Over a month after Coachella, Dave comments and reviews Southern California’s annual Bacchinalian exultation. That, and french robots, which are really cool.
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Neil Young’s latest album has been a long time coming, that’s how I see it. The content: anti-war sentiment, sad warnings about human impact on the earth, and distrust of and frustration with government are not new territory for Young. Subject matter wasn’t the hold up. Nor was it the composing, recording, post production or release-these were all accomplished in less than a month. The distillation of concepts Young has played with for decades has taken time. Living With War is the latest edition of “pay attention, listen up and stand up” brought about by the latest series of events to warrant it.
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Is my favorite band God? Can one band unite the world? Is Ice Cube still in the gangs? Is the Fillmore heaven? Is there something inherently wrong with saying you saw angels at a stadium show?

If you are easily annoyed, read no further.

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Some songs are just crying out to be played live; they are just bigger in person than on the album. Just like some songs don’t work or lose their magic in a live setting. I mean, it’s hard to imagine Postal Service live isn’t it? No thank you. So why did I take you on this journey? I want to acknowledge the bands who bring something to a live show, who take their album to the next level, and I want to chastise the bands who offer very little or nothing at all. And maybe you’ll thank me for that.
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Birdmonster challenges its listeners to get up, dance, sing along, and really experience the feeling they’re trying to convey in their songs. Recently, I got a chance to sit down and chat with David, Justin, and Peter. Check out what they have to say about the band, their new record, touring with the National and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and the music industry.
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Pattern Is Movement are an indie rock band from Philadelphia. Recently, drummer Chris Ward was kind enough to give me a few minutes of his time to answer some questions.
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You probably have a myspace. You’ve grown old of friendster. You check gmail every 2 minutes automatically with googleChat. You’re even an avid reader of launchcommit. Of course you’re blogging. But do you last.fm? It’s doubtful. Right now, this very second, there are only 1407 users on the last.fm radio. That’s nothing. Many no name bands have more so-called friends than that linked to their myspace profile.
But why bother?
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PUT DOWN THAT HORSESHIT YOU WERE GOING TO BUY AND BUY THESE MIXTAPES. Oh, and fuck U2.

Gabe reviews two brand-ass new mixtapes for all you chumps who need something new up in your ear-holes, courtesy of the Bay and H-town, TX. Get ‘em while they are still steamy! Oh, and Yi yi!!

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Sometimes writing about a record you love is harder than writing something nasty about one you hate. The words don’t come — you’re too close or it’s too close to you. So you obsess and stay up late and talk to friends about it and listen to it everywhere you go — on headphones walking to the mailbox, in your car driving across country, or at home in your mind whilst listening to other music — thus blowing your concentration and knocking you off your game.
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For everyone not up on the huge-ass hip hop producer who sampled this guy game, David Axelrod may not be a name you are familiar with. However, as this compilation proves, you should be. Or, Gabe is just on this guys nuts. You decide.
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To highlight this relatively new genre of electronic music, we are gonna look at Jay Haze, a leading producer of the genre of minimal electronic music typically described as microhouse. microhouse music is generally characterized by a high level of complexity within the sound scape, held in check with a very minimal amount of progression. Some people may find the unusual elements of minimal music unconfortable to listen to at first, but oh…how you will learn to love it. Maybe.
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There are certain things that just can’t be done with an acoustic guitar and a tape recorder in your parents’ garage. Lucky for us, Beam is back, and this time he brought some friends along for the ride.

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After months of speculation, website rumors, and VH1 news briefs, those lurid leather-bound throaty power poppers Creed are back and they aren’t taking no for an answer. With their new album “Lay With Me” dropping like it’s hot on December 25th, Creed sat down with LaunchCommit.com guest staffer Brett Foreman for a bit during their visit to Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).

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Move over Mars Volta, there’s only room for one overhyped opus of masturbatory grandiloquence: Coheed and Cambria’s Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. Yes, that is the title.
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Check it out, Mike is bitter. But I honestly hadn’t heard of these bands until he wrote bitterly about them. Bitter.
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