Archive for February, 2008

Sticky Fingaz - Interview

in the fray with sticky fingaz!
Forget any and all preconceived notions you have of Sticky Fingaz. You may have seen him throwing his guns in the air with Onyx and acting a fool in Next Friday, but there is much more to the man called Sticky.
Lucky as I was to get him on the phone, [...]

Ruben Studdard - The Return

Artist: Ruben Studdard
Title: The Return
Label: J Records
Rating: 0/10

CORPORATE LINE: Ruben Studdard would be the first to agree that the past three years have been amazing, rewarding and challenging. Think about it: Until the Spring of 2003, Studdard had been expressing his lifelong love for music by singing with local gospel groups and his R&B, jazz [...]

Swimmer

Arias of Alienation . . .
Anday McCarron - Vocals/Guitar
Swimmer, named after a mildly psychedelic Burt Lancaster film, is making a name through strong songs, an intense live show, and singer Anday McCarron’s voice - a fifth instrument that goes from croon to yowl to roar in seconds flat. Swimmer has navigated New York’s intensely competitive [...]

Switchfoot

Jon Foreman — vocals, guitar
Tim Foreman — bass
Chad Butler — drums
Jerome Fontamillas — guitar, keyboards
Andrew Shirley — guitar
“What is true happiness?” asks Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman. “Is it a comfortable four-door sedan with tinted windows? Does it mean I have 2.3 children and a beautiful wife and live in a great neighborhood? Everyone has their [...]

Syd Matters

Someday we will foresee obstacles
(3rd Side Records / V2) - sortie le 25 avril
“Someday we will foresee obstacles” dit le titre du disque. Il est pourtant un obstacle que Syd matters vient de franchir avec une agilité d’esprit réjouissante : l’épreuve dite du second album. À savoir, comment être à la hauteur lorsque votre première [...]

David Sylvian - Dead Bees On A Cake

Artist: David Sylvian
Title: Dead Bees On A Cake
Label: Virgin
Rating: 5.5/10

There are not many musicians or bands that let the singing carry the music, but David Sylvian’s voice is well-tuned instrument. David Sylvian began his career with the Brit-band Japan in the 70’s and 80’s, then left Japan to pursue his own interests. Over [...]

David Sylvian

David Sylvian first attained prominence as the lyricist, composer, and vocalist with Japan, one of the most refreshingly original British groups of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Japan’s albums — including “Quiet Life,” “Gentlemen Take Polaroids,” “Tin Drum,” “Oil On Canvas,” and “Exorcising Ghosts” — and their seminal singles “Ghosts” and “The Art Of [...]

System of a Down

Serj Tankian - vocals
Daron Malakian - guitar
Shavo Odadjian - bass
John Dolmayan - drums
“Our heritage, our politics are really important, but our musical vibe together is the thing. Our live performances speak for themselves.” — System Of A Down
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
System of a Down Psychological Evaluations: Case Studies In Rock & Revolution
Over a period [...]

The Shys

The Shys are:
Kyle Krone - Vocals/guitar
Alex Kweskin - Keys/Harmonica
Chris Wulff - Bass/Guitar
Mike Walker - Drums/Percussion
“‘They tear up the stage with their fuzzed-up super-rock like the Who in the early days.” Rolling stone.com
“Stones-y swagger and BRMC’s fuzz-saturated menace, songs like ‘Two Cent Facts’ and ‘The Usual Unusuals’ pulse with genuine grit and peril. These newer songs [...]

The Sights

Eddie Baranek founded The Sights as a freshmen in high school, playing with high school classmates and friends who shared his rare infatuation with ’60s pop, Motown and garage records. Their first gig as the Sights happened in July of 1998 and the band was quickly taken under the wing of the local scene, performing [...]