How one welcomes the New Year varies in significance depending on who you ask. For some people it's just another day on the calendar; whereas, others may view it as a precursor to how one plans on spending the rest of the year. Everyone at Roseland Ballroom on New Years Eve brought in 2010 with a … [Read more...]
Headbang your pain away with Adelitas Way
"'Invincible,' the edgy, empowering rocker that kicks off the self-titled debut from Adelitas Way is also an apt description for singer Rick DeJesus’ undaunted focus and determination. Born and raised in a rough Philly neighborhood, he saw family members in jail and on drugs, and a friend shot in … [Read more...]
Filo & Peri re-invent trance music on Nightplay
A defining beacon of U.S. trance since their earliest volley of hit releases, Filo & Peri, have been shaking loose the floor tiles of the world’s dancefloors since 2003. Through an initial convoy of tracks (including ‘Ordinary Moment’ and ‘Shine On’), their sound has become indelibly engrained in … [Read more...]
Audio Sheep
Hard to believe it’s been a decade since Shawn Fanning’s original Napster took the music industry by storm when it popularized P2P (Peer-to-Peer) file sharing. Before Napster hit the mainstream there were only a few ways one could exchange music: either with a CD writer (which was also considered … [Read more...]
Echoes from the Broken Glass on Sparkle Lane
In Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking Glass Alice wonders what life is like on the other side of a mirror. Following her curiousity Alice enters the mirror where she discovers a vast world of unanswered questions and paradoxes that actually exists within herself. Her journey is one of … [Read more...]
Muse proves The Resistence is far from futile
Opening with "Uprising," Muse starts to haunt the soul with their string lead riff that plays along a distorted guitar that is reminiscent of something Queen would do. The song is more or less about conspiracies and an ending that won't happen, an apocalypse. "We will be victorious" Matthew … [Read more...]