Month: September 2010

Louis Lingg and the Bombs: Long live the anarchist revolutionairies!

With a long name and 27 rockin tracks, Louis Lingg and the Bombs certainly makes their statement heard. Louis Lingg and the Bombs is a French punk rock band that will make The Sex Pistols and other 70s style punk rockers beam proud. Long Live the Anarchist Revolutionairies! is the band's first full feature album. It compiles 27 upbeat, rockin' tracks that time warps listeners back into the height of punk rock music. The album is a fun way to spend a great Saturday evening, partying with friends.

Karoshi Factory

Looking for a quick, simple game that's fun to play? Karoshi Factory is one game that fits that exact description. This is one of several Karoshi games developed by indie game developer, Jesse Venbrux. Karoshi Factory is a basic game that's filled with humor. However, don't be fooled by its simplicity. The game is pretty much challenging and will definitely keep you on your game toes as you go through all 25+ levels.

Mudskills: Mudskills

Rock alternative indie rock that comes in fast and hard. Apart from a short bio and the name of its band members, information about this band is a bit elusive. Essentially, Mudskills is made of Eleonora Rocca on vocals and guitar; Mirko Deiana on guitar; Marcello Pabiri on drums and Allessio on bass. On certain instances, they are joined together by Andrea Puddu on drums and Emanuele Orru on bass. Mudskills is a hard rock act that showcases plenty of grunge influence. Although it's not entirely a gem, the album does hold some noteworthy tracks that any grunge lover would enjoy. It's worth checking out if you have a taste for loud rocking tracks.

Paparazzi!

Looking for an effective utility that can help you take a screenshot of a huge page? Getting Paparazzi! could be the right solution. This small utility, created for mac, helps you take screenshots of pages that are simply too big for your screen. It allows you to indicate the right dimensions you want and then shows you a preview of what it's going to look like. You can then save the image in the proper format depending on your preference. Use this simple tool to help you get the best screenshot of any webpage for whatever purpose.

Screenatorium: Blue Morning EP

Acoustic downtempo beats that makes you wish trip hop reigns supreme once again. Screenatorium is like the long lost trip hop band that should have come out of the 90s; back when it was still the heyday of trip hop music. Not to say that their style is outdated, but it certainly brings back a lot of 90s trippy bands to mind. Screenatorium is a French band primarily headed by composer and musician Djeh. He enlists the help of Nawelle Saidi and Nelly Burn on vocals as well as Niet who serves as official graphist. Their mellow music definitely sparks interest and is perfect for a relaxing afternoon filled with mood music.

Crayon Physics

To really enjoy gaming, you don't really need absolutely awesome 3D graphics. In fact, even a simple crayon drawing can make for a very interesting and addicting game. Crayon Physics is a mind bending puzzle game that will definitely get you hooked and often scratching your head on what to do next. Don't be fooled by the super simple graphics since the game can easily get complicated and difficult in no time. It's a fun game to try out especially if you love a good challenge.

Part Rocket: Sparks and Beams

The closest to an instrumental "summer pop" record you will ever get. Part Rocket makes you wish it was summer all the time. Sparks and Beams is a four track EP that creates the perfect compliment to beautiful summer days at the beach and those interesting summer nights. Comprised of a lot of band members, Part Rocket has had rave reviews for their work, including being described by Quench Magazine as "impressively diverse... combines industrial, emo and prog influences to great effect, creating something entirely of their own."

CC Publisher

If you are a bedroom musician, indie film maker, game developer or a graphics artist, you might want to add a creative commons license to your work to help protect against copyright infringement. Cc Publisher is a great little software developed by creative commons to help make licensing your work so much easier. The program is easy to use and runs on a variety of systems including Linux, Mac and of course, Windows.

Lumina

Tracking your time is made much easier if you use Lumina. The program is a very handy tool created especially for Mac users. Lumina, formerly called iClockr, is a straightforward program that helps you keep track of all your projects and how much time you spend on them. It helps you organize and know just exactly how much time you've spent on a particular task. If in case you are busy and like keeping all your work organized or simply love being productive by dividing your time, then Lumina would be a very helpful program.