Eclectic Vibes

by Andrew Frey

Reviews From: Year 2008
Funkadesi - Yo Baba

Funkadesi - Yo Baba

Funkadesi
Yo Baba
Label: Funkadesi Records

Multi award winning Indian-Afrian-Caribbean ensemble from Chicago proves why they have earned such accolades by flooding the listeners ears with an excellent and energetic selection of popular world beat rhythms ranging from Bollywood, bhangra, reggae, funk, hip-hop, electronica and folk, blended and mixed into an infectious and danceable platter of tunes.

Funkadesi Website

Josh Phillips Folk Festival - Wicker

Josh Phillips Folk Festival - Wicker

Josh Phillips Folk Festival
Wicker
Label: Folk Festival

Singer, guitarist and percussionist of “Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band” strikes out on his own. Seeking to seemingly play each song diversely different from the last, traipsing through folk, funk, hip hop, and rock culminates with me disliking some songs as much as I like others. Confusing and proudly FCC compliant…

Josh Phillips Folk Festival Website

Metallica - Death Magnetic

Metallica - Death Magnetic

Metallica
Death Magnetic
Label: Warner Bros

I never thought I would actually LIKE Metallica again, but after ousting lamo producer Bob Rock and replacing him with the legendary Rick Ruben, plus returning to their original logo and MUSICAL ATTITUDE, I am reconverted. This is the album that COULD have come after “…And Justice For All.” That’s what it sounds like and by doing so would have prevented the LOADS of inferiority in the middle. The neck wreckers are back!

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Noodle Muffin - Long Live The Spin

Noodle Muffin - Long Live The Spin

Noodle Muffin
Long Live The Spin
Label: Fyoog State Records

Indie pop punk with a fired up politcal agenda. Organizers of www.operationregimechange.org, musically they utilize “spin” to their own devious ends by fractionalizing sound bytes and reorganizing them to their advantage with sarcastic and hilarious results. As great as the clips are, the music seems secondary and lags accordingly.

Noodle Muffin Website

Restavrant - Returns To The Tomb Of Guiliano Medidici

Restavrant - Returns To The Tomb Of Guiliano Medidici

Restavrant
Returns To The Tomb Of Guiliano Medidici
Label: Narnack Records

A Texas garage punk duo that abuses guitars and banjos while utilizing abstract recycled percussion items like oil drums, boxes and license plates along with synth and drum machine to produce sloppy swampy hillbilly twang and bang rock n roll. Yall git wit dis one now!


 - Sexo Olympico

- Sexo Olympico


Sexo Olympico
Label: Thirteenth Planet

By recruiting talented fresh musical blood, founding member and resident industrial music wizard Alien Jorgensen has revitalized the amazing musical magic of the early 90’s releases. Here we are also blessed with a flagrant dose of the bands trademark smut and grind while Jorgensen himself is reportedly taking more of a back seat and releasing control to the next generation. FUCKIN HOT!!!

Website

Taj Mahal - Maestro

Taj Mahal - Maestro

Taj Mahal
Maestro
Label: Heads Up

Wow! This is smoking hot blues bash shows this two time GRAMMY winner in top form and complimented with a load of stellar guest performers. The release also marks the 40th year in the career of this amazing multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. On his first release in 5 years he demonstrates that his musical fire is still vibrant and his influence is going strong on these delightfully danceable ditties.

Taj Mahal WebsiteTaj Mahal Wiki

Crematory - Pray

Crematory - Pray

Crematory
Pray
Label: Blistering Records

These mighty and powerful German gothic doom wizards have conjured another “very now” offering. Blasting a full spectrum of darkened metal including a multi tonal vocal attack plus some electronic elements expounds upon their prior 15 year catalogue of success

Crematory WebsiteCrematory Wiki

Fall From Grace - Sifting Through The Wreckage

Fall From Grace - Sifting Through The Wreckage

Fall From Grace
Sifting Through The Wreckage
Label: Bodog Music

When you are searching for glossy, fake, radio friendly, pop punk straight out of the cookie cutter, look no further. If you are searching for originality or musical fortitude, try again! All sold out here

Fall From Grace WebsiteFall From Grace Wiki

Ian Tescee - A Traveler’s Guide To MARS

Ian Tescee - A Traveler’s Guide To MARS

Ian Tescee
A Traveler’s Guide To MARS
Label: Self Released

A serene electronic landscape of sound forms that flow through a stellar selection of ambient space-scapes. From upbeat and funky as we enter “The New World” through dark somber “Dust Red Sky” the space music lover will rejoice.

Ian Tescee Website

Jorn - Lonely Are The Brave

Jorn - Lonely Are The Brave

Jorn
Lonely Are The Brave
Label: Blistering Records

Built around Norwegian Jorn Lande who is touted as being an extraordinary vocalist. Upon listening however, I was struck by how ordinary and blaze’ the music and most of the vocals are. Surprisingly average overall.

Jorn WebsiteJorn Wiki

Judgehydrogen - Cult of Blood

Judgehydrogen - Cult of Blood

Judgehydrogen
Cult of Blood
Label: Rising Oculus Records

Hair raising atmospheres gurgling with virulent doom struck metal. This macabre one man project, bred in Middleton, WI, produces primal disturbances in the creep-a-dellic frequency spectrum while profanely exercising a deep gothic vocal pleasure. Seriously dark.

Judgehydrogen Website

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