Steve Lukather - Transition Audio CD

If the quintessential San Francisco Sound is defined by lengthy improvised guitarwork and near-telepathic interplay, then HAPPY TRAILS crystallizes the genre on record. Extemporizing mightily two Bo Diddley songs ("Who Do You Love" and "Mona," the quartet introduces new realms of expression to rock music. Guitarists John Cipollina and Gary Duncan offer contrasting textures and sound, goading each other to greater heights. Largely recorded live in concert, HAPPY TRAILS encapsulates an era of experimentation, employing images that embodied the outlaw chic of the hippie subculture. Its strengths are not, however, bound to that era; the album's mesmerizing power remains as true as ever. The George Hunter cover painting is also indispensible. Quicksilver Messenger Service: John Cipollina, Gary Duncan, Greg Elmore, David Freiberg.

"Push it push it push it!" Alexis Krauss shouts at the beginning of Reign of Terror, and that's exactly what she and Derek Miller do on their follow-up to Treats. Despite its in-the-red volume, Sleigh Bells' debut was a fragile, almost alchemical blend of wispy melodies and crushingly heavy beats and riffs. How could they top an album that was already turned up to 11? By turning things up to 12: on Reign of Terror, the duo brings the nods to metal that added a headbanging thrust to Treats and to center stage. From the album's name down to song titles like "D.O.A." and "Never Say Die," Krauss and Miller allude to metal's flirtations with death, which makes a strange kind of sense: Treats was a blend of sounds that shouldn't have worked but did, and changing that formula is riskier still. With Miller playing a shred and squeal-friendly Jackson USA Soloist and a slicker production, Reign of Terror makes Sleigh Bells' debut sound downright quaint by comparison. The duo's alchemy resurfaces on the songs that sound the ...

Transition CD music Kyle Andrews is a singer/songwriter based in Nashville, but his music is about as far from country as you can get. He's a pop songwriter, and in happier bygone times his bright, giddy, sunshine-sprinkled tunes would be blasting out of every AM station from coast to coast -- which is not to say that his tunes are retro in the least. Andrews has a modern sensibility and his homemade tunes -- recorded in his bedroom studio with the help of his computer and synthesizer -- wouldn't be mistaken for anything from the Summer of Love, despite their trippy hippie vibe. Unlike a lot of indie rockers, Andrews likes his music clean, and despite the limitations of his home setup, the ...

Transition album hard rock, punk rock, industrial art Track Listing of songs: Does Barbara Hershey's Pussy Taste Like Chocolate?; McFann's VW Fenders and Croissants; What A Guy; All Liquored Up; Poop Stain Jane; Squeal Like A Piggy; Tear You Apart; Mistress Jacqueline; Don't Put That Thermometer In Your Mouth; Why Frank Zappa, Why Not Joe Cocker?; Theme To Dungeon Pets; Special Slave Frank;