Sunday, September 21, 2008

Raein - Nati Da Altri Padri (2008)

Punk / Prog / Screamo / Experimental

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Fans of heavy music with orchestral compositional technique will feel perfectly at home with this burst of spitfire prog-punk from Italian five-piece Raein.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Prime sth - Underneath The Surface (2002)

Alternative Rock / Radio Rock

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There’s something uniquely energetic about Swedish alt-rockers Prime sth’s take on the unapologetically post-grunge, mainstream “alternative rock” sound they’ve adopted.

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Monday, September 15, 2008

Calexico - Carried to Dust (2008)

Frankenstein folk

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  1. Victor Jara’s Hands
  2. Two Silver Trees
  3. The News About William
  4. Sarabande In Pencil Form
  5. Writer’s Minor Holiday
  6. Man Made Lake
  7. Inspiracion
  8. House Of Valparaiso
  9. Slowness
  10. Bend In The Road
  11. El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited)
  12. Fractured Air (Tornado Watch)
  13. Falling From Sleeves
  14. Red Blooms
  15. Contention City

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Sunday, May 14, 2006

Lacuna Coil - Karmacode (2006)

Italians do it better

Fragile
To The Edge
Our Truth
Within Me
Devoted
You Create
What I See
Fragments Of Faith
Closer
In Visible Light
The Game
Without Fear
Enjoy The Silence

It makes a weird kind of sense that an Italian band can sound cooler and more interesting in trying to sound “modern” than can [...]

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