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As Randy, Paula, and Simon might put it, it's a little pitchy in places, but not bad overall. On Pray for the Soul of Betty, the debut disc from the New York-based band fronted by American Idol reject Constantine Maroulis, we get a taste of the kind of music the vainglorious but inarguably good-looking singer cooked up prior to his primetime TV turn. As it happens, the company Constantine kept (and still keeps--we can expect to hear more from...
Highlights within the 50 CD tracks EELS USELESS TRINKETS: B-SIDES, SOUNDTRACKS, RARITIES AND UNRELEASED 1996-2006 are longtime concert favorite "Living Life" fromthe Daniel Johnston tribute album, the previously unreleased 2006 cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put A Spell On You" and other covers including James Carr's "Dark End of The Street" and Prince's "If I Was Your Girlfriend." USELESS TRINKETS also includes a large handful of BBC...
If you're looking for musicians who wish to save the rainforests, don't bother with Nashville Pussy. These folks would be happy to mow it down with a riding mower and then party like it's 1973 or so. The riffage on High as Hell is pure sludge that recalls Grand Funk, Ted Nugent, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, while the power chords are straight AC/DC. Meanwhile, the two-guy/two-girl lineup makes for great tension and foreplay. Free your ass and your funny...
Solace originated as New Jersey Shorecore heavyweights Godspeed, featuring guitarist Tommy Southard, who along with Solace bassist Rob Hultz, toured with Dio, Cathedral and Black Sabbath. 13 is a worthy successor to the debut Further. Guest appearance by Wino (The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan) on vocals and guitar. 12 tracks. Meteor City. 2003.
2003 debut EP release for the Seattle, WA rockers featuring members of Botch, Kill Sadie & Nineironspitfire. Features five tracks, 'Riding The Grape Dragon', 'Run It Through The Dog', 'Diggers Of Ditches Everywhere', 'The Blue Rose' & 'Drinking From The Necks Of The Ones You Love'. Jade Tree.
Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork. Includes the Bonus Track Dear Lover.
Owe as Much to Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd and Johnny Cash as They Do to the Faces and Nick Drake.
A rock `n' roll outlaw? A performance artist who delved into the decadent and the depraved? Or, just a royal screw-up who managed to make records while blaspheming life and praising the excesses of the dark side? He lived one of the most violent lives of.Last Call Records.2004.
The initial recordings of these Texas "punk-bluegrass" heroes, Bad Livers' Dust on the Bible dusts off 10 country-gospel classics that banjoist-guitarist Danny Barnes first learned as a boy, "sitting next to his Grandma in Church." The gospel standards here--everything from roof raisers like "Workin' on a Building" to sweet hymns like "Precious Memories"--offer a gentler version of the band's music than we've come to expect, one filled with a...
Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track. Also Includes the Enhanced Video for 'looks Like They were Right'.
As the critically acclaimed San Franciscan quintet got tired of rave reviews and low album sales, they opted to turbo-charge their sound by emphasizing guitarist Vudi's distorted rave-ups at the expense of the subtler shadings of Bruce Kaphan's pedal steel. As AMC's final album, it's a schizophrenic landmark. The striking quiet numbers ("Fearless," "Cape Canaveral"), the Pepsi Generation power anthems ("It's Your Birthday," "Wish the World...
Not the ultimate album side of Bee Thousand, the album that will always be their high-water mark, Guided by Voices' Under the Bushes, Under the Stars's songs are more fully realized. Familiar bits and pieces continue to shine through, with basement Beatles and backyard Who here, and New Zealand lo-fi and acoustic Led Zepplin there. Bob Pollard and Tobon Sprout's ideas, still impeccably timeless hooks that cut through the murk to reveal the...
Articles Of Faith lead by Vic Boni was one of the premier American hardcore bands of the early 80s. Combining thrash, reggae and noise, the group was notable for its political lyrics, three-guitar attack and sponsorship of Chicago scene. 20 tracks including 2 previously unreleased tracks. Alternative Tentacles Records. 2002.
