Just a handful of weeks left before 2010 is officially over, but there are still a few more releases left that are going to be worth checking out. In the blog section, be sure to check out Tyler Munro’s interview with Kelly Shaefer of Atheist.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 09 , 2010. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
The Aquabats! – Radio Down! [EP] (Fearless Records)
Alter Bridge – AB III (Alter Bridge Recordings)
Marsha Ambrosius [Floetry] – Late Nights & Early Mornings (J-Records)
As I Lay Dying – The Powerless Rise [Box Set] (Metal Blade) Atheist – Jupiter(Season of Mist) — Tyler Munro
Attrition – Dreamtime Collectors (Metropolis Records)
Behemoth – Evangelia Heretika [CD/DVD] (Metal Blade Records)
Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (Island)
Susan Boyle – The Gift (Syco Music)
Brokencyde – Will Never Die (BreakSilence Recordings) Cee-Lo Green – The Ladykiller(Radiculture/Elektra)
Julie Christmas – The Bad Wife (Rising Pulse Records)
Clan Of Xymox – Hidden Faces (Metropolis Records) The Concretes – WYWH(101 DISTRIBUTION)— Kiran Soderqvist Conjure One – Exilarch(Nettwerk Records) — Trey Spencer Crade of Filth – Darkly Darkly Venus Aversa(Nuclear Blast)
Dave Matthews Band – Live In New York City [2-CDs] (RCA)
Deathspell Omega – Paracletus (Norma Evangelium…
01. Angelicus
02. Love
03. After All
04. Terra Firma
05. Innocente
06. Self-Saboteur
07. The Way You Want It To Be
08. Twilight
09. Flowers Become Screens
10. Silence
11. Incantation (encore)
12. Forgotten Worlds (credit roll)
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Bill Leeb has had an exhausting, yet productive year. He released Improvised Electronic Devices with his Front Line Assembly project, an acoustic album with Delerium, and apparently he’s also just about finished with Delerium’s next full-length album. As if that wasn’t enough, he also managed to get a live DVD released of Delerium’s 2008 performance at Nightclub 9:30 in Washington D.C. with additional footage from Atlanta, West Palm Beach and Montreal. For those that are unfamiliar with Delerium and their music, a live performance might not sound like that big of an undertaking, but it certainly is. Thankfully, despite a few hiccups, Epiphany is an enjoyable experience that is punctuated by stunning visuals and a great clear sound.
Kristy Thirsk
Let’s be honest, Delerium’s music is not exactly built for a live setting. The band’s combination of world music, smooth new age and electronic pop is great for chilling out to, but watching stationary musicians for ninety-five minutes would be a tedious prospect. Fortunately, someone else was thinking the same thing and they incorporated a lot of great visual elements into the DVD’s presentation. The most noticeable…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 02 , 2010. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
7 Walkers [Garetful Dead’s Bill Kreutzmann & Papa Mali] – 7 Walkers (Response Records)
AfroCubism – AfroCubism (Nonesuch)
Jason Aldean – My Kinda Party (Broken Bow)
Autumn Defense [Wilco’s John Stirratt & Pat Sansone] – Once Around (Yep Roc Records) Bad Religion – Vinyl Box Set (Epitaph Records)
The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria [5 CD/2 DVD Set] (Warner Bros)
Black Dub – Black Dub (Jive – R.E.D.)
