Category: Music
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Slipknot
In ’99, the spore called Slipknot exploded. Now, in 2001, the infestation continues. Hailing from the ‘middle of nowhere’- Des Moines, Iowa – they are nine men in nine different masks united with one common goal: world domination. Fortified with an arsenal of blistering music saturated with screams, drums, searing riffs, sampling, scratches and melody,…
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Slipknot – Stricktly Diesel
Artist: Slipknot Title: Stricktly Diesel Label: Roadrunner Rating: 8.5/10 What happens when you take every aspect of heavy music and multiply it by one hundred? You come somewhat near the intensity of the debut album from Des Moines, Iowa’s Slipknot. Produced by metal guru Ross Robinson (Korn, Soulfly, Limp Bizkit, Machine Head), Slipknot’s first major…
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Slowrush – Volume
Artist: Slowrush Title: Volume Label: Epic Rating: 8/10 SlowRush is the incarnation of singer/songwriter Rob Daiker, who himself has gone through many musical incarnations. SlowRush offers you all aspects of Daiker, from pop to metal. Volume starts off fast with the refreshing rocker “Concrete Bubble”. Making love the dirty yet passionate way is the cellar…
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Slowrush
Rob Daiker – lead vocals, guitar Garth Parker – guitar Caleb Spiegel – bass Adrian Ost – drum Volume, the dynamic Epic debut from SlowRush, makes a fission statement that is as much about mass as it is amplification. While its 12 power-packed tracks demand playing at vaporization level, it’s the density and devastating beauty…
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The Slumber Party Girls
What do you get when you take equal parts youth, energy, talent, sass and style? United as one, you get a multi talented, multi-ethnic musical melting pot with a single name: The Slumber Party Girls. SPG is an unprecedented, all-new entertainment brand from Geffen Records and DIC Entertainment (DIC) for ‘tween’ and teens set to…
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Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth (named after Mike Ditka’s term “smash mouth football”) was formed in San Jose, Calif., in 1994 when boyhood friends and former band compadres Steve Harwell (vocals) and Kevin Coleman (drums) recruited Greg Camp (guitar) from a local cover band. Camp then persuaded Paul De Lisle (bass), with whom he’d played in another outfit,…
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Smash Mouth – Astro Lounge
Artist: Smash Mouth Title: Astro Lounge Label: Interscope Rating: 6/10 Astro Lounge is filled with spacey ’60’s psychedelic pop. “Who’s There” paints this picture well, though not brilliantly. Still, it’s doable. I don’t think it’s possible for these guys to express their love for the sound of the psychedelic era more than on “Diggin’ Your…
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The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy, James, D’arcy and a drum machine. That’s how The Smashing Pumpkins began. And on parts of Adore, their new album, that’s where they’ve ended up. So let’s go back to the beginning. I had been running Metro, a rock club in Chicago, for seven years when I first heard the music of The Smashing…
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The Smashing Pumpkin – Machina: The Machines of God
Artist: The Smashing Pumpkin Title: Machina: The Machines of God Label: Virgin Rating: 7.5/10 “You know I’m not dead” announces Billy Corgan on the opening track, “The Everlasting Gaze”. This, the Pumpkins’ fifth album, is their heaviest hitter since Siamese Dream. Machina: The Machines Of God is dark and brooding but still passionate and soulful.…
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Smile Empty Soul
In an era where heavy music has become more than stereotypical, the Santa Clarita California trio known as Smile Empty Soul comes off as a breath of fresh air… a revelation, actually. “Just because we have heavy songs doesn’t mean they are typical headbanger songs”, says Sean Danielsen, Smile Empty Soul’s 21-year-old singer, guitarist, and…