Released: October 2nd, 2012 Label: Old Mug Records Website: thekingstonsprings.com Right out of Tennessee, The Kingston Spring’s first full-length album for sure has soul. The album has an impressive range from blues, to rockabilly, to rock, to folk and even some ballads. Yet the album manages to stay cohesive and enjoyable from start to finish. Starting off with “Sa Betise” and “Weight Of This World,” the band shows off their […]
Released: September 24, 2013 Label: Glassnote Records Website: http://www.mumfordandsons.com/ Babel is the second studio album by the British Indie Fold bank Mumford & Sons. Upon its release, Babel debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and we can say it happened for a number of reasons - the vulnerability of Marcus Mumdord’s voice, the popular banjo riffs and the dark moments of pure emotion hidden within the lyrics. This […]
Monica Solis KTSW News You've heard about "Sound City," the documentary Dave Grohl directed which takes a look into the little, but powerful studio - Sound City in Van Nuys, California where musicians such as Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks with Fleetwood Mac, and Grohl with Nirvana produced hit records. Feel fee to refer back to my review on the KTSW blog titled "SXSW Film 2013:Dave Grohl's 'Sound City' ignites the […]
Monica Solis KTSW News "In Your Dreams" Stevie Nicks gets real Step into the studio with Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, 70's rock'n'roll muse, voice, and songwriter. "In Your Dreams:Stevie Nicks" directed by Dave Stewart and Nicks, documents the making of Nick's most recent album In Your Dreams, her first in ten years. Get a glimpse here (video courtesy of SXSW) : Nicks graced the red carpet with director Stewart for […]
"The Punk Syndrome" : Contagious and Outrageous Punk rock is...punk rock is in -your-face issues, punk rock makes you lose yourself in the crowd, in the energy; it does not bow down to anyone or anything. This is the essence of Pertti Kurikan Nimipaivat, translated as Pertti Kurikka's Name Day, a punk rock band reining from the Nordic lands of Finland. The band consists of Pertti Kurikka(guitar), Toni Valitalo (drums), […]
Trevor Powers is back with Wonderous Bughouse and certainly does not disappoint. Youth Lagoon’s sophomore album is richer and perhaps more mature than The Year of Hibernation but maintains a wonderfully distinct psychedelic vibe...
Label: Metal Blade Released: October 9, 2012 Progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me recently released “The Parallax II: Future Sequence,” the epic conclusion of their “Parallax” saga. If you bought their limited edition bundle it came with a hardcover book explaining the entire “Parallax” story. The album starts off with “Goodbye to Everything,” a serene, Queen inspired introduction to the forthcoming controlled chaos that is “Astral Body,” the […]
Released: March 4, 2013 Label: Modular Records Website: http://www.youngdreams.no/site/ Review by: Leticia Smith Between Places is the debut album of the fresh band, Young Dreams, from Bergen, Norway. Taking start with Matias Tellez, a collaborative pop band was created. Young Dreams has found a special pop sound that incorporates many different instrumental sounds to their tracks. They have been described as a “blend of symphonic, psychedelic pop” band that has […]
Released: March 5, 2013 Label: Jagjaguwar Records Website: http://thecavesingers.com/ By: Leticia Smith Seattle natives, The Cave Singers, Peter Quirk, Derek Fudesco, Marty Lund, and Morgan Henderson, introduce their fourth album, Naomi, a life story teller that captures their energy in every song. The Cave Singers are no newbies to making music as they have explored and developed their sound for the past five years. That is evident in this most […]
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