Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Rx Bandits - Mandala (2009)
Alternative Rock / Experimental
2009 offering from the best thing ever to come out of Orange County chucks the horns and some of the pop hooks in favor of a looser, album-oriented jam rock feel.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Opus Dai - Touch The Sun [EP] (2008)
Hard Rock / Alt-Metal / Alternative
A new vocalist means slightly less testosterone for Opus Dai, but it does little to diminish this rock solid troupe’s high octane, guitar-centric, and (in some world, perhaps) radio ready onslaught.
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.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Emarosa - Relativity (2008)
Alternative Rock / Punk
Like many other singers with a unique style, Jonny Craig’s head-turning vocals both imbue Emarosa’s Relativity with powerful distinctiveness, and drag it down with the same few overused techniques.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Bob Mould - District Line (2008)
Pop / Alternative Rock / Electronica
The former Hüsker Dü guitarist’s solo career has been marked by blatant pendulum swings between two polar opposites—indie rock and heavily-vocoded dance electronica. Lately Mould has struck a cozy balance between the two.
Sunday, August 7, 2005
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)
Alternative / Metal / Hard Rock
Did someone in A Perfect Circle’s Musicians Anonymous program forget to tell them that six aimless dirges, one elevator-music-esque rape of a melody, and five highly-listenable songs does not a consistent album make?
Quicksand - Slip (1993)
Punk / Rock / Alt-Metal
Criminally unnoticed and sublimely loud, Quicksand’s Slip an underground landmark for anyone who’s ever enjoyed the clever side of the distorted electric guitar.
