Review of Long Anticipated UK Funky Album by Minstry of Sound

Funky house has been the most exciting thing in dance music the past 18 months or so, but it nonetheless remains a tricky thing to pin down. After all, what is UK funky other than house music produced by Londoners? Sure, it’s house produced by refugees from UK garage and grime looking to have a good time while bringing their sonic and stylistic baggage with them: But, well, so what? It’s still just house, isn’t it? But UK funky is both “just house” in its most conventional sense and also “other

Gossip for Men (And Women)
Gossip by Music For Men Sony Music Review by Siva Chandran There are some dance gems that stubbornly wont go away – C+C Music Factory’s “Everybody Dance Now”, Deelite’s Groove is in your heart”, Robin S’s “Show Me Love”, and Stardust’s “Music Sounds Better Than You”. Now, Gossip’s “Heavy Cross” is set to cross over and join these dance luminaries into the corridors of timeless dance classics. It’s hard to nail down exactly the kind of mash-up genre the should be defined into, alth

What a tease: A rundown of what’s in the July 22 issue
COVER STORY— Kick it: How cigarette tax hikes (and a gentle nudge from Creative Loafing) finally convinced me to quit smoking.NEWS & VIEWS— Image of the Week: The Night Life Center opens.— The week that was.— The circus outside the Thomas Fast murder trial.— Q&A: Fair Districts Florida chairman Ellen Freidin.— Don’t panic! What was the fallout from the Israel/Gaza war early this year?FOOD & DRINK— Restaurant review: Alibi Cafe, plus a trip down the aisles at The Fresh Market.— Book review: Mark

Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Review
Here’s my review of the Nokia 5800XM: If you haven’t seen it already make sure you also check out my unboxing of the 5800XM:

Music Review: Book Of Love Reissues
Book Of Love have re-released their four albums in new expanded form on Noble Rot Records.

The Cooper Temple Clause – Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose (CD)
The Cooper Temple Clause has no idea that brevity is a good thing, with their average song being over five and a half minutes. As such, Loose doesn’t have songs as much as it has pieces with individual movements, demarcated when The CTC decide to go on a different tack. The Spartanness of the beginning of “Talking to a Brick Wall” moves into a Placebo/Oasis style of vocals, supplied by Ben; the entire track seems to me to be an aural rehash of Fiona Apple’s “Criminal”, down to the distorted drum

The Downtown Mountain Boys at Q Cafe
Seattle’s own The Downtown Mountain Boys will be playing at the Q Cafe in Interbay on Friday, July 31 at 8pm. Tickets are $8 at the door for this all-ages concert. The Downtown Mountain Boys are an accomplished group of veteran bluegrassers and recording artists. Terry Enyeart (bass, lead and harmony vocals), Dave Keenan (banjo, fiddle, lead and harmony vocals), Don Share (guitar, lead and harmony vocals), Tom Moran (mandolin), and Paul Elliott (fiddle) have been seen for years in suc

This Beautiful Republic Joins Creation Festival Fall Tour
A few weeks ago our friends This Beautiful Republic spent a week at the Cornerstone summer festival. They got a chance to check out some up and coming bands, but it was House of Heroes, The Wedding and of course, Family Force 5 that the enjoyed the most. It was a great week of music and just a sample of what they will being doing this fall as they join the Creation Festival The Tour . They’re SUPER pumped that they will get to share the same stage with some legends of Christian music namely

Music Review: Art Pepper – The Art History Project
A Musical Chronicle Of A Life Lived On The Edge

Cordova – Lie Until It Becomes The Truth (CD)
The emotive brand of rock that Cordova plays on “Lie Until It Becomes The Turth” draws equally from the deeply affecting brand of rock put on CD by the Deep Elm bands of the early 00s and vague hints of the emo structuring present in heavy proportions in the current period. “Some Killers Are Fashionable” has a pseudo-dance rhythms snuck behind the splashing drums and intense vocals on the track. Topping it all off are the “Jessie’s Girl”-like guitar riffs that slyly recreate the simplistic 80s.T