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Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: "Danny Says".
Includes Two UK Only Bonus Tracks, "Never Saw it Coming" and "Out of Control" Video.
The Mummydogs' (feat. Guy Kyser of the now broken up White Rope) sound meanders through Barry White, Ennio Morricone, delta blues and grungy melodic pop laced with maracas and feedback. 2002.
Hope In Anguish is the long awaited sophomore studio release from the Dove Award winning East West. Produced by Dennis Mackay (David Bowie, Judas Priest). Floodgate Records. 2003.
The latest in a series of punk compilations courtesy of Epitaph Records, Straight Outta the Pit is a snarling, high-energy affair featuring 24 acts. With fervent music from the likes of Rancid, the New Bomb Turks, and Bad Religion, this collection showcases several top-notch punk ensembles. While all of the selections have been previously released, except for "Fight It" by L.A.'s Pennywise, there are some neglected classics to savor, including...
It was often hard to pin the Meat Puppets down: just when you thought they were hard-core thrash (1981's Meat Puppets), or an electrifying blend of desert country, hillbilly, and psychedelia (1985's seminal Up on the Sun), the Kirkwood brothers would come out with something like 1986's six-track Out My Way. Much more classic rock and country than their previous offerings, it still gave their fans a typically warped perspective--particularly on...
Continuing the artistic revival they experienced with Vihma, Finland's Vrttin add plenty of space and new textures to their musical mix with Ilmatar. Unlike the constant, breakneck-speed music and singing that had been their trademark, there are plenty of slower songs here, and a great deal of room to breathe, thanks to producer Hughes de Courson (Malicorne, Manu Dibango). The voices still have the wild, sometimes shrill harmonies, but with more...
After nearly ten years of toiling in obscurity to the occasional rave review, San Francisco's AMC receive an avalanche of praise for their previous album (1991's Everclear) and are signed to a major label. With producer Mitchell Froom and his engineer Tchad Blake in control, the band set out to record the most difficult album of their career. From the opening daybreak challenge of "Gratitude Walks" to the poignant lost-art-sea ending of "Will...
Concentration on the Things that Matter, on the Essential Corner-stones of their Very Own Creativity Marked the Production of "Nimby". The Various Projects and Unusual Activities have Been Important and Educational Experiences for a Band who have Achieved Almost Everything in their Career. Now They've Returned to the Working Method of their Early Days When the Naked Song and Pure Interaction Between all Six Band Members were at the Epicentre of...
Originally Released in 2002. A Solo Project by the Frontman of Dinosaur Jr.
With its Page Avenue debut album near platinum and the studio followup due in late summer, Story of the Year writes its second chapter with the concert album-plus-DVD Live in the Lou. Along with the best of two November 2004 concerts in hometown St. Louis on both the CD and DVD, Live in the Lou expands the DVD with videos and documentary footage from past to present and wacky backstage film of life on the road for one of modern rock's...
The 90's Suck and So Do You is the first Angry Samoans recording of the decade. Led by rock critic, guitarist, and singer "Metal" Mike Saunders, the revamped Samoans blast their way through eight new songs of pure power-pop punk. While the entire disc clocks in at only a shade over 13 minutes, it does contain several worthwhile moments. Grinding out sarcastic rockers like "I'd Rather Do the Dog" and "Letter from Uncle Sam," the Samoans play with...
The Verve Pipe made their major-label debut under the direction of producer Jerry Harrison with Villains, recasting themselves in the inauspicious mold of a post-grunge act. On an initial listen, the album does little to distinguish itself from the masses, though patient revisiting reveals a band of more depth, with Brian Vander Ark's songwriting improving vastly over previous albums and more subtle aspects, like the tasteful organic keyboard...
Another Voice" was Produced by Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall) and Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed) and is Said to Be the Group's "Meanest" and "Nastiest" Offering to Date. The Enhanced CD Includes a "Ripping" Band Performance and a Guest Appearance by Jasta, Captured by Acclaimed Director Dale "Rage" Resteghini (Fear Factory, Hatebreed, God Forbid, Shadows Fall, Candiria). Other Special Guest Vocal Appearances on "Another Voice" Include Scott Vogel...
Japanese exclusive 'Rap-core' compilation. Includes tracks from Kid Rock, Staind, & the like.
A Special Edition Release for this Classic 1984 Meteors Album which was a Top 10 Independent Chart Album. The Album Will Be Presented in a Limited Edition Digipack with Four Rare Bonus Tracks. The Meteors Are the Undisputed Kings of Psychobilly and this Classic Album is in Demand Due to it Being Unavailable for a Number of Years.
If R.E.M. hadn't already blazed the trail years ago, Vertical Horizon's Everything You Want would be a seminal album, with its earnest harmonies, fluid melodies, and jangly guitars. And while Vertical Horizon may not have taken many forks off the road to Athens, they have whipped up an excellent pop-rock meld out of the purloined elements. Beginning with the ardent and anthemic "We Are," the pop band who began life on Georgetown's central campus...
