Don’t get me wrong the musicians are first rate but the lyrics are lame and HORRIBLE and the vox are HORRIBLE and lame just like my spelling and grammar. Give me the rack! Flog me!! Burn, kick and punch me!! Anything!! But please don’t make me listen to Burnshee Thornside!! Imagine Weird Al doing Steely Dan covers or maybe your drunk aunt singing some Steely Dan karaoke. I’ll stop right here and communicate that if you like Incubus go get it but it’s very obvious that the music food chain is becoming sick and incestuous.īurnshee Thornside, "Rock This Moon" (Magnatune) The double bass intro of “Threading The Needle” reminds of Fear Factory, but quickly evolves into another Incubus song. It’s way to close for comfort my friends. “Psychotic” steals directly from Incubus’s S.C.I.E.N.C.E album. At times, they borrow a bit too much from them.
San Diego band Innocent Noise borrows directly from old school Incubus (Faith No More cover band) with some dark overtones of tool. He even seems to add some original rhymes about washing his face and his asscrack and I’m now beginning to wonder which is which. “Squeaky Clean”, sounds eerily like Jamie Fox and Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” beats and all. “Find Me Some”, is a funky old blues number with some piano/organ rolling along as he sings about smoking a j or two, drinking some beers, and finding some pussaaaay. On his debut release, “Songs of Vice and Virtue” Tennessee native Cadence dishes out leftover beats and rehashed rhymes ala Eminem but mixes up a little more R&B with the Hip Hop. Oh, and there is a new ‘whipped cream’ girl on the cover!Ĭadence, "Songs of Vice & Virtue" (Paper Weight Records) But, the one thing this collection demonstrates is the strength of the originals – they are classics in any age. Not many albums can be remixed 40 years later and still remain interesting without reeking of sacrilegious. Now the classic album has been remixed with some newer solos and artists. O.K., I’ve got to admit that my first attraction to the original ‘60s version was the cover! But then there is the music – and nothing instantly reminds me of the ‘60s quite like Herb Albert. Herb Albert’s Tijuana Brass, "Whipped Cream & Other Delights Re-Whipped" (Shout Factory) They sound unlike anything going on in music now and that’s a good thing. Its the little suprises like: with occasional ‘Pet Sounds’ percussion, sometimes Dick Dale guitar, sometimes slide guitar, sometimes psychedelic leanings. But then you hear elements of “modern sounds”, and these combined with a very loose studio feel. Dog at first listen harkens to the sounds of The Grateful Dead-meets-The Band. This is an interesting disc that creeps under your subconscious. Dog, "Easybeat" (National Parking Records) Not everyone is going to be happy with the whole album, but at least the horns are front-and-center – exactly where they should be – for most of the album.ĭr. Robert Lamm’s "90 Degrees and Freezing" and "Come To Me, Do" bring some of that classic Chicago sound back to the fore, and Bill Champlin one-ups him with the Steely Dan-like "Better." Champlin’s other big score, the humorous "Already Gone," actually features a little bit of jamming at the end, another "first time since who knows when" moment on a Chicago album. "King Of Might Have Been" just might earn him some points with the prom crowd, and in a new twist, he brings his country pals from producer Jay DeMarcus’ Rascal Flats on board to help out with "Love Will Come Back." Hmm… the die-hards might be running scared at even the thought, but fortunately they get some bones thrown their way once track 7 kicks in.
Bassist and high tenor vocalist Jason Scheff sings most of these. After the single "Feel" kicks off the album, with Robert Lamm singing lead on a radio-serviced tune for the first time since your mother can remember, a succession of big ballads follows. There’s the ‘80s crowd that swoons to prom favorites like "Hard Habit To Break" and "Look Away," and then there’s the old school bunch who respond more positively to early rockers like "25 or 6 to 4" and "South California Purples." Chicago’s new album, curiously titled XXX (the numbering system was seemingly abandoned after "Twenty-1"), appears to make the attempt at pleasing both sets of fans. Chicago fans are, for the most part, split down the middle.
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