KONGOS - Lunatic

 - Vancouver, British Columbia - I was rather delighted to go through my inbox and find that I had been contacted by Tokoloshe Records, the independent label founded by KONGOS and their father John Kongos, with the request to review KONGOS’ new album, Lunatic. The four brothers (Johnny, Jesse, Danny, and Dylan) had already released the album in South Africa where it has really taken off, but KONGOS' worldwide release is later this month. I was excited to get the opportunity to review something fresh, but there was a bit of trepidation, as if I thought the album blew, I would write as much. And no one likes being the bearer of bad news.

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A Perfect Circle - eMOTIVe

 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Let's take a trip back to 2004. A friend of mine lent me this album thinking I might enjoy it. I had heard of A Perfect Circle and may have even heard a few of their songs and truth was I had very little interest in them. Not to mention that my friend and I didn't see eye to eye on music very often. He was often into pop-rock while I had just started writing music reviews (poorly) and was discovering that my musical interest was much broader in scope than his. Not that there is anything wrong with what he likes, it just was a direction that I found myself steering away from at the time. At the same time he lent me a Papa Roach album which I hated so much, but I digress.

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