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First things first - a radio edit of our new single is being uploaded onto our myspace site (http://emr.emi.com/go.asp?/bEMU001/mUZ76UB/q38P6UB/u9IJLRX1/xGQQXUB) as we speak. Hope you like it, especially after hearing the numerous live versions on youtube.
Our technical people are close to finishing a new site for us which we're hoping to launch late next week. We'll send another mail to let you know when it goes live.
... | BRIDGE NINE RECORDS SIGNS POLAR BEAR CLUB 
After much rumor-spreading and speculation (that turned out to be true), Bridge Nine Records and Polar Bear Club are proud to announce that the upstate New York band has officially joined Bridge Nine's ever-growing roster. Label owner Chris Wrenn said, "We couldn't be more excited to add Polar Bear Club to the family. This was one of the best and easiest decisions we've made and it's a great way to start off 2009. Not only are they />... | ALL-STAR JAM FOLLOWING KEEL’S PERFORMANCE FEATURING MANY LEGENDS OF 80’S ROCK 
The KEEL “Debut Reunion Concert” will take place inHollywood on Saturday, January 31st. The location for this historic event will be Club Vodka at The Knitting Factory. Tickets $18 advance, $20 day of show – to purchase tickets, visit CLUB VODKA (http://clubvodka.com), CLUB VODKA at The Knitting Factory, 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90028 – venue phone: 323.463.0204
2009 will mark iconic metal band />... |
Fearless Records would like to welcome A Skylit Drive to the Fearless Records family!
Here is what vocalist Michael Jagmin had to say:
"We are very excited to sign to Fearless Records and to have the opportunity to record with Casey Bates. We are ready to work hard in 2009 and are ready to record a new album and get back on the road"
Check them out here: http://www.myspace.com/askylitdrive />... |
Lakeshore Records soundtrack features exclusive, new music and remixes from The Cure, Puscifer, AFI, Perry Farrell, Deftones, Alkaline Trio, Thrice, William Control, Blaqk Audio, and many more.
With exclusive remixes by Danny Lohner (aka Renholder), Wes Borland, Junior Sanchez, VNV Nation, Joshua Eustis (Telfon Tel Aviv), and The Legion of Doom
(January 06, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) - Lakeshore Records will />... |
Los Angeles pop-rock duo Oh No Not Stereo are taking their high-energy live show back to the United Kingdom, where they will be opening for The All-American Rejects this time around. The group recently returned from the UK in December, when they were part of the Bayside/Hit The Lights tour.
Oh No Not Stereo are releasing their second full-length record, “003,” digitally on January 13th, and physically on March 10th. The />... | Shrinebuilder's self-titled, debut full-length, is set for a summer 2009 release on Neurot Recordings. 
Shrinebuilder is a project that features, in equal measure, Wino (St, Vitus, Hidden Hand), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Al Cisneros (Om, Sleep), and Dale Crover (Melvins). The band will be in the studio with Toshi Kasai (Big Business) in Los Angeles beginning today, January 9th through this Sunday, January 11th.
Scott Kelly has announced that he will report live from the studio via www.weburnthroughthenight.blog spot.com />... | Uk Tour also announced 
With his dark glasses and tattoos, Mike Bones looks like an unlikely world-weary troubadour. 2009 will see the release of his debut UK single, ‘What I Have Left’ (Jan 26th) and solo album, ‘A Fool For Everyone’ (Feb 16th) via Vice Records.
As you might expect for an artist influenced by latter era Dylan, Cohen and Reed, this 28 year old New Jersey native (based in New York) sounds old beyond his years. Having put his />... | out March 17th on Constellation! 
Shalabi harnesses the energy of having so many people in one place to create a chop-heavy sound in the tradition of Amon Düül's Psychedelic Underground epics, spanning psych, Middle Eastern, and North African influences. - Pitchforkmedia.com
Sam Shalabi is a musician and composer who has been creating and playing music in Montréal for the better part of 20 years. Unconstrained by genre, Sam’s musical history spans rock, />... | ....out February 24th 
Harnessing the accordion, cello, violin and viola, the band transforms the sounds of today's metropolises into that of a picturesque turn-of-the-century European provincial town. - CMJ.com
La Strada offers up the best of the New York indie scene: interesting music made by talented people who have a point of view and a love for what they do. -The Huffington Post
One of the most promising bands in the city. />... |
With a hugely successful 2008, LESS THAN JAKE have announced the dates for their Spring 2009 tour. In support of their critically-acclaimed latest album GNV FLA and its recently released Deluxe 7-inch Box Set (both on Sleep It Off Records), the ska/punk/pop pioneers will be sharing the stage with The Expendables.
