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- NEWS: Rock Meets Academia in National Concept Album Art Competition
- Singles Going Steady
- Iron Maiden albums had many takers
East Bay Express : Print This Story
East Bay Express – Dec 27, 2006
enterthedragonlord. Led by the sexy bunny-eared Jesika von Rabbit who alternates monotone speak-singing with shouting and purring Joshua Tree’s Gram Rabbit executes its strange somewhat cartoonish aesthetic quite convincingly. “Bloody Bunnies (Superficiality)” juxtaposes a techie dance beat and flashy rock while “Angel Song” takes a desert country ballad with ”60s folkie harmonies and inserts distortion-soaked guitar riffs. A fun bizarre trip.
NEWS: Rock Meets Academia in National Concept Album Art Competition
TAXI Design Network – Dec 27, 2006
“The release of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967 should have signaled the beginning of a new era in album composition” says Fielding “instead it was a rare high point in a field more interested in making money than exploring art. “In the 40 years since Sgt. Pepper’s release modern pop and rock music have been limited enormously by formula formats and commercialism. Staples of yesteryear such as concept albums and rock operas like The Who’s Tommy Jesus Christ Superstar and Jethro Tull’s Thick As A Brick (examples of the lyrical art elevated) are practically unheard of in today’s bottom-line we-don’t-have-the-budget we-don’t-take-chances climate. “According to Fielding Green Day’s American Idiot is a good recent example of the “concept album” even though it wasn’t marketed as such. Fielding is seeking artwork to illustrate the titles of 25 Songbook Jackets and 125 Album covers which range in style from country gospel and progressive rock to death metal… Staples of yesteryear such as concept albums and rock operas like The Who’s Tommy Jesus Christ Superstar and Jethro Tull’s Thick As A Brick (examples of the lyrical art elevated) are practically unheard of in today’s bottom-line we-don’t-have-the-budget we-don’t-take-chances climate. “According to Fielding Green Day’s American Idiot is a good recent example of the “concept album” even though it wasn’t marketed as such. Fielding is seeking artwork to illustrate the titles of 25 Songbook Jackets and 125 Album covers which range in style from country gospel and progressive rock to death metal. “The original canvas I had in mind was the 33 rpm LP record cover from back in the days when vinyl album covers were considered works of art” say Fielding. “But here in the IT age we use computers.
Singles Going Steady
Minneapolis City Pages – Dec 27, 2006
CSS Cansei De Ser Sexy (Sub Pop): With Le Tigre on hiatus the Brazilian sextet CSS stepped up for booty-dancers staunch feminists and electro-pop fanatics everywhere with their high-energy debut. “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above” begs to be blared during a Jazzercise class for hipsters “Art Bitch” sounds like a deconstructed Yeah Yeah Yeahs song stitched back together with diagonal big-beats and the bubble-bath-synth groover “Fuckoff Is Not the nly Thing You Have to Show” resembles Ladytron trash-talking with Cyndi Lauper. Def Leppard Yeah! (Island): Critically maligned arena-rockers Def Leppard sure sound like they have something to prove on their fantastic covers record Yeah! And who can blame them? They’ve always drawn inspiration from seminal U. glam and metal bands but can’t seem to escape being seen as poof-rock hacks. Which is too bad since their faithful (but not derivative) renditions of classic cuts from Bowie T. Rex Roxy Music Sweet EL and even the Kinks—in the form of a gorgeous copper-burnished “Waterloo Sunset”—more than cement their musical talent.
Iron Maiden albums had many takers
Frontline – Dec 27, 2006
Very little of their style was changed on these albums except on Somewhere in time where they departed from their regular fare to include synthesisers. Although Iron maiden was a major draw in Britain America was a bit conservative in accepting this denim and leather attired herd. Iron Maiden has weathered many personnel changes and has survived a one-year hiatus to continue what they know to do best play heavy metal music. This often-imitated band toured the better part of the 2000′s and continues to record to this day. Their latest release was Matter of life and death in 2006. GERGE ANTHNY Printer friendly… Iron Maiden has weathered many personnel changes and has survived a one-year hiatus to continue what they know to do best play heavy metal music. This often-imitated band toured the better part of the 2000′s and continues to record to this day. Their latest release was Matter of life and death in 2006. GERGE ANTHNY Printer friendly.