Sometimes you read a review of a new band and you say, "I haven't heard of this band, but I have
to check this out." There's nothing better than that. You feel like you're on the verge of a great
discovery. You're gonna be the one to tell everybody about this great band, and all your friends
will go "Wow.
This one was from eMusic's review of In Her Gentle Jaws by The Depreciation Guild.
Blending fuzzy guitars with heavy-lidded vocals and the occasional electronic rhythm, The
Depreciation Guild is shoegaze pop at its finest. Fronted by the drummer...
There's an old joke, "What's the last thing a drummer says before getting fired?
This time it's from my Popdose colleague Dw. Dunphy:
CD Review: Jupiter Society, "Terraform"
If Ray Bradbury decided to form a prog metal band, it would sound like Jupiter Society, and that
really wouldn't be a bad thing...
Sorry, my friend, but I beg to differ.
By Jim DeRogatis.
Various artists, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack" (Chop Shop/Atlantic) [3 out of
4 STARS]
"The world is a vampire," Billy Corgan sang back in the mid-'90s, but the Great Pumpkin was
ahead of his time: These days, it's impossible to sit in front of a television or movie screen
without catching some glimpse of the undead now all unnaturally beautiful teens or twentysomethings
set to appropriately moody post-alternative dinner music.
