‘Alternative’ Archives
MATISYAHU
Matisyahu We've been listening to a lot of this artist's amazing music recently, especially since his fantastic song "One Day" was a featured song at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. This talented musician fuses many styles into a unique, harmonious blend of love and rhythm, successfully tying lessons of spiritual and religious [...]
DUB FX – Everythinks A Ripple
DUB FX - "Everythinks A Ripple." Self-Released, 2010. Benjamin Stanford, the genius behind Dub FX, is a true wandering minstrel. He travels the world with his partner, Flower Fairy, performing his music for the public. Dub FX finally made his music tangible to those not lucky enough to see him live with his debut release, "Everythinks a [...]
Hadouken! – For the Masses
Hadouken! - For the Masses - February 2, 2010 - Label: Nettwerk Records Hadouken! The band is named after a special move from the video game Street Fighter Hadouken! hail from the UK and competed for the title "Voice of Young Britain 2008" , armed with youthful exuberance and with the manifesto "We are the wasted youth/And we are the future [...]
EELS – End Times
Eels - "End Times." Vagrant Records, 2010. Unveiled today we have the eighth record from the Eels, titled "End Times" . This self produced recording contains more of the unique melancholy genius of Mark Oliver Everett, whose detachment and isolation seems to grow with each release. This record deals with such universally complicated [...]
OINGO BOINGO – Insanity
Oingo Boingo - "Insanity" Oingo Boingo's farewell performance of "Insanity" at the Universal Amphitheater in 1995, juxtaposed against their performance on The Gong Show almost 20 years earlier in 1976, vividly illustrates the band's transformation over time. While the band name "Oingo Boingo" is familiar to most, and their longer and more [...]
TEENAGE HEAD – Teenage Head
Teenage Head - "Teenage Head". Attic Records, 1979. This band, named after a Flaming Groovies song, is often referred to as Canada's answer to The Ramones. This album is as good today as when when it was first released in 1979. Teenage Head was formed in 1975, when the band members were high school classmates in Hamilton, Ontario. By May [...]
PARAMORE – Brand New Eyes
Paramore - "Brand New Eyes" . Fueled by Ramen, 2009. Amazon.com Widgets Paramore's third full-length album Brand New Eyes features diverse variation in tempo, instrumentation and style, while still retaining their trademark Paramore flavor. Hayley Williams belts their songs out from her beautiful pipes, while musicianship is excellent. [...]
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE – Lungs
Florence and the Machine - "Lungs". Universal Records, 2009. Amazon.com Widgets "Lungs" is the 2009 debut album from the hotly-tipped UK outfit, fonted by Florence Welch. Produced by Paul Epworth, James Ford and Steve Mackay, it is an intoxicating mix of delicate fragility, dark humor and twisted Tim Burton-style fairy-tales. From the [...]