Less Than Jake had a great 2008 with press dousing positive praise on both their new album GNV FLA />... |
Anyone who was fortunate enough to discover Deer Tick’s cover of Sean Kingston’s pop megahit “Beautiful Girls” last year knows the band’s talent for pulling off a great cover.
Deer Tick was a bit late in getting its holiday note out this year, but given its hectic schedule you can’t really fault them. Bandleader John J. McCauley III sent out a holiday note to fans this morning, which includes a lovely cover of Paul />... |
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| | | 22nd December 2008 ![Kings of Leon @ Wembley Arena [LIVE]](http://hangout.altsounds.com/geek/gars/images/2/kollive.jpg "Kings of Leon @ Wembley Arena [LIVE]")
‘Say, fellow Kings of Leon gig-goer, have you heard of a smash hit single from the Followill fam’ called... what was it now?... Sexy Fire? Sex for Fire? Sex on Fire - that's it. I am sure that you have, and it’s pretty much the only reason I bought a ticket for this last night of the band’s “Only By The Night” tour. Despite the fact that the Kings powered through 23 super-charged tunes, the majority of which were back catalogue, I only paid proper attention when this number one started up, and proceeded to crush everyone else’s feet and drown the rest of the crowd in my abandoned beer just so I could get myself right down the front to watch a singer scream the word “sex” in the actual chorus of a song. For the next half of the set I wrapped my arms around my miserable-looking />... ![Kings of Leon @ Wembley Arena [LIVE] Author rating: 90%](images/rating/gars_9.gif "Kings of Leon @ Wembley Arena [LIVE] Author rating: 90%") ![10 People are talking about Kings of Leon @ Wembley Arena [LIVE]. Come voice your opinion!](http://hangout.altsounds.com/comment.gif "10 People are talking about Kings of Leon @ Wembley Arena [LIVE]. Come voice your opinion!") | Unsigned ![Stereo By The Shore - the Soundtrack To My Life [EP]](http://hangout.altsounds.com/geek/gars/images/3/5/6/9/untitled.jpg "Stereo By The Shore - the Soundtrack To My Life [EP]")
In normal circumstances, I generally find pop-punk to be the most overused and unimaginative genres of modern popular music. Unfortunately for Porthcawl’s ‘Stereo By The Shore’, these are very normal circumstances. It’s difficult to know what to say about this record without it sounding like a review for one of the million other Blink-182 rip off bands from the last 10 years.
It’s not that ‘The Soundtrack To My Life’ is a bad record; far from it in fact – it ticks all of the right boxes, e.g., catchy choruses, upbeat, carefree vibes, simple structures, simple rhythms, token American forced accents... but this is all part of the problem. The world just doesn’t need another band that closely imitates the hard work of countless other previous acts and passes it off as their own. The band />... ![Stereo By The Shore - the Soundtrack To My Life [EP] Author rating: 64%](images/rating/gars_6.gif "Stereo By The Shore - the Soundtrack To My Life [EP] Author rating: 64%") | Armellodie Records - Out 12th January 
I've been trying to think of the things that I can do in 1 minute 42 seconds and to be honest I can't think of anything meaningful that I can do in that time (no dirty jokes please!). Cuddly Shark; on the other hand, can unleash something as immediate and unrelenting as 'Woody Woodpecker' even throwing the first 30 seconds away as an intro, very ballsy indeed. Colin Reid's vocal ripping into someone who clearly has grated his nut-sack once to often "Fuck sake, not much more can I take" about sums up his frustration as 'Woody Woodpecker' barks the tale of that annoying person who has been placed in the world with the sole purpose of grinding your gears. This doesn't out stay it's welcome and I don't think it ever could, undoubtedly going to be received gloriously live with it's rousing />...  | Warner Bros 
If you weren’t aware, Linkin Park has a fan club called the LP Underground. This release is, as far as I’m aware, for club members only and features various unreleased tracks. "Songs From The Underground" starts off with a nice intro track that builds and leaves you wanting more, ending with Chester screaming in the background, sounding more like a Swedish hardcore singer than a new metal warbler. Sadly, the next track doesn’t really compare, blaring out in true mediocre fashion, with a garishly horrible new metal riff and a chorus that wants to be something it will never be, like Jodie Marsh thinking that she could ever be attractive.
