Thrice
Beggars
Vagrant Records
9/10
Whoa! This is Thrice?! I assumed that after their little experiment with the Alchemy Index that they would go back to thrashing chords and screaming at me. Instead, they fused the stellar songwriting they presented on The Alchemy Index with the passion they had in their previous works. The result is Beggars, a perfect balance of aqueous ballads (“Circles”) and fiery assaults (“At The Last”). Add in the bass-heavy opener “All The World is Mad” and the jazz-esque title track and you have yourself one hell of a well-rounded …

Founder of ONELOVE For Music, Lee Waterworth believes “There Is An Art to Change.” The Saucy Englishman is about to deliver this message with a red carpet celebration of the United Nations’ International Day of Peace in Los Angeles on September 26, 2009. While the official Day of Peace is on September 21st, BOXeight studios in L.A. will showcase eight bands, independent films and a silent auction with 100% of the net proceeds going toward an organization called Global Angels.
It’s a campaign that Waterworth and a team of dedicated …

Being The Emperor is time consuming. I’m always…errr…eating cinnamon bears or drinking booze or…uh…playing Katamari. With all these other tasks that needed to get done, I got backed up on some CDs to review OK, I maaaaay have also misplaced a stack, as well). Rather than do research and look up info and read press kits, I decided to go the poetic (and easy) way out and do some haikus.
Middle Class Rut – 25 Years
Uhhh, when the crap did
Perry Ferrel, Local H
have a grungy kid?˙
Jon Snodgrass – Visitor’s Band
More …

Glass Ghost
Idol Omen
Western Vinyl
8/10

Possibility after taking a listen to Idol Omen, the debut LP from the Bronx dynamic duo known as Glass Ghost, then maybe devoted lovers of the West Coast sound (like myself) might be able to appreciate East Coast music a tiny bit more. Former Flying band members Eliot Krimsky and Mike Johnson are set to release their latest project on October 27, 2009. Their bizarre but thought-provoking album, plus an East Coast tour scheduled to start toward the end of the summer has fans and critics …