Collected and released when Head was on the verge of a new level of appreciation via Shack, Longshot for Your Love -- compiling radio sessions, unreleased tracks, and various other obscurities -- made for an appreciative peek back at his early-'80s days with the Pale Fountains. The opening liner notes in the booklet from Yasuharu Konishi of Pizzicato Five are perfectly appropriate. There's a clear sense throughout this enjoyable disc how Head's first outfit provided a bridge between swinging '60
After celebrating their 20th anniversary UKs PARADISE LOST who not only founded the genre gothic metal with 1991s Gothic, but also diligently defined and daringly transcended it. Their new offering Faith Divides Us Death Unites Us easily and proudly continues this successful tradition and clearly points out that PARADISE LOST are one of the few outstanding acts working hard and earning their legendary status by the power of the song. Recorded with famed producer Jens Bogren (Katatonia, Opeth) at
Sixth album from the nu-metal survivors, the follow-up to 2006's 'The Paramour Sessions'. As suggested by the title, this album sees the band's sound continuing its ongoing transformation from downtuned, misanthropic rap-metal to colourful, melodic pop-rock filled with positivity. Fans should not despair however, as the band still rocks as hard as ever. Produced by Jay Baumgardner (POD, Helmet), who helmed their breakthrough album 'Infest', it includes the singles 'American Whore' and the anthem
'Reinventing The Steel', their first studio album in four years, Pantera can once again let their music do the talking, and, as one writer has already noted about the band: "You can hear them coming a mile away." The new disc, following on the heels of 1997's gold-selling live opus, 'Official Live: 101 Proof', reverberates with a depth and intensity that secures Pantera's rep as the cream of modern metal."We took more time on this album, much more time, says Vinnie. The album was crafted in
Swinging acoustic/electric shuffling blues-driven tunes enter the mix on "Truth" before a washed-out singer/songwriter ballad, What's Been Going On, displaces the setting. The blues reenter on "Street Corner Preacher" to liven things up a bit. The Callier cum Curtis Mayfield-esque soul returns on "Jails and Bombs, thank the gods, but that's the last taste of what Lee does best. The rest is standard singer/songwriter fare that is forgettable for its lack of originality even if it is pleasant.
Not since the last asteroid collision with planet Earth untold eons ago has there been a apocalyptic event to equal the musical Krakatoa that is Pantera's FAR BEYOND DRIVEN. Walking a stylistic line somewhere between the melodious crunch pop of Metallica and the punkish thrashorama of Helmet, Pantera channels their raging energy into songs that function as aural letterbombs from hell--designed to detonate in your face. Never have records quite as rude as FAR BEYOND DRIVEN (or Nine Inch Nail's TH
Little Wing is an album full of tried and true jazz standards, fashioned around the singular theme of angels. It's eleven tracks range from the haunting to the sexy with measures of whimsy and romance. The mood shifts from the humour of the upbeat and the angels sing to the dark shadowy close to you to the lush beauty and personal lyrics of if wishes were kisses.With a top lineup, Little Wing features the talents of the up-and-coming Sydney-based vocalist Debra Blaquiere, together with award-
Labradford: Mark Nelson (vocals, 6- & 12-string acoustic & electric guitars, loops); Carter Brown (Korg Poly-Six, Memorymoog, Polymoog & Moog Taurus II synthesizers, Roland vocoder). With this oddly named 1993 debut, the Richmond, Virginia duo of Carter Brown and Mark Nelson helped reinvent the concept of ambient music for the then-emergent electronica generation. Labradford were unmistakably influenced by Brian Eno's pioneering ambient efforts, the deceptively simple minimalism of Philip Glass
Personnel includes: Bobby "Blue" Bland (vocals); Wayne Bennett (guitar); Johnny Board, Jimmy Beck (alto & tenor saxophones); Bobby Forte (tenor saxophone); Rayfield Devers (baritone saxophone); Joe Scott, Melvin Jackson (trumpet); Pluma Davis (trombone); Skippy Brooks, Johnny Young (piano); Hamp Simmons, Phil Upchurch (bass); John "Jabo" Starks, Harrell Porter (drums).Recorded between 1961 & 1966. Includes liner notes by Chris Morris.Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Media Studios,
New Adventures is a snapshots-from-the-road record in the tradition of Neil Young's Time Fades Away and Jackson Browne's Running on Empty. Like them, it captures a where-am-I-and-why ambience, even with its concert and sound-check material reworked in post-tour sessions. This is very much a transitional album, its feel somewhere between the chamber-folk sweep of Out of Time and Automatic for the People and the distortion-pedal party that raged on Monster. It's the work of a band pretty near its
In 1990 Miles Davis starred in a movie about a veteran trumpeter (talk about typecasting) and had a rare opportunity to play part of the time in a straightahead setting. Fellow trumpeter Chuck Findley performs the solos for a younger musician who befriends Davis and Michel Legrand arranged and composed the music. There are some good moments on these selections (Findley actually overshadows Davis in some places) but since this is a soundtrack, the music does not often stand up that well by itself