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Without a drum set or a light show, Yonder Mountain String Band never fails to entertain.
The Ray Charles train just keeps on rollin
Halloween Alaska’s latest Too Tall To Hide, delivers a unique sound. It is tough to elicit a “warm” feeling from electronic music, but Halloween, Alaska has mastered that difficult task. There are flashes of the eighties, and peeks of bands like The Postal Service here and there, but ultimately this CD reaches out and seeps into the cracks with far more mood and substance.
As the flooding continues across the eastern seaboard, so does the music. On Wednesday night at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan a twin bill of bare bones rock and rollers took the stage. The Detroit Cobras with openers Reigning Sound hit the Big Apple only a few shows into their national tour. While the rains fell outside, the brew and tunes swam inside.
In the latest entry of mistakes made by the number-crunching boys upstairs just looking out for the bottom line, Warner Brothers Records has released what they claim is the world
The King of France’s quirky pop came to fruition when Steve Salad, who had previously fronted underground rock heroes Deformo, met up with rock journalist Michael Azerrad. Today, they might be the best band you still haven’t heard.
Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991), features 30 re-mastered track. Songs, personally chosen by the band amongst their groundbreaking metal albums: Spreading The Disease(1985), Among The Living (1987), State Of Euphoria (1988), Persistence Of Time (1990), I’m The Man EP(1987), and of course “Bring Tha Noize” with Public Enemy from 1991