Coalesce
Salt and Passage
Second Nature/Blue Collar/Crash and Bang (2007)
It scares me to think that some people reading this were still in grade school when Coalesce put out their last album 0:12 Revolution in Just Listening; the idea that a band that I found so aggressively destructive almost a decade ago can release something new and have those new songs be equally challenging and passionate is just as frightening or possibly worrisome that they might tarnish the good name that they originally forged. Still as Salt and Passage was announced and then subsequently is now available, I do find myself just as excited as when their last album was first released; I mean, this is Coalesce. When the needle hits the one side of Salt and Passage, the initial reaction is that the sounds pouring from the 7" on my turntable is not what I have come to expect of Coalesce this last decade plus; the initial drumbeat (provided now by Nathan Richardson of Casket Lottery and Appleseed Cast) is less the off kilter pounding of past recordings, and with the affect of the bass guitar, more like a beat that make the track sound like some weird circus song. The back up vocals seem out of place at … Read more
Foo Fighters
Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
RCA (2007)
In their twelve or so years as a band, Foo Fighters have had a more than respectable career. This is … Read more
Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures / Closer (Reissues)
Warner Bros. (2007)
With the imminent release of Control the bio-pic of frontman Ian Curtis, the death of Tony Wilson, and former members … Read more
Death Breath
Let it Stink
Relapse (2007)
Alright, let's look at the stats: Name: Death Breath. A truly ridiculous name for a band of any genre Albums: … Read more
