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OFFICIAL: http://www.slowburningcar.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SlowBurningCar/ Written by Laura Dodero, posted by blog admin Hailing from Los Angeles, CA; Slow Burning Car are a quirky quartet that mesh various different hard rock influences into an album that delivers an experience that’s best heard as an uninterrupted whole.   The band’s fourth disc Defection may start off textbook enough with “Alpha Duplicor’s” teeth-gnashing, hard rock guitar riffs, angst-ridden yet melodic vocals and throbbing percussion that’s a storm of snare/tom fill transitions but Slow Burning Car switches style on a dime and never lingers on the same musical turf for too long.   A smorgasbord of sound awaits the listener at Defection’s every corner turn.   Whirling dervish guitar leads, crisp punk riffing, steadfast drumming and smooth vocal melodies/harmonies are “Soul Crimes’” bread n’ butter from the first note to the last.   They toy with this basi...

OFFICIAL: http://dustofdays.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dustofdays/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/dustofdays Written by Daniel Boyer, posted by blog admin Dust of Days’ second full length studio album, Analog Mind Bender, greatly expands on the possibilities hinted at on their debut release, Thomas & Grace, and its EP successor Ethers and Embers. Frank Lettieri Jr.’s songwriting, already quite solid, has been deepened by his response to personal tragedy and the new territory he’s pushed himself into has an obviously inspiring effect on his band mates, particularly guitarists Jim McGee and Mike Virok, and results in their most memorable work yet as a band. Bassist Scott Silvester rounds out the lineup and he forms a mammoth rhythm section with Lettirei’s drumming. The alt rock muscle they flex on this release is cast in the best possible light by warm, visceral production that keeps the music in your face throughout the entirety of the release, but know...

Photography: Neil Zlozower FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Swirltheband/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Swirltheband OFFICIAL HOME PAGE: http://www.swirltheband.com/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=6_RhbgL5Cv0 Swirl’s recent video for their single “Rise Up” highlights all of the qualities that brought the band to the attention of Ditch Day’s producers. The popular movie highlights three songs from the Southern California four piece and represents some of their biggest exposure yet. It follows on the heels of their self-titled release and the songs selected for inclusion on the film soundtrack represent the quality of that release quite well. The band consists of lead singer Alfred Ramirez, guitarist Duane “DT” Jones”, bassist Shane Carlson, and drummer Brian “Bam Bam” Jones. Their vivid and muscular hard rock veers into outright metal at certain points, but Swirl never goes in for the mindless bash and thud sound so common to lesser bands in t...