Straight out of music-mecca Portland, Oregon comes an innovative album that is sure to send chills of pure enjoyment up your spine. Amelia’s newest album, entitled A Long, Lovely List of Repairs, is the most beautifully constructed melancholy assortment of music that you could possibly find for your ears this...

I enjoy listening to all types of music, from hip hop to classical and all that lies between.  Country, however, is not usually one of my entertainment choices, and this CD With Roots and Wings by Angel Band is a perfect example of why I avoid it.  Though Nancy Josephson,...

While at first glance (at the band’s Myspace or Wikipedia pages) you may not notice, Article One is in fact a Christian Alternative Rock band.  Granted that may automatically turn you off to this band, but it’s still a fact that I feel should not be hidden.  The fact that...

For a band that started out as a side project, New England’s Ashbrook Haynes sounds remarkably focused. ONE LONG CHASE, the sophomore effort for the sextet, contains fourteen original compositions from vocalist/guitarist Marc Rines and vocalist Karen Stanley which in execution rely upon melody and harmony, with...

It’s not your parent’s rock, but it’s not really a new thing either. To Death and Beyond... by Battleroar has that 90’s rock kind of feel, like a mix of old Metallica and good Pearl Jam. But the songs last almost as long as Tool; except instead of some trippy...

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls—it is my pleasure to present to you Ben Sollee. This young singer-songwriter’s debut, Learning to Bend, is an honest and often ironic meditation on dealing with change. Sollee is a truly refreshing talent, and it’s not just because he’s a Classically trained cellist who...

Blue Sky Black Death, formed by the duo Kingston and Young God, released their first album in 2006.  While this double-album did include many instrumental songs, the duo is better known for their rap work with Wu-Tang Clan affiliates such as Holocaust, Sunz of Man, and Hell Razah.  Having listened...

One of the more interesting elements of rock music and its multifaceted genres is the way in which different styles go in and out of style. When they’re out of style, they percolate more or less quietly, never really going away, and at some point make what...

Buddahead's third record, Ashes, flirts throughout with solid rock.  In some key places, though, the band backs down just when you're ready to get dirty. From the outset, it's clear that Iranian lead singer Raman Kia has a good voice - a clean mid-range with a crisp falsetto.  But the...

Isn’t it odd how you sometimes takeaway a lasting impression of an album that has little to do with the reality? Last year, I reviewed the Cortical Tectonics disc from Canvas Solaris, and when I received their new, Atomized Dream, album, I put it in the CD player thinking that...