Indy Music ~ New & Improved CD reviews by Kent Manthie Love is All Two Thousand and Ten Injuries Polyvinyl Records, 2010 www.polyvinylrecords.com Here is another fantastic release from one of the best indie labels in the country: Polyvinyl Records. You may not be all that familiar with them if you live on the West Coast and/or listen to a […]
New Music
Here are a few new releases to whet your palate:
Aloha Home Acres Polyvinyl Records, 2009 Reviewed by Kent Manthie Well this is a nice surprise. Aloha has finally come into their own, so to speak. Home Acres is the third CD I’ve reviewed, which is when I got hip to the band. On previous CDs, Aloha seemed to be searching for a niche, a subgenre they could settle into […]
Aloha to you ALOHA fans…
Aloha Home Acres Polyvinyl Records, 2010 Reviewed by Kent Manthie Well this is a nice surprise. Aloha has finally come into their own, so to speak. Home Acres is the third CD I’ve reviewed, which is when I got hip to the band. On previous CDs, Aloha seemed to be searching for a niche, a subgenre they could settle into […]
Is Obama Going to Get Re-Elected? Find out…
POLITICAL ANALYSIS by KENT MANTHIE What do you think? In 2012 what are the chances that Barack Obama gets re-elected? Well, it depends on several factors that, ironically, he has from zero to very little control over. Remember when George Bush I was ousted in the 1992 election and Bill Clinton’s saxophone-playing-ass got in the White House? That was, for […]
Something borrowed, something blew…
Ape Survival of the Fittest Barred Records Reviewed by Kent Manthie Canada’s Ape has just released their first full-length CD, not counting the very limited demo they made, but not for the public at large, although, those who get into Ape will, no doubt, find themselves looking for it. Anyway, the new album is entitled Survival of the Fittest and […]
book review: Grundish and Askew
Ugly Tales and Parables Grundish and Askew, Novel by Lance Carbuncle Vicious and Galoot Publishing, Tampa, FL, 2009 Reviewed by Kent Manthie So many fans, a real “cult-following”, if you will, loved Lance Carbuncle’s first novel, Smashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed that he was motivated enough to write a follow-up. This came out in the form of the […]
Sky Dancin’ With Marine Biologist
AntiQuark, Sky Dancer Hungry Eye Records Review by Kent Manthie The other day, someone turned me onto a relatively new band, AntiQuark, and their new CD, Sky Dancer, out now on Hungry Eye Records. AntiQuark is threaded by electronica, rock, pop and a kind of new-new wave style. Their first single, if you want to call it that, “Man From […]
The Silver-Spun Voice and the Golden Violin
Emily Wells The Symphonies: Dreams, Memories & Parties Creative Control Records Review by Kent Manthie It’s been a little while since I last wrote up a review of Ms. Wells. Last time it was for her debut solo CD, Beautiful Sleepyhead and the Laughing Yaks. What I can recall of that disc is that it was a beautiful, atmospheric showcase […]