Desert Sessions ““Volume 9 and 10”” (Ipecac Recordings) The newest volume of Josh Homme’s infamous Desert Sessions is a very strange trip: even without drugs. The disk hops effortlessly and fluidly between eerie death-rock, goofy funk, rockin’ punk, wailing folk,…
Destiny “The Tracy Chapter” (Life Force Records) Something is rocking in the state of Denmark. Ok, the album was recorded in Aarhus, Denmark, but these guys are probably from Hoboken, New Jersey, or something. Regardless, ‘The Tracy Chapter’ is…
Eluvium “An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death” (Temporary Residence) Eluvium, as defined in the dictionary, means “residual deposits of soil, dust, and rock particles produced by the action of the wind”. This is a piano-only album; no vocals,…
Divine Empire “Nostradamus” (Olympic) This is what one might call “old school death metal”. And it’s good old school death metal. It hardly seems right to me, who was into the metal scene when death metal first reared its ugly…
Embrace Today “Soldiers” (Deathwish) Angry hardcore guys playing angry hardcore music. The music, sans vocals, is a tight, hard hitting, full speed affair with chugging guitars, double bass thunder and deep head banging grooves, but the vocals…yuck. The vocals are…
Deadwater Drowning “Self Titled” (Blackmarket Activities) Deadwater Drowning is some kind of Grindcore I don’t know how to label this bio-machine that is Deadwater Drowning. There’s so many genre names these days’ for all I know’ it could be like…
Dengue Fever ““Self-Titled” (Mimicry) An intriguing blend of Cambodian pop and psychedelic surf rock. Dengue Fever are a band that make no concessions towards current indie-rock fads. This is “world music” without the new age trimmings or collegiate intellectualization. This…
Various Artists “Ennio Morricone Remixes, Vol. 2” (Compost Records) Setting the mood for a high noon gunfight is the drifting, floating 2-CD remix album of spaghetti western scorer Ennio Morricone. The remixes touch on scores for My Name is Nobody…
Burns Out Bright “Distance and Darkness” (Deep Elm Records) This debut EP is under 20 minutes, but crams enough emotion into those 20 minutes to rival a Bright Eyes epic. Burns Out Bright is putting emo back where it came…
Catch Twenty Two “Dinosaur Sounds” (Victory Records) Though serious in their presentation, Catch Twenty Two is a lot of fun. That’s the most succinct description I can come up with. The band’s high energy sound is exemplified in this album.…