Matt Stevens’ 2010 album Ghost is an instrumental acoustic album featuring an interesting mix of odd melodies and catchy riffs. It took me a few listens to really get into it, but every time I go back to it I find it clicking a little more. Definitely check this out if you’re into progressive instrumentals and acoustic guitar.
-Jeff… Read more
Now on sale for just 99 cents is the “Talking to Women about Videogames” album by Jonathan Holmes (associate editor of Destructoid). This album is a collection of remixes of the theme song of Jonathan’s YouTube series Talking to Women about Videogames and features tracks by video game music composers such as Jesse Hopkins (Mount and Blade, Gratuitous Space Battles), Souleye (VVVVVV), Danny B (Super Meat Boy, HAWP), Matt Harwood (Bit.Trip, Alien Hominid) among many others. This album is all over the place with some very low … Read more
Minneapolis alt-rocker Michael Dermot has just released his new album Pilot. As a follow up to his 2011 Kickstarted album Distance Reawakens, Pilot really shows how much Dermot has improved. The songwriting is better, the playing is tighter, the singing is stronger and more developed, and the production sounds great!
I’ve been a personal friend of Michael for years now, so I may be biased, but there’s no denying that there’s some genuine talent here. I was even given the opportunity to edit the music video for his first single No Through Road. … Read more
Just a couple of days ago, Devin Townsend posted two videos comprised of snippets of demos for current ideas he’s working on, some of which are for his sequel to Ziltoid Z² and some for his next DTP album Casualties which he’s had mostly done since around the time Epicloud was released. I’m totally excited for both of those albums, as well as the 2-3 other projects that these demos may become part of. He does mention, “All of this stuff may get used or get scrapped. No idea yet.” Please don’t scrap any of it Mr. Townsend. It all … Read more
Avant-garde metal band ATOMIS have a visually stunning music video out for their song Maelstrom. Check it out below.
They’ve only released this one single so far and you can download it over on their bandcamp. I’m definitley looking forward to their debut album.
Also, give them a like on Facebook!
-Jeff… Read more