Black Sheep – From the Black Pool of Genius (Bum Rush Records)
Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas II You (Island)
City Champs – The Set-Up (Electraphonic)
Elvis Costello – National Ransom (HEAR MUSIC)
Dark Party – Light Years (Old Tacoma Records)
Sean E Depp – Catharsis (Study Music) Destroyer – Archer on the Beach(Merge Records)
Devin The Dude – Gotta Be Me (Real Talk Records)
Neil Diamond – Dreams (Columbia)
Diplo presents – Blow Your Head: Dubstep [Various Artists] (Mad Decent) Brian Eno – Small Craft On A Milk Sea(Warp Records) — Cam
Good Charlotte – Cardiology (Capitol) Helloween – 7 Sinners {EU} (The End Records) Helstar – Glory Of Chaos (AFM Records)
Huey Lewis & The News – Soulville (W.O.W. Records)
Kokayi – Robots & Dinosaurs (QN5 Music)
Lazer Sword – Lazer Sword (Innovative Leisure Records) …
Sarah Fimm has always been passionate about her music and sincere about getting it into the hands of as many people as she can. She is constantly making her music available to stream online, and isn’t above giving away albums – as she did a few years ago with White Birds. Even though she is known for trying to share her music whenever it’s possible, her latest endeavor still comes as a surprise for its forward-thinking and the sheer depth of the project. Karma Phala is thirty-one tracks of new and unreleased music that spans her entire recording career, including three tracks from her upcoming fifth album, Near Infinite Possibility. It covers everything from ambient electronics to soulful acoustic rock while maintaining a consistently high quality throughout. In addition to that large quantity of music, Karma Phala also includes a high-quality ‘making of Near Infinite Possibility’ video, a ton of pictures, a personal greeting from Sarah herself and more. As if that isn’t enough, she has been giving the whole thing away for free on 1-gig thumb drives (she is even covering the shipping). Included on this thumb drive is Sarah Fimm’s reason for giving this whole collection away; a mission statement:
My goal is to encourage you to share this music across the world. The livelihood of independent art relies on your consciousness to keep it alive. The only thing I ask is that you continue to use the Karma Phala drive to share…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 26 , 2010. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
2Mex – My Fanbase Will Destroy (Strange Famous Records)
6Blocc – I Dubs Vol. 5 12″ [EP] (6dub) All Ends – A Road To Depression (Nuclear Blast) {EU}
Jeff Beck – Live And Exclusive From The Grammy Museum (ATCO) The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria [5 CD/2 DVD Set] {EU} (Warner Bros)
Broken Complex – Broken Complex (Broken Complex)
Cap D – PolyMath (All Natural)
Celph Titled & Buckwild – Nineteen Ninety Now (No Sleep Recordings)
Ray Charles – Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters (Concord Records)
Chaundon – No Excuses (Traffic Ent. Group)
Chico Mann – Analog Drift (Wax Poetics)
Combichrist – Noise Collection Vol. 1 (Metropolis Records)
Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records – Various Artists [Remastered] (Apple Records) Conducting From the Grave – Revenants (Sumerian Records) Crade of Filth – Darkly Darkly Venus Aversa(Nuclear Blast) {EU}
Daath – Daath (Century Media)
Deluka – You Are The Night (RED GENERAL CATALOG)
Diplo – Chasing the Dragon (Mad Decent)
Every Time I Die – Shit Happens: The Series? [DVD] (Ferret Records)
Bryan Ferry – Olympia (Astralwerks) Firewind – Days Of Defiance (Century Media) Forbidden – Omega Wave (Nuclear Blast) Fourplay – Let’s Touch the Sky (Heads Up)
Funker Vogt – Blutzoll (Metropolis Records)
Elina…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 19 , 2010. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Agua de Annique – Live In Europe (Self Released) Allstar Weekend – Suddenly Yours (Hollywood Records)
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Autumn, Again (Mis Ojos Discos) Bad Books – Bad Books(Favorite Gentlemen Recordings)
The Beatles – 1967-1970 (Blue) [Remastered] (Apple Records)
Joe Bonamassa – Joe Bonamassa Live from The Royal Albert Hall (J&R Adventures/Fontana)
Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (Columbia)
Elton John & Leon Russell – The Union (Decca)
Elusive – The New Movement (Elusive)
Eskmo – Eskmo (Ninja Tune) Sarah Fimm – Karma Phala(Self Released) — Trey Spencer
Girl In A Coma – Adventures in Coverland (Blackheart Records)
Beth Hart – My California (101 DISTRIBUTION) Zach Hill – Face Tat(Sargent House)
Houses – All Night (Lefse Records) How To Dress Well – Love Remains(Lefse Records) —Alex Silveri Infinito 2017 – Outer Body Experience 9.0 (Unlimited Supply Chain)
Kings Of Leon – Come Around Sundown (RCA)
Michael Schenker Group – Live In Tokyo: 30th Anniversary Japan Tour (Inakustik)
Hannah Montana – Hannah Montana Forever [Soundtrack] (Walt Disney Records)
Morrissey – Bona Drag: 20th Anniversary Edition (EMI Import) Mt. Desolation – Mt. Desolation(Island/Cherry Tree)
Steven Page [Barenaked Ladies] – Page One (Zoe…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 21 , 2010. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson – Soundtrack (Ghostlight)
Cam’ron – The U.N. Gunz N’ Butta (E1 Entertainment)
Paula Cole – Ithaca (Decca)
Billy Currington – Enjoy Yourself (Mercury Nashville)
Delerium – Epiphany [DVD] (Nettwerk) Drudkh – Handful of Stars(Season of Mist)
Enslaved – Axioma Ethica Odini {EU} (Nuclear Blast)
Flying Lotus – Pattern + Grid World [EP] (Warp Records)
Frankie Rose And The Outs – Frankie Rose And The Outs (Slumberland Records)
Hilary Hahn – Higdon & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon)
Randy Houser – They Call Me Caddillac (Show Dog Universal)
J57 (Brown Bag Allstars) – Digital Society (Balanced Records)
John Legend and The Roots – Wake Up! (Columbia)
Kiske/Somerville – Kiske/Somerville {EU} (Frontiers Records S.R.l.) Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man (Sony) Margot & The Nuclear So And So – Buzzard(+1 Records) — Channing Freeman
Maroon 5 – Hand All Over (A&M/Octone)
Johnny Mathis – Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville (Columbia)
Maximum Balloon [TV On The Radio’s Andrew Sitek project] – Maximum Balloon (Interscope Records) Metallica – Six Feet Down Under [EP] (Metallica.com)
Methods Of Mayhem – A Public Disservice Announcement (Roadrunner Records)
Michael Franti & Spearhead – The Sound of Sunshine (Capitol)
Liza Minnelli – Confessions (Decca U.S.)
Vincent Minor –…
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Flotsam and Jetsam have been around for nearly thirty years and have never truly received the attention that they deserve. Some of the blame could be placed on bad timing (Cuatro) or bad productions (When the Storm Comes Down and Dream of Death) – and their unwavering dedication to flying the thrash flag through the nineties probably had something to do with it too – but it doesn’t fully explain how this band has remained in the shadows all of these years. The real shame is that Flotsam and Jetsam seem to be…
Over the last decade metal has made a huge resurgence. This popularity has inspired a lot of bands to make a deliberate return to their roots (Metallica, Megadeth, etc). It has also prompted the reformation of quite a few long-defunct bands from the past (Believer, Anacrusis, etc). You can now add Connecticut’s Indestructible Noise Command (aka I.N.C.) to that list.
I.N.C. formed in 1985 and quickly recorded their first album, Razorback. The album was quirky but heavy with an underlying sense of humor that was missing from most thrash at the time. It was enough to allow them to play with bands such as Megadeth, Exodus and King Diamond. Their second album, The Visitors, built on everything that fans loved about Razorback and garnered even more attention for the band – Pantera, in their infancy, even opened for I.N.C. at one time. One of the more unique elements that I.N.C. had going for them was the vocals of Dennis Gergely. His voice provided a bit of a hardcore/metal crossover vibe at a time when only a few bands were doing it (most notably D.R.I.). Due to a lack of solid label support and funding, the band took an indefinite hiatus shortly after the release of their second album, and that was the end of the story – until now.
