FEATURES: THE ACCIDENTAL SUCCESS OF BASTARD CHILD DEATH CULT

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ARTIST: The Accidental Success of Bastard Child Death Cult
with free mp3 download of Year Zero by Bastard Child Death Cult in its entirety!
DATE: 03-08-10

WRITER: Bill Adams

Rock history is littered with the stories of bands that worked tirelessly to break through only to enjoy diminished returns at best. It is, by all accounts, wildly frustrating; a band can try endlessly to find just the right combination of factors to strike gold, yet consistently come up short each time. Sometimes though, the best results come [view more]

FEATURES: THE ONGOING CRITICAL ARGUMENT AROUND ANDREW W.K. TURNS FUNNY.

The Ongoing Critical Argument Around Andrew W.K. Turns Funny. PHOTO

ARTIST: The Ongoing Critical Argument Around Andrew W.K. Turns Funny.
There are moments when the press will eat itself and debating Andrew W.K. is one of them.
DATE: 03-07-10

WRITER: Emily Yoder

Long before "performance art" was even a twinkle in the eyes of James Franco or Joaquin Phoenix, Andrew W. K. was showing up to interviews with blood and vomit on stained t-shirts. Was it all schtick? Did he take the "Party Hard" lyrics seriously? People often joked that W.K. stood for "Who Knows?"

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FEATURES: WOODHANDS GET PERSONAL

ARTIST: Woodhands Get Personal
DATE: 03-07-10

WRITER: Bill Adams

I think the first record was an experiment,” contends Woodhands singer Dan Werb. “We were playing in a genre that we were learning about as we went along; playing shows and writing songs and recording them. Through them, we learned what dance music was all about and we took it as far as we could; in terms of the lyrical content, it [view more]

REVIEWS: THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION - [ALBUM]

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ARTIST: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - [Album]
DATE: 03-07-10

REVIEW BY: Bill Adams

Historically in every musical movement, purists have always shrieked heresy as soon as someone starts tweaking convention. When that thing which bucks tradition starts fucking shit up, it isn't always done with malicious intent; the band (or bands) in question may have the utmost respect for the basic forms they're working with and the [view more]

REVIEWS: SEASICK STEVE - [ALBUM]

ARTIST: Seasick Steve - [Album]
with three free live mp3 downloads by Seasick Steve.
DATE: 03-07-10

REVIEW BY: Bill Adams

Since the stream of original bluesmen that flowed out of the Mississippi Delta began drying up years ago, the ranks of remaining players making the music has been infiltrated by a number of well-meaning and earnest impostors who have kept the spirit of the genre going on life support. Sometimes the music can be good but, more often than not, it [view more]

REVIEWS: DANIEL, FRED & JULIE - [ALBUM]

ARTIST: Daniel, Fred & Julie - [Album]
with free mp3 download for 'The Gambler And His Bride.'
DATE: 03-03-10

REVIEW BY: Bill Adams

In the last century, the processes of making and capturing music for the purposes sharing the moment with others has been torn apart and rebuilt so often that, were someone from the dawn of record making transported to the present day, they wouldn't even know where to start. Even in the 1950s and '60s, the act of setting up a single [view more]

REVIEWS: BALANCE AND COMPOSURE - [12'' EP]

ARTIST: Balance And Composure - [12'' EP]
DATE: 03-02-10

REVIEW BY: Bill Adams

Ever see or hear a band and know exactly what they're about from the very first time you hear them but remain hypnotized because something about it seems off? It's one of those moments when you know something's not quite the same as everything you've ever heard before, and that's the captivating skew; that little different [view more]

REVIEWS: FRANZ NICOLAY - [10'' EP]

ARTIST: Franz Nicolay - [10'' EP]
DATE: 03-02-10

REVIEW BY: Bill Adams

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If the last few years and the proliferation of solo and side projects that have appeared from major label artists have taught us anything, it's that the practice of a big-time band member striking out from his/her established project and releasing new music can be a dicey proposition. Much of the success or failure of a solo endeavor can be [view more]

REVIEWS: LIGHTEN UP - [ALBUM]

ARTIST: Lighten Up - [Album]
DATE: 03-01-10

REVIEW BY: Bill Adams

It's a rare occurrence that a brand new band appears on the scene and bearing all of the earmarks of direct lineage to the first wave of hardcore bands. Make no mistake, lots of bands try to pantomime the movements of groups like Black Flag, Minor Threat and Descendents, but few if any of them ever really come close to the raw adrenaline [view more]

COLUMN: THE SWAG REPORT 001

ARTIST: The SWAG Report 001
Freebies from Imaad Wasif, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Daniel Fred and Julie, Evelyn Evelyn, Tony Sly, Dead Letter Chorus, Hesta Prynn, Barenaked Ladies, Cypress Hill, Gorillaz, Massive Attack, Richard Ashcroft and more!
DATE: 03-01-10

WRITER: Don Loder

Alright ya mugs, so it's been a while since anybody at Ground Control posted a bunch of free SWAG from the music business, hasn't it? Those filthy prospectors have obviously been asleep on the job because it's not like the biz took a year off! So I guess it's up to me. Being the fine, upstanding businessman I am, I thought [view more]

REVIEWS: ZEUS - [ALBUM]

ARTIST: Zeus - [Album]
with free MP3 download for 'Marching Through Your Head' from Say Us by Zeus
DATE: 02-27-10

REVIEW BY: Bill Adams

The problem so many rock bands suffer from has always been that, no matter what sort of music they want to make, they feel compelled to approach it with a sort of tunnel vision; they have to come into it in their own time, put their own stamp on it and make it their own. It's their way or no way. It's commonplace for a band to want to [view more]

REVIEWS: WOODHANDS - [ALBUM]

ARTIST: Woodhands - [Album]
with link to watch Woodhands' video for 'CP24.'
DATE: 02-27-10

REVIEW BY: Bill Adams

Isn't it funny how trends are able to reoccur in pop music? In the 1980s, synth-pop ruled the airwaves as bands like Depeche Mode, Flock Of Seagulls, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Devo (among hundreds of others) made the most of their Casio-tones and produced primo plasticized pop. All of that was erased at the dawn of the Nineties as rock [view more]

FEATURES: THE ACCIDENTAL SUCCESS OF BASTARD CHILD DEATH CULT

FEATURES: THE ONGOING CRITICAL ARGUMENT AROUND ANDREW W.K. TURNS FUNNY.

FEATURES: WOODHANDS GET PERSONAL

REVIEWS: THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION - [ALBUM]

REVIEWS: SEASICK STEVE - [ALBUM]

REVIEWS: DANIEL, FRED & JULIE - [ALBUM]

REVIEWS: BALANCE AND COMPOSURE - [12'' EP]

REVIEWS: FRANZ NICOLAY - [10'' EP]

REVIEWS: LIGHTEN UP - [ALBUM]

COLUMN: THE SWAG REPORT 001

REVIEWS: ZEUS - [ALBUM]

REVIEWS: WOODHANDS - [ALBUM]

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