Track Listing: Soldiers (Falling For You), Lost Teeth, My Remote.

AnthroApologie’s demo disc includes only three tracks, which is not a lot to go on, but I launched into it fearlessly, with the knowledge that if it sucked, well, I’d only lost about twelve minutes of my life. While “sucky” is not really a word that comes to mind, neither is “impressive” or “awesome”, which is a word I use quite frequently. I think “mediocre” best sums it up.

They attempt to blend elements of contemporary rock music with more orchestral instruments. While the female vocals are neither screechy nor off-putting, there really isn’t anything distinctive or new here either. In the end, I think the comparisons from the band’s one sheet tries to draw between themselves and acts like Rasputina and Dresden Dolls is a bit generous.

For more information, check out their Myspace Page.

Track Listing: City in Silhouettes, Chalice (Live Demo), Jetlag Remix by Alfredo Ortiz, Postcards of Persuasion (Demo), Carwars, NYC Moves to the Sounds of LA.

Funeral Party’s energetic sound breathes a different mixture into this month’s reviews. While less mopey, Funeral Party definitely looks inward enough to call themselves introspective. This EP is definitely pop influenced, which adds to their mass appeal. Bass heavy tracks like “Carwars” are likely to be heard on dance floors all over as something to keep your booty shaking and your toes tapping. I look forward to hearing more from this band in the coming months as they continue to tour and record.

For more information, check out their Myspace Page.

Track Listing: Bela Emerson & Philippe Petit - Untitled (3:22) / Vocals - Randall Frazier
Aidan Baker & Philippe Petit - Untitled (4:34)
Chapter 24 (2) & Philippe Petit - Untitled (2:37)
Cosey Fanni Tutti & Philippe Petit - Untitled (3:14)
Simon Fisher Turner & Philippe Petit - Untitled (5:18)
Klangwart & Philippe Petit - Untitled (5:59)
Douglas Benford & Philippe Petit - Untitled (3:44)
Damage & Philippe Petit - Untitled (4:48)
Markovo & Philippe Petit - Untitled (2:44)
Kumo & Philippe Petit - Untitled (3:48)
Eugene S. Robinson* & Philippe Petit - Untitled (4:05)
Severin 24 & Philippe Petit - Untitled (4:09) / Vocals - Kathy Compton
Jason Forrest & Philippe Petit - Untitled (5:12)
Lydia Lunch & Philippe Petit - Untitled (5:34)
Jean-Hervé Peron & Philippe Petit - Untitled (6:01)
Justin K. Broadrick* & Philippe Petit - Untitled (3:53)
Strings Of Consciousness - Hervé Vincenti & Philippe Petit - Untitled (5:01)
Sybarite & Philippe Petit - Untitled (5:45).

Reciprocess +/Vs is experimental. I’m not really sure how else you could describe such a thing. It is electronic at times, but very organic at others. Many of the tracks on this album wouldn’t even qualify as songs per se, as much as noise collage and yet it has a soothing quality. All that being said, Petit has rounded up quite a selection of talent for this album and has made it anything but boring, although certainly dreamy at times.

For more information, check out his Myspace Page.

Track Listing: The Diabolical Devil Dolls, Boris Karloff, Interview With a Glampire, Corn Huskin‘ Man, Magdalania – The Angel, High Fashioned Elf, Rocking In The Land of the Rising Sun, Milfin‘, Rainbows N‘ Razorblades, The Trip, The Ballad of Boxcar Bertha, David, Nectar Babe, Will She Respect Me In The Morning?, Unholy Love.

Kitch, kitch, and a little more kitch. That’s the formula for The Barbarellatones and it’s pretty clear from start to finish. If you are looking for intelligent, witty, tongue-in-cheek humor, look somewhere else. Interview with a Glampire tries to be clever, but fails. Particularly bad is the seventh song, “Rocking In The Land of the Rising Sun”, which seems to at moments list all the words the band knows in Japanese without any regard for their context or meaning. The bands almost, but not quite psychobilly style has small appeal until you listen to the words of the songs – then it all goes downhill. There’s not much to love about this album unless you’ve retained a stunted and sophomoric sense of humour, or maybe are 13.

For more information, check out their Myspace Page.