| No Island Media presents Hartley Peavey,Paul Reed Smith,Robert ...
"With the addition, and enthusiastic participation of Hartley Peavey, Paul Reed Smith, McGrgegor Gaines, Robert Godin, Ralph Novak, Paul Reed Smith, Matt McPherson and Bob Taylor, The Search for the Perfect Guitar Tone series, produced by a small independent production company has blossomed into a truly historic media event," says Dina Walker, Executive Producer of No Island Media. "This is .
Critic's pick
It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Rick Rubin's creative reassembly of Johnny Cash's career and the manner with which he produced, in the last eight years of the country icon's life, some of the most absorbing music Cash ever recorded. American V differs from previous chapters, though. It was cut mostly after wife June Carter's death and in the midst of Cash's deteriorating health. Couple that with the fact American V boasts a surprisingly conservative song selection (instead of Trent Reznor and Will Oldham, we have Rod Muen and Gordon Lightfoot), one might suspect the Cash- Rubin alliance hit a wall during the singer's final days. American V dispels such concerns at the outset by transforming Help Me, a country tune by the criminally uncool Larry Gatlin, into a stunning confessional.
Electronic dance act Dress Code finds focus
Although local electronic dance act Dress Code performs occasionally in clubs and at events like Mid-Point Music Festival in Cincinnati, Derek "DJH" Holley thinks of his project more as a virtual band. As the term suggests, the Dayton-native's one-man electronic band has a much larger presence on the Internet. .
Mix picks: CD
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, "Dusk and Summer" (Vagrant Records) -- The latest album from Chris Carrabba's super-successful emo-rock outfit Dashboard Confessional continues the artist's emotional excursions into the world of young love -- with all its heightened yearnings and frequent sorrows. And if there are hints of U2-style production textures, as in the standout second track "Reason to Believe," well, U2 collaborator Daniel Lanois had a hand in the production, though Linkin Park producer Don Gilmore, who produced Dashboard's 2004 "Spider-Man 2" soundtrack hit "Vindicated," is responsible for most of it. .
IF YOU GO: more than personal
Slip on The Sun Awakens, the new recording by the indie folk-rock thrill seekers known as Six Organs of Admittance, and you may be as puzzled as anyone in describing what you hear. Despite its name, the album-opening Torn by Wolves seems inviting enough, with strains of sunny melodies and folkish rhythms. But by Bless Your Blood, the storm clouds gather and electric guitar, no pun intended, bleeds into the soundscape. By the time the 24-minute River of Transfiguration closes the record, you feel you're at a sĀance with a minimalist drone and distant choral passages as your primary guides. All of which might suggest that Ben Chasny -- or "Mr. Six Organs," as his record label calls him -- is one moody fellow. But in conversation, Chasny is as animated and quick-witted as his music is meditative -- that is, until you ask him to put a label on his music.
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