http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/default.aspx WTLV-TV,WJXX-TV, Jacksonville FL en-us Copyright 2009 First Coast News. All Rights Reserved. http://www.firstcoastnews.com/rss/images/rsslogo.gif 20 135 http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/default.aspx Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:29:01 GMT 20 http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=124308&provider=rss ]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:52:26 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=124308&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131583&provider=rss Mystics.
]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:10:36 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131583&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131582&provider=rss Happy Fun Party is a like a long lost album from 1991 that somehow found itself in the middle of 2009.
]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:02:09 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131582&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131579&provider=rss Bootleg EP is a blast of post punk disco funk that will most assuredly light dance floors on fire where ever it is played. Sounding something like an Americanized Bloc Party meets old Moving Units and a vocalist who has strep throat, the Bootleg EP is a speedy, jaunty little record that is by far too short.
]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:47:52 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131579&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131577&provider=rss On The Edge Of A Dream, from Caught In Motion you might just have to add them to that small but exceptional list. ]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:39:23 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131577&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131482&provider=rss Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:45:19 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131482&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131463&provider=rss New Skin For the Old Ceremony have been floating around the Chapel Hill scene since 2005 have toured up and down the east coast while quietly releasing two albums and preparing to release their third Walk On Thin Air. Sounding something like a folksy sort of band with hints of indie rock thrown in, The Old Ceremony's songs are rustic, lush, and quietly subtle. ]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:43:08 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=131463&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130709&provider=rss Yes or No comes into play. ]]> Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:40:31 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130709&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130610&provider=rss Fever Ray, aka Karin Dreijer Andersson, better known as the girlie half of The Knife has just released her debut self-titled album and strangely enough it sounds like err...The Knife. Well sort of, if the knife were on lithium and listened to a lot of downtempo records. Fever Ray is a slow, methodically distant record that's as bleak as the winter sky and as dark as Sweden in the winter. ]]> Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:22:58 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130610&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130609&provider=rss Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:19:25 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130609&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130525&provider=rss Dark Was the Night and came about after a casual conversation between Aaron Dessner (of the National) and John Carlin, founder of the Red Hot organization. As Dessner states, "I was leaving to tour full time with The National and pursue other musical endeavors with my brother Bryce. While expressing his support of those endeavors, John suggested that we should make a Red Hot record together some day." As it happens that day is February 17th the release of Dark Was the Night. ]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:02:00 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130525&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130505&provider=rss The Pirates Gospel, To Be Still. Rooted in folk and Americana To Be Still is a folksy homely sort of record that sounds something like a more rustic Cat Power. With banjos, gently plucked guitars, and songs that sound as if they were lifted from the Civil War, Alela Diane creates a haunting atmosphere of centuries gone by.
]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:04:29 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130505&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130462&provider=rss I'm not exactly sure where Seffner, Florida is but one thing is for sure, it's one rung above hell judging by the band Foreshadow's latest album, Nations of Failure.  Foreshadow continues the legacy of Florida metal bands to set the world on fire and grind to bits anything and everything in their way.  Their combination of death metal, black metal, grind, and a bit of thrash sounds like every blender in the state being turned to puree at the same time...and I mean that as a compliment.
]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:55:10 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130462&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130461&provider=rss Right off the bat, I'm just going to say that even if you hate hip hop, you should own Pos' newest record simply because of the graphic artistry put together to make this album happen.  Never Better with its clear digipack design with multiple cover options, has to be one of the coolest graphically designed records of the last five years.  In a time when the music industry is cutting costs and artists left and right, it's as if Pos is thumbing his nose and saying...music is art...and art is important no matter the cost. ]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:50:45 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130461&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130460&provider=rss The first thing I thought of when I heard Michael Claytor and His Friends was this band is from Florida?  We're not exactly known for producing alt-country bands of any sort of decent caliber, but here MCAHF are, playing it and playing it oh so well.  Their debut album, We Have An Elephant is an elegant, twangy record that sounds like it belongs in the Appalachians and not Gainesville. ]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:45:42 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130460&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130458&provider=rss Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:38:17 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130458&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130434&provider=rss The Bright Orange Years and All-Night Lotus Party are a labor of love that will keep fans of the legendary band drooling with the complete overhaul that the label has given each of the releases. Their fantastic works and with the albums clocking in at over 20 songs it's pretty much essential stuff. ]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:04:09 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130434&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130237&provider=rss Under This' latest single, Tonight is a three song blast of electro tinged break beat that would have easily charted in the top ten if it were released in the late 90's. The single is loaded with beats and basslines that sound as if they've been dragged through the mud, rolled around in piles of dirt and then laid to vinyl in an effort to get your feet move in some sort of distorted wonky style. It works and works well with the regretfully short EP kind of reminiscent of the early Chemical Brothers records that made them who they are. ]]> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:41:48 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130237&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130107&provider=rss Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:22:30 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130107&provider=rss http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130072&provider=rss Stay Awake. This five song blast of noise clocks in at under 12 minutes and sounds like it was recorded using a boombox and a Radio Shack microphone. It's so completely lo-fi that lo-fi almost seems like a bit much...it might just be lo. ]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:28:57 GMT Music http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/music/news-article.aspx?storyid=130072&provider=rss