Digitally Remastered Double CD Anthology of the Band that Has Pretty Much Shunned the Spotlight and Continued to Create their Music on their Own Terms for Over a Decade. This Edition Adds a Second Disc of Rare Tracks from Various Singles, EPs and Albums plus and a Previously Unreleased Song, "Harry's Dilemma".
Guster's formula is quite simple: Take time-tested harmonies la Simon and Garfunkel or the Hollies, pour them over pleasant acoustic guitars, and add a pinch of congas for toe-tapping made easier. Lost and Gone Forever all but screams "radio friendly!" (especially with hit-producing wunderkind Steve Lillywhite at the knobs), but luckily the final product is more palatable than that. The musical plan is occasionally augmented by an electric...
Live in Cuba is the first live DVD of the American hard rock band Audioslave, containing footage of the free concert that the band performed in Cuba in front of over 70,000 people. The concert itself is considered to be an historical event, as it marks the first time in Cuban history that an American rock band has been permitted to perform within the country. The DVD features the show itself, and also a 37 minute documentary based on the band...
Described as a Cross Between Damaged and Mr Bungle, These Guys have More Energy Than a Can of Red Bull.
This Limited Edition Package features an Extra CD of Previously Unreleased Material, and a 'tour Edition' Slipcase.
Perhaps Third Eye Blind should have titled their third album "Same Vein," since the record offers more of what put the San Francisco band on the map--brainy stream-of-conscious lyrics, big choruses, chunky fretwork, and a liberal dose of sexual innuendo. Frontman Stephan Jenkins engages in some artistic bloodletting here, opening a vein and allowing all the anguish he's experienced over the last few years to spill into these songs. Twelve of...
Changes, the new Godsmack DVD, gives an intimate portrayal of life on tour. Shot throughout their 2003-2004 "Faceless" Tour, the film lets viewers experience the rigors of being on the road, and includes 12 incredible live performances of their biggest hits. Features: * Twelve powerful songs * Exclusive documentary * Extensive photo gallery Audio Options: * PCM Stereo/SRS Circle Surround * 5.1 Multichannel * 5.1 DTS 1 Straight Out of Line ...
The Meat Puppets are legends - in the sense that bazillions of people actually love them just for being themselves and doing whatever suits their skewed tastes, prods their warped senses of humor and echoes their unique experience as blotter-addled, southwestern desperados with guitars, on a vision quest beyond the punk rock, beyond where the spirits of CSN&Y, Black Flag and the Louvin Brothers crouch together by firelight beneath the Mesa...
This album is a live recording of Collective Soul's 11/12/05 performance in Mt. Clemens, MI at the Emerald Theater.
After dark descents into the abyss on The Magnificent Void and Midnight Moon, Steve Roach lightens up the textures a bit on the double CD Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces. The mood harkens back to his influential 1984 release, Structures From Silence, but the atmospheres are more textured and layered while melody is virtually non-existent. And while Structures had a slow motion pulse, Mystic Chords hangs rhythm free. It floats in a space of...
As on their previous records, the Pacific Northwest trio brings a trembling, breathtaking fury to songs about love's life-and-death struggles and the search for genuine emotion in a jungle of media-made hype. A Kill Rock Stars Records release.
After twenty-odd years and twenty-odd releases, this is the final album by Ohio's famed geniuses. It's their most serious and mature record in years, more akin to those recorded in the mid-90s than the most recent releases. At the same time, it's influenced by both American and British mid-60s chime-pop, pointing out the intricate interweaving guitar lines, the stunning wordplay, the vastly melancholic and somehow still uplifting tone, the...
THE DESTROYED ROOM: B-sides and Rarities, a band-chosen collection of near-hidden Sonic Youth gems. The album brings together tracks from throughout the band's career - focusing on tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, or as b-sides to nternational singles. Remastered here for the first time, it's a chance for fans to complete their Sonic Youth collection with pristine versions of tracks they'd been...
2007 Release from the Former American Idol Contestant with One of the Biggest Selling Albums of the Year. This Edition Includes One Bonus Track, "Untitled".
Debut from Orlando, Florida quintet who have played in front of thousands as the opening band for Creed's summer 2002 tour. 11 tracks including the hit, 'I'll Show You'. Produced by Marc Tanner. Elektra. 2003.
