Kate Nash | Made of Bricks | (Geffen/Fiction) | With the changing of years comes a new brassy, underage, British songstress gracing MTV. Surprisingly, this time around the Date Show Network is actually pushing someone worth listening to. After cracking the top 40 in several European countries, Kate Nash’s debut album, Made of Bricks, has finally made its way to […]
You Say Party! We Say Die! | Lose All Time (Fierce Panda) | Consistent with the current dance-punk leanings of their sonar peers, You Say Party! We Say Die! have come to conquer, and these Vancouver natives are not going down without a fight. Lose All Time (2007) manages to find a succinct balance between pretty and downright ruthless without […]
Kevin Bowers Nine Story Building Kevin Bowers is a talented musician releasing his second album entitled Nine Story Building, which he wrote, arranged, and produced. The record has much diversity and range with each song able to be labeled into a different genre. Jazz, Emo, Blues, and Pop all spring to mind listening to this disc. At initial instinct, such […]
Jotto Jotto Jotto has a background like no other; their music has spent the past three years living in the nightclubs, bars, galleries, and warehouses of Philadelphia and upon graduating art school, they’ve taken the time to record their first E.P. Okay, so maybe their story isn’t exactly unique, but the music that they’ve produced is some of the most […]
The Warlocks | Heavy Deavy Skull Lover (Tee Pee Records) | Apparently dull really is hip. It’s hard to question the hipness of a band born out of Brian Jonestown Massacre, but The Warlocks’ latest release, Heavy Deavy Skull Lover is about as exciting as cutting-room-floor excerpts of Saw 17. Of course, any knowledgeable consumer of music could foresee this […]
New AtlanticThe Streets, The Sound, The Love(Eyeball Records) Over the past few years the east coast has been buzzing about New Atlantic. Among the devoted fans were a few naysayers who doubted New Atlantic’s powerful pop-rock would go anywhere at all. With a few national tours under their belts and now their highly anticipated debut, The Streets, The Sound, and […]
Sayyes. For Tents and Starry Skies Sayyes. are a band from Alaska. I know very little about the state but I do know that rock is alive and well there. Singer/guitarist Eric Gettinger’s vocals go from soft and soothing to forceful and emotive in little over a second flat. Accompanied by Alex Bourne on keys, guitarist Jerimiah Patterson, bassist Jered […]
