Eclectic Vibes - April 2008
by Andrew Frey
Twisterbait
This Month, Micro Reviews of: The American Plague, Anew Revolutions, David & Steve Gordon, Dead Child, Glenn Patrik, Immortal Dominion, Jaya Lakshmi, The Jungle, Lions Share, Mortal Love, Rupa & the April Fishes, The Poor Bastards, Twisterbait, Victims of Circumstance
MICRO REVIEWS:
This Month's Rating Scale is from 1- Mangled thru 10 - Moonstruck
American Plague - Heart Attack
American Plague
Album title: Heart Attack
Record Label: Feedback Symphony Records
Rating: 6
Hard driving, hard rocking trio serving up classic catchy heavy rock. Elements of angst and foreboding give way to campy rock.
(3595) Page Views
The American Plague online:
• Website
• Download Heart Attack from Amazon
Anew Revolution - Rise
Anew Revolution
Album title: Rise
Record Label: Koch Entertainment
Rating: 4
Watered-down, radio-ready bubblegum metal. Oh, it’s so filled with emotions, intensity, blah, blah, blaze. For fans of such mass consumable and radio friendly bands as Staind, Dope, etc.
(7472) Page Views
Anew Revolution online:
• Website • Wiki
Dead Child - Attack
Dead Child
Album title: Attack
Record Label: Touch and Go/Quarterstick Records
Rating: 8
grooves of doom take flight from their terse, rudimentary beginnings and find fertile ground as the tonalities grow darker and more aggressive. Clean bad boy vocals spice the palette.
(3701) Page Views
Dead Child online:
• Website • Wiki
• Download Attack from Amazon
• Purchase Attack on Amazon
David & Steve Gordon - Earth Drum: The 25th Anniversary Collection, Vol. 1
David & Steve Gordon
Album title: Earth Drum: The 25th Anniversary Collection, Vol. 1
Record Label: Sequoia Records
Rating: 9
A collection of this famous duo’s favorite global drum fusions from their past 25 years. Beautiful, serene and trance-invoking drum visions. With bonus DVD of music and landscape visuals.
(3496) Page Views
David & Steve Gordon online:
• Website • Wiki
• Purchase Earth Drum: The 25th Anniversary Collection, Vol. 1 on Amazon
IfIHadAHiFi - Fame by Proxy
IfIHadAHiFi
Album title: Fame by Proxy
Record Label: Latest Flame Records
Rating: 8
These bastards bang out noisy contemporary power punk rock while being flanged and ready for the next stagger or incursion into delirium and lyrical conundrums. Perplexingly enthralling, annoying, exciting and tumultuous simultaneously.
(3814) Page Views
IfIHadAHiFi online:
• Website • Wiki
• Download Fame by Proxy from Amazon
• Purchase Fame by Proxy on Amazon
Jaya Lakshmi - Sublime
Jaya Lakshmi
Album title: Sublime
Record Label: Sequoia Records
Rating: 7
Continuing on with her tradition of utilizing top talent and great producers to produce a very NOW direction to her offerings of Bhakti yoga. This Kirtan themed voyage of chant, chill and grace will carry the listener to alcoves of serenity and blissful platitudes.
(3749) Page Views
Jaya Lakshmi online:
• Website
Lion's Share - Emotional Coma
Lion's Share
Album title: Emotional Coma
Record Label: Locomotive Spain Records
Rating: 9
A masterful selection of whirled classic metal riffs with a thrashing power metal type undertow as directed by band mastermind Lars Chriss. Thanks to the distinctive and awesome Dio era vocals of Patrik Johansson (ASTRAL DOORS and WUTHERING HEIGHTS) this album packs a crunchy, satisfying punch!
(3649) Page Views
Lion's Share online:
• Website
• Download Emotional Coma from Amazon
• Purchase Emotional Coma on Amazon
Liquid Jungle - Tiny Heaven
Liquid Jungle
Album title: Tiny Heaven
Record Label: Self Released
Rating: 8
Prog rock from Atlanta with a serious funk kick and some interesting quirks. The interplay of vocal harmonies amidst the disparate instrumental aptitudes serves to amplify the slurry of intriguing and beguiling musical intensities.
(3707) Page Views
Liquid Jungle online:
• Website
• Purchase Tiny Heaven on Amazon
Mortal Love - Forever Will Be Gone
Mortal Love
Album title: Forever Will Be Gone
Record Label: Locomotive Spain Records
Rating: 8
A Female fronted gothic metal frolic from Oslo, Norway. Dynamic and dramatic gloomy melancholic texturing affront the characteristic moods of time and pace.
(4084) Page Views
Mortal Love online:
• Website • Wiki
• Download Forever Will Be Gone from Amazon
• Purchase Forever Will Be Gone on Amazon
Glenn Patrik - Mr. Blues Jr.
Glenn Patrik
Album title: Mr. Blues Jr.
Record Label: Glenn P.M. Patrik
Rating: 8
Saucy and charismatic encampments of flavorful blues. The organ and harmonica with the screaming and wailing guitar make poignant the subtle rhythmic rebuttals of this veteran bluesman.
(4003) Page Views
Glenn Patrik online:
• Website
• Purchase Mr. Blues Jr. on Amazon
Rupa and the April Fishes - ExtraOrdinary Rendition
Rupa and the April Fishes
Album title: ExtraOrdinary Rendition
Record Label: Cumbancha Records
Rating: 10
Etherial and whimsical whisperings spoken thru the flickering flame of chanteuse Rupa Marya. Tantalized with a multicultural temptation of sultry awareness amidst the occasional Euro spin, raga, or mariachi interlude. Superb.
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Rupa and the April Fishes online:
• Website
• Download ExtraOrdinary Rendition from Amazon
• Purchase ExtraOrdinary Rendition on Amazon
Those Poor Bastards - The Plague
Those Poor Bastards
Album title: The Plague
Record Label: Tribulation Recording Company
Rating: 7
Unsettling gothic gospel altercations spun and thickened with a dark angst and a rustic atmosphere. Coarse vocals are set amidst a haunting cacophony of vintage instruments and cantankerous rhythms. Hank III approved!
(4097) Page Views
Those Poor Bastards online:
• Website
• Download The Plague from Amazon
• Purchase The Plague on Amazon
Twisterbait - I Spy
Twisterbait
Album title: I Spy
Record Label: Xacca Sounds
Rating: 8
A tasty tornadic EP of hybrid techno metal. The trio of members has the added technocratic blessing of being produced by Simon Hanson (Death In Vegas) who undoubtedly morphed this into the vision of rhythmic pulchritude that it is.
(3655) Page Views
Twisterbait online:
• Website
• Download I Spy from Amazon
• Purchase I Spy on Amazon
Victims Of Circumstance - Do It Yourself
Victims Of Circumstance
Album title: Do It Yourself
Record Label: Financial Records
Rating: 8
Electing to point their musical feet in a skanking direction, this Tampa group finesses relisten-ability via their sonic soliloquies of memorable punk rock protuberances.
(3548) Page Views
Victims Of Circumstance online:
• Website • Wiki
• Purchase Do It Yourself on Amazon