The summer is the most fruitous period for music of the year, but then there’s that mid-season interval between smashing LPs where things get a bit slow and we get a chance to cool off a bit. Consider this week one of these summer breaks, with more modest releases, but interesting enough to keep your blood flowing so to speak. Anyway, leading the platoon of new releases this week is, in my opinion at least,…
The Brooklyn dwellers of [tag]The Hold Steady[/tag] have always appealed me through their classic/hard rock eclictic music, coupled with meaningful and dense lyrics. I’m not what you’d call a fan, but their latest album, “Stay Positive”, is brilliant and, so far, represents the pinnacle of their entire work; quite consistent work if I may add, with a new album every year. Few bands can really pride themselves with the achievement. For rootsie, old school American…
I haven’t completed the feature for the last 2 weeks, because both me and Andrei have been kept busy with some nasty exams, fact which could be clearly seen by the lack of activity on the blog. We’re both finished with them (we’ve passed, thank you!) and from now on we’ll get back to our normal schedule. Anyway, to start off the week we’ve got two great artists. First up is [tag]Beck[/tag] with his latest…
Goodness me, what a week! Finally it feels like summer has truly begun, once with this new wave on awesome new stuff. First up is [tag]Coldplay[/tag]’s long awaited follow-up to their critical and commercial hit X & Y, in the form of “Viva la Vida or Death And All His Friends” (we’ve gotten used to the title by now, check out the stream here). The [tag]Goo Goo Dolls[/tag] are also back with yet another awesome…
Hip-hop’s back in full throttle this week, with two highlight releases that will probably be in the top 10 rap list of the year. These are none other then the new records from [tag]Lil Wayne[/tag], with “Carter III,” his sixth full length studio album and the final take in the Carter trilogy, and [tag]N.E.R.D.[/tag], respectively, with their latest effort “Seeing Sounds,” the follow-up to the critical darling “Fly or Die.” However, my personal favorite and…
The drought has past, as the swarm of fabulously delicious new music rolls in. I think we’ve just, officially, entered the summer new music, badass festivals bonanza. First up is Weezer and their long awaited sixth studio release, “The Red Album.” Up next, we’ll be making a swift shift from geeky alternative rock to hard core metal, as Disturbed gears up for their forth installment “Indestructible”. Radiohead are also back; no, they haven’t released another…
Ah, sadly this is one of those really scarce weeks, both in number of releases and in value, not that we’d like to upset any of this weeks featured artists. Not by a long shot; there’s still a few records that are more then worth your humble consideration. First up is the legendary singer/songwriter John Hiatt and his latest addition to his already huge discography, “Same Old Man,” proving although he’s well past his glory…
There’s a bit of drought this week, but, still, plenty of new, interesting music to choose from. Leading the pack this week is the popular post-grunge quintet 3 Doors Down, who are back with their second self-titled album and their fifth one overall. Up next is the beautiful Scarlett Johansson with her first musical debut, in the form of the Tom Waits cover collection, titled “Anywhere I Lay My Head.” Also the punk rock cabaret…
Things have cooled off a bit, after these last few weeks of really serious releases. Nevertheless, there’s still a few interesting stuff out this week, that will definitely grace your ears with some fine music. First off there’s the pop/rock/acoustic/jazz, and whatever different genres he’s playing, singer/songwriter Jason Mraz, with his highly anticipated third record “We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things.” One of my old time favorites, the indie rock quartet Death Cab for…
Finally, the trip hop pioneers of Portishead are back with their long awaited third album, suggestively titled “Third”, the band’s first record in 10 years! Then there’s “Rising Down,” the latest, highly anticipated studio effort from behalf of The Roots. Possibly this week’s highlight, however, is “Hard Candy,” the latest album from “the queen of pop,” Madonna. Another highly interesting release is Foxboro Hot Tubs’ debut album “Stop Drop And Roll;” if you didn’t yet…
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