Odder than odd, this remix album removes much of what listeners closely associate as being what Bush is about (pop-Nirvana clones) and turns the focus onto the then-expected electronica craze. "Everything Zen" is remixed twice and given audibly different treatments. The Derek DeLarge mix, in particular, barely keeps the song in place. The emphasis on so much drums and bass from a band not known for their rhythmic abilities (Bush excel with the...
OK kids, it's rockin' time! Detroit's MC5 kicked off the '70s with a bang on Back in the USA, released January 15, 1970. A roadmap for punk's class of '77, the album condensed the epic, throbbing sprawl of Kick Out the Jams into the pure essence of rock & roll: machine gun blasts of pure energy and hooks, with nods to the founding fathers (Chuck Berry and Little Richard) and freshly-minted teen anthems for the ages ("Shakin' Street," "High...
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...
Their first-ever hits compilation! Founded in New Orleans, this pop-flavored alt-rock outfit migrated to L.A. in the early '90s and rocketed to stardom with the 1995 Top 40 album Deluxe and the smash single "Good." It's featured herein along with 15 other definitive tracks, including "In the Blood," "King of New Orleans," and a trio of previously unissued recordings, among them the French Radio Version of "This Time of Year" and the VooDoo Mix...
"Terrible to witness, uncontrolled power that will make you scream." - PUNK PLANET Downtown Nashville, just off the dirty Cumberland River, is a wayward home for junkies, poets, homeless buskers, and starving musicians. In the watering holes that line the neon-studded Broadway Street, music is played twenty-four hours a day by the hardest, tightest, hungriest gentlemen. Each a master at his trade, they fight and wrestle with the sounds of...
Eponymous albums are usually either debuts or the work of musicians trying to introduce themselves to a new audience. Count Liz Phair among the latter. It's Phair's fourth studio album, but her first since 1998, and it's a long way from the arty, low-fi sound that marked her true full-length debut, 1993's Exile in Guyville. Phair has developed into a considerably more confident singer, while her songs and the production they receive here are as...
Live was originally labeled the poor man's U2, thanks to their anthemic choruses and earnest spirituality. Unlike the Irish superstars, however, the Pennsylvania quartet have found what they're looking for on their sixth album. Singer and principal songwriter Ed Kowalczyk proclaims in "Heaven" that he not only has gotten his faith back, but also has seen God in his infant daughter and a sunset. Gooey sentiments, perhaps, but Kowalczyk delivers...
Debut album from Hard Rock outfit features 10 tracks. Z Records. 2003.
Is Liz Phair apologizing? It would be easy to get that impression from the title track of Somebody's Miracle. Suddenly the singer who was once known for her jaded lyrics and liberal use of the "f" word, is throwing around different kinds of "f" words altogether. "Faith?" "Fairytale?" Once, a generation of young women turned to Phair to express their collective rage at emotionally unavailable men. Now it's all about frogs with princes inside, and...
'Carpe Diem' is the highly anticipated third album from Sacramento band that have paid their dues touring with The Deftones, Slipknot, Soulfly and Fear Factory. Will Haven's music cannot be described, its emotion and power is something that you can only feel. The pounding rhythm section of bassist Mike Martin and drummer Mitch Wheeler makes the perfect background for Jeff Irwin's godlike guitars. The surreal voice of front man Grady...
2004 album from the psychobilly rockers. Raucous Records.
The first retrospective of the career of Alanis Morissette, The Collection spans 1995-2005 with hits and more, as a new recording, "Crazy" joins some of the most popular songs of the era, from "You Oughta Know" and "Hand in My Pocket" to "Ironic." L I M I T E D E D I T I O N : The CD+DVD DigiPak, with a 16-page booklet, available December 13, features an hour-long DVD documentary.
The unauthorized biography of Good Charlotte incorporates comments/interview material by the band. Pressed onto a full color picture disc and housed in a deluxe slipcase with 8 page illustrated booklet and fold-out poster. Chrome Dreams. 2005.
"One night in June 82 I was riding home along Camden Road when I drove down a hole that had been dug in the road and that hadn't been filled properly. I flew over the handlebars and collided with some park railings, fracturing my left elbow in 8 places, breaking my ulna and radius, several toes, my right heel, and cutting my head and chest open. I spent the entire summer in hospital, and the next year recuperating. I sued Camden Council, and...
Features the Track "Broken" plus the Band's Addition to the "War Child" Album, "The Power of Love".
