Toadies – 2012 – Play.Rock.Music
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Toadies
Title: Play.Rock.Music
Label: Kirtland Records
Released: Jul 31, 2012
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Rattler’s Revival
#Get Low
#Summer of the Strange
#Magic Bullet
#Beside You
#Animals
#Sunshine
#Laments of a Good Man
#Epic Castles
#We Burned the City Down
#The Appeal
Review:
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It’s been 23 years since Toadies started playing rock music in Fort Worth, Texas. Through lineup changes, shelved albums, member departures, band break-ups, one-off reunions and full-on performances, Toadies are an act that has experienced nearly everything except, perhaps, the freedom to grow as they choose.
But that mark is about to be checked, too. On July 31, Toadies will release their fifth proper full-length album a disc fittingly called ‘Play.Rock.Music.’, because, perhaps for the first time in their career, the band feels capable of unapologetically doing just that.
After bursting onto the national scene with their breakthrough ‘Rubberneck’ album, which begat their signature single, ‘Possum Kingdom’, the successful follow-up single ‘Away’ and the immense fan favorite ‘Tyler’, Toadies returned to the studio in 1996 with the pressure of trying to match their first album’s success. The result was a disc called ‘Feeler’, an album the band’s then-label home, Interscope Records, was supposed to release in 1997 but decided to shelve despite the band’s protests. So it was back to the drawing board for the 2001-released ‘Hell Below/Stars Above’, an awkwardly timed sophomore album that enjoyed moderate success and almost universal critical acclaim but was ultimately doomed because of the seven-year wait to arrive.
But a reunion show in Dallas in 2006 reignited the band’s spark. The following year, the band embarked on a surprise tour of Texas. A year later, they fully re-formed, recording and releasing 2008’s ‘No Deliverance’.
This past spring, the band, joined by Grammy-nominated producer Chris Frenchie Smith entered an Austin recording studio with a clean slate. The songs on ‘Play.Rock.Music.’ are some of the best the Toadies have ever released. The trademarks of the band are all present Lewis howl, the chugging guitars, the unrepentant angst but they’re also improved upon. Without question, it is: With the band’s second successful stint now having lasted almost as long as the initial run, ‘Play.Rock.Music.’ shows off a band in full stride, an outfit with renewed vigor and, perhaps most important, a group with a clear and confident understanding of itself.
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Julien-K – 2009 – Death to Analog
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Julien-K
Title: Death to Analog
Label: Metropolis
Released: Mar 10, 2009
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Death to Analog
#Someday Soon
#Kick the Bass
#Technical Difficulties
#Systeme de Sexe
#Maestro
#Forever
#Spiral
#NVR Say NVR
#Dystopian Girl
#Look at U
#Stranded
#Disease
#Futura (DTA Mix)
Review:
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Julien-K is the brainchild of two of the founding members of the platinum selling group Orgy. Fusing the elements of dark electronic club music with styles of modern rock and pop, Julien-K are at the forefront of the electronic music scene. This debut provides a sweeping landscape of musical influences and themes that pull the listener into their world on first listen – a world where technology is fused with artistic expression in a way that hasn’t been attempted before.
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Led Zeppelin – 1982 – Coda
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Title: Coda
Label: Swan Song
Released: Nov 19, 1982
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#We’re Gonna Groove
#Poor Tom
#I Can’t Quit You Baby
#Walter’s Walk
#Ozone Baby
#Darlene
#Bonzo’s Montreux
#Wearing And Tearing
Review:
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Snapcase – 2003 – Bright Flashes
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Snapcase
Title: Bright Flashes
Label: Victory
Released: Nov 4, 2003
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Believe/Revolt (Relocation Blueprint)
#Dress Rehearsal
#Blacktop
#Skeptic
#Ten A.M. (Good Morning, Mr. Coelacanth)
#New Academy
#Mountian Song
#Depth of Field
#Freedom of Choice
#Gates of Steel
#Makeshift Tourniquet
#Exile Etiquette (Only British People Can Fly)
Review:
Bright Flashes is a must-have for any SNAPCASE fan – it completes the concept album that is “End Transmission”, includes 4 covers of songs by DEVO, JANE’S ADDICTION and HELMET and also contains revolutionary remixes of “Ten AM”, “Believe, Revolt”, “Exile Etiquette” and more.
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Goo Goo Dolls – 2010 – Something For The Rest Of Us
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Goo Goo Dolls
Title: Something For The Rest Of Us
Label: Warner Bros
Released: Aug 31, 2010
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Sweetest Lie
#As I Am
#Home
#Notbroken
#One Night
#Nothing Is Real
#Now I Hear
#Still Your Song
#Something For The Rest Of Us
#Say You’re Free
#Hey Ya
#Soldier
Review:
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Saliva – 2003 – Saliva
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Saliva
Title: Saliva
Label: Diamond / Rockingchair
Released: Jun 3, 2003
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Beg
#Sink
#Call It Something
#Spitshine
#Greater Than Less Than
#Cellophane
#Tongue
#Pin Cushion
#Sand Castle
#Groovy
#I Want It
#Suffocate
#800
Review: 2003 Re-issue of their 1997 indie release.
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Led Zeppelin – 1979 – In Through the Out Door
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Title: In Through the Out Door
Label: Swan Song
Released: Aug 15, 1979
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#In The Evening
#South Bound Saurez
#Fool In The Rain
#Hot Dog
#Carouselambra
#All My Love
#I’m Gonna Crawl
Review:
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Led Zeppelin – 1976 – Presence
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Title: Presence
Label: Swan Song
Released: Mar 31, 1976
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Achilles Last Stand
#For Your Life
#Royal Orleans
#Nobody’s Fault But Mine
#Candy Store Rock
#Hots On For Nowhere
#Tea Is For One
Review:
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Led Zeppelin – 1975 – Physical Graffiti
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Title: Physical Graffiti
Label: Swan Song
Released: Feb 24, 1975
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Custard Pie
#The Rover
#In My Time Of Dying
#Houses Of The Holy
#Trampled Underfoot
#Kashmir
#In The Light
#Bron-Yr-Aur
#Down By The Seaside
#Ten Years Gone
#Night Flight
#Wanton Song
#Boogie With Stu
#Black Country Woman
#Sick Again
Review:
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Led Zeppelin – 1971 – Led Zeppelin IV
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Title: Led Zeppelin IV
Label: Atlantic
Released: Nov 8, 1971
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Black Dog
#Rock And Roll
#The Battle Of Evermore
#Stairway To Heaven
#Misty Mountain Hop
#Four Sticks
#Going To California
#When The Levee Breaks
Review:
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