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The Rocket Summer 2007-11-21 21:47:47 The Rocket Summer, headed by sole member Bryce Avery, is a one man band from Colleyville, Texas. Bryce is most noted for his high pitched voice which is the key component to his vibrant power pop style. After hearing him live at the Sleeping With Giants tour, it was his passion for music and his clear presence on stage that really drove me to further check out his music. From the frantic jumping, to the keyboard solos, and the constant switching of instruments, Bryce Avery impressed just about every one in that venue, and got the crowd roaring. But if not for his live performance, what does his music have to offer? His power pop style is nothing new to the music industry, but Bryce incorporates a genuine happiness to his music that cannot be denied. Unlike the sounds you hear from Disney, or major record labels, his joy is not manufactured. His upbeat music comes from the heavy use of pianos, and aggressive chorus lines. The variation of instruments is what really drives the pop sound, ...

A Place To Bury Strangers - S/T Review 2007-11-20 20:15:55 A Place To Bury Strangers is a band out of Brooklyn, NY. Labeled as psychedelic and experimental to say that those are the genres I usually like is a huge stretch. When listening to their album at first I started getting a slight headache from the barrage of different sounds from all other the place. At first I felt as if I wasn’t going to like this album by APTBS. For whatever reason psychedelic/experimental rock doesn’t naturally suit me due to being incredibly complex and I really just got to dig deep and trying to listen. Eventually I turned a corner and started digging some tracks. The first track I dug was the 7th track “I Know I’ll See You”. Why did I like this compared to the other tracks? For me maybe it was the bass that played so additively throughout the song. Other songs I could arguably say I disliked based on style and on my own personal preference For me this was a great learning experience and I probably have a clearer picture as to why I ...

Devil Doll 2007-11-19 15:59:25 so I was looking around online for some new music to listen to about a week ago and I came up on the name Devil Doll. The review said they’re a gothic metal band, and I, not knowing what that sound like, decided to give them a listen. I downloaded the album Queen of Pain and what I heard was a more jazzy and punk version of Fiona Apple. After some more research, I found out that I downloaded the wrong band. There were two bands named Devil Doll. The metal one was from the 80s and their songs sound like crap. The stuff I downloaded was by a burlesque-y pin-up girl from Los Angeles named Colleen Duffy. Her music is a mix of “40’s style jazz, rockabilly, latin and punk.” I enjoy her music. She has got nice vocals and the tunes are catchy. She really put her emotions and feeling into her music. Here are some songs from her CD, Queen of Pain. Her newest CD, The Return of Eve, was released October 1st but I hadn’t had a chance to get my hands on it yet. It W ...

Division Day - Beartrap Island Review 2007-11-17 19:43:16 My first post on Division Day was questioning whether I should purchase their recent release “Beartrap Island” after hearing their great covers. Having a relatively small blog, I didn’t expect anyone to answer really as I never seem to get any comments (it is getting better recently). Anyway, I had only one person who responded, by a person with the name of Carmen Segnitz, mother of lead singer of Rohner Segnitz who was telling me some details of the album and likely outcome that I would like this album if I had enjoyed the song “Colorguard”. I decided to purchase the record after all because I wanted to be able to hear more of their work as they have created some really enjoyable covers. Onto “Beartrap Island”. I find this album to display a variety of sounds and I feel like the album is a bit all over the place when it comes to describing a distinct sound. Sometimes you get the poppy sound or the post-punk type rock on tracks like “Tap- ...

Jay-Z: American Gangster Review 2007-11-16 19:11:18 Jay-Z is a rap legend and I’ve enjoyed his work throughout my days of loving rap. It’s usually rare for me to listen to rap these days due to the situation of the major record industry and the type of work that is being spewed out on a daily basis was part of the reason I just look for my own music. Jay-Z is a smart man for what it’s worth. From being a rapper to CEO and ultimately a very successful businessman, I have a lot of respect for the guy as you don’t get to where you are without not being smart. Anyway, American Gangster is a concept album coupled with the movie “American Gangster” that I must watch. I didn’t get a chance to listen to “Kingdom Come” but the reviews weren’t great. With Jay-Z I think of having good beats or addictive hits (Dirt Off Your Shoulder and Big Pimpin’ come to mind). I find American Gangster to be more of very good rhyming and overall just excellent rapping without the beats dominating ...

Fucked-up Music Video Mix 2007-11-15 18:50:34 … so one day, I got real baked and I started watching music videos on Youtube. I came upon “Right Now” by Korn. It’s so gross and painful to watch,its fucking awesome. The video is full of self-mutilation and when you watch it, you’d probably think how the hell can they put that in a music video. Korn - Right Now (more…) ...

Justice - Cross Review 2007-11-13 20:09:07 What would a Justice review be without this amazing music video for D.A.N.C.E? Justice hails as a electronic group from France. I heard about Justice a few times, never actually deciding to try to listen to “Cross” for sometimes. Just to make you understand how “late” I am, Cross was released on July 10th! I’m don’t care about being late while doing reviews because there are always times where people as fans get into something later then others. It happens. Anyway, I am not on the Justice band wagon just yet but admittedly they’ve done pretty good remixes that I happened to stumble upon. Anyway concentrating on “Cross”. This ends up being a pretty electronic album. Basically they offer a variety of sounds, tunes you can dance to like D.A.N.C.E and “Tthhee Ppaarrttyy”. The latter being a favorite. You have other songs like “Phantom” that are without vocals and shows their ability as a electronic group. This ...

Fever Marlene - Civil War 2007-11-09 17:43:59 Fever Marlene is a band out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and I had the opportunity to listen to some of their tracks after their record label/managers from RevPop sent an e-mail to various bloggers (apparently we’re special?). Anyway Fever Marlene are a two-piece band that I would say is indie pop rock with a heavy amount of electronics involved with their songs. Their manager actually e-mailed me a few weeks ago and I wasn’t too excited as my first impressions were “meh” and I couldn’t really start to like them. I decided to give a couple of songs a listen and the catchy poppy style finally reeled me in. Specifically the song “When Daniel Goodings Made It Rain” there was just something addictive there with the catchiness. It is probably my favorite song off Civil War. The album Civil War seems a bit repetitive at times but there are some decent tracks that deserve some praise. Check out these tracks: When Daniel Goodings Made It Rain by Fever Marle ...