Phosphorescent at Spanish Moon 7/20/10
Phosphorescent’s new album, Here’s to Taking It Easy, is aptly titled. It is the least haunting of Matthew Houck’s work with the band since 2003. In fact much of the subject matter is straightforward, conventional, and dare I say lighthearted? Not entirely of course, Phosphorescent has an amazing high lonesome sound [...]

The Melvins at the Spanish Moon
June 8, 2010
The Melvins, to no one’s surprise, put on a show just as ear-ringingly loud, spectacular, and amazing as last year’s. The difference was that this time they had an opening band before their double-set. Oh, and they were in dresses. That’s right, dresses!
Coady Willis (drums) was sporting a [...]

Even with the potential for rain during its tenure, the first annual Bayou Country Superfest certainly did not disappoint. Being held in Tiger Stadium, crowds of over 45,000 came to hear their favorite country music stars. First day acts included: Gloriana, David Nail, Kellie Pickler, Keith Urban, and Taylor Swift. Featured second-day acts included: Justin [...]

By MHD 
Zap Mama-ReCreation
The bold cover of Zap Mama’s new album ReCreationshows the likeness of a lady immediately reminiscent of Erykah Badu circa  Mama’s Gun. But to try to peg Zap Mama’s Marie Daulne as a Badu rip-off is a hasty mistake.
ReCreationis an adventure from track to track. The album starts with the breathy, slow introductory track [...]

 
 
The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
 
By ChrisN
Typical of The Prodigy, their songs consist of one or two lines repeated over and over on top of a synthesizer beat being hammered out with varying degrees of tempo and intensity.  While literally this is a recipe for low quality music, The Prodigy has repeatedly pulled it off. 
Invaders [...]

By Paul Cronan
With Of Montreal’s newest release, Skeletal Lamping, frontman Kevin Barnes has gone to a new, sexually darker plane of existence. Barnes, whose alter ego is a black transsexual named Georgie Fruit, explores a new outlet for sexual frustration and fantasy. With song styles ranging glam-pop to noisy ballads, Barnes sounds on this album [...]

Black Moth Super Rainbow’s frontman Tobacco has whipped up another amazing album of analog-synth awesomeness.
After the success of BMSR’s “Dandelion Gum,” he retreated off to rural Pennsylvania  with his just his synthesizers as company.
He described the album as “darker, starker, and altogether more badass” than the previous BMSR releases.
The single “Dirt” features Aesop Rock, but [...]