Reviews

Inertia Blooms: Cours, Camarade, Le Vieux Monde Est Derriere Toi EP

Self-described "heavy mellow" rockers impresses with three song EP. Inertia Blooms is a quartet made up of Mitch Travis on vocals, Tim Hartin on guitars, Adam Betts on drums and Chris Traverse on bass guitar and laptop. Cours, Camarade, Le Vieux Monde Est Derriere Toi (which translates to"Run, comrade, the old world is behind you") is the band's first EP. As cheesy as "heavy mellow" might sound, the description is appropriate and it clearly impresses. These three tracks are definitely worth listening to, over and over again.

Sleepmakeswaves and Tangled Thoughts of Leaving: Split LP

Quiet and surreal instrumental post rock from the land down under. With a quirky name like Sleepmakeswaves, you might think that the band plays shoegazer, indie rock. There's no denying that their music does bear a resemblance to this type of sound. The only difference is that they are on mute. Weaving metallic rock along with electronic textures, the band successfully creates a post rock instrumental opera. On the other hand, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving is a prominent prog-rock, jazz, noise band from Perth, Australia. Split LP is a result of the collaboration between these two bands; creating a sonic fusion of sound that can only be achieved when two different bands are in total, almost complete equilibrium with each other's sound.

Sticky Notes Shooter

If you are a big indie gaming freak, then you might have heard of Petri Purho and at least one of his really cool creations. The Finnish game developer is known for his exciting and experimental games. Games like Cut It and this one, Sticky Notes Shooter (Post I.T. Shooter) is simply a few that you might want to try out. In Sticky Notes Shooter, you fight off alien space invaders in the form of sticky notes. It's a fun and extremely visually creative game that you'd definitely enjoy playing.

Sayz Me

There are times when we simply want to listen to something as opposed to actually reading them. If you are an avid fan of text to speech programs or simply looking for one, then Sayz Me is one software you might want to try out. Reading through countless pages is much easier by simply copying and pasting the text onto Sayz Me and then listening to it. The program is very easy to use, provides a practical interface and best of all, absolutely free.

Umbrella Adventures: The Castle of Cake

If you are the type of gamer that thinks that game art is equally important as the game itself, then you would definitely enjoy Umbrella Adventures. The graphics is "100% handrawn" in a stylized black and white form. In the game, you travel all across the forest in search of the mystery behind the theft of more than 100 cakes. It's a game that provides not only a solid gameplay, but rich graphics and a cool soundtrack.

Kemuzik: Kemuzik One

Kemuzik One is a beautiful collection filled with tracks that are perfect for any type of listener out there. All of the songs are being offered for free by their respective artists and compiled into this 13- song collection by Przemek Bobins. The album is filled with quiet, folk indie tracks that seem to serve as a perfect background album for your moody Saturday afternoon. Bobins promises that this won't be the first and the last compilation, so while waiting for the upcoming good stuff; sink your teeth into this one for now.

WinDirStat

Freeing disk space is always a great way to speed up your PCs functions, but how do you figure out which program/file is hogging all your memory space? If you have been looking for an effective software to help you with this, WinDirStat is your best solution. WinDirStat is based on the Linux application KDirStat. Both programs offer you a visual display of your memory space and hard drive. It allows you to identify which programs take up too much space, consequently slowing down your PC. It also provides a clean up option if you want to fix the problem right away.

Andrew Lawrence Jackson: The Last Romantic

Andrew Lawrence Jackson’s "The Last Romantic" conveys quiet but subtly strong provocative emotions through the words and melody of each track. Not that Jackson has become predictable, but this album has all his usual overarching themes of life, love, and dreams. And then Jackson uses his own good vocals as a bonus element. The influence of the 80's electro beats is apparent in the album, as much as Jackson’s distinctive way of neatly expressing an otherwise messy pile up of thoughts and emotions in one’s over-analytical romantic head. Standouts in this album are “Your Dreams,” “Return To Love,” and “The Last Romantic” for its haunting melodies that linger in the air long after the song is over. That Jackson can put up a one-man show as singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist brings out the best in each track as he knows which instruments best highlight the subtle points of each song.

Panda-glGo

If you are fond of playing board games and want to try out something new, Panda-glGO might be the right game for you. Go is actually an ancient Japanese game which has a similar look and gameplay as Chinese checkers. The game was developed by Pandanet Inc. The graphics is a combination of 2D and 3D and it provides you with an option to play online against another player or simply play with your computer. If you prefer to play with the computer, you have the option to choose the engine strength to make sure you get enough of a challenge when playing.