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For its first album on the Brah imprint of the Jagjaguwar label (run by members of the latter's Oneida), the Ohio noise-rock group Pterodactyl relocated to Brooklyn, and tapped into the borough's knack for experimental music. While the band's vocals sometimes recall those of the like-minded Animal Collective, Pterodactyl opts for a more metallic and obtuse sound, as revealed on the chaotic, reverb-soaked "Esses." An intelligent blend of twitchy hardcore spasms and arty sonics and structures, this album bodes well for the young band's future.
Pterodactyl (Indie): Joe (guitar); Kurt (bass instrument); Matt (drums). Pterodactyl Review
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Purchase Pterodactyl CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Bloc Party Silent Alarm CD (2005)
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On this immensely appealing debut, SILENT ALARM, the London-based quartet Bloc Party fulfills the promise of their barnstorming 2004 singles "Banquet" and "She's Hearing Voices." Led by magnetic frontman Kele Okereke, the band extracts the most fascinating aspects of the previous 25 years of British indie rock and fuses them into a new entity--complete with smarts and heart--never delving into retro-kitsch or slavish imitation.
Okerere's urgent yelp most often recalls a fired-up incarnation of the Cure's Robert Smith, but the sounds the group creates echo everything from Gang of Four's staccato militarism ("Banquet") to the reverberating guitars of the Chameleons ("Price of Gas"). At times, Bloc Party also recalls the ecstatic soundwashes of early-1990s cult pioneers like Ride ("Plans") and Slowdive ("Compliments"). Lyrically, Okerere tilts toward an endearing adolescent pessimism that, even when the music is less than mopey, gives him away as a goth at heart ("and the ravens are leaving the tower/make your peace"). However, at the end of "Price of Gas," when he proclaims "I can tell you how this ends/We're going to win this," one can hope that Okerere is expressing his confidence in a bright future for his extremely talented band.
Although most remix albums offer little more than vaguely tweaked novelty, Bloc Party's SILENT ALARM REMIXED transcends that trend with a stunningly diverse set of reworked tracks from the British group's much-lauded debut. Given the consistently high quality of the original songs, the guest artists--which include innovative electronica acts (M83, ...
| | Seconds Kratitude CD (2006)
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With chewy, rubbery guitar lines, hypnotic tattoos beating out on the drums, and repetitive vocal chants, the Seconds seem intent on marrying the most elemental energies of early punk to their hit-and-run songs. The band features Brooklyn noise-rock stalwarts Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zack Lehrhoff of Ex-Models, and Jeannie Wong of the Bodies. The trio turn their estimable talents to keeping these joyous, staggering spaz-outs bouncing along at a frenetic pace, and ringing heads with ...
| | Shoplifting Body Stories CD (2006)
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With a renegade, exploratory feel that recalls European bands like A Certain Ratio, Delta 5, and the Ex, Seattle's Shoplifting drape tightly arranged, atonal guitars ...
| | Editors Back Room CD (2005)
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US post-punk revivalists Interpol's 2002 debut made it possible for a wave of Joy Division copycats to ape those dark-but-danceable sounds of the late-1970s/early-'80s. By 2004, coming off like the bastard offspring of Ian Curtis and Echo & the Bunnymen was a ticket to the top of the charts, even in America. Unsurprisingly, it took the Brits to do it right. The hue and cry over Editors (please observe the absence of an article in their name) and their 2005 launch THE BACK ROOM (released stateside in '06) painted them as the UK Interpol. Nothing could be further from the truth. While Editors display an obvious love for the dark, churning sound of the Chameleons, Joy Division, ...
| | Appleseed Cast Peregrine CD (2006) Digipak
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The Appleseed Cast has a sound that you might have a hard time categorizing until you hear someone use the phrase "Midwest post-rock." Then it becomes obvious that that's exactly what they sound like, even if the term itself is really kind of baffling. You have to hear it to understand: the Appleseed Cast's sound is often noisy, but is never just noise; they experiment with weird and unusual production approaches, but you wouldn't call them avant-garde. Nestled within the sometimes dense clouds of guitar noise are genuinely attractive hooks, and their songs often contain puzzling but highly effective contradictions. Note, for example, "Here We Are (Family in the Hallways)," which is one of the album's finest tracks and sounds both chaotically hooky and energetically heartbroken. Nothing can really prepare you for the sonically bizarre "Mountain Halo," but then, the Robert Smith vocal inflections on "February" are every bit as surprising. The instrumental tracks are all very interesting, but with ...
