Here is a debut CD consisting of a perfect 35 minutes of pure pop bliss. You have EVERYTHING here you could want in a pop record: alluring, magnetic vocals & harmonies; smart, yet memorable lyrics, great & fancy playing, never flashy; hooky tunes that utilize an underappreciated quality in the best pop albums, economy. Read the rest of this entry »
Biohazard : New World Disorder
As the elders in the metal/rap genre, it may finally be Biohazards turn to reap the rewards of the path they’ve laid for so many other bands i.e. Deftones, Korn, and Limp Bizkit. While I think Deftones and to a smaller degree Korn have done their best to broaden the scope in the field theirs something to be said for a band like Biohazard who is content to stay the coarse. Read the rest of this entry »
Big Meteor: Wild River
Straight out of Ottawa, Canada, Big Meteor is a duo of singer/songwriters David Wimble and Larry Wayne Church. Their folk/country style falls somewhere between Steve Earle, John Denver, Dan Fogelberg, and Gordon Lightfoot. BUT, they don’t sound ANYTHING like the above artists, but a bland mishmash of them.
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Self Titled
Remember Hooked On Swing? Well the Swing revival is back, due in a big way to this band, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. This is their first album and from the moment the first track kicks off BBVD’s music makes you feel like moving, dancing, jumping! Their music is infectious and full of life. Read the rest of this entry »
Bickley: Kiss The Bunny
Bickley, huh? – B. I. C. K. L. E. Y. from Houston, Texas. Here we have a bluddy great cache of songs (23+ of ‘em in fact!) all short n sweet and irrevocably coming under the genre of irreverent PUNK. Punk where the P & N get replaced with an F & a C (work it out, it’s not hard) and unfortunately you could add a suffix of –ED for a lot’ve of this material and you’d be closer to the mark, but anyway… Read the rest of this entry »