Album Reviews

One Day As a Lion: One Day As a Lion (EP)

Shane Handler August 11, 2008 No Comments

Rage Against the Machine being on a recording hiatus during an election year…just doesn’t seem right. So enter the next best thing, aside from a Tom Morello solo album: One Day As a Lion. Featuring RATM frontman Zack de la Rocha and former Mars Volta member Jon Theodore, One Day As a Lion kicks stripped-down rap rock with its over the top political fury on this five song self-titled debut EP.

Grateful Dead: Road Trips Vol. 1 Number 3

Doug Collette August 11, 2008 No Comments

The Grateful Dead Road Trips series of archive recordings is turning out to be as confounding –and satisfying—in its own way as the bands’ own live performances. For instance, the first release works best if you begin in the middle with the second disc, while its successor flourishes in the most consistent manner only on its bonus CD.

Peter Bradley Adams: Leavetaking

Jason Gonulsen August 7, 2008 No Comments

Since forming the duo eastmountainsouth with Kat Bode, things have been moving pretty fast for Peter Bradley Adams. Deciding that he would rather record and perform as a solo artist, Adams started over, minus Bode’s harmony and musicianship.

David Vandervelde: Waiting for the Sunrise

Martin Malloy August 7, 2008 No Comments

Initially claimed as Marc Bolan reincarnate on his debut album, 2007's The Moonstation House Band, Nashville-based David Vandervelde crooned in a high, wavering voice above spaced out, reverb guitars and a Phil Spector influence "Wall of Sound" production. However, it appears this early 20-something boy is more than just a glam rock fan as he seamlessly eases his way into new, more laid back territory on his new album, Waiting for the Sunrise.

Midnight Oil: Disel and Dust – Legacy Edition

Doug Collette August 5, 2008 No Comments

Midnight Oil never made rock and roll more anthemic than that contained on Diesel and Dust and the exaltation permeates the DVD as well as the CD included in this double-disc reissue.

Judas Priest: Nostradamus

Shane Handler August 4, 2008 No Comments

. I'd be glad to see Judas Priest push past their established sound and stretch out into new territory, making a case for their continued existence. However, it isn't their music that they were trying to stretch here, it was their egos.

Dr. Dog: Fate

Doug Collette July 31, 2008 No Comments

Fate gives the lie to the notion Dr Dog are too eccentric for their own good. Five albums on at this point, it’s clear the band is working in a most purposeful, albeit unorthodox manner.

Fleet Foxes : Fleet Foxes

Doug Collette July 30, 2008 No Comments

On the Fleet Foxes full-length debut cd, a back-porch purity coexists with an ethereal quality in almost equal proportions.

Drew Emmitt: Long Road

Jason Rooks July 30, 2008 No Comments

With his sophomore release Across the Bridge, Drew Emmitt, the dynamic lead vocalist and mandolin player for Leftover Salmon, focused on a more traditional style of bluegrass than the “jamgrass” sound he helped pioneer.

The Gaslight Anthem: The ’59 Sound

Bob Lange July 28, 2008 No Comments

The '59 Sound is a thoroughly punk rock album with tinges of rockabilly and Americana, but it also finds Springsteen in its heart. Part of that is the songwriting and another part is the vocal delivery, but it goes deeper.

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