Quick Hits

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Written by Kevin Renick Tuesday, 06 February 2007 14:43

Quite simply, this is the best electronica work I've ever heard by an unsigned musician.

 

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Written by Jason Green Wednesday, 24 January 2007 13:35

The sound of the Velmas is the sound of every radio rock band of the last ten years or so shoved in a blender, resulting in a homogenized mush of everything "alternative."

 

 

 

 

 

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Saturday, 06 January 2007 15:42

Opener "20 Years" is almost Howie Day-addictive, with swirling guitars, a catchy beat, and rising vocals.

 

 

 

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Saturday, 06 January 2007 15:36

As it plays through the headphones, you can see and smell the smoke filling the coffee shop around you.

 

 

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Saturday, 06 January 2007 15:29

He enunciates his intelligent lyrics crisply, even when effects are thrown into the mix. Remember the wonder with which you first heard Cy Curnin's voice (the Fixx)?

 

 

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Saturday, 06 January 2007 15:19

The music's evocative, dreamy, meandering, picturesque.

 

 

 

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Saturday, 06 January 2007 14:47

They're Scottish, and they apparently grew up on New Wave music. True, it's easy to be hokey, but the Cinematics manage to show some serious musical chops while making largely lighthearted dance music.

 

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Written by David Lichius Thursday, 04 January 2007 12:24

Touted jokingly as "the best Pinback album that Pinback never made," Living Well certainly lives up to that qualifier on a technicality, but it also marks the best solo record that Crow has ever made.

 

 

 

 

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Written by David Lichius Monday, 04 December 2006 13:56

The Life and Times are still entrenched in deceptively mellow rock with plenty of spacey elements.

 

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Written by Joseph O'Fallon Monday, 04 December 2006 13:32

With Jack Black on vocals and Kyle Gass on guitar, the band takes down the Devil once again.

 

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Written by Laura Hamlett Wednesday, 29 November 2006 04:05

If the aim of an EP is to whet appetites for more, then this self-titled disc has certainly done its job, and more. I can't wait to catch the live show.

 

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Written by David Lichius Saturday, 11 November 2006 08:07

Unifying Themes Redux provides 17 tracks that highlight a young Botch on its path of becoming one of the most influential post-hardcore/metal bands of recent memory.

 

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Written by Chris Schott Saturday, 28 October 2006 09:06

At least there is consistency between the band's image and its music.

 

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Written by Jason Green Monday, 18 July 2005 00:00

On the first record released under his own name, the guitarist has crafted an album of gentle folk as light as air.