http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCpN6-gdlj4 Review by Cal Koat, worldbeatcanada.com Not coming soon to a theatre near you! Five Alarm Funk create the soundtrack to a summer blockbuster you'll only ever see in your mind. But, thanks to the boundless imagination of the ten-piece juggernaut and some monster audio production, this sci-fi apocalyptic joy ride can be … [Read more...] about Five Alarm Funk ‘Abandon Earth’ Review
Album Reviews
Pacifika ‘Amor Planeta’ Review
Review by Cal Koat Earth; it’s our most favorite planet to live on in the entire universe (so far). But, with 7 billion bodies, life here can get a little intense. Music provides solace and sanctuary. No wonder so many of us orbit in our own little worlds plugged into a private planetary soundtrack. Amor Planeta, Pacifika’s fourth album, third on the tastemaker Six Degrees … [Read more...] about Pacifika ‘Amor Planeta’ Review
Ibibio Sound Machine Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOepbvEcd_c If I hear one more Y-Gen with a scruffy beard and an acoustic guitar warbling an earnest lament like some kind of latter day Woody Guthrie I'm going postal. Sometime over the last 2 years, what passes for "alternative music" became a serious buzzkill. Have people really become so burdened with their first world problems that they … [Read more...] about Ibibio Sound Machine Review
Skrillex ‘Recess’ Album Review
Being a profound, overly-obsessive EDM rave-loving dance music fan, this album is undoubtedly the most anticipated album I have ever came across since starting to listen to dance music. From My Name Is Skrillex (2010) to Banagarang (2011), Skrillex aka Sonny Moore has been one of the few major contributors to the epidemic that is Western EDM. With European acts like Armin Van … [Read more...] about Skrillex ‘Recess’ Album Review
Los Macuanos ‘El Origen’ Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2xJTppAdqA There is no stealth in music except for maybe Christian Rock, which is religious music dressed up as secular music. That perceived attempt at deception is why the genre is lost on me. Music innately reflects all the inspirations and situations that create it. With the release of El Origen by Los Macuanos, affectionately known as … [Read more...] about Los Macuanos ‘El Origen’ Review