Album Reivew: LaZae "Self help--EP"

3/6
I picked this up from my girlfriend who lives in LA. Not bad. Not bad at all.

LaZae has ariculate and  throaty  vocals with  a pop-rock sound. Combining lyered gutarwork with  minimal drumwork and the occasional keyboard, LaZe  keeps things interesting, but consistent.
Brave lyrics jam along side rugged, not always polished  guitar work. LaZae is leagues ahead of her instrumentalists. The guitar work has a lot of heart, but sometimes doesn' always match up with the vocals and sometimes collides head on with the other guitars, or with the keyboard work.
Her voice is solid, but she needs to simplify the music itself.   While I am a sucker for well done layering its something that requires a delicacy that isn't here.

Album Review: The Browncoat Mixtape (Adam WarRock & Milka kHill)

Have a soft spot for nerdcore, and a soft spot for Joss Wedon’s Firefly. When I got wind of an album that combined the two I was quite piqued.

Considering how very amateur the creators of these albums are I was relatively impressed. Adam WarRock brings a slower variation of nerdcore combined with samples form Firefly’s unique soundtrack. (Firefly’s sound combines an Asian fusion influence with an old west sound) While I tend to prefer harder, faster nerdcore I can appreciate a good fan tribute and I can appreciate the technical talent that WarRock has. I also enjoy the use of samples from the firefly soundtrack.

That being said, something about it didn’t really grab. It is almost too articulate in places and too polished. I would suggest that WarRock sharpen the edges and really reach for that passionate primal element that peeks through in “Independents.” As a Nerd I understand the amount of passion that goes into loving a show, and no show has a fanbase like Firefly. I find WarRock tends toward being a little more laid back, while I don’t mind that, I find it does not do firefly justice.

I look forward to listening to more of his music. I love nerdy music.