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Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: 'truth is a Whisper'
Continuing to specialize in the art of curve-throwing, R.E.M. followed up its 1991 smash, Out of Time, with this fragile album of soft melodies and string arrangements. The sympathetic ballad "Everybody Hurts" must have prevented countless suicide attempts, while the Andy Kaufman tribute "Man on the Moon" (with Michael Stipe affecting an Elvis Presley imitation) and the rock-into-oblivion "Drive" are among the quartet's strongest hits. (The...
Original album remastered with four previously unissued tracks added! Liner notes by Nick Tosches! More whangin' stomper killers from the King Of The Hunch, gaw-ron-teed to wilt houseplants, scorch speaker fabric, and kill crabs, lice, rats & unwanted roommates in one long playing blast! All previously unreleased vintage material circa 1958-63! Hasil Adkins was a wild man, a rockabilly psycho who recorded his bursts of emotion and lunacy in his...
This CD could've been titled Roswell: The Love Songs, what with almost every track's cargo of starry eyes, head-over-heels flips, and vows of eternal understanding. Its appeal to sensitive types is all but guaranteed by the presence of Dido's theme song "Here with Me" (in two versions, one a "Chillin' with the Family" mix that Andrew Lloyd Webber fans will appreciate) and quiet alt-rock faves Coldplay and Travis. Two recent albums underheard in...
The London-based alt country/roots rock group's 2000 debut album. Universal.
These Are Two Radical Reworkings of Two Tracks from their Debut EP!
There shall be no sophomore slump here. Plumb's Candycoatedwaterdrops is one of the better modern-rock outings in the world of contemporary Christian music. As with their self-titled debut in 1997, Plumb embrace programming and loops on their second recording. However, this time singer-songwriter Tiffany Arbuckle steps up in the mix and takes center stage, making the band's sound all too human. "Late Great Planet Earth," "Here with Me," and...
Reno's Cobra Skulls play a brand of leftist punk that blends crust, folk, rockabilly, skate-punk, and who knows what else. Some say they sound like The Clash, some say The Living End, some say Against Me!. After garnering quite a buzz in neighboring towns, we at Red Scare saw their live show and were immediately sold on 'em. Because of their varied influences, COBRA SKULLS deliver a record so dynamic that everyone's ears will perk up. And...
Following a Period Out of the Spotlight, the Cooper Temple Clause Are Set to Make the Ultimate Comeback with their Third Studio Album `make this Your Own'.
Hearts of the Innocent is the fourth album released by the Christian rock band Kutless. The song "Shut Me Out" was once in the top 5 on ChristianRock.net, and "Somewhere in the Sky" was the 16th most requested song.
This is the crux of the Flag. Their third album of 1984, it followed the schizophrenic Family Man, which found the band playing bone- crushing instrumentals on one side while Henry Rollins ranted spoken-word on the other. Slip put things back together with a hammer--with new bassist Kira Roessler striking the blow. This is music of real tension, and Rollins challenges guitarist Greg Ginn for the reins all the way through. His throat-ripping rasp...
International Harvester / Harvester later evolved into classic Swedish prog rock pioneers Trad, GrasOch Tradar.
Bands debut album with the Major label, originally released in 1997. Almo Sound. 2005.
This Philadelphia band signed with Roadrunner Records in 2001, releasing their self-titled debut that became one of the top 100 Active Rock singles of 2002. Taking chances and mixing innovation with tradition, the Sinch boys have been dubbed the "brothers of invention" by Philadelphia Weekly, and continue to evolve their intriguing live show with every performance. With "Clearing The Channel", recorded with maverick producer Drew Mazurek (Dog...
Their Second CD all in Swedish Language.
The Marvelous 3 is a band with an urbane name and a brand of pop-rock to match. Lead singer and guitarist Butch Walker often sings suspended notes in a timbre resonating heavily with nasal Bowie-ness. Drummer Slug and bassist Jayce follow suit with riffs that stop just short of grungy aggression, tempered with a polished reserve. Sound like the perfect Brit band? You'd say yes when you hear how Walker rounds out his words with proper British...
Legendary NYC noise trio Unsane's classic album Scattered, Smothered And Covered is finally reissued, along with the famous Amrep Christmas live album recording at the mythical Amphetamine Reptile Christmas party in 1997. Formed at the end of the '80s along with NY mates The Swans, Helmet and Pussy Galore, Unsane are one of the most influential bands in heavy music. Their uncompromising mix of distorted vocals, huge bass sound and heavy...
