Klum’s debut album “Victory all my life” sees the LA five piece take a variety of musical styles and re-invent them as their own. At times they could be compared to Radiohead, at others they’re as melodic as Sigur Ros and others as chaotically organised as Arcade Fire and Guillemots, whilst never treading on the toes of the aforementioned artists. However there is one thing we will all agree on: you’ll either love or despise their debut.
Album opener, “Focus”, seems to...
After the huge success of the more than popular Ghosts I-IV, Nine Inch Nails comes back with another album that is full of adrenaline pumping beats and riffs, called The Slip. And to top that, this one is available for free to download, with the disks still under production. The apparent reason for the release of The Slip online may be that NIN is about to have a tour at the end of this year, and this album will serve to build some hype for it.
...Have you ever wondered if there was more to Kentucky than Fried Chicken? If you have, you would have probably discovered that there is also a lake, a zoo and a Science Centre. Well, now I bring you its best export. And no it doesn’t involve mutated meat covered in breadcrumbs. It instead appears in the form of five young men, dipped in nothing but rock and roll sauciness (see what I did there). They consist of Jim James on vocals and guitar, ‘Two Tone’ Tommy on bass, Carl...
This is one of those albums that from the start, it'd be really hard to like it. First, Nas wanted to name it after a slur. After causing a stir and using that whole thing as a media tool, he decided to simply call the album Nas, figuring the imagery of the album cover would do the trick. (The reality is, the label wanted to avoid the fights that would've broken out at music stores when the 5 kids who still buy CDs went...
Austin, Texas superstars Spoon recently emerged from their studio with a new high in their already brilliant career. Their sixth album, “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” managed to be everything people weren’t expecting: it wasn’t a bunch of radio-friendly singles, and it wasn’t a return to the stripped-down rock of their breakthrough, “Kill the Moonlight”.
Opening with the swaggering piano rock of “Don’t make me a target”, we get an immediate feel that things are a bit rougher...
In an era where you can download whatever you want and music isn’t something you sit outside the record store and wait for anymore, it takes a lot for a band to create a tour de force that gets people out of their musical complacency and truly rock out. Well, like all acquired tastes — Thrice — might not do that for many people. But whatever you felt about them before the release of two double CDs over a six month span, you have to respect what they’ve created...
Band of Horses recently burst back into prominence with their second album, “Cease To Begin”, a distinct improvement from their debut effort, 2006’s “Everything All The Time”. The collection plays with more sounds and styles, and reflects the band growing up and moving back home to South Carolina, and has a bit more of a country tinge to their dreamy indie-rock/pop.
Opening with the beautiful highlight of the album, “Is There A Ghost?”, is a...
Mexico has been producing an increasing number of indie pop-rockers who have quirky style and offer up style and originality in heaps that's not being produced here in the upper 48. Between Julieta Venegas, Chetes last year and now Ximena Sariñana, they are a true tour de force on the scene, unbeknown to most indie fans who are too busy crying in their milk to the newest emo fare.
Ximena Sarinana debut release Mediocre sounds like a confluence of...
As the lead vocalist/bass guitarist of a Guns N’ Roses cover band, I sit down to write this article with mixed feelings. Of course, most of the factual information contained in this post will already be known to the reader, but it is just included to support most of my opinions. It is just two days before Velvet Revolver (or more popularly known as Guns N’ Weiland or simply VR) release their second album, entitled Libertad; and as I listen to their debut album, Contraband, I cannot help...
Osbourne makes a stunning come back with his ninth album full to the brim with some of the heaviest metal produced in the last decade. Ten promising tracks that make the listener yearning for more of Ozzy’s thoughts on the monotones of society in general.
Black Rain cannot be said to contain material that made Ozzy Osbourne reach the heights of popularity during the last few decades. Nevertheless, the material therein is definitely something that can be...
