Malcolm McLaren - Paris CD

The second Liquid Tension Experiment album doesn't contain anything quite as self-indulgent as its predecessor's chops-heavy half-hour jam session "Three Minute Warning"; the epic piece here, the 17-minute "When the Water Breaks," is much more composed and therefore focused (even if it's not what you'd call a tight listen). Elsewhere, the music blends Dream Theater-esque progressive metal (logically) and spontaneous interaction with mellower, more lushly textured pieces; the high level of musicianship is, of course, beyond question. ~ Steve Huey Recorded at Millbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, New York in October & November 1998. Includes liner notes by John Pertucci, Jordan Rudess, Tony Levin and Mike Portnoy. Personnel: John Petrucci (guitar); Jordan Rudess (keyboards); Mike Portnoy (drums). Liquid Tension Experiment: John Petrucci (guitar); Jordan Rudess (keyboards); Tony Levin (bass, Chapman Stick); Mike Portnoy (drums, percussion). Blister Pack

More than a decade after its self-titled sophomore outing, the pioneering British electronica ensemble Portishead finally resurfaced with 2008's THIRD, an album that both meets and defies expectations. Although the record features many of the group's aural signatures--most notably that exquisitely dark, cinematic mood and Beth Gibbons's heartbreaking vocals--it presents little in the way of vintage trip-hop, proving that sonic masterminds Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley aren't keen on repeating themselves. "Silence" kicks off the affair with tumbling percussion loops, while "Nylon Smile" drifts along on spare, slinky instrumentation, and "Machine Gun" moves to jarringly martial metrics that are battlefields away from any pop arena. Though THIRD is initially disorienting, repeated listens reveal a deeply engaging and fascinating album that stays true to the melancholy spirit of Portishead even as it wanders into unfamiliar territory. Portishead have their hugely anticipated new album, “Third”, released on April 28th through Island Records. “Third” is the band’s fourth album in total and first since 1998’s Roseland NYC live”. The Bristol based trio, who will be touring the UK and Europe in March and April, will release Machine Gun” on April 14th. A digital version of the single will be available on www.portishead.co.uk and www.islandtunes.com from 8pm on the 10th April.

The musical accompaniment to George Clooney's biopic of journalist Ed Murrow, GOODNIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, is crammed with contemporary jazz versions of 1940s and '50s favorites like "Straighten Up and Fly Right" and Dinah Washington's novelty hit "TV Is the Thing This Year" (minus the original's slightly risqué verses). Reeves, together with ...

All-American Day is mistaken for a Communist spy in this slapstick romantic comedy. When her secretly smitten boss at the aerospace lab asks her to write his biography as a ploy to spend time with her, suspicious heads turn-especially since ...

Certainly one of the more bizarre major label releases of 1984, Malcolm McLaren's FANS has proven to be remarkably influential in ways that possibly not even its creator could have expected. On FANS, McLaren--who plays no instruments and sings even ...

Track Listing of songs: DISC 1: Relax; Two Tribes; Welcome to the Pleasuredome; Rage Hard; ; Watching the Wildlife (Die Letzten der Menscheit); Warriors of the Wasteland; War (Hidden); Rage Hard; DISC 2: Welcome to the Pleasuredome; Warriors of the Wasteland; Two ...

Additional personnel includes: Rich Gilbert (pedal steel guitar); Russ Gershon (tenor saxophone); John Wobeski (trumpet); Chris Blue (congas). Principally recorded at Sound Techniques Studios, Boston, Massachusetts. What makes Seks Bomba's "surf-spy-lounge rock" different than, say, their fellow New Englanders Combustible Edison? Mostly ...

Audio Remasterer: J. Powell. Recording information: Long Division Studios, Fort Collins, CO (05/2002); MotaLand Studios, Denver, CO (05/2002); The Blasting Room, Fort Collins, CO (05/2002); Long Division Studios, Fort Collins, CO (05/2003); MotaLand Studios, Denver, CO (05/2003); The Blasting Room, Fort ...

Track Listing of songs: I Wanna Be Your Slave; Stake In the Heart; Daddie's Makin' Monsters; Can't Sleep At Night; Reptile Queen; Don't Send Me No Flowers; I Wanna Kill; Stranger In Paradise; What's the Problem; Body Bag; High Heels; Hell Spawn; ...

Using electronic tools to make electronic music that isn't meant to sound electronic, but rather organic, used to be the path to folly. Now, a great many artists (an abnormal number of whom record for F Comm) have paved that ...