Album Drops Nov 11th 2008
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Remember those old dance shoes you used to break out every weekend, when Friday nights meant rocking out to the latest hard-hitting guitar riffs, and Saturday nights meant giving in to the pulsing electro-beats of the world’s most renowned DJ’s? Well you might want to scrounge around in your clos  |
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On 8TH September, UNKLE will release 'Remix Stories (Volume One)' - released as a 12" and digitally, exclusively via Beatport for the first four weeks after the release. The 12" features four previously unreleased remixes of tracks taken from the last two albums ('War Stories' and the recent | Offers Up Another Free Track From Your Anchor
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Last month, Menomena’s Danny Seim released the eight (or ninth?) full-length under his solo moniker, Lackthereof. Your Anchor, delivered July 22nd via Barsuk Records, has been landing praise left and right since its release. Check out a ton of quotes below. Danny recently contributed a trip |
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Orange County, CA comedy-punk vets The Vandals recently released BBC 1 Sessions and Other Polished Turds, a digital-only collection of rarities from the annals of Vandals history and BBC 1’s Lock-Up Sessions with Mike Davis. The album boasts some of the best from those sessions, featuring hilario | A brand new album!!
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Koufax is set to release its latest full-length album Strugglers on September 23 via Doghouse Records. The brainchild of Robert Suchan and his ever-rotating cast of players, Koufax has received acclaim for its unique incorporation of genres from decades past along with witty and insightful lyrics |
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BRIAN WILSON RETURNS TO CAPITOL RECORDS / EMI, HIS ORIGINAL LABEL HOME
NEW STUDIO ALBUM, 'THAT LUCKY OLD SUN,' TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2 ON CD, DELUXE CD/DVD & DIGITALLY; LIMITED EDITION VINYL LP TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 19
"You don't have to climb the Capitol tower, or play the Hollywood Bowl, |
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Straylight Run
To Release 3 Song EP
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STRAYLIGHT RUN TAKES TO THE ROAD IN SUPPORT OF UPCOMING RELEASE |
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Envy on the Coast are returning to the UK in September for a full UK tour with Underoath after a successful stint in May performing at Give it a Name and supporting Finch. The band will also be releasing their debut full-length album ