By Stephanie Quinn Shonen Knife, which loosely translates as “Boy (for their cute side) Knife (for their dangerous side),” is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981. Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, The Beach Boys, and early punk rock acts, such as the Ramones, the trio crafts...
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By Gabe Vigh RIYL: Massive Attack, Sneaker Pimps, Lamb, Radiohead In the 10 years since their last release, a lot has changed for the famed British trip-hop band Portishead. Gone is the clever sampling that gave them such a distinctive sound and the concise tunesmithing that helped earn them worldwide acclaim. On ‘Third’, their...
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By Keith Chachkes If you love music, one of you priorities is finding the perfect soundtrack to your summer. You want that music to be light and fun; unobtrusive, but still great music for the beach or cocktails at the bar. I think I’ve found my summer music in DASHBOARD MADONNA’s new EP Dead...
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By Keith Chachkes Hailing from Caracas, Venezuela comes the impressive and heavy OVERHATE. On their new album Relentless is Our Strength the band displays their thrash and modern metal influences with an uncommon realness and grit that I like to hear. Many bands merely take their beloved influences, add in some modern musical components...
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By Keith (Keefy) Chachkes RIYL: BAD RELIGION, SOCIAL DISTORTION AND THE DECENDANTS Punk’s not dead. Not by a long shot. Ever since the summer of ’77 and perhaps a few years prior to that, bands have heard the first strains of the glorious, snotty, rebellious three chord chug of Punk rawk and tried to...
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By Ebbnflow Reduce Reuse Resist is a good mix of of themes including chaos, militarism, oppression, revolution and picking up the pieces of said revolution. This rock of rage album kicks off with high energy with is varied tracks. “Jo-C” in particular, has a few quick cut riffs with a mix reminicent of Lead...
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By Gabe Vigh RIYL: Brett Dennen, Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson New Jersey-based singer/songwriter Tony DeSimone might be an intimidating guest to have over for dinner. By night he belts out strummy folk and pop tunes perfect for the summertime and by day he’s, well, a rocket scientist. With a PhD in physics and a...
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By Gabe Vigh RIYL: Norah Jones, KT Tunstall, Sara Bareilles, Feist After earning a respectable fan base playing solo gigs in Boston, Xenia Dunford moved westward to try to increase her profile, and with the solid songwriting on her recently released ‘Lonely Streets EP’ she’s done just that. With support from her newly formed...
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