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LA-bred Switchfoot’s ninth offering
could be hailed as the “return of surfrock.” The band’s new album Fading West
is being released alongside a documentary
of the same name, which is part surf film,
part rock documentary, and part travelogue from their 2012 world tour, where
the songs for this LP were birthed. Still
present are the positive, life-challenging,
spiritually-driven lyrics that have afforded
the band crossover success between mainstream and Christian Rock charts. Along
with that are more catchy guitar hooks and
Jon Foreman’s recognizable raspy vocals
that scream with passion on rockers like
“Say It Like You Mean It” and comfort
with authenticity on slower tunes like
“The World You Want” and “Back to the
Beginning Again.” This album is less
aggressive rock than previous effort Vice
Verses was though, instead going the route
of more sweeping chorus-driven anthems
like “Love Alone is Worth the Fight” and
“When We Come Alive,” which prove to
be just as compelling.
– Carter Moss
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
Music From The X-Files
(BSX)
Next to the theme from "The Twilight
Zone," the opening motif for "The X-Files"
may be the spookiest piece of TV music
ever penned. That haunting melody recurs
throughout this 19-track tribute, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the show's
debut through inventive adaptations of
works by the program's prolific composer,
Mark Snow.
An eerie instrumental suite from the
episode "This Is Not Happening," performed by synthesizer savant Dominik
Hauser, is a highlight, as are the halfdozen cues from the show's two spin-off
flicks. Augmented by illuminative liner
notes from film-music maven Randall D.
Larson, the recording is a fascinating and
altogether fitting homage to this often
macabre yet always memorable adventure.
-- Jeff Berkwits
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ALCEST
Shelter
(Prophecy)
Despite some of the initial sonic trappings, Alcest quickly evolved from an
experimental black metal outfit to a pioneering, transcendental blackgaze band,
laying the groundwork that would allow
bands like An Autumn For Crippled
Children and Deafheaven to prosper.
(Corpsepainters never considered Alcest
kvlt anyways). With Shelter, the last remnants of metallic influence have been obliterated by crystalline guitars and billowing
atmospherics. Hell, even Neil Halstead
(Slowdive/Mojave 3) sings on one track.
First single “Opale” is heartbreakingly
beautiful, the celestial crush of soaring
melodies and hushed vocals shimmer in a
brilliant kaleidoscope. With restraint and
glowering power, “Deliverance” closes the
album with an epic whisper, a slow-burn-
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JOHNNY WINTER
True To The Blues:
The Johnny Winter Story
(Legacy)
He may be turning 70 later this month,
but Johnny Winter is still the undisputed
leader of the electricity-doused rock n’
blues scene. Countless cases in point come
from this much deserved four CD box set
from the Texas guitarist/singer/producer,
which complies highlights from no less
than 27 albums on multiple labels spanning 1968-2011. Throw it all together and
that’s 56 tunes chronicling the original guitar slinger’s own snarling sounds, alongside a feast of jaw-dropping collaborations
with fellow masters from multiple generations (including frequent collaborator
Muddy Waters, Vince Gill and Derek
Trucks to name a few). Collectors can take
additional stock in a few previously [