Tag: Rock

  • TenPenny Joke – [2009] Ambush On All Sides

    TenPenny Joke – [2009] Ambush On All Sides

    TenPenny Joke is/was a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Ambush On All Sides is their first and so far last album. If features melodic and powerful rock music. Songwriting, vocals, all top-notch. Luckily, they have released their album on Jamendo for us all to find. Listen to my two favourite tracks and then download it…

  • William Wilson – [2011] Summer Holidays and Folk Routine EP

    William Wilson – [2011] Summer Holidays and Folk Routine EP

    William Wilson that is easy to listen to, but hard to describe. Take some soft alternative Rock, add small drops of Electro, Jazz, Classic at selected spots. It is released at Lophophora Williams, a young netlabel with five releases since 2010. If you like what you hear here, look into their catalogue!

  • Chamberlain – [2010] Moon In June / Superstition

    Chamberlain – [2010] Moon In June / Superstition

    Chamberlain is alternative rock from Italy with a psychedelic or progressive influence. Guitar soli included. They do good old craft, no heavy effects in post-production. The EP was released Lophora Williams that has published five releases so far, mainly alternative rock. There are reviews in my pipeline for this netlabel. But for now, listen to…

  • Various Artists – [2011] 7

    Various Artists – [2011] 7

    The netlabel diym specialises in exceptional music of all genres. That includes singer/songwriter, pop-rock, post-rock, but also electronica. They have released seven albums and nine compilations so far. Every release is worth your time. Today I’ll present their seventh compilation, the one that I discovered first.

  • Nine Inch Nails – [2008] Ghosts I – IV

    Nine Inch Nails – [2008] Ghosts I – IV

    Nine Inch Nails is a industrial rock band with experimental touch. Experimental not only in the musical sense, but also in that they try out new forms of music distribution like giving it away for free. Ghosts I-IV is an improvised 36 track album with anonymous tracks, only grouped in “Ghosts I” to “Ghosts IV”.…

  • Lunatic Scale – [2011] VII

    Lunatic Scale – [2011] VII

    The Clinical Archives is one of the major netlabels out there. While most of their releases are too experimental for my taste, over 400 releases allowed me nevertheless to find some good ones. VII by Lunatic Scale is fresh, melodic alternative (or mainstream) Rock from Russia. Three sweet tracks, short and good.

  • Various Artists – [2008] The Silent Ballet: Volume 9

    Various Artists – [2008] The Silent Ballet: Volume 9

    The netlabel Lost Children specialises in Progressive Rock and related music genres. They offer a magnificent collection of free music compilations called The Silent Ballet. Here I present my favourite release of this series, being on the quiet and ambient side of the musical spectrum it offers. Volumes 1, 5 and 6 are my next…

  • Colida – [2006] Eyes Shut and Ears Wide Open

    Colida – [2006] Eyes Shut and Ears Wide Open

    Colida is a hard alternative rock band. And pretty good at it. This release at the German netlabel analog und ehrlich was recorded in 2005 in Oldenburg and is Colida’s third album. It only has four tracks, but those are worth the download. Fast, driving riffs, dry drums and a great voice — what else…

  • Deadspin – [2006] Deadspin EP

    Deadspin – [2006] Deadspin EP

    Free online music is still often linked to eclectic, weird and experimental music. This rock album from 2006, recorded by the band Deadspin is a good counter-example of artists who offer their first release for free. In September 2009, their second album Little Birds Are Like Bullets was published at Split Infinity. In between, several…

  • Santa Inferno – [2009] Desert Music

    Santa Inferno – [2009] Desert Music

    This is the first review I write in which my opinion about the music is ambiguous. Santa Inferno has released this very intense rock album, yet in a – probably artistically justified – horrible sound quality. While I find this style fitting for their more aggressive tracks it spoils my listening experience. Let me show…

  • Diablo Swing Orchestra – [2009] The Butcher’s Ballroom

    Diablo Swing Orchestra – [2009] The Butcher’s Ballroom

    Take Nightwish’s voice, add a Cello played like Apocalyptica and mix it with a skilled hard rock band and – voilà – you can imagine how the Diablo Swing Orchestra sounds. Their music is a wild mixture of (partially Symphonic) Metal, Rock, Jazz, Swing and Blues; sometimes they make me think of Mr. Bungle (another…

  • Pandoras.Box – [2009] Barriers

    Pandoras.Box – [2009] Barriers

    Excellent indie rock. From Lower Bavaria. Who would have thought?