November 2010
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Review: Joe Hedges - Alchemy
Alchemy is Joe Hedges second solo album and fifth studio release. Hedges was once signed with the band July for Kings on MCA Records and was ultimately lost in the shuffle during MCA’s merger with Geffen Records. Hedges has experienced the music business, and thankfully has continued to release wonderful music.
Alchemy’s first track is appropriately entitled “Magic.” The term alchemy is...
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Closest Nirvana Reunion - On Record!
Former Nirvana drummer/current Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl revealed that his ex-Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic will guest on bass on the new Foo Fighters record. The band is currently at work on the album, recording in Grohl’s garage. Butch Vig, who produced Nirvana’s Nevermind, is behind the boards. That means we’ve got three of the four people most responsible for...
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Interesting Music Biz News
I can’t say I’m much of a Taylor Swift fan. It’s not because I don’t like her music, but because I haven’t really listened to it. Nevertheless, this news about her latest release is very interesting in regards to the health of the music industry. I’ve heard a lot of talk about the death of the record label in the past year, but these numbers really don’t...
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Review: The Autumn Film - The Ship and the Sea
The last time I listened to The Autumn Film (TAF) was when they released “The Grey EP” for free back in early 2009. I wrote then that I though they were headed in the right direction as a band and was looking forward to future releases from them. Well, one of those releases came and it’s their new full-length album called The Ship and The Sea. The band kindly sent us a copy of...
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Review: Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown (track...
I was a little late on purchasing this, but nonetheless, I was certainly excited to listen to the latest release from Kings of Leon. Following 2008’s very successful release of Only By The Night, I was a little concerned they might hit a slump on the album that followed. But a friend reminded me that they are a Grammy award winning band and after catching a video from Come Around Sundown...
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November: Top 5 Albums for 5 Bucks
A new month is upon us and Amazon has released their 100 $5 albums. Here’s our top 5 picks:
Jimmy Eat World - Invented
Metric - Fantasies
Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch (U.S. Version)
John Mayer - Room For Squares
Third Day - Christmas Offerings
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Review: Sleeping At Last - November (track by...
It’s the first of the month which means our subscription to Sleeping At Last’s Yearbook project comes in. If you didn’t catch our review of last month’s October EP, be sure and check it out. This month we are greeted warmly with a different mix of songs and it’s just a perfect way to start the month. Let’s take a look track by track:
“Bright &...
