While only 2 songs, ‘The Silent Night’ EP is still able to pack a punch with the band turning these very common Christmas songs on their heads. “Joy To The World” gets a completely new musical arrangement while “Silent Night” is upbeat and more joyous than silent. These songs should be a welcome addition to anyone’s Christmas music collection.Listen [...]
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Indie/synth rock that hasn’t been done to death, or that your hip friends haven’t found yet, Sunbears! manages to keep things interesting. Dabbling in a wide range of moods in only 7 tracks, the majority of the tracks actually have a darker tone than initial impressions may indicate. ‘Dream Happy Dreams’ is for those looking for something [...]
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Although catchy in all the ways a mainstream pop record should be, ‘Echo’ is simply trying too hard to follow in the success of the last album for it to make any impact. “Can’t Breathe”, “Outta My Head” and “Broken” are just a few of the tracks which push ‘Echo’ from being a guilty pleasure [...]
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There has been quite a discussion in the review post for John Mayer’s latest record, so I thought I would add this video from 11/17/09 for people to check out. TryJM.com has a post with the whole show cut into individual songs if you like what you see.
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Running a music website for someone with musical ADD is like someone taking drugs to help with a drug problem. Always having a flood of new music has conditioned me to weed out the mediocre music quicker than I would have in the past, but still results in even the best stuff getting a lot [...]
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Some of you may have seen on Twitter that a second ‘Names You Should Know’ compilation is in the works, but I am still looking for 1 or possibly 2 more bands to add to it. Please leave your suggestions in the comments with a link to relatively unknown yet amazing artists. If you’re new [...]
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Musically familiar to ‘The Renaissance’ EP that Mxpx put out about 8 years ago, still with plenty of DIY style thrown in the mix. Besides “End” which fits thematically with “Where Will We Go”, the EP is full of fast paced punk rock that you may expect from the title and cover art.Listen to MxpxSong [...]
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Remember Danyew? We did an interview with him earlier this year. He has released 2 EP’s this year and is currently on tour with Seabird and David Crowder Band. All of this to say that he is iTunes’ discovery download this week which means that “Wake Up” from the newesly released ‘Wake Up’ EP is [...]
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Music out today worth buying* Mxpx – Left Coast Punk EP* John Mayer – Battle Studies* Norah Jones – The Fall* We All Have Hooks For Hands – The Shape Of EnergyOther music out today* Fall Out Boy – Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits* Forever the Sickest Kids – The Weekend, Part 1: Friday* [...]
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Pretty stright forward. You can stream a new track from Minus The Bear titled “Into The Mirror”, you if you like what you hear you can download it along with a b-side track titled “Broken China” from Amazon.com. Personally, I think “Into The Mirror” is great while “Broken China” is just okay. What do you [...]
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The first time through this record I thought it was about the same as the band’s last one, but the second time through I saw I was clearly wrong. I still disagree with the choice to include “Gin War”and “The Ice Factory” again simply because the new material that they are surrounded by completely outdoes [...]
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Thanks to a tip, I can highly recommend the Australian band, Firekites. The soft, folksy sound makes the music incredibly relaxing and peaceful. Though there are only a few songs up for streaming, none disappoint.Song to start with: “Same Suburb Different Park”
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Person L, which is the current primary band of former Starting Line front man Kenny Vasoli, is more like a jam band than anything else. Rooted in indie/rock the music is often repetitive and even though this isn’t a live album, there are plenty of times that come off as in the moment decisions. If [...]
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The Album Leaf has titled the new record, ‘A Chorus Of Storytellers’ and will release it February 2nd on Sub Pop Records. The track listing is below. Who’s excited for this?1 Perro2 Blank Pages3 There Is a Wind4 Within Dreams5 Falling from the Sun6 Stand Still7 Summer Fog8 Until the Last9 We Are10 Almost [...]
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The blatant rip off of the main riff from Lit’s “My Own Worst Enemy” on “Take It Slow” may take your out of the experience, but other than that the EP follows the band’s debut album with some of the catchiest music pop/punk has ever seen. Of course in this case, style outweighs substance in [...]
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Slowly moving towards the musical style of ‘The Fall’ over the course of her career, the album finds significantly less piano, whose part is in turn mimicked by a guitar. Those yearning for music of Jones’ early days will find comfort in “Back To Manhattan”, while others looking for progression in her style will welcome [...]
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The acoustic band Cassino, which came out of the breakup of Northstar, has suddenly and without very much warning put out their 2nd record titled ‘Kingprince’.The all acoustic album falls very much inline with the previous effort, even including a couple of the same songs. If you’re a fan of bands like Good Old War, [...]
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