A Highly Infectious Single, Includes an Enhanced Section featuring New Material and the Video.
This Brilliant Meteors Album from 1986 is Released in a Special Digipack Version with Two Bonus Tracks. The Album was a Top 10 Indie Chart Success and Has Been Unavailable for a Number of Years. The Meteors Are the Undisputed Kings of Psychobilly and have a Large Loyal Growing Fanbase.
In 1999 the Signature Sounds label released a compilation of Boston-area female singer-songwriters entitled Respond to help raise money for RESPOND, inc. and the Family Violence Prevention Fund, two groups devoted to ending domestic violence. Respond II, the follow-up to that project, expands on the folk orientation of its predecessor by including rock, blues, gospel, jazz, country, and world music performers. Most of the tracks here--such as...
20 tracks from LP's, singles & soundtracks from 1994-1998 including 'Circles', 'Blueeyed Devil', 'Casiotone Nation' (live) plus the previously unreleased tracks 'Buddha Rhubarb Nation' & 'Super Bon Bon' (Propellerhads Radio Edit). Slash/Rhino Records. 2002.
In the middle of their US Tour during 1997 Soul Coughing headed off to Europe for a week to take in a few sites and please the European fans. The first disc a full show from Berlin and features a rare version of Funky Town. Disc 2 captures a short set at the North Sea Jazz Festival which sounds amazing and has a few rarities thrown in as well.
This new project from NeedtoBreathe expands on the bands amazing talents. Incorporating more variety in sound; the melodies are as smooth as silk, this cd is breath taking. With meaningful lyrics and a stronger sound this group is maturing and bringing nothing but humility into their work. I would recommend this cd to anyone, it entails a little of everything.
Originally released in 1996 on Trance Syndicate, this is a timeless record that sounds like a dream collaboration of Martin Hannett and Brian Eno. Snaps of electronic drums collide with warm hum and reverb-drenched guitars. Recorded by Adam Wiltzie of Stars Of The Lid. Also contains the flexi that came with the first 750 vinyl copies, along with two previously unreleased live tracks.
For most musicians and groups, the live box set marks the culmination of a lengthy recording and concert career. Not so for Laurie Anderson, whose United States Live appeared in 1984, following her tenure in academic and bohemian circles and a small handful of releases on Warner Bros. and smaller labels. The release was an unusual event, though perhaps less so for a musician who seeks to upend musical traditions, most notably the distinctions...
2002 release with 14 tracks including, 'Duel At The Two O'Clock Bell' & 'Show Pony'. Produced by Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Ramones, Living Colour).
One of Britain's Most Promising Hard Rock Acts in 2002 Release their Much Anticipated Debut Album. Full of Raw Energy, Crunching Guitars, Piercing Vocals and Bitter-sweet Melodies. They've Taken the Best of Early Nirvana, Fugazi and at the Drive in and have Created their Own Fierce Sound.
Fans of Godsmack's dark, swirling, commanding music will be delighted by the Boston band's powerful third effort, which mixes arena rock in the vein of an Alice in Chains (in fact, Godsmack takes its name from an AIC song) with the aggression of Pantera. With new drummer Shannon Larkin (formerly of Amen), Godsmack stick with the riff-heavy, layered tunes and sharp, confident bridge-burning lyrics (witness the convincing vitriol of "I F@?king...
The soundtrack for "RISING SON, THE LEGEND OF SKATEBOARDER CHRISTIAN HOSOI," boasts music from such artists as Queens of the Stone Age, Gnarls Barkley, Murs and The Gossip. The soundtrack includes several unreleased tracks, such as Dave Grohl's "Vile", Slightly Stoopid's "Still Be You", and Fishbone's "Cheyenne." The powerful musical lineup helps the film chronicle the colorful life and career of CHRISTIAN HOSOI, one of skateboarding's most...
Dead Moon is an exception to the rule. For most bands, a live album is a toss-off, either a hastily assembled package released as a stopgap until the next studio project or something shoveled under management's door as a half-spirited contract fulfillment. For Dead Moon, a live album is like church on Christmas: an occasion for reverence and genuflection. Recorded somewhere in the Slovenia--in Europe Dead Moon are treated like living...
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