The Casualties – Under Attack (CD)

The Casualties and I have had a long history. When I first heard that individuals were into them, I decried them as mall punks. One of my buddies told me a story about how ey was at an earlier Warped Tour and saw one punk person that was passed out with a beer in eir hand. Trying to be helpful, my friend told the “passed out” person that the cops were all around and that ey need to get up. To eir surprise, the person that was unconscious was merely doing it for a photo shoot. Anyways, The Casual

New Heights for Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest (Warp) Grizzly Bear’s highly anticipated album Veckatimest is finally out. After an unfinished version leaked in March, I, fearing a false impression of the new songs, decided to wait for the official release. Singer Ed Droste accepted the leak with understanding; on Twitter he remarked that the leak would happen sooner or later, but that he wished the tracks were of better quality. read more

MAXWELL’S BAD HABITS!
Maxwell has chosen “Bad Habits” to be his second single as a follow up to his preliminary hit “Pretty Wings”. The single was released on iTunes and it comes before his much anticipated album “BLACKsummers’night” due the beginning of July. ( LISTEN BELOW ) Singing “You’re my bad habit baby..can’t escape the way you’ve got me locked down baby,” Maxwell asks his lady friend for forgiveness on the soulful cut. Oh I heart him! Maxwell’s “BLACKsummers’night” is due in stores July 7 via Columbia

Catalyst / Calm.Murder – Two Sides of the Suicide King (CD)
Catalyst starts this split out with “Kiss You Goodbye”, a typical over-blown, theatrics-laden hardcore track rife with screaming. What saves “Kiss You Goodbye” is the ever-present and impressive drumming laid down by Kevin. Fairly normal guitar riffs wreck any pretense of innovation and spontaneity on Catalyst’s side of the split, as “Your Death”’s average fare is just a poorly-mixed example of how to scream in monotone. Guitar lines are heavily influenced by “Reign in Blood”-era Slayer while “Y

Caterpillar Tracks – Self/Titled (CD)
Caterpillar Tracks may categorize their sound as being descended from Fugazi, but with their first track, “Just Here To Visit”, the band shows their allegiance to Monster Magnet, Offspring, and Henry Rollins. The straight-forward rock assault of Caterpillar Tracks on this song is one of the best lead ins to a disc, benefiting even more from the surf-breakdowns nestled away in opportune moments during the track. The vocals that dominate during “Boot Strap Inflation” seem more Eddie Vedder than Ia

Morning Walk
EXPECTATIONS Well, first and foremost the film itself comes as a bit of surprise. With zilch information about this project, in spite of the presence of Anupam Kher and Sharmila Tagore, it is impossible to build any expectations for the music. Also, it appears to be an offbeat subject hence diminishing any hope that one has from a popular score. Jeet Ganguly, who was once a partner with Pritam for the music of Mere Yaar Ki Shaai Hai and Tere Liye, comes solo for creating the music of Morning

Mastodon, Crack The Skye
The fourth album, Crack The Skye, from heavy metal rockers Mastodon takes you on an epic journey through space and time. The subject matter of their lyrics has always involved a mix of science fiction and myth. The layered and textured guitar chords create a fittingly grandiose soundscape to add emphasis and drama to their storylines. Here they continue along that same vein, building the story that is told through a series of seven songs. For some it may come off a bit hokey but many others wil

Kirkit
EXPECTATIONS Sports based films are hardly made in India. Worse, they have not really been known for their music. In such a scenario comes the music of a film called Kirkit which by itself is an unknown film that is getting all set to be released pretty soon. Any expectations? Well, none even as the album cover proudly proclaims the title song to have been sung by Marcia Barette of ‘Boney M’ fame. MUSIC Shashi Preetam is not just the director of Kirkit but also the film’s composer. In fact