I.N.C. are back with a fresh set of songs that are heavier and darker than anything they did in…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 14 , 2010. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
The Absence – Enemy Unbound(Metal Blade)
Accept – Blood of the Nations (Nuclear Blast)
Al’ Tariq (The Beatnuts) – God Connections (Traffic Ent. Group) Amorphis – Magic & Mayhem – Tales From The Early Years {EU} (Nuclear Blast) Azure Ray – Drawing Down The Moon (Saddle Creek)
Banner Pilot – Resignation Day [Remastered] (Fat Wreck Chords)
Beneath The Massacre – Maree Noir [EP] (Prosthetic Records)
Bilal – Airtight’s Revenge (PLUG RESEARCH) The Birthday Massacre – Pins And Needles(Metropolis Records) — Trey Spencer Black Milk – Album of the Year(100% WOMON) — Jared W. Dillon Blonde Redhead – Penny Sparkle(4AD Records) — Cam
Buckethead – Spinal Clock (TDRS Music)
Caligula – Divine Madness (Krycek Entertainment)
The Charlatans – Who We Touch (The End Records)
Chromeo – Business Casual (Atlantic)
Dawn of Ashes – Genocide Chapters (Metal Blade Records)
DragonForce – Twilight Dementia [Live] (Roadrunner Records)
The Drums – The Drums (Downtown) El Guincho – Pop Negro(XL Recordings)— Kiran Soderqvist
Electric Sunset – Electric Sunset (K Records)
Emmett And Mary – Emmett And Mary (My Idea of Fun)
Sully Erna – Avalon (Republic)
ESQ & Chikaramanga – The Succession (Tres Records) Flotsam and Jetsam – The Cold(Driven Music Group) — Trey…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 07 , 2010. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
The Acorn – No Ghost (Bella Union) Anberlin – Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place(Republic)— Adam Thomas Sara Bareilles – Kaleidoscope Heart (Epic)
The Beatles – The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles [DVD] (Universal Music)
Blue Sky Black Death – Third Party (Fake Four Inc.)
Gasoline Silver – Gasoline Silver (+1 Records)
Helmet – Seeing Eye Dog (+1 Records ) In Lingua Mortua – Salon Des Refuses(Termo Records) Interpol – Interpol (Matador Records)
Brendan James – Brendan James (Decca) Kamelot – Poetry for the Poisoned {EU} (Kamelot Media Group) Megadeth – Rust In Peace Live [DVD/CD] (Shout Factory!) Oceansize – Self Preserved while the Bodies Float Up {EU} (SUPERBALL MUSIC)— Sobhi Abdul-Rakhman
Q-Unique – Between Heaven and Hell (Capital Q Music)
Robyn – Body Talk Pt. 2 (Cherrytree/Interscope)
Rock (Heltah Skeltah) – Rockin Out West (Duck Down Music)
Stone Sour – Audio Secrecy (Roadrunner Records)
Tera Melos – Patagonian Rats (Sargent House) The Thermals – Personal Life(Kill Rock Stars) — Adam Thomas
Andreya Triana – Lost Where I Belong (Ninja Tune)
Unicycle – Mirror, Mirror (Highwheel Records)
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Dimmu Borgir released “Gateways (Edit)” from their upcoming album, Abrahadabra, last Tuesday through iTunes (and probably other digital retailers). On a whim, I decided to buy the track to see if I should be looking forward to the whole CD or not – it didn’t really help. It doesn’t help because “Gateways” is different enough from their previous releases that it’s hard to tell if it is a one-off or if it is representative of the whole album.
For one, there are two different sections that contain female vocals and neither of them turns out to be cheesy. The first section with female vocals is shouted in an almost punk-like manner, and the second section is more of a choir effect (think Therion not Cradle of Filth). Both sections were surprising because it’s a new direction for the band, and also because it actually worked. Another thing about the song is that it is much slower and more melodic than what is typical of a Dimmu Borgir track. I’m not trying to say that it’s pop or anything, but it’s definitely much more accessible. Those that actually care about the band have probably read that the album features another full orchestra, but unlike Death Cult Armageddon, “Gateways” isn’t overpowered by it. The song is more of an equal partnership between the riffs and the orchestral parts.
