Friday, September 26, 2008

Audio Fiction - Audio Fiction (2008)

Retro Pop-Rock / ’80s Revival / Punk

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Just in time for autumn, these ten summery tracks drip retro cool. Don’t worry, the really cool kind: Hendrixian octave guitar madness, double X chromosome swagger and Siouxsie peek-a-boos. Angelfish lovers rejoice.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Jonezetta - Cruel To Be Young (2008)

High Fructose Pop Rock

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  1. Wide Awake
  2. Holding Onto You
  3. Busy Body
  4. Paint and Picture
  5. Sick in the Teeth
  6. Cruel to be Young
  7. Fur Coat (Roaming Like Animals)
  8. Valentine
  9. Untitled
  10. The Queen City Song
  11. I Watched You, Out From Your Window

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Heatmiser - Dead Air (1993)

This heat is killing me!

Still
Candyland
Mock-up
Dirt
Bottle Rocket
Blackout
Stray
Can’t Be Touched
Cannibal
Don’t Look Down
Sands Hotel
Lowlife
Buick
Dead Air

Take stock of “Dead Air” and realize that, like most good albums, the sonic variance is slim. All fifteen cuts on the earliest album from singer-songwriter Elliott Smith (”Good Will Hunting”) and company’s rock outfit fall into the category of “brash, loud and inventive.”
Heatmiser [...]