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The Snake The Cross The Crown

2008-06-10T02:45:00.003-05:00

The Snake The Cross The Crown It's time for me to 'fess up. I've been sitting on these guys for more then 6 months. To tell you the truth I thought they we just too fucking good to share. I'm sorry. I'm greedy. The Snake The Cross The Crown out of Huntsville, Alabama began as a Emo/Electro Pop near disaster recording their first LP and EP under the name Curbside Service. On tour the band began

Atmosphere "Free Music Stub"

2008-04-01T12:25:00.006-05:00

AtmosphereMinneapolis, MinnesotaHip-Hop/Soul/Funk/Good ShitOkay. Seriously, if you don't know Atmosphere just, just go. I'd call Atmosphere the Catcher in the Rye of Hip-Hop. Before I heard "Seven's Travels" I was like the rest of the "Rap is gay" crowd but after one listen my mind was opened up to great big world of "Rap that's not gay." Just check it out, it's the best Hip-hop you'll hear in

Neva Dinova

2008-03-28T18:14:00.003-05:00

Neva Dinova Omaha, Nebraska(Folk/Rock) The Scene: SXSW 2008 and I have the extraordinary ill luck to be sick as shit. Aimlessly meandering on one of those nights, slightly grouchy (Probably from the lack of either medicine or alcohol in my system) I wander into Emo's Jr. and happen upon the very end of the set by a band called Neva Dinova. Immediately I was hooked into a song that I couldn't

Cold War Kids "Free Music Stub"

2008-03-28T17:00:00.005-05:00

The Cold War Kids (Soul/Punk/Gospel/Rock)The Cold War Kids is another one of those so-called "Indie" bands that everybody knows and loves. If you don't know about The Cold War Kids then the case may be that you like Kraftwerk or something equally gay and waste all your time swooning over Wumpscut. But I digress; Universally understandable, eloquent, poignant, and enduringly beautiful; all of

The Kickass

2008-03-28T15:07:00.003-05:00

The Kickass(Greenville, North Carolina) Seldom if ever am I so completely taken with a new group as I was with The Kickass. After just one listen to this Prog Rock/Metal/Instrumental beast of a band I was impressed beyond my expectations for a band that hasn't played a show in almost six months. The music is a sterling example of metal musicians at their best, crafting a highly technical

Mini-reviews/ Free Music Stub

2008-03-21T23:14:00.010-05:00

Some random gatherings for you all, since I've been slacking.Toby DammitFirst up is Toby Dammit. Mr Dammit is a symphonic percussionist (am I losing you yet?) with a penchant for experimental/classical workings. He's worked on several soundtracks, toured and recorded with Iggy Pop, and has even worked for the likes of Rufus Wainwright. If you're in the mood for some strange (and strangely

The Black Angels

2008-03-10T11:37:00.005-05:00

The Black Angels (Austin, Texas)Psychedelic The slow build, the frantic clattering climax, the constant drone. Yep, it's all there. All the elements of the 60's/70's Texas Psychedelic freakout band. The music consists of reverb drenched guitars set to "Scary" mixed with clanging sitars and deep repetitive Native American drum beats. The lyrics, which are nothing short of disturbing, focus mainly

El Paso Hot Button

2008-03-07T17:14:00.005-06:00

El Paso Hot Button (Norman, Oklahoma) One cymbal, one guitar, two drums, one extremely overactive young man; El Paso Hot Button, Rock and roll. It takes a lot of courage just to walk out on stage and put on a show with a couple of you best buddies. Imagine however strolling out in front of a crowd, wether it be ten people or a thousand, all by yourself. That friends, takes what I call Cojones

The Hold Steady "Free Music Stub"

2008-02-25T23:14:00.010-06:00

The Hold Steady{A little Aside: I often find fantastic links to some free music that, while worth hearing and having, is not worth writing a long winded article about. This may be it because it is only one track, or because it is by an already established band, or I may just be too hung-over to care. Whatever the reason I'm saying now, that just because a band is in a Free Music Stub does not

Quote Unquote Records

2008-02-19T19:58:00.005-06:00

Last month as I was sifting through about a dozen or so whiny interlinked suburban hardcore groups I found something quite interesting. An indie label called Quote Unquote Records with the strangest marketing strategy I've ever heard about, that is to say they don't have one. All records produced and marketed are available for free download on the label's website, no catch. Founded in 2006 by

Taqwacore

2008-02-10T22:38:00.002-06:00

The Taqwacore NetworkHardcore/Punk/Metal/I first learned about what I'm calling The Taqwacore Network in the most unsuspected of places, the pages of Rolling Stone magazine. While not terrible the article only scratched the surface of exactly what Taqwacore is. Needless to say I was intrigued. Now don't go thinking this is some mainstream fad, Taqwacore has it's roots in a novel written by one

