June Music Reviews
Three5Human
Three5Human: A Swig from the Acid Bottle
Mix the vocal prowess of the Four Non Blondes' Linda Perry with Alice in Chains-esque harmonies exploding over straight up, and highly effective rock beats with a hint of industrial heaviness, and you get Three5Human.
Despite the fact that throughout history white folk have attempted to steal practically every musical genre away from African Americans to pawn it off as their own, Three5Human prove without a doubt that an African American consciousness can produce just as rampant, if not stronger, rock material than any contemporary Caucasian band I’ve heard in the last ten years.
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The Explicits
The Explicits: Project 4 A.M.
There’s no two ways about it: this is punk. For a band that’s been together for less than a year, I’m blown away by the chemistry that the members of The Explicits exude on their debut demo.
But for any Canadian band that has toured the States, I’m sure you’d agree there is just something different in the water. Last summer, when my band hit the road, the talent we saw from teenaged US bands proved over and over again to be superior to that which is produced by Canadian bands in the same age bracket. Read More & Listen