Name: Seth Werkheiser
Weblog: www.buzzgrinder.com
Articles: 74
First Published: Friday, September 20, 2002
Last Published: Sunday, October 17, 2004
Currently listing articles 74-51:
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Arcade - Into the Light— All-female, alt-rock, lo-fi and catchy - Arcade jangle their guitars and put together enough melody and grit to make for an interesting album.
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The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives— ... a 12 song, 30 minute gem that drips with sarcasm, dry wit, and even hints of political jabbing.
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The Evan Anthem - Prologue— If you were writing home to a loved one, or breaking down in tears at every stoplight in town, well, this would be the album
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Joey's Loss, Underoath, Yellowcake, and Thomas Simon WalkAbout— One day this past week my mailbox was stuffed with FIVE padded envelopes. Well, here's four of them reviewed.
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An Albatross - We Are The Lazer Viking— This band is a combination of dance, funk, hardcore, and vocals from a bird of prey.
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Tora! Tora! Torrance! - A Cynics Nightmare— Think of the least interesting jam session on the Mars Volta disc, now make it less interesting and make it last for 8 minutes and
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Trade in your iPod for a Dell— If you're tired of people drooling over your iPod, and how well it works with your iTunes music shopping experiance, rejoice; Dell will give you
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Athlete - Vehicles and Animals— In fact almost everyone can appreciate this except me; thank God I got it for free. When is the new Weezer album coming out
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Wilco - A Ghost is Born— I found that this album gets better with repeated listens but at times Tweedy seems to be pushing the sonic experimentation too far.
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The Evaluation - We Built the Gun That Causes This Unending Fear— ... easy on the ears, especially during the many meandering guitar break downs and hands-on-the-hips sing alongs.
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Switchfoot/Copeland in Philadelphia, PA— On a side note, I have never seen so many Abercrombie & Fitch shirts at one show.
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MewithoutYou / T&N Tour Review— A sold out TLA and the hometown MewithoutYou having a night to remember.
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Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3— This is not an album of "fall down" guitar players and spastic vocal screaming - more like a wide-screen classic...
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Armor For Sleep - Dream to Make Believe— Break some strings and smash something and this album would be top-notch.
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MP3.com to Close— Labels have taken to posting their music there as well, and the indie bands hop on to get some exposure on the charts. Now all
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Minus the Bear in Japan— "We have a Hello Kitty vacuum and TV."
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Flea and the Mars Volta— "I think some people thought that he was just going to funk-slap through the whole thing, but I know him better than that."
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Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium— Light doses of Styx-inspired dueling, drunken boxing, and some Disco Volante...
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Ministry – Animositisomina— Cold, synthetic drum loops go over like a punch to the kidneys...
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Omar talks the Mars Volta
— We can't be the only six people in the universe who find this music exciting.
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Music Needed for Indie Film— Main stream media and the music that fuels it.
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Phish sings the National Anthem— Four guys who look like science teachers?
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Selling out or Selling Up?— Have the forces of marketing worked their way into your favorite rapper's tunes?
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iTunes Music Store info for Indies— Cheap downloads and you support the small labels and bands that tour in crappy vans.
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