This sets the tone for the rest of the tracks, varying between average new metal toss and moments of brilliance. I can see why this is a gift to club />...  | Warner Bros ![Linkin Park - Road To Revolution [CD/DVD]](http://hangout.altsounds.com/geek/gars/images/3/5/5/7/linkin_park_road.jpg "Linkin Park - Road To Revolution [CD/DVD]")
'Road to Revolution' is yet another addition to the Linkin Park catalogue. It’s amazing how many releases Linkin Park have actually had, compared to the amount of material they have written. If there were an award for the most successful exploitation of material, then Linkin Park would get it. 'Minutes to Midnight' was the 3rd original album from the sextet but in that time they have released 'Re-animated', which is a remix of their first album, 'Hybrid Theory', 'Live in Texas' and 'Collision Course', which is a collaboration with rapper Jay Z. So now with the addition of 'Road to Revolution', Linkin Park have successfully released 7 albums off of the back of 3 albums worth of material. This may be slightly lazy of Linkin Park, but it’s worked and they have become very successful off the />... | RMR Music Group ![Fallbrooke - Fallbrooke [Album]](http://hangout.altsounds.com/geek/gars/images/3/9/9/7/2fallbrooke.jpg "Fallbrooke - Fallbrooke [Album]")
Fallbrooke hail from Miami and maybe it's just me and my limited memory but I can't thing of any decent bands from Miami. I'm sure it's just me?!?! Anyway Miami it is and all I know about Miami is what Will Smith told us in his song about the City; Mickey Mouse has a home there, and apparently they allow you to go topless on the beach which is good for me because I hate wearing t-shirts when it's roasting out. So I guess what I'm getting at is that I have no idea if Fallbrooke are archetypal of the Miami music scene or if they are gleaning their sound from someone else somewhere else... no idea folks.
However, they've done enough to be signed by RMR, whose founder member brought us No Doubt and Bush and they've both done alright for themselves you could say. And Fallbrooke's self-titled />... | Self-Released ![Honey Pine Dresser - Island Gardens [EP]](http://hangout.altsounds.com/geek/gars/images/2/island.jpg "Honey Pine Dresser - Island Gardens [EP]")
There has recently been an influx of electro dance music hitting the UK. Whether it is old bands making a decision to curve-ball and change direction by investing in a shiny new Moog, or new bands boarding the 'serious new-rave' wagon, there’s something irritating about the scene. Not only is it annoying, but suddenly there’s a fashion for long-retired bands to decide they wish to return to work and tour stadiums a la Take That and Boyzone. So, when a new CD arrives to review there’s always a touch of cynicism. Is this CD going to sound like the mountain of promos I already have in the corner of my room, or is it going to be one of those rare and nice surprises? In this case it is the latter.
The currently unsigned Honey Pine Dresser, fronted by Quebecian Marie-Pascale Hardy, formed />... ![Honey Pine Dresser - Island Gardens [EP] Author rating: 79%](images/rating/gars_8.gif "Honey Pine Dresser - Island Gardens [EP] Author rating: 79%") | Co-operative Music ![The Dandy Warhols - Mis Amigos [Single]](http://hangout.altsounds.com/geek/gars/images/4/0/3/0/dandies.jpg "The Dandy Warhols - Mis Amigos [Single]")
The Dandy Warhols have produced some very good musical moments over the course of their rather colourful career, many of which came together to produce very good albums. Sadly, such collective greatness has long since disappeared. Their last two albums have been bloated affairs, rather self-indulgent and turgid overall, but there were still glimpses of what they were capable of; ‘Mis Amigos’ is almost one of them.
‘Mis Amigos’ is their latest single from self-released sixth album, ‘Earth To The Dandy Warhols’, and it sees The Dandy Warhols make a welcome return to their pop past, if slightly less doleful than previous efforts. Indeed ,‘Mis Amigos’ has never seen The Dandy Warhols so bouncy and chipper. It has mariachi trumpets, steel drums, Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s most interested />... |
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Studio Monitors are the heart of any studio. Be it a project studio or the top end studios found across the world, the single most important item in that studio is the studio monitor possbily second [maybe] to the microphone cabinet. As such, it is highly important that the right choice is made with regards to what to purchase for your studio. M-Audio have just released the BX8a Studiophile... | Overdrive/Distortion Pedal in One Box 
The Marshall Jackhammer JH-1 is built in a tough roadworthy light gray enclosure which is shared across the whole Marshall line of stomp-boxes. It has 1/4 inch input and output sockets, on/off switch with LED indicating "On" position. There are controls for "Mode", "Gain", "Volume", "Treble", "Bass", "Contour" and "Contour Frequency". The Marshall Jackhammer JH-1 can be powered via a 9 volt... | The latest version of the industry-standard DI box with speaker simulation. 