Totally Hits, Vol. 2 is truth in advertising, cobbling together major radio singles from Madonna ("Beautiful Stranger"), Santana ("Maria Maria"), Christina Aguilera ("Genie in a Bottle"), LFO ("Girl on TV"), Lou Bega ("Mambo No. 5"), and others into one road-worthy compilation. Great for making mixes or remembering a summer gone by, Totally Hits, Vol. 2 permits casual music fans to graze pop confection without feeling stuffed. --Courtney Kemp
Pere Ubu's Fourth and Final Album for Fontana was Originally Released in 1993. This CD Re-issue Includes Five Bonus Tracks in the Form of One Non-album B-side and Four Previously Unreleased Tracks Including the Stephen Hague Mix of "Come Home" and Three Songs which were Originally Intended as B-sides but Never Saw the Light of Day, "Gripless", "Through the Windshield" and "Stoughton 529". Sleevenotes by David Stubbs of the Wire.
This best of CD includes performances from everyone. Trent Reznor, Genesis P Orridge, Flea and Jello Biafra. Disc 2 contains 80% unreleased material including performances from Dean Ween and Black Francis (Pixies). The sub-title is 'Preaching To The Perverted'. Gatefold digi-pack. 2001 release.
The record is a logical creative step for The Secret Machines, over Now Here Is Nowhere (2004) and Ten Silver Drops(2006). It's a nod ahead of to, yet not a departure from, the psychedelic rock that has helped make Dallas-bred NYC transplants a fan critical darling in the U.S. and Europe - not to mention favorites of U2's The Edge and David Bowie. Going forward theband sees nothing but open skies.
Includes Insomnia Radioman and Tinsel Town.
Local H first struck during the post-grunge tide of the mid-'90s, and critics often boxed the band's early albums in with the sea of other Nirvana-worshipping artists. With Here Comes the Zoo, though, the Illinois duo sounds less like some wannabe Northwest outfit and more akin to Southern California stoner rock, with a classic rock kick. The psychedelic, sludgy riffs, thudding bass lines, and pressing heaviness to songs like "(Baby) Wants to...
Following the compilation of early material (MUSICAL VARIETIES), POLKATHARSIS was Brave Combo's first new album for Rounder Records. The dazzling combo comes out swinging with a thunderous cavalcade of drums in the opening of their high-octane take of "The Happy Wanderer." From there out they stick close to the heart of polkas, with a hora or a waltz thrown in here and there to spice up the pot. Newest member Bubba Hernandez fills the bass (and...
Destined to become a desert island disc for every Static-X fan, Beneath, Between, Beyond comprises the ultimate collection of rarities from early demos and exclusive soundtrack material, to power punching remixes and unreleased anthems. Showing the strength, range and raw emotion of a band unique in its genre, Static-X delivers an essential album that will not only satisfy, but expand its rabid fanbase.
While Our Lady Peace's lead singer, Raine Maida, can be accused of writing rather cryptic lyrics, the liner notes of the new OLP CD are anything but subtle. The artwork kicks off with the statement "1165 days were needed to record Healthy In Paranoid Times"; the remaining pages show no lyrics or band shots, just statistics varying from how many people died of AIDS in that span of time (9.8 million) to how much money was spent on the arms trade...
The splicing together of nu metal, rap, funk, and sterile electronica laced with dark melodies as infectious as anything Britney has to offer, inspired 6 million people to purchase copies of Limp Bizkit's Significant Other. With Chocolate Starfish, they perfect their formula. From the electro-infused "Intro" through the contagiously chugging "My Generation" to the straight-up rap of "Getcha Groove On," Chocolate Starfish is a slick, clinical,...
All the Tracks from their First Two Albums Together on One Great CD! Both Albums Are Some of the Best Powerpop of the 80's.
Best Way to Hear this Band is Live and That's What this Mini Live Album Does. Seven Tracks from Different Concerts around the World Show How Effortlessley They Can Go from Amped Up Punk Rhythms to Melodic Vocals.
Australian version featuring 2 live bonus tracks: Brat, & 86
A deluxe 31 track collection of rarities and previously unreleased tracks. Restless. 2003.
First Single from their 2006 Album `at War with the Mystics'. Includes Two Exclusive B-side Tracks.
Full title, 'Live Styles Of The Sick & Shameless'. Punk + Rockabilly = Psychobilly. Simple math really. 'Raw rockabilly, with lyrics from graveyards to vampires, all performed in a crazed fashion'. This excellent quality 19 track recording is available again from Anagram Records' psychobilly collectors series in a limited edition digipak. The album captures the full frenzy of a Meteors live performance & includes psychobilly anthems like...
The "Asleep" CD displays another side to Bleed The Dream. The band puts out an acoustic version of their newest songs, with two bonus tracks, available for the first time commercially. The "No Apologies" DVD contains footage from the first year and a half of the group's existence - edited by their late drummer Scott Gottlieb. Behind the scenes, up close and personal. It's not a polished, glamorous documentary, but a real and raw look into their...
Left Side of the Brain is the 2007 album released by the band Fiction Plane. Fiction Plane is a rock band from England. The band is fronted by Joe Sumner, the son of musician Sting. In 2001, they recorded their first demo called Swings and Roundabouts under the name Santa's Boyfriend. Before signing to a major record deal, they changed their name to Fiction Plane and recorded their first major label release, Everything Will Never Be OK, with...
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