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Monty Are I
2008-03-25 05:50:00 Nice! At first it seemed that this might be an Irish-influenced band that really meant it! But then I listened a bit more closely and heard the same young voices that come from so many other bands. So, what do we make of Between The Sheets? I mean, this is pretty much a straightforward suggestion. So, ... More About: Reviews , Monty
Low Down Alternative
2008-03-22 05:45:00 While the content does not deal with music, Jim Hightower’s newsletter, LOWDOWN, is certainly about independence and alternatives. In addition, the theme of his new book, written with long-time sidekick Susan DeMarco, is entitled “Swim Against The Current: Even Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow.” What great advice for those of us seeking some ... More About: Reviews , Alternative
Deep in The Past
2008-03-20 05:39:00 Deep in the past, way back in the 1990s, Jim DeRogatis thought and wrote about rock, punk and alternative music as “pop music critic” for the Chicago Sun Times. During that period he wrote an interesting piece for a major slick magazine and, to the best of memory, the article was about a cat named ... More About: Reviews , Deep , Past
Inept
2008-03-18 05:03:00 Really? Inept? If music fans don’t listen to the music of this Chicago-based group, they will have to take the band’s word for it when it comes to understanding the name. Wait, I get it! Irony and sarcasm! Nice! “So Much Between Us” the title song from So Much Between Us (2008) is a ballad of top order. ... More About: Reviews
Stereo 360
2008-03-12 07:21:00 Somewhere in this effort is a nugget of true understanding. After all, this guy states that Roy Orbison was the best ever. In addition, Stereo 360 is influenced by none other than Charles Bukowski, the bad boy of street poets and not-for-profit philosophers. Great stuff./p> As for the music, "Sick of You" from Enjoy Your Life ... More About: Reviews
My Favorite Highway
2008-03-11 06:36:00 Great song name "Murder On The Radio!" Really, this tune (2005 Highway Robbery) has a great name. The music is good too, especially the exuberance from this youthful gathering. The song is certainly well produced, clean and very listenable. The guitar work in the middle of the song is nice. But there is so much ... More About: Reviews , Favorite
Louisville
2008-03-07 08:49:00 This listener has always been partial to the esoteric, or just the unusual. In this case the difference is in the pain. Days of the New – of course this music sounds like Pearl Jam and has some eerie similarity to the Beatles Revolver days. But what is it that makes Days of the New ... More About: Reviews , Louisville
Aimee Mann
2008-03-05 08:45:00 If a first-time listener has only the unopened CD called One More Drifter in the Snow it might be difficult to determine just where Aimee Mann fits into the modern music scene. Calling On Mary" from that CD can eliminate some of the doubt, though even a close listen to the lyrics doesn’t answer all ... More About: Reviews
John West
2008-03-04 05:35:00 Ok, this guy is cool at least. I mean, he wears hats well and "Rise" (Live 2007) is a very understated tune with some tasty guitar licks. That’s not enough? How about a song entitled "Umbrella w Cello" (Umbrella Remix 2007). West offers some clean guitar chords with no effects, and lyrics that make every effort ... More About: Reviews , John
Suburban Legends
2008-03-01 05:15:00 With a name like this, the group should be very, very good (or at least on the way to being very, very remembered!) A couple of minutes listening to some samples of SL tunes will convince almost any listener that this band should be a legend in the Orange suburbs and other residential areas around the ... More About: Reviews , Legends , Suburban
Days Away
2008-02-28 05:08:00 First of all, there’s this nice clear voice expressing the sadness that might come from a broken mirror/life. "Mirrors" from Mapping an Invisible World is a nice combination of crisp rhythm, tasty background sound and quality rock. Days Away, variously described as experimental and as rock, has a new EP - Ear Candy for the Headphone ... More About: Reviews
Mia Sable
2008-02-26 04:57:00 So, Ms. Sable, where have you been? Or better yet, where are you? Of course, you don’t win Alternative Female Vocalist of the Year 2007 at the Los Angeles Music Awards without someone noticing (among other awards). But here in the heart of the country it is sometimes difficult to keep in touch with all ... More About: Reviews
INDIE HUNT
2008-02-21 04:31:00 One of a few solid independent music sites on the Web today, www.sessionsound.com is once again looking for music talent among the great undiscovered! Indie Hunt found such ear-opening sounds as The Brobecks and Let’s Become Actors in previous competitions and will continue the current search through the month February. What does the winner get for ... More About: Reviews
Brightwood
2008-02-19 02:58:00 From Portland, Oregon – the stylings of Brightwood! This northwest group is, at first taste, easy to listen to. "Wake" features clear, upper-range vocals similar to several other groups of the century’s first decade. But Brightwood seems to separate itself from other groups with interesting drum touches, vocal echo and a softness that is youth under ... More About: Reviews
The Reign of Kindo
2008-02-16 05:22:00 A progressive jazz group among the pop/screamo/teen rock groups on indie labels – what a nice surprise. The Reign of Kindo reaches listener ears from Buffalo, New York, a city that consistently amazes those who visit. With dozens of music and cultural venues, this upstate New York city has spawned some talented and interesting individuals. Reign ... More About: Reviews
As Tall As Lions
2008-02-14 05:12:00 The name of this group grabs the listener right away. The beginning of "Into The Flood" (East West/TCR 2007) does nothing to change this positive feel. The group seems to want to set a mood and then break into some rock and roll. But the dynamics of the song won’t allow anything unplanned. Excellent vocals ... More About: Reviews , Tall , Lions
Tantric
2008-02-13 03:12:00 The perception from Tantric’s Web presence is that this unusual group has lived and died several times over recently. One of the moments of living had to be the platinum selling debut CD (2001), with the single "Breakdown." This melodic story-telling effort is fascinating musically. There are no high school/college boy tenor voices front and ... More About: Reviews
Milk It Too!
