing: when their powers combine, the result is the refreshingly spry rock ‘n’ roll of Adebisi Shank. Not Captain Planet, as you may have guessed.
Monday, November 10, 2008
God Is An Astronaut - God Is An Astronaut (2008)
Electronic Rock / Instrumental
Of interest to craftsmen and headbangers alike, God Is An Astronaut’s all instrumental music is electronic rock of the utterly enjoyable sort.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Enter Shikari - “We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don’t Want Us To Escape” [SINGLE]
Metal / Hardcore / Trance Electronica
Fun one-off single from British “Nintendocore” rockers Enter Shikari is pure, off-your-ADHD-medication energetic fun, with lyrics scraping at the place of humanity in the cosmos. End result: you, dancing in your chair like Gary Brolsma.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Fear Before - Fear Before (2008)
Experimental / Metal / Noise-Pop
Long having shaken out their scene hardcore sillies, Aurora, Colorado’s Fear Before the March of Flames now birth music equal parts metal, industrial, and pop, and fire it straight at experimental and noise-pop fans. And all without the last half of their name!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Josh Pyke - Memories & Dust (2007)
Pop / Singer-Songwriter / Acoustic
Australian singer-songwriter Josh Pyke has a resonant voice, minstrel flair and a natural ear for squeaky clean, acoustic pop.
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.
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.