The Lostprophets CD booklet proclaims: "6 bored kids = melody-aggression-emotion-energy-intelligence." What it doesn't say, but should: "If you like Incubus, you'll like Lostprophets." The British outfit mines much of the same territory as their more thoughtful nu metal, new millennium brethren, mixing an earnest Incubus hippie vibe with Creed-like sincerity and dash a of Faith No More oddity and syncopation for a commercial, if not...
'All Hands On The Bad One' returns to jubilant, playful rock that reveals just how much fun this band has just being together and making music. Produced by John Goodmanson, and engineered by Larry Crane at the low-key Jackpot Studios in Portland from Kill Rock Stars Records.
Japanese version featuring a bonus track: Jet Plane
This special edition package delivers most of what Stonesour stands for: intensity, drama, emotion, color, darkness, melodies, anger, honesty, and drive. Featuring hits like "Through Glass" and "Sillyworld," this package also includes six bonus tracks and DVD footage of a live performance in Moscow.
Sugar is the cure-all for your rock & roll blahs. The follow-up to 1997's platinum-selling Lemon Parade shows that the Los Angeles trio Tonic has taken a big step forward. Here they've forged a sound that's memorable and timeless, thanks to stellar songwriting matched by equally fine instrumentation and vocals. There's nary a bad song on this self-produced, self-assured 13-song collection. The more upbeat fare, including "Future Says Run," is...
As soon as fans hear "COLLIDE", the Lava Records debut from SKILLET, they will know that singer and bassist John Cooper is true to his word. From the scorching hard rock songs like "Forsaken", "Savior", "My Obsession" and "Cycle Down", to the soaring ballad "A Little More", Skillet is ready to bring their awesome energy to a whole new audience. The four-piece rock band, led by Cooper, has toured relentlessly since they formed in the late 90s....
On Come Pick Me Up, Superchunk's signature buzzy, excitable, poppy, Muppet-punk wail has mellowed and developed within a genre that typically crumbles with age. It helps that the North Carolina quartet has always celebrated the simple, Raymond Carver-ish pleasures of life--front porches, cast-iron chairs, spooning one's lover, "the clutter that is everyday." Singer-songwriter and guitarist Mac McCaughan has a firm ability to achieve...
Nevermind that Alanis Morissette's career spans back to her early teens and she has four prior CDs to her credit. It's just too early to go unplugged. Performances like this are better done in the privacy of one's acoustically appointed bathroom. An expressive, emotionally naked singer, Morissette bares a little too much on this outing. Recorded at New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music and produced solely by Morissette, there's absolutely nothing...
Original Release '96 , their Third Album Produced by Charles Fisher. (Hoodoo Gurus, Savage Garden)
Special Japan-only Deluxe Edition with a Bonus CD. Details Tba.
"shake the Dope Out", the Opening Track on "Phoenix" is a Fantastic 'pop' Approximation of the Warlocks Sound. Like all Great Singles, this is a Song You've Been Humming Unconsciously in Your Head Forever - with Its Swirling Organs and Incessant Riffing.
Shadowside, the premier Brazilian Heavy Metal act featuring superstar vocalist Dani Nolden, are being considered the hottest new metal band to come along and take the world by storm. Formed in 2001, Shadowside s music features solid musicianship that is heavily guitar influenced, packed full of energy, and melody. Theatre of Shadows is intense heaviness with power and conviction.
1996 box set from Caroline in a 6in x 12in black cardboard coffin! Features a special enamel Fiends Club badge, a 28 page booklet with lyrics to all of the tracks featured, liner notes by Eerie Von, a complete discography, rare artwork & memorabilia and unpublished photos, and most importantly, 104 remastered tracks: the entire contents of 'Collections I & II', 'Evilive', 'Static Age', 'Earth A.D.','Legacy Of Brutality' & the 30 track collection...
