Jazzanova “In Between” (Ropeadope Records / Atlantic) Jazzanova is a six-man collective of DJ’s and producers hailing from Germany. Although the heavy use of sampling qualifies this as “electronic” music, Jazzanova favors a more jazz-inspired sound, as the name suggests.…
Audiovent ““Dirty Sexy Knights In Paris”” (Atlantic) Question, if my aunt’s, coworker’s, daughter’s, mailman’s boyfriend lived three blocks from Kurt Cobain does that mean I deserve a big record deal and radio attention if I fart into a microphone for…
Taproot “Welcome” (Atlantic) Widely seen as Taproot’s “sellout” album, “Welcome” seldom strays from the repetitive slow-fast, sway-jump Staindish moan and scream formula that seems to be molesting every last inch of cracking skin on the aging body that is popular,…
Grade 8 “Self-Titled” (Lava / Atlantic) Each and every year the market gets more and more saturated with copycat bands. As each trend comes to a head there are fifty bands that jump on the band wagon a little bit…
Reach 454 “Self-Titled” (Lava / Atlantic) There is a reason there are so many bands being dropped from major labels right now, the majority of them are mediocre. Unless you’re checking into the underground to uncover some truly cool bands,…
Billy Talent “Self-titled” (Atlantic) Remember the first time you heard a band that totally kicked your ass? A band that didn’t sound like anyone else and was completely different? That’s exactly the way I feel when I pop in the…
The Darkness “Permission to Land” (Atlantic) Everybody is talking about this fucking band from England like they are the second coming of rock and roll. I love the rock and roll. It don’t matter if it’s new or old, if…
Apartment 26 “Music For The Massive” (Atlantic) You have to admire a band that can pick up the pieces and manage to carry on when everything seems to fall apart. After releasing their debut on Hollywood Records Apartment 26 was…