January 20, 2010

MySpace vs. Facebook

by Cosmo Lee Have you switched from MySpace to Facebook for music? Recently I spoke with a touring band who said that “MySpace is dying.” They said that their rate of new friend adds was plummeting, and that their fan action had moved to Facebook. This doesn’t necessarily mean that MySpace is dying. Although this...

Javelina - Beasts Among Sheep

Photo by Scott KinkadeReview by Casey Boland On its face, there is nothing remarkable about Javelina. You have four dudes hammering out drop-tuned Sabbath-inspired metal. One would be hard-pressed to read reviews that did not niche the band as “sludge,” “stoner,” and “thrash.” Javelina’s debut was more ferocious than most bands operating in the weed-slowed...