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The Week in Music…Blogs – Jan 28 to Feb 3, 2012

February 4, 2012

Wesley Britton on BC*blogcritics reviewed Once Upon a Time in the West, the upcoming release by The White Buffalo.

In the final cut on the second album from Jake Smith, A.K.A. White Buffalo, the songwriter sings, “I am where the darkness falls and surrounds us all,” a place that he affirms is a “call to arms.” That track, “I Am the Light,” sums up what listeners might experience in this powerful collection of songs with lyrics describing pain, death, violence, loss, and survival…”

Carrie Batton over on Pitchfork reports the Alan Lomax Database is in the process of being digitized.

Josh Hathaway from Blinded by Sound reviewed Hellfire, the awesome new release from Joe Louis Walker

Christopher Anthony at Firenote takes on the Lana Del Rey hype machine and gives a very balanced review of her new release, Born to Die.

Born To Die is a not a throwaway as the first five tracks would make for a stellar EP as the songs possess a cool retro sounding swagger, confident attitude, pinch of pop and sultry vocals most expected from Lana Del Rey. This is where the album starts to fade…”

Brandon from The Burning Ear streamed an mp3 and video from Milk Famous, the upcoming release by the White Rabbits.

Autopysy IV from ninebullets.net reviewed A Different Kind of Truth, the new Van Halen in 140 characters or less.

Ninebullets.net also shared this Patterson Hood video.

Same line as last week. The above is only a fraction of the cool music blogs out there. If you have a review or article I missed drop me an email or toss your post addy in the comments section and I’ll add you to the roll.

Have a great weekend!

- Kit

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When was the last time you did something for the first time…

February 3, 2012

Okay, I like guitars. Eddie is an epic guitarist. I play Eruption in my head when I am bored or I need to wake up and don’t have access to coffee. Eddie plays Eruption on his guitar. There is no bad here. So when I went to review the new release from Van Halen, A Different Kind of Truth, I thought it was going to be an easy post.

I was so wrong.

Look, I am all about finding great music and passing it on to other people. It’s possible that I might be just a tiny bit addicted to the rush I get when I hear an amazing song for the first time and the music just washes through me and lets me ‘feel’ the sound as much as I hear it. I just wish more of this album had made me feel that way.

There are some great tracks. China Town is pretty awesome. This song reaches out, grabs you and slams you against the wall as if to say, ‘HEY, LET’S ROCK-NOW’. The guitar is still classic Eddie, but somehow even more so and Dave just rules the world on it. It’s my favorite track from the album.

I also like the blues flavor and Dave’s phrasing on Stay Frosty and love The Trouble With Never for its heavy bite and hard edge. As Is starts off with booming drums and blasting guitars but then abruptly backs off the intensity and kind of turns into Sweet. Yeah, I don’t get it either but it makes a wild 70′s sound that is pretty cool.

Die hard fans of the band will probably disagree, but I thought the other tracks were kind of ‘meh’. None of the remaining songs match the awful of Tattoo, but none of them is anything extra special. This doesn’t make it a bad album, but it isn’t a great one either.

You can preview several tracks over on the Van Halen News Desk or on the band’s website.

A Different Kind of Truth is scheduled to release Tuesday, Feb 7th. You can pick it up at all the usual online vendors but you may want to buy a hardcopy for Dave’s handwritten and illustrated liner notes.

- Kit Tweet

Posted in music, music reviews, rock | Tags: a different kind of truth, alex van halen, china town, david lee roth, eddie van halen, new releases, van halen, wolfgang van halen |

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