Posts Tagged ‘Rock’

X-Men Original Theme - Hard Rock Version

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

The Original X-Men Theme for the old Fox Cartoon remixed and re-recorded hard rock style by Living Illusion. As a special bonus the video footage has some added Ultimate X-Men stills. Enjoy!

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Bentwood Rocker - Heart Says Go 4

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

This version of “Heart Says Go” features Bentwood Rocker as a four piece band using a monitor (unfinished) mix of the audio track. There is another version of this video featuring all five of the current band members. The finished mix is on the “Take Me to Heaven” album/CD and is part of the Bentwood Rocker “The Works” boxset.

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Broken Social Scene - Passport Radio

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Canadian Indie band Broken Social Scene with their song Passport Radio.

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Jale “Not Happy”

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Jale was formed by four art school students in 1993: guitarist Jennifer Pierce, who had earlier sung backup on the album Smeared by Sloan; drummer Alyson MacLeod; bassist Laura Stein; and guitarist Eve Hartling. The band’s name was formed from the first letters of the members’ first names. Local legend had it that the band formed after all four members attended a concert by Seattle band Velocity Girl; whether that was true or not, Jale’s early recordings resembled that band’s work. Chris …

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Diesel May - Before (live)

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Diesel May, opening for Slaughter at Snatch Rock Bar in Calgary, Alberta. February 6, 2008. Diesel May is an independent Canadian hard rock band from Red Deer, Alberta.

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Diesel May - Her Other Side (live)

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Diesel May, opening for Slaughter at Snatch Rock Bar in Calgary,…

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Humans : Islands

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Album: Return To The Sea 2006

Born from the indie-pop ashes of the favorite underground band The Unicorns in 2005, Return to the Sea is the debut album of a great new Canadian band (Montreal to be exact). In fact there has been a lot of good music coming from Canada lately (Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, New ographers, Feist, etc.) and Islands are riding that wave. Where The Unicorns (and a lot of other similar bands from the indie rock tree) were chaotic, lo-fi experimenters in the stranger side of indie-pop, Islands are a much more mature and emotional band, adding a variety of new instruments to their repertoire, some unusual to what you’ve heard from other indie-popsters (i.e. strings, accordions, upright bass, etc.) for a much more adult and often whimsical sound. You don’t have to be a fan of The Unicorns or indie-pop in general to like this album , all you need is two functioning ears and two hands to clap along.

What really stands out for me in this album is the ludicrous and often surreal lyrics like “You can Scoop out my brain /Shape it into an ear and then tell me your pain” –just par for the course in this album. The most appropriate way I can describe these guys is that they’re strangly lovable and lovably strange. It’s too bad that this band doesn’t get more exposure and recognition.

Much thanks to Equator Records for releasing this album. ISLANDS ARE FOREVER!
Go buy the rest of their albums too.

My personal favorites are
Rough Gem
Volcanoes
Swans (Life After Death)

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