Lou Barlow, founding member of Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion begins the third track on latest solo LP 'Goodnight Unknown', released October 5, with the all together knowing phrase "I have too much freedom".Now, whether the Lo-fi veteran of some twenty plus years is trying to reveal guilt...
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"It Ain't Gonna Save Me"from the album Watch Me Fall2009iTunesAs far as persona goes, this middle-school dropout from Memphis is as misanthropic and explosive as Iggy at his peak. But, as negative, bellicose, piss-drinking fuckups go, he certainly does work hard. Since the...
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Continuing our look at the upcoming Chicago Jazz Festival, I wanted to continue to show you the various stages. We have already covered the Pritzker Pavillion concert which will kick things off on August 28. We have also covered what is, essentially, the main stage which is the Petrillo...
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Having just completed the recording of their second as yet untitled album with producer Ed Buller (Suede, Pulp) at the helm and mixed in New York with the legendary Michael Brauer, The Courteeners return with a SOLD OUT show at Manchesters 10,000 capacity Central on December 11th 2009.'Cross My Heart...
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The world's favourite contemporary Brazilian singer-songwriter, Gilberto sold over a million copies of her now-classic 2000 debut, Tanto Tempo. This new album is arguably her most diverse yet. It includes a bilingual version of Bob Marley classic "Sun Is Shining," covers of Stevie Wonder, Joao Gilberto (the lovely and airy...
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The picture tells the story. The album cover shows a face that has lived life, and the determined set of the jaw tells you that James Hand is the real honky-tonk deal, not some manufactured Nashville hunk. At 56, the Texan troubadour is finally getting deserved recognition, and this fine...
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The second Atlas Sound record comes with a bit of back-story. An unfinished version of Logos leaked well over a year ago, and Bradford Cox originally said he would never release it. However, recognizing the potential in what he had composed, he ended up re-recording it properly. Cox's retraction is...
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Dubbed Phoenix in honour of their oh-so-monumental losing of original band members, Hollywood teenage punks Orange's fourth full-length does little to incite anything other than the same old questions: how deep can someone's aping of Rancid's Tim Armstrong, and now Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong, go, and is Armstrong so...
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Before all of the overwrought attention and endless raving for their lead singer/guitarist, Nirvana were a simple three-chord punk band with inclinations towards classic rock thanks to wandering solos and the occasional mid-tempo groove. Moreover, they were fun-loving oddballs who just plugged away at their tunes happily and incredibly sloppily...
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Initially released in late 2008 on Pink Razors' Houseplant Records, this CD re-release of the band's second full-length record is a highly recommended slab of Dillinger Four-style pop punk. While past releases tended to veer towards ultra-fast Descendents worship, Leave Alive is a collection of solidly mid-tempo material, aligning the...
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The electronic scene in Amsterdam has for years been a steadily growing presence in Europe, hosting some of the biggest festivals with worldwide attendees (i.e., Five Days Off). Not to downplay the national talent, Holland-based DJ (and Voltt Nights founder) Bart Skils has taken everything that encapsulates the nation's new...
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In 1999, Basement Jaxx made waves at both bar star havens and hidden underground house gigs with party gem "Red Alert." Ten years later, their contemporary sound still carries that caring, catchy essence. The songs on Scars lack complex lyrical depth but are ideologically cutting edge, featuring circus-style funk beats...
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After release of Underground Communication in 2007, Bassnectar gained cult status spreading his sound, and gaining fans, via word of mouth. Performing live, Bassnectar turns bass into a ritual, tweaking sounds in the moment to the infinite degree. The production work on Cozza Frenzy will caress your consciousness. But there...
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It's been a long time coming but Q-Tip's Kamaal the Abstract album is finally seeing the light of day. At least seven years and almost as many labels after it was originally supposed to surface, officially, the album holds up very well and this is largely because of Q-Tip's approach...
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Without losing his Wu-backed reputation for gully raps, Ghostface Killah has also become known as a connoisseur of obscure R&B samples. So it only makes sense that on his eighth solo record, Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City, Ghostface conceptualizes these dabblings and creates a top-to-bottom R&B record...
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D-Ray's Supertoke 3 is a mixtape that champions itself on two major fronts: its homegrown production and its "everyman lyrics." If one were unaware that this is a strictly Canadian production, it wouldn't take long to find out. There are some Canadian references that you're not likely to hear on...
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Veteran American jazz guitarist Abercrombie may not have achieved the crossover commercial success of a John Scofield but he has long been recognized as a genuine master of his instrument throughout a career now spanning more than 40 years and nearly 50 albums. Wait Till You See Her is a...
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This Austrian trio have always been adept at bridling the wild energies of trio improvisation. On their first release in five years, Brandlmayr, Németh and Norman play with much looser reins. "Git Cut Noise" builds out of the on-off static click of amplifiers before exploding into a white ball of...
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It's not easy being a talented, white MC. Apathy has been rapping for over a decade yet Wanna Snuggle? is only the Connecticut MC's second album. Produced mostly by Apathy, Wanna Snuggle? balances backpacker writing exercises like "Candy" with more conventional subject matter. Album highlight "Money Orientated" combines a choice...
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