Label: Interscope Release: November 2006 Tracks: 11 Rating: 7 Otherwise known as Trail of Dead, this five piece band from Hawaii, Washington and now Texas is delivering music that is somewhat hard to define. Specifically, it sounds a lot like the stuff I would expect to hear pumped out of the speakers at cosy smoked-filled… Read more »
Since 1927 Labrador has been outside the jurisdiction of the province of Quebec, however current disputes over the border lines have made it clear that Quebec never officially accepted that original decision. Despite the use of clear boundary lines drawn on maps used throughout Canada for 80 years now, the two provinces have continued difficulty… Read more »
Released: August 2006 Label: Roadrunner Records Tracks: 6 Rating: 8 While listening to this short and sweet debut album from Chicago band Madina Lake, I tried desperately to remember who it was they reminded me of. About three tracks in, it came to me ? Aidan. The good news for Madina Lake is that although… Read more »
NDP leader Jack Layton has recently appeared on CBC’s The Hour to talk about his environmental policies with ex MuchMusic VJ George Stroumboulopoulos. Layton and his party went into the recent federal election as the only main contender with a focus on sustainable environmental ideologies, but the NDP have been battling a minority Conservative government… Read more »
Let’s skip the reviews for a week ? after all, we’ve got to give the bands a little time to record in the new year! This issue, I want to share a little known online program that the creators have called the “Music Genome Project”. This group of enterprising people have created a set of… Read more »
When you live right on the Kennet River, (Marlborough, Wiltshire) you get to know its habits and moods. During the summer it’s generally lovely and clear, bubbling over the stones serenely and without complaint. As we are in the midst of winter, the water clouds up and the level rises further and further until the… Read more »
Released: 2006 Label: RCA Tracks: 13 Rating: 9 It’s the New Year. But seeing as we’re still so tangibly close to 2006, I think there’s nothing wrong with doing one last review for 2006 as a great year of music. The last lucky album is For Blood and Empire, a controversial release from those kings… Read more »
After three years of waiting for a trial to be set up and then finally for the court to reach a ruling, the news still comes as a shock. Saddam Hussein has been executed. In fact, as I watched early morning holiday television on December 30th, my mid-morning sitcom was quietly disturbed by a small… Read more »
The Economist has published “The Economist Intelligence Unit’s quality-of-life index” complete with a ranking of 111 of the world’s countries in order from the best to the worst to live in according to factors relating to quality of life. Citing material wellbeing, health, political stability and security, family life, community life, climate and geography, job… Read more »
It’s the end of another quick year, and the albums we’ve been seeing this year are really of top quality. Some strong debuts and impressive contributions from established bands with only a few discs the world could do without entirely. A year of plenty, I’d say, and with Christmas sneaking up fast it’s time to… Read more »