The Bedlam in Goliath

2008-02-09T17:45:00.000-06:00

Okay, so this review is late, but if you're reading it, you obviously wanted another view of this album. Here goes.The Bedlam in Goliath will not be shocking to long-time fans of The Mars Volta. It serves as a perfectly logical follow up to Amputechture. That being said, this album is amazing. Better than Amputechture, even. In fact, I'd be willing to say that whether you're a long time fan of

The Greenery

2008-01-08T18:29:00.002-06:00

The Greenery (Long Beach, California) A show on sunday night is one of two things: Empty or nonexistent. That being said a show on the night before most high schools go back after winter break might as well have been booked on the moon. The Scene: A Sunday night show booked the night before San Antonio high schools go back after winter break. Picture this, about three paying customers and a

Grand Ole Party

2008-01-02T15:45:00.004-06:00

Grand Ole Party(San Diego, California)Grand Ole Party appeared out of nowhere and blew out my brains.The Scene: I download about 20 new songs a week and I pride myself on the fact that I never, ever, forget a band or song. January 2nd, my iPod on shuffle and the opening lick of "Look Out Young Son" swings in. Immediately I am perplexed and intrigued by this creeping, driving music (Enter Kristen)

Explosions In The Sky

2008-01-01T20:57:00.001-06:00

Explosions In The Sky(Austin Texas)Think-Explosions In The Sky are practitioners of the underrepresented , almost unheard of, Post-Rock Genre. As Wikipedia puts it: "Post-Rock makes use of 'rock instrumentation' for non-rock purposes". What that boils down to is Four Sons of Texas, Three Guitars, One Drum Kit, No Vocals and hours of soaring, emotionally charged music. The idea of instrumental

columbine.

2008-01-01T17:02:00.000-06:00

columbine. is a three-man electronic death wish out of Detroit, Michigan. Seriously. This is absolutely, the best, truest industrial music I have heard. The music is the essence of violence and vitriol, in some sense ironic, in some sense not. Take, for example, the track "For the Children", which some would misconstrue as a song glorifying pedophilia. The song is actually a satire/criticism of

Crystal Castles

2007-12-30T16:37:00.001-06:00

Sounding off from Canada and repping Last Gang Records (home to Death From Above 1979), Crystal Castles is a two-piece hybrid of Nintendo-core sounds with dance sensibilities and thrash metal spirit.The band is a manic dance machine on full-tilt. Listen to a few tracks on the first MySpace listed below and see if they can't get you to move (the first track is a remix of 'Crimewave' by

Burning Idiot Noise

2007-12-30T15:36:00.000-06:00

Burning Idiot Noise (Brighton, United Kingdom)Psychedelic / PunkThink- This British four piece composes noisy, slow, repetitive, sex music. Good for that all night weed infused dance party or like I said hot hot sex. Actually that might pan out on only one of the tracks (the back half of The Calculus) and the rest are more geared towards what is known as chillage.Try - The CalculusTotal

The Wintermitts

2007-12-30T15:26:00.000-06:00

The Wintermitts (Vancover, Canada)IndieThink- Whoever had the Idea to put a droning accordion blaring at the top of nearly every single Wintermitts song was a fucking genius! The Wintermitts are full of all sorts of good vibrations and witty humor all under the guise of some very sweet sound droning instrumentals. The main vocalist Lisa Monique seems to float between English and Canadian French

Monotonix

2007-12-30T15:03:00.000-06:00

Monotonix(Tel Aviv, Israel)Think- Monotonix, An Axe, Drum, Vocal Trio, came all the way from the Middle East for one thing and one thing only. To blow our floundering American showmanship away with the most energetic, intense show ever preformed. Seriously, I can't really decide which part of the show I enjoyed most, perhaps when Ami Shalev (Lead Singer) started playing the Bass Drum with his

The Bad Robots

2007-12-30T14:57:00.001-06:00

The Bad Robots (London. England) Think - Rather then succumb to the recent UK trend of dance oriented bass lines and prominent if not exaggerated British accent *Cough* Franz Ferdinand *Cough* Arctic Monkeys *Cough* The Bad Robots prefer downplaying their accent and have a rather straight forward yet notable bassist. Sometimes (Disarmingly Charming) they rather dismayingly remind me of American

Welcome.

2007-12-30T03:12:00.000-06:00

J Thane here, letting you know that this soon will be a fully functional blog focusing on what's good in the vast world of online music. My co-author Antonio is hell-bent on finding free legal music downloads, and in fact, he writes a pretty mean review to go along with them, whereas I, J Thane, will write about what's good, whether it be industrial, visual kei, folk music, psychedelic, or