I didn't have a lot of hope for ANIMAL by (S)he. I mean, the concept just looked wrong... Three black female singers and a couple of white guys who look like they hang out with your nerdy little brother. I thought, “Uh oh, Destiny’s Child meets Erasure.” I was wrong....

If you’re ready to party, Altered State will provide the soundtrack. In their own words their new album “Get Real,” is made to be heard at Thanksgiving, BBQ’s, staff functions, housewarming parties, New Year’s Eve celebrations, birthdays, during long drives, short drives, long weekends, sex, when school’s out, spring break,...

Autodrone is a quartet that has been kicking around New York since 2002, fronted by eye candy Rachel Lauria on vocals and Angel Lorelei (no, I don't believe her parents named her that, either) on bass and keyboards. PANIC, their latest EP, mines the punk vein somewhere between L7 and...

CATCH AND RELEASE was a chick flick that was released and few caught. I'm not sure what it was about; I consider a chick flick to be the first half of HOSTEL, every minute of …ALL THE MARBLES, you know what I mean. The genre is kind of lost on...

I hate spiders. I mean, I HATE spiders. A 12 gauge shotgun locked and loaded with double-ought buck is not an overreaction to a corner critter. So…a movie about one? Nope. With a talking pig? Heck no. If I want to listen to a talking pig, I can see one...

As implied by their name, Dead Leaf Echo captures a dark melancholy sound, mixed with sweeping ethereal guitar, relentless down beats, and broken U2 style vocals to create the very unique mixture evident on "Faint Violent Whiff." With their five-song EP, Dead Leaf Echo as struck a chord in the underground indie...

Ok, I'm going to keep this short, which happens to make sense to me.   I'm 23.  Earth, Wind & Fire(EWF) is 38 years strong.  A majority of their best body-movin' stuff came out before I was born.   As a matter of fact, if I had to put money...

I found it ironic to be listening to an album called PRAYER OF DEATH during a four day period of uninterrupted mental and physical pain, via influenza, in which I truly embraced the album's title concept… over and over.   Between bows to the "porcelain god" and fever sweats I...

Before we go any further, what is about to pass might mean a little more if I'm up front with you and say that, prior to hearing ME, MYSELF & I, there wasn’t much Fat Joe being played at casa de Hartlaub. There was no particular problem, other than the...

Welcome to yet another three hour show in the long, strange trip of the Grateful Dead.  Live at the Cow Palace, New Year’s Eve 1976, captures the original jam band in peak form. As a special treat, The sound quality easily surpasses that on most live recordings from this era.   In...