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Spin Cycle: Marilyn Manson’s “Born Villain”
Born Villain, Manson’s eighth studio album in 16 years, is a triumphant return to form and a gem in the discography of an artist who has never compromised for anyone except himself. In my mind and ears, this should have been Manson’s fourth proper album. While Golden Age of Grotesque was a somewhat interesting experiment with Tim Skold, Twiggy Ramirez’s (Jeordie White) absence over the course of the next four years (and couple of albums) was duly noted. [...]
Spin Cycle: Miike Snow’s “Happy to You”
Popblerd reviews Swedish Trio Miike Snow’s sophomore release, ‘Happy to You’
The Singles Bar: The Cult are Wildly Thrashing Back on “For The Animals”
The Cult have just come roaring back in grand fashion. As leadoff to their first album in five years, “ For The Animals” (click the link to listen to the stream on rollingstone.com) finds the band doing what they do best – riding Billy Duffy’s absolutely searing riffs and showcasing Ian Astbury’s ever-powerful vocal command. Blerd commented the other day on the ever-growing trend of 90′s rock acts coming back to the forefront. But it’s almost as if some of the truly great rock [...]
Spin Cycle: Sinch’s “Hive Mind”
After taking a long break, Philadelphia’s Sinch is back with a new album. Check out our review!
Spin Cycle: Big Wreck “Albatross”
For those of you who’ve never heard of Alexisonfire, Rush, Our Lady Peace or Big Wreck, I apologize now if your first exposure to Canadian rock bands was Nickelback. Here’s the basic difference between Chad Kroeger and Ian Thornley — Ian is a musician with something to say and he’s surrounded himself with true musicians in the band Big Wreck. Another trademark that is oft-compared is Thornley’s voice. He will inevitably be compared to ‘that guy out of Seattle,’ who’s set [...]
Spin Cycle: Crosses’ “EP 2″
So in August of last year, with low to slow-building (sounds like BBQ, doesn’t it?) fanfare, the music world was introduced to Crosses. Described initially as a witch-house (throw a couple Crucifix symbols around and call it a gimmick for marketing lovers) and featuring a pretty heady mix of both 80′s nu-wave with White Pony and Saturday Night Wrist-esque Deftones atmospherics; EP1 was unleashed as a free low-grade download to would-be listeners. Featuring the duo of Chino Moreno (of Deftones, [...]
Spin Cycle: Lana Del Rey’s “Born To Die”
In the world of pop culture, everyone wants a story to go behind the face. With a face like Lana Del Rey’s (born Elizabeth Grant) there’s generally going to be a lot of questions along the lines of “who’s that girl?” and “What’s her story?” For those not familiar with the short story – the kid grew up in upstate NY and was shipped off to boarding school at 15 after getting involved with drugs and alcohol, is a daughter [...]
Spin Cycle: Nada Surf’s “The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy”
It’s still hard to believe it has now been 18 years since Nada Surf’s “Popular” graced the airwaves. In fact, since 2002 (i.e. the last 10 years) the band has done quite well at establishing themselves as one of the finest indie pop rock acts for your money. Let Go is a stand-alone defining moment in their career – from the opening chords of “Blizzard of ‘77″ we began to hear what separated Nada Surf from their pop rock leaning [...]
bLISTerd Presents: KBox’s Top 11 Albums of 2011
Ryan Adams, Bon Iver, plus Kanye and Jigga. Another Best of ’11 list. That shit cray!
Spin Cycle: “Fear and The Nervous System”
O.K. – so rewind back to 2008 for a minute. I am in a limo with Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory), Billy Gould (Faith No More), Brooks Wackerman (Bad Religion) and James “Munky” Shaeffer (Korn) and we’re talking about all things music. James is working on his debut solo project and he tells me it’s called Fear and The Nervous System. I am completely stoked to hear how it’s all coming together and up to this point have assisted two of his other [...]
Spin Cycle: Wednesday 13, “Calling All Corpses”
There’s something to be said for knowing exactly what you’re gonna get. You can’t go to a Metallica show and get the same high you got when you were in your later teens or early 20’s. What’s worse – you can’t listen to a Metallica album and truly reminisce about that live experience. Your ears and eyes heard and saw those things and you enjoyed how they translated between record to club (or arena). I have always been a fan [...]
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