So, this song didn’t really help at all. If the whole album pushes the band’s sound like this song did then things might…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 31 , 2010. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
10 Years – Feeding the Wolves(Universal Republic) — Davey Boy
The Autumn Offering – The Autumn Offering (Victory Records)
Big L – 139 & Lenox (Flamboyant)
Ryan Bingham – Junky Star (Lost Highway)
Carl Broemel [My Morning Jacket] – All Birds Say (ATO RECORDS/RED)
Cephalic Carnage – Misled By Certainty (Relapse Records)
Common – Resurrection [2-CD Deluxe] (Get On Down)
The Contortionist – Exoplanet (Good Fight) Dagoba – Poseidon {EU} (Indie Europe/Zoom) Death Angel – Relentless Retribution {EU} (Nuclear Blast) Disturbed – Asylum(Reprise)
DJ Muggs & Ill Bill – Kill Devil Hills (Fat Beats Records) Everything Everything – Man Alive (Piccadilly Records) Funeral for a Friend – The Young and Defenceless [EP] (Self Released)
Godfather Don – Properties of Steel (Traffic Ent. Group)
Goo Goo Dolls – Something For The Rest Of Us (Warner Bros.) The Graduate – Only Every Time(Razor & Tie) — Davey Boy
Bruce Haack – Farad Bruce Haack (Stones Throw Records)
Heart – Red Velvet Car (Sony Legacy)
Lyfe Jennings – I Still Believe (Asylum Records)
Jenny & Johnny – I’m Having Fun Now (Warner Bros.)
KRS One & True Master – Meta-Historical (Fat Beats Records)
Last Nights Vice – Perfect Little Noise (Last Nights Vice)
Madlib – Advanced Jazz (Madlib Invazion)…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 24 , 2010. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Accept – Blood of the Nations {EU} (Nuclear Blast) Adebisi Shank – This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called…(Richter Collective) — Dave de Sylvia
Apocalyptica – 7th Symphony (Jive/R.E.D.)
Chris August – No Far Away (Fervent Records) James Blackshaw – All Is Falling(Young God Records) S. Carey – All we Grow(Jagjaguwar) — Cam
Chk Chk Chk [!!!] – Strange Weather Isn’t It (Warp Records)
Coin Under Tongue – Reception (Death By Audio)
Dead Confederate – Sugar (Razor & Tie) Eels – Tomorrrow Morning(E Works) — Adam Thomas
Fantasia – Back To Me (J-Records)
Jesse Harris – Through The Night (Secret Sun Recordings/Mercer Street)
Ion Dissonance – Cursed (Century Media)
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk (Vanguard Records)
JJ Grey – Georgia Warhorse (Alligator Records) Kataklysm – Heaven’s Venom(Nuclear Blast America)
The Klaxons – Surfing the Void {UK} (Polydor)
Brad Laner – Natural Selections (HOMETAPES)
Land Of Talk – Cloak And Cipher (Saddle Creek)
Little Big Town – The Reason Why (Capitol) The LoveCrave – Soul Saliva(Metropolis Records) — Trey Spencer
Malevolent Creation – Invidious Dominion (Nuclear Blast America)
Mestizo – Elecholo (Machina Muerte)
Mogwai – Special Moves [Live] (+1 Records)
Never Shout Never – Harmony (Sire/Wea) …
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 17, 2010. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Trace Adkins – Cowboy’s Back In Town (Show Dog-Universal Music) American Hi-Fi – Fight The Frequency(RED GENERAL CATALOG)
Antagonist – World In Decline (PROSTHETIC RECORDS)
Camu Tao – King of Hearts (Definitive Jux/Fat Possum)
Dondria – Dondria Vs Phatfffat (Malaco Records)
Dora the Explorer – We Did It! Dora’s Greatest Hits (Nick Records)
Filter – The Trouble with Angels (Rocket Science) David Gray – Foundling(Downtown)
Jesse Harris – Through The Night (Mercer Street Records)
Hellsent – False Profit (Galapagos4) Hey Monday – Beneath It All(Columbia) Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier(Sony Legacy) — Mike Stagno
Kem – Intimacy (Motown/PGD) The Last Felony – Too Many Humans(LIFEFORCE RECORDS) — Trey Spencer Lissie – Catching A Tiger (Fat Possum)
John Mellencamp – No Better Than This (Rounder/PGD) Miss May I – Monument(Rise Records)
Nils – What The Funk? (Baja Records)
NoFX – The Longest EP (Fat Wreck Chords) Orbs – Asleep Next to Science (Equal Vision Records) Sadistik – The Art Of Dying (Clockwork Grey Music)
Slayer – Live Intrusion [DVD Reissue] (Columbia) Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Let It Sway(Polyvinyl)— Rudy Klapper Esperanza Spalding – Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)
Taking Back Sunday –…
