These are some of works of art produced by Colombian based artist Marcello Castellani. Living in the country’s capital of Bogota, he employs a technique of combining traditional photography with layers of digital paint filtered through a variety of software.…
Start Trouble “Every Solution Has a Problem” (Columbia) “Every Solution Has a Problem” not only hits the nail on the head with a catchy title, but also lures in the novice listener with a punk rock style indicative of, well,…
Goapele “Even Closer” (Skyblaze Recordings/Columbia) Tantalizing vocals and funky beats are an unbeatable combo. As talented as she is beautiful, South African beauty Goepele unleashes a Super-size serving of soul in “Even Closer”, a culmination of musical awe assembled on…
Lost Prophets “Start Something” (Columbia) Lost Prophets’ debut “The Fake Sound of Progress” was one of my favorite releases the year it was released. Sure they are the bastard child of Faith No More mixed with a bit of Incubus,…
Coheed and Cambria “In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3′ (Columbia) Any band that attempts to take on a concept record about intergalactic civil war should be complimented. Coheed and Cambria have done that and made an incredible record in…
X-Ecutioners “Revolutions” (Columbia) Why do the X-Ecutioners even need to release albums? The three man legendary turntable team of Rob Swift, Total Eclipse, and Roc Raida can be topped by basically no one when it comes to rocking a show from the…
Kill Radio “Raised on Whipped Cream” (Columbia) As bold as it is, Kill Radio is among the few who have been able to embrace this new breed of punk rockers. To put it another way, they not only embrace it,…
Memento “Beginnings” (Columbia) With the sheer volume of Cd’s I received this month it was hard to shift through everything. Some things got little to no time in my Cd player, others dominated it. At the top of that pile…
Our Lady Peace “Live” (Columbia) Live is better, which is pretty standard in most cases. Our Lady Peace doesn’t disappoint with their newest compilation, which is just that: “Live”. Tight lyrical production and quality sound recording set the tone for…
Three 6 Mafia “Da Unbreakables” (Columbia) “Ima get my chief on/ while she sucks my ding dong/ eyes like a ching chong/ hard on like King Kong.” Fuckin’ amazing! Do you know about the Sizzerpp? The Syyzzzrrrpppp? Down South they…