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Apollo Sunshine is a spirited, Boston-based band that specializes in creating individual songs that have a strong and energized sense of identity, like those on their latest release, Shall Noise Upon.
Frightened Rabbit is just one more band to have emerged from Glasgow, Scotland, but The Midnight Organ Fight should propel them to the top of that list of notables. Their second album release in under a year takes many of the elements they previously established and energizes them with a lyrical delivery, percussive punch and forceful guitar that all scream with desperation for nearly the entire 50 minutes of work.
It seems fitting that the first line repeated on _Consolers of the Lonely_ is I'm bored to tears"" as the Raconteurs' second album proves to be an outlet for the creative extremes of Detroit singer/songwriters Brendan Benson and Jack White.
If you are looking to Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks' new album, Real Emotional Trash, to provide you with music that brings you back to Pavement's glory days, you will be in for a startling surprise. From the opening note until the final strum, there are few moments that would be considered classic Pavement from Malkmus, but, he takes listeners to the edges of his experimentations with rock.
The debut album by Atlas Sound, Let the Blind Lead Those Who See But Cannot Feel, presents listeners with the inner-most emotions and experiences of musician Bradford Cox. There is a distinct mix of indie, ambient and electronic music that flows surprisingly well thanks, in part, to the structure of the album.
Over a decade ago when the Wu-Tang Clan was on top of the rap world, you would have been hard pressed to find someone willing to proclaim Ghostface Killah the elite of the Clan and the man who would perch himself atop the hip-hop world in the next 10 years. Yet, this is just what has happened.
A flourish of Led Zeppelin news leading up to the reunion concert in London this December has finally culminated in a remastered, two-disc compilation release. The songs for Mothership were hand-chosen by the three surviving members and present a musical trip through the band's recording life, displaying highlights off of each album as they were released in chronological order. This is a brilliant way to arrange an album of this magnitude, as it becomes a Zeppelin crash course"" by presenting the best material of each period.
Angels and Airwaves' attitude shines through every crack of who they are. From the lyrics the whole wide world is mine,"" to the liner notes where front man Tom DeLonge states, ""we are the best band in the last 18 months,"" to the songs off of their previous album being used in the background of the new album's closer, their confidence that they can pull off anything in the studio comes through relentlessly in their epic sound.
Following Neil Young's previous release, Living With War, which was filled with social and political influences, Chrome Dreams II is an attempt to go back to the old Young, as Ralph Molina (of Crazy Horse) joins him in the studio to record for the first time in years. Despite this reunion, it is clear that Young will never recapture the energy and intensity his youth brought, and as a result he struggles to clear the barrier of mediocrity.