Music review of the latest albums. Advance reviews, hip hop album reviews, rock reviews, metal reviews and jam band reviews. The Mountain Weekly News team of reviewers will guide you through the latest new cd releases from around the country.
In the title track of Blind Pilot’s We Are The Tide, Israel Nebeker laments “we keep breaking our backs, hoping that it gives enough, / oh, what do you need, what do you need?” After hearing their newest album, fans of Blind Pilot should answer his question with one word: nothing. While it introduces...
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Loma Prieta - I.V. I.V., by San Francisco hardcore band Loma Prieta, is an emotional powerbomb, fitting in 70 minutes worth of emotional content into 22 minutes. With I.V., Loma Prieta has torn down the tutelages of the traditional song structure and rewritten how an album progresses and evolves from the first track to the...
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Cas Haley: Gifts to Give Album Review Thank me later for selecting the perfect soundtrack to your next holiday party. Pour some adult eggnog, start the fire and let Cas Haley’s super smooth Christmas crooning relax the hell out of you. Haley’s five-song e.p. “Gifts to Give” is a tease, really, with one brilliant...
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The Roots Undun Album Review The Roots are a hard brand to talk about with the general population, forget about the general hip-hop audience! One of the most gifted hip-hop acts to ever emerge from the genre, yet they only sold 48,000 records in the opening week. As I was perusing a local bookstore...
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Denver, Colorado – After a long summer on the festival tour, young electronic-rockers Papadosio show no signs of slowing down. Friday’s show at the Summit Music Hall, part of a four night Colorado run, kicks off a winter tour that will keep them busy through the spring. The show opened with a hypnotic performance...
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