Features
The unit is a red box the size of a regular guitar pedal or a DI. It has a 1/4 inch "Line In" input and a 4x12 or "Combo" selector on one side. The other side is the "From Speaker Output" and "To Speaker Cabinet" 1/4 inch jacks. At the top there is a XLR Output which can power the unit via phantom power. If there is no phantom power the unit can also take power from any adapter from 6 to... |
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Rage Against the Machine defined their own genre. No band before them or since have ever managed to successfully implement heavy riff rock with angry, political statements rapped with such definition. It's hard not to like Rage Against the Machine. I will go as far as to say that to a point, Rage Against the Machine were the pioneers of riff based rock, showcasing that a guitar can be a lot more than just strumming chords and doing solos. The riffs could become hooks in their own right. />... |
When I first started in the music industry, I couldn't tell anyone what I did for a living without having a conversation about their favorite bands and what music they are currently in love with. As annoying as that should have been, it was never unwelcome. The whole reason I got into this industry was an addiction to the high of music discovery, and sharing that high with others led me to some of the best shows I've ever seen and the best bands I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Over />... | "We go to liquor stores almost every day, we want to keep doing that." 
Hollywood Undead is a new band coming out of, you guessed it, Hollywood. Donning masks and producing a rap/rock hybrid style, there is debate about whether or not this band should be taken seriously. Although topping the MySpace charts, there have been just as many critics questioning the artistic integrity of these young rockstar hopefuls. Even among their many fans, there seems to be disagreement regarding what this band is even about. Some think it's a big elaborate joke about the music />... | " We don’t have a special formula. We write our music how it comes." 
In the summer of 2005 Benni (drums) and André (guitar) decided to start a metal band with their friend Tino Hoffmann on vocals. They were soon joined by Steven on guitar, who had seen an ad posted by the band. The band was originally going to be called Metmachines, but this monicker was soon discarded. Soon after, Justin joined the band on bass, thus completing the line-up for the time being.
Since then Anima have picked up quite a fanbase within the metal community and continue to />... | More mystical preditions for a musical future 
Ok so you read Part 1 with great interest right? (if not then click on the link further down). Well now two more Altsounds editors offer up their 'Tips For 2009', which means 7 more great acts to help you wash away those post Christmas/New Year blues. Who knows what the coming year holds for this lot.....well Mark and Lina think they do actually - success in some form or another. Now it's important to remember that none of us are saying that any of these acts will top the charts, but we do />... | The Altsounds Concentrate | Sunday 21st December 2008 
Happy Holidays
My apartment is completely decked out in non-holiday-specific decor, Christmas Vacation is on the television, the gifts have been purchased and wrapped in non-holiday-specific paper and yet none of these things have warmed my heart quite like the Altsounds Best of 2008 list. I didn't vote or contribute to the list, so I'm as objective as I can be here - it's the best list you're gonna find.
It's the most honest.
It's the only list based />... | Take a peak into the future - where everything's fine in 2009 
Musically, compared to recent years, it could be argued that 2008 was a slightly disappointing year overall. Here at Altsounds, voting for the best albums of the year proved tricky for some for rather different reasons than usual, with many finding it hard to recall many truly memorable full lengths, rather than the usual problem of whittling down a lengthy list.
So let’s hope 2009 proves to be more fruitful, especially for debut acts, as we’re all about new music here at Altounds. />... | PART 1 - 50 to 21 
And so the wait is over all the votes have been counted and the results are in for Altsounds Top 50 Albums of 2008. It was meant to be just a Top 20 but seeing as we got a lot of mixed results and some intriguing little gems of albums popped-up, we decided to extend the Top 20 to a Top 50! Now you certainly won't all agree with the results I'm sure but we can't always keep everyone happy. Anyway here goes the Top 50 Albums of 2008 as voted for by the reviewing staff of Altsounds, enjoy.
... | "What is This, the hills?" 
"Seldom do band members rebound gracefully after their main musical effort falls apart, but Keith Goodwin (vocals/guitar) and Tim Arnold (drums/vocals), members of the once up-and-coming progressive rock band Days Away have managed to do just that, pulling a 180 with their sound to a great degree of success in their new acoustic folk project Good Old War. Rounding out the trio is Dan Schwartz (guitar/vocals) from the Americana tinged 6 piece band, Unlikely Cowboy.
After sifting />... |
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With all the bands that exist in the world you need to quickly realize as a band that you need to fully stand out from the crowd to make it. Now, this involves many things, but the most important of all is how your band sounds. How you sound is the backbone of your band and if you sound shit you... |
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