| | Knife Silent Shout CD (2006) (Import) Import
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| | Johnny Mathis Give Me Your Love For Christmas CD (1969)
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| | East Side Story Vol. 10 CD (1998)
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A strange little collection of R&B-based oldies, this is part of a multi-volume series. With tracks like James and Bobby Purify's "I'm Your Puppet," Billy Stewart's "Strange Feeling," Etta James' "Stop the Wedding," and James Brown's "Please Please Please," this would look like a classic soul collection, ...
| | Colin James Traveler CD (2004) (Import) Canada
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| | Gi Juke Box Jive CD (2003) Import
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| | Larga Vida Al...Volumen Brutal CDs (2004)
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Tributee: Baron Rojo.
| | Lewis, Huey & The News Greatest Hits CDs (2006)
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An improvement over 1996's TIME FLIES best-of, 2006's GREATEST HITS brings together 21 tracks from 1980s staples Huey Lewis and the News. Anyone who drew air in the '80s, and was within 30 miles of a radio, will recognize the lion's share of tracks here. Whether it be the throwback backbeat of "Heart of Rock & Roll," the sunny, doo-wop-inspired "If This Is It," or the bobbling, new wave groove of "I Want A New Drug," Lewis's breezy brand of commercial pop is long on hooks that sink in and won't let go. The band was reviled by rock fans as sanitized, mainstream pap, but GREATEST HITS, with its stream of smash hits, is an excellent argument for Lewis's staying power.
7. The Power Of Love (Original Long Version, Previously Unreleased)
10. Workin' For A Livin' (Live At The Country Club, Reseda, CA 4/29/82, Previously Unreleased)
This Limited Edition CD/DVD combination package features 21 of the band's top hits of all times on the CD. The DVD features 10 top music videos.
1. Do You Believe In Love (Previously Unreleased)
2. Heart And Soul
3. I Want A New Drug
4. The Heart Of Rock & Roll
5. If This Is It
6. Bad Is Bad
8. Stuck With You
9. Doing It All For My Baby (Original Long Version)
Huey Lewis & the News: Johnny Colla (vocals, guitar, saxophone); Chris Hayes (vocals, guitars); Huey Lewis (vocals, harmonica); Sean Hopper (vocals, keyboards); Bill Gibson ...
| | Louis Armstrong Great American Songbook CD (2006)
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Standards and popular American songs always played a major role in Louis Armstrong's repertoire, so it's no wonder that any given Armstrong compilation is likely to feature a version of "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "All of Me," "Rockin' Chair," or a similar chestnut. Each of those tunes is featured on THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK, alongside enduring versions of "Star Dust," "Pennies from Heaven," and others. THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK may not be the most original idea for a compilation series, but with performances as timeless as ...
| | Gerry Rafferty City To City/Night Owl CDs (2007)
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2 LPs on I CD.
Personnel: Gerry Rafferty (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, background vocals); Gerry Rafferty (guitar); Richard Brunton (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar); Hugh Burns, Jerry Donahue (guitar, electric guitar); Nigel Jenkins (guitar); Richard Thompson (electric guitar, mandolin); Brian Cole (steel guitar, dobro); Graham Preskett (mandolin, fiddle, brass, piano, electric piano, keyboards); Richard Harvey (pennywhistle, recorder, synthesizer); Paul Jones (harmonica); Willy Ray, John Kirkpatrick (accordion); Raphael Ravenscroft ...
| | Cloudix Vol. 1-Discovery: Rise & The Fall CD (2007)
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CloudIX's first time attempt on creating a continuous track separating into different parts known as his Discovery Series. Entirely instrumental and over an hour long when listened to altogether. No vocals from Laura Thaxton is in this album. She is currently still working on vocals for Guilty Conscience: ReMiXeS as well as the new upcoming release album currently untitled. The entire mood of this track is a combination of being in a club environment as well as being outside under the dark sky with the moon while laying on the grass and yet still filled with chaos. Confusing, eh? Well it can only ...
| | Drifters There Goes My Baby CD (2008) (Import)
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