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Azeda Booth - In Flesh Tones 2008-07-27 00:26:27 In Flesh Tones
is the premier full-length album from Azeda Booth
, an all-male Canadian electronica group from Calgary, Alberta. To me, their sound is a delicate mix of Deerhoof and M83, lighter sounds with quirky vocals. Each new track surprises me. After listening to “Dead Girls”, I almost wrote them off as just [...]
I’d Tap CSS’ Donkey 2008-07-25 22:14:37 Hello, Internet. I’m Jake, and I may be joining Umbilical Chord, depending on how you like my input. I like sailing the Mediterranean, a good red wine, and friending young girls on MySpace. Today I will be reviewing CSS’ album Donkey
.
The Brazilian rock/electronic/dance/grunge/reggae/pop/fusion group has put out a fun as hell CD. The songs are [...]
Just You Wait 2008-07-25 18:39:29 Yowzah! There’s been an overload of album releases recenetly and in an all fairness, Vivek and I want to tackle as many of them as possible. So far, this has meant everything from Miley Cyrus to Nine Inch Nails and Dr. Dog to the Mamma Mia soundtrack. For now, look forward to new reviews of [...]
Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack 2008-07-25 17:01:37 “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” not
I grew up with the ABBA tunes my mother played while driving me to school everyday and though I’d never admit, I may have developed a mild fondness for their music. That’s why pale attempts at covers, like the god awful A-Teens, have really robbed [...] Read more:Mamma
, Soundtrack
Dr. Dog – Fate 2008-07-25 14:42:17 Yeah I Like the Beatles too
Dr. Dog’s fifth album Fate is a fusion of classical sounds. The Dog quintet draws their inspiration from musical royalty like Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys and the Beatles, then again who doesn’t. The only difference is that they can execute, extremely well.
Their opener the Breeze is a very [...]
Grizzly Bear 2008-07-24 23:45:55 Grizzly Bear is of no relation to the Panda Bear (Pandas aren’t real bears)
I love it when “indie” bands get coverage on network television. I also just enjoy Grizzly Bear’s music. Any of you who are seeing/saw Radiohead on the second leg of their summer tour, will see this lovely acid folk band in [...] Read more:Grizzly
, Grizzly Bear
Live with Portishead 2008-07-23 22:34:34 Downtempo + Trip Hop
I know a lot of our readers like electronica. I also know that I enjoy electronica. In an effort to make everyone happy (and to make me feel less guilty about reviewing the Miley Cyrus cd), I’m plugging Portishead
. They did a live performance for Canal + Concert Privé
Portishead - Live @ [...]
Dark Knight OST 2008-07-23 17:06:22 Why so Serious?
In the realm of movie soundtracks Hans Zimmer is pretty much the authority. With classics like Gladiator, Last Samurai, and co composing duties on the Pirates trilogy, Zimmer has established himself as the premiere movie soundtrack composer. It comes as no surprise then that Zimmer’s composition with James Newton Howard is of the [...] Read more:Knight
Miley Cyrus [has a] Breakout 2008-07-22 18:50:18 7 Things I Hate Like Love Know About U
Miley Cyrus aka TV’s Hannah Montana’s sophomore album released today. After selling out venue after venue on tour, and capturing the hearts of pre-teen girls (and prepubescent boys) across the country, Cyrus is back- edgier and funkier before.
Breakout
is fully Cyrus rather than the dolled up Hannah [...]
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip 2008-07-22 12:50:09 Trent Reznor is on a roll
Just a few months ago, NIN released their latest album, Ghosts I-IV, an impressive collection of 36 American Industrial tracks available for download a la Radiohead’s In Rainbows. Listeneres were welcome to download the first 9 tracks free of charge or pay a mere 5 dollars to purchase high quality mp3s of all 36 songs. [...] Read more:Nine Inch Nails
Surprise! 2008-08-05 13:28:02 Surprise! I know a few of our readers already know but for those of you out of the loop (99% of everyone), we’ve purchased a domain name making our site easier to access and much cooler than before.
Bookmark
I’m going to try to link the two so that it automatically takes you to the other page but [...] Read more:Surprise
Take it to The Streets 2008-08-02 19:53:21 I speak in communication, in bold type
I once told a friend that I enjoyed British Hip-Hop/UK Garage and he made a face at me.
“Gross! You listen to Lady Sovereign? She’s terrible,” he said, about to disown me, or at least pretend to do so.
“No,” I replied. “You’re ridiculous. A) I hate that song she sings [...]
Let’s Pretend [They] Don’t Exist 2008-08-02 17:51:31 I obviously don’t hold a grudge against Kevin Barnes for selling out…
Okay I lied. I am mad at K. Barnes for saying those things on youtube about what is and isn’t selling out and how doing a commerical for outback isn’t yada yada. Still, I did see them in concert last fall and the ticket [...]
The Besnard Lakes 2008-08-01 14:43:03 This is all late due to an amazing transformation about to occur. I don’t want to ruin the surprise so just stay tuned and you’ll see.
The Besnard Lakes
- Live @ CBC Radio 3.
The Beautiful Ones
Lollapalooza 2008 2008-08-01 03:55:01 I really want to hear someone say Lollapalooza with a Japanese accent.
I’ve wanted to hear that said ever since I learned that Japanese doesn’t have an “l” sound. I’m hoping some of our friends in Chicago are going to Lollapalooza. It ought to be a blast. Look forward to performances from awesome acts including:
Today The [...]
Canning goes Solo! 2008-07-31 17:53:57 Two down…. 17 to go
After seven years and four albums, one of Broken Social Scene’s founding members, Brendan Canning, decided to break from his buddies and go solo, sort-of. BSS Presents Brendan Canning is the second in the series of solo albums produced by BSS members for BSS members. . Last year we heard from Kevin [...]
Lazy Days 2008-07-30 20:00:59 Sometime in the past week or so there’s been an music explosion resulting in far too many new albums for Vivek and I to possibly review. Each review takes time to write as well as time to listen to the artist’s music. I’d charted out a huge list but I seriously doubt we can get [...]
Black Affair: Pleasure Pressure Point 2008-07-30 19:40:38 Steve Mason’s journey as a musician has been fraught with ups and downs. He had success with both the Beta Band and King Biscuit Time, though neither was able to make a commercial impact outside of Britain. Nevertheless his music has garnered somewhat of a cult following here in the states. On his [...] Read more:Black
, Affair
, Pressure
XX Teens - Welcome to Goon Island 2008-07-30 11:31:05 The only SFW image of this band… okay well one of few
With a name like XX Teens
, I wasn’t sure what to expect of the British post-punk band who released their debut album just a couple of days ago. I couldn’t remember if Safe Search was still enabled, and I certainly didn’t want any h4wt [...] Read more:Welcome
, Island
¡Forward, Russia! 2008-07-30 10:10:00 I have no idea how I got the upside down exclamation mark to work on here…
I stumbled across ¡Forward
, Russia
! on a list of bands with recently released CDs, however their latest album, Life Processes came out in mid-April in the UK. Nonetheless, ¡Forward, Russia! could use with some more exposure (I certainly had never [...]
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