Personal Blend, Inhale and Release (self-released)
Rochester, N.Y.-based seven-piece reggae-rock band for parties, bar mitzvahs and rock clubs, if those things even still exist. Surf, reggae, rock, dub and Rasta are the game that’s afoot here; I’d agree with the press blurb that pronounces these songs “complex arrangements” featuring digital Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/03/23”
Creye, III: Weightless (Frontiers Music)
Some epic melodic metal from Sweden here, in the vein of bands like Heat and whatnot. Their sound is even cleaner than Trans Siberian Orchestra, if you can even conceive of such a thing, and that makes this stuff come off as a bit one-dimensional, Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/03/16”
Treedeon, New World Hoarder (Exile On Mainstream Records)
Recently I watched an interview with former Black Sabbath singer Ronnie James Dio. In it, he said that it was “ridiculous” for a band to take a couple of years to finish an album. I’m reminded of that owing to the fact Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/03/09”
Mona Mur, Teen Icon (Give/Take Records)
Having kicked off her rebelliously edgy career during the punk explosion of the ’80s, this German-born sort-of-icon has, through the years, collaborated with such artists as FM Einheit, Marc Chung and Alex Hacke of Einstürzende Neubauten, which places her in the position of fronting Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/03/02”
Nite Skye, Vanishing (Sonic Ritual Records)
I’m like 100 percent positive I’ve talked about this father-son duo before, unless it was someone else. This is their debut album, which doesn’t jibe with my (probably faux) memory, but anyway, here they are, ex-Film School vocalist-guitarist Nyles Lannon and his 12-year-old boy Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/02/23”
Dudes, Eternal Is The Fruit (Dudes Music)
OK, so I wasn’t even aware there was any such thing as a “Scandirock scene,” which is no surprise, given that I’ve never been to any of those countries. But it’s a thing, at least to those people, and a little digging reveals Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/02/16”
Nervous Eaters, Monsters + Angels (Wicked Cool Records)
If you’re old enough to have been part of the Boston rock scene when the success of The Cars lured in all the drugged-out saps, um, I mean record company reps to check out every band in the city, or even if Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/02/09”
Meg Baird, Furling (Drag City Records)
This singer and drummer is well-known in the indie/retro-folk scene, having helped to form the psychedelic rock supergroup Heron Oblivion after a several-album stint with Espers. The New Jersey-born, San Francisco-based hipster has other projects on her resumé, too, including three albums with her Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/02/02”
keep calm stay home, A Theme For… (Give/Take Records)
I know how much a good percentage of my readership loves The Beatles, even if I don’t so much. I only bring it up because the artist in question here, London-based composer Oli Morgan, is the mastering engineer at legendary Abbey Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/01/26”
We Are Scientists, Lobe (Masterswan Recordings)
You may remember this New York City-based indie-rock band first surfacing in 2005 with their debut LP With Love And Squalor, a sturdy record that did well for sounding like a cross between Killers and Tokyo Police Club (I know, there’s not a Continue reading “Album Reviews 23/01/19”
