I had the opportunity to catch an amazing evening of concerts the other day. The benefit concert / release party for the new compilation Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer featured a number of acts performing some pretty great tunes.
The compilation features 83 exclusive tracks from bands throughout the genre. Jim Semonik, being present [...]
Tags: Boole, Ego Likeness, I:Scintilla, Interface, Sonik Foundry, Terrorfakt, Xuberx
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Wed, March 3 2010 » Downloads, MP3, Reviews » 1 Comment
So Dragon*Con has once again come and gone. This year was a blast. I got to see a lot of cool shows, meet a lot of cool people, and… well… probably a lot more stuff that I can’t even remember.
The first night of the convention is technically the day before the thing even starts! Those [...]
Tags: Abney Park, Dragon*Con, I Fight Dragons, mc chris, Michael Jackson, Spider Lilies, Star Wars, The Crüxshadows, Voltaire, WEEP
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Fri, September 11 2009 » Reviews » 4 Comments
Dragon*Con is…
…Rogue of The Crüxshadows performing with lightsaber in hand.
Tags: Dragon*Con, The Crüxshadows
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Fri, September 5 2008 » Reviews » No Comments
Tue, July 15 2008 » Downloads, MP3, Reviews » 1 Comment
Artist: mc chris
Album: mc chris is dead
Year: 2008
Label: mc chris llc
Score:
As a long time mc chris fan, I have been around to see his art evolve from his time as a voice actor and animator on various Adult Swim shows in 2001 up to his latest album, mc chris is dead, which was released [...]
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Mon, June 9 2008 » Downloads, MP3, Reviews » 1 Comment
Artist: VNV Nation
Album: Judgement
Year: 2007
Label: Metropolis
Score:
Allow me to start off this review by saying that anything that I say in it is to be taken with a grain of salt, whatever that old saying means. I have no knowledge of VNV Nation’s music before this album. I’ve been aware of them for a while, [...]
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Mon, May 21 2007 » Reviews » 1 Comment
Artist: Bob Marley and the Wailers
Album: Exodus [30th Anniversary Edition]
Year: 1977/2007
Label: Tuff Gong
Score:
On this date, twenty-six years ago, the world lost one of the greatest musicians of our century. About four years earlier, arguably his best album was released. In 1999, Rolling Stone magazine named the album the top “Album of the [...]
Tags: Bob Marley, The Wailers
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Fri, May 11 2007 » Reviews » No Comments
Artist: Björk
Album: Volta
Year: 2007
Label: One Little Indian
Score:
I’ve been actively listening to Björk’s music for a few years now, purchasing nearly her entire back catalogue since then. Björk is the type of musician whose sound alters so much from album to album it’s hardly the same artist… yet every disc is great. Her [...]
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Fri, May 4 2007 » Reviews » No Comments
Artist: Avril Lavigne
Album: The Best Damn Thing
Year: 2007
Label: RCA
Score:
Okay… let’s start off by saying that when I first discovered Avril, back in ‘02 when “Complicated” hit the airwaves, I initially turned little more than a raised eyebrow. The idea of a successful musician whose main concern was not being successful at all wasn’t [...]
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Fri, April 27 2007 » Reviews » 2 Comments