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Subdivider – Self Titled
Subdivider Self Titled Independent - 2008 Band Members: Adam Fekete-Vocals,Guitar, Piano/ Aaron Fabbrini- Bass/ Jake Nyberg- Drums/Lead guitar on “Season to Season” Mark Grundhoefer/ Tom Hunter- Piano and Hammond on “Strike A Balance” Track Listing: Paper Crushing Stone/Strike A Balance/Dorsia/Anne Marie/Beneath My Skin/Action And [...]
Reel Kool – The Princess And The Frog
REEL KOOL FILM REVIEWS By: Jesse Sawyer The Princess and the Frog (2009, dirs. Ron Clements and John Musker) I haven’t seen a mainstream two-dimensional animated film since... since... Well, to be honest, I can’t recall the last one. Disney’s last 2-D release was “The Emperor’s New Groove,” which I missed, and since then the [...]
Slayer – World Painted Blood
Slayer World Painted Blood American Recordings/Sony Music 2009 Band Members: Tom Araya- Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar/Kerry King- Guitar/Jeff Hanneman- Guitar/Dave Lombardo- Drums Track Listing: World Painted Blood/Unit 731/Snuff/Beauty Through Order/Hate Worldwide/Public Display Of Dismemberment/Human Strain/Americon/Psychopathy Red/Playing [...]
Mercurial Rage – Cascade
Mercurial Rage Cascade © Rage Records/Susstones 2009 Mercurial Rage: Michael DiGregarrio--(Lead Vocals), Christopher Church--(Bass Guitar/Vocals), Brock Landers--(Keyboards), Butch McQueen--(Guitar), Richard "Dickey" Heyworth (Drums) "It's so sad to be alive/A lonely boy with broken toys" - Sad Like the bastard child of New Order and [...]
Historics – Strategies For Apprehension
Historics Strategies For Apprehension Independent 2009 Band Line-Up: Don Devore- Vocals, Guitar/Josh Grubb- Guitar, Vocals/Mickey Madden- Bass/Ryan Rapsys-Drums/Matt Werth- Samples/Jeff Knutsen-Moog/Dale Jiminez-Keys/Mikele Edwards-Piano Track Listing: Skin Orders/Two Tons/Fanfare/Taverns/Personal/Take It/A Whole Lot Less/All Fathers/City [...]
James McMurty – Live In Europe CD + DVD
James McMurtry Live In Europe CD + DVD Lightning Rod Records 2009 Band Members: James McMurtry- Guitar, Vocals/Tim Holt- Guitar/Ronnie Johnson- Bass, Backing Vocals/Ian McLagan- Keyboards/Jon Dee Graham- Guitar, Vocals Track Listing: Bayou Tortue/Just Us Kids/Hurricane Party/You'd A' Thought (Leonard Cohen Must Die)/Fraulein O./Ruby And [...]
Marvelle – Marvelle
Marvelle Self-Titled Self-Released 2009 Track Listing: Dark Matter/Gospel/Less/D&D/Spark/Forgotten/Bail/Dark Matter (abridged) As the opening strokes of the violin welcome you to the world of Marvelle, you will be pulled in to listen, and listen again. Dark Matter almost says it all. The first track of eight, Dark Matter is intense, [...]
Chuck E Weiss – Old Souls and Wolf Tickets
Listening to Old Souls and Wolf Tickets is like running into an old friend you didn’t expect to still have things in common with and finding that you’re still as good of friends as the last time you got together. On first listen it conjured up the old Stranded in the Jungle from the 50’s, Tom Waits, Mike Meyers’ campy beatnik routine from [...]
The Mood Swings – Recessionista
"Gonna find a way, 'cause these times won't hold me back." - Recessionista Rock clubs around the Twin Cities area are fortunately still packing their sticky floors with genuine gyrating music lovers. Sure, maybe they aren't being packed asshole to elbow, as the cliche goes, but if you stroll into one of the many jam joints in Minneapolis or [...]
Django Reinhardt – 40 Breathtaking Recordings
Breathtaking is not a word to be taken lightly, it’s rarely used properly, and it begs the question ..."Does this music REALLY take my breath away?" Well, yes, actually, it does, in the case of the awe-inspiring work of this early European Gypsy guitar jazz-master. One example that jumps to mind is watching George Harrison and Pete Ham [...]