2008-02-12 05:07:00 As we consider the contributions of alternative/pop music critics such as Chicago-based Jim DeRogatis, it is fun to look around at what is now a worldwide indie/alternative passion that crosses cultures. In DeRogatis’ book, "Milk It!" (De Capo Press 2003) the alternative decade of the 1990s got excellent exposure, with the help of DeRogatis’ practiced ... More About: Reviews
Revelation Theory
2008-02-09 03:40:00 Having played on the Bad Boys of Rock Tour 2007 with Hinder, Papa Roach and Buckcherry, Revelation Theory must now find a way to move to the next level of the rock industry. The band’s foundation is fairly solid, especially with tunes such as "Slow Burn," a powerful rock and roll effort that is sonically ... More About: Reviews
Pioneers Of Another Sort
2008-02-07 03:16:00 It would be easy to dismiss the efforts of some rock groups of the late 1950s and begin a history of alternative/protest rock with the great British and American bands of the 1960s. By doing this, a number of arguments would be avoided, arguments that might center on who the real trailblazers for rock and ... More About: Sort
Don?t Die Cindy
2008-02-05 03:02:00 Don’t Die Cindy from Panama City, Florida provides some straightforward pop/rock with "Us and Them" ( Most Imperfect Skies 2006, Cake Records). The group is described as fitting into the Emo genre, as well as the rock and progressive genres. If nothing else, Don’t Die Cindy does make each song in the collection different, if ... More About: Reviews
Lorene Drive
2008-02-02 04:23:00 Victorville, California, has been variously described as a rock band and a post-hardcore band. Whatever the niche the listeners and critics try to put them in, this west coast crew has been around since 2002 and currently puts their musical efforts on Lobster Records. Members include Daniel Murillo – vocals; Stephen Fisher – guitar; Kevin Roddy- ... More About: Reviews , Drive
Voxtrot
2008-01-31 03:56:00 This Austin, Texas group certainly does not try to imitate, nor does its sound fit with some of the too fresh pop rock of the last five or six years. There is a taste of techno/David Bowie/British punk here as well. If you don’t believe it, just listen to "Firecracker Ova Looven" remix. I was ... More About: Reviews , Voxtrot
Milk It
2008-01-29 03:51:00 In most records of the alternative music scene, the 1990s is considered a decade of explosion for this genre. In keeping with that theme, Jim DeRogatis penned a book that drew immediate attention on publication. "Milk It" (De Capo Press 2003) was soon hailed as a "cool book" (Gina Vivinetto, St. Petersburg Times) and a ...
Tokyo Rose
2008-01-24 06:43:00 It seems this New Jersey pop/rock band has had a fairly nice run of things in the last four or five years, with CDs in 2003 ( Reinventing A Lost Art), 2005 (New American Saint) and the most recent 2007 offering (The Promise In Compromise). The crisp rock style of Tokyo Rose has been reasonably ... More About: Reviews
Indie Venue Directory Released
2008-01-22 07:09:00 I just was notified that the Indie Venue Bible has been released. This is a directory aimed at touring artists providing listings of over 26,000 music venues and 2000 booking agents in the US and Canada. The venue directory includes anything from clubs to churches and community centers. There are even over 1000 colleges if you are thinking of starting ... More About: Directory , Released , Rect
Jonezetta
2008-01-22 06:26:00 With the goal of making fun music that is still clever (according to their Web information) Jonezetta achieves that to some degree with "Love That Carries Me" from Popularity (Tooth and Nail, 2006). The straightforward beat and a rhythm that is not complex carry this tune. "Bringin’ It Back" from the same CD, is also ... More About: Reviews
Holiday Parade
2008-01-18 05:30:00 Covering the indie music scene with several other bands, Holiday Parade from Atlanta, Georgia, offers some of the clear, melodic vocals so prominent in the late 1990s and first few years of the new century. The group’s sample tunes include a new "bonus" song "Make It Count," which shows this style as the strength ... More About: Reviews
Chasing Victory
2008-01-17 04:58:00 Here’s a bit of Georgia alternative rock music for you. They are "Fiends" after all. "Wolves" from Fiends (Mono vs. Stereo 2007), sounds pretty straightforward and "Chemicals" is foot-to-the-floorboard rock. As with all bands that play in this genre, the drummer has to be the key. But Chasing Victory adds a bit more, such ... More About: Reviews
Spitalfield
More articles from this author:2008-01-15 03:40:00 This Chicago group may be able to tell you that this is "The Only Thing That Matters" (Better Than Knowing Where You Are . For my part, this was good, solid rock-and-roll, unpretentious and energetic. This listener particularly liked "Texas With A Dollar" ( Stop Doing Bad Things , 2005, Victory). Nice drumming for ... More About: Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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