Compilation of previously unreleased tracks, 'The Test', 'Blockbuster' and 'Anna', limited singles and live tracks from their years with Touch and Go. 20 tracks. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
Gift is an acerbic and uncompromising tour de force that never once allows directionless bombast to triumph over stylistic artistry. That said, Taproot are certainly no slouches when it comes to bludgeoning. The band's Smashing Pumpkins-like wall-of-guitar soundscapes, disconcerting staccato rhythms, and vocalist Stephen Richards's vocal assaults are accentuated beyond sanity by Ulrich (Pantera, Static-X) Wild's trademark production chops to...
Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: Maraca.
2003 release from San Francisco queercore band featuring 16 new tracks. Their first release since 1998's Absurd Pop Song Romance. Alternative Tentacles. 2003.
Silkworm doesn't hang out with the greeting-card crowd, as one could gather from lyrics like "From inseam to hem I am a dying specimen, the local joke / I'm a tramp.... Tonight we're meat." Sounds groovy, right? The answer is yes, which is surprising given the themes of personal unraveling and losers scraping for a shred of "I'm somebody, damn it!" that lay all over Blueblood, the band's seventh full-length release. Bassist Tim Midgett and...
With its use of banjo, accordion, lap steel, and stand-up bass and its songs about creaking pine porches, shallow graves, prison shoes, and big horses, Sixteen Horsepower would seem to be drawing from the same ancient wells of Americana as the Band. The Band, however, handled this tradition from a working-class perspective of Monday morning blues and Saturday night release. By contrast, Sixteen Horsepower takes the leisure-class approach of...
Like compatriots Franz Ferdinand , the Futureheads play a dazzling power pop that's impossible to sit still to. This British quartet's rambunctious long-playing debut showcases choice art school tastes ca. 2004: Their sound's strongly influenced by the herky-jerky pop of early XTC, the album was produced by the Gang of Four's Andy Gill, one of the songs is called "Man Ray" (dada and surrealism are perennial hits with undergrads), while one of...
Japanese pressing of 2004 singles collection featuring one bonus track 'Bring Me Round'. Sony.
Import-only compilation featuring 17 of the best recordings from the band's late '70s and early '80s period, originally issued by the IRS and Illegal labels. This 1998 reissue on Zonophone adds the live version of 'Good Taste' from Smell Of Female, alongside classics like 'Garbageman', 'Goo Goo Muck', 'The Crusher', `Uranium Rock', 'Surfin' Bird' and 'New Kind Of Kick'. Whether you prefer your Rock raw and sweaty or twisted and crazy, The Cramps...
Incorporates comments & interview material by the band. Full color picture disc & 8 page illustrated booklet and free fold out poster. Chrome Dreams. 2005.
Soul Asylum were, in many ways, two distinct bands. Prior to signing with Columbia, Soul Asylum scored minor hits with "Cartoon" and "Sometime to Return." Their hard-won reputation, however, was not as a singles band. Instead, the group built its fan base via incessant touring and a string of hard-charging, heart-on-sleeve albums, including the wonderful Made to be Broken and While You Were Out. Soul Asylum's later years brought the hits...
The were four original members of the group that were included in the creation of this album. The band achieved international recognition through the inclusion of the track "2Wicky" (from A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular) on the soundtrack to Bernardo Bertolucci's 1996 film Stealing Beauty. "2Wicky" also appeared on the soundtracks of I Know What You Did Last Summer and Heights. The track's main riff is sampled from Isaac Hayes's recording...
UK-ONLY Special Enhanced Version Including Interview and Live Footage of the Band.
It's amazing what gathering healthy record company resources can do for good music. As evidenced with the first incantation of Fireproof, a band can work hard as an independent and release a quality product only to see it reach a relative few ears. With MCA behind them, Midwestern metalheads Pillar have re-released Fireproof with improved production and mixing and a final product as good as anything on the market. Even though the stylistic...
The "Stealth" soundtrack includes three new Incubus tracks that were written specifically for the movie and recorded with producer Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Korn, Rage Against the Machine).
This album is a live recording of Collective Soul's 11/16/05 performance in Niagara Falls, NY at the Dome Theatre.
This Austalian Exclusive Format Contains Two Bonus Tracks.
To say that things "came together quickly" for Detroit avant-rock outfit SSM is the mother of all understatements. Like a torrent of madness, the kind that produces works of shocking brilliance, the trio of singer/keyboardist John Szymanski, drummer Dave Shettler and singer/guitarist Marty Morris ground a pearl from sand in less time than it takes most bands to tie their collective shoelaces. Known best for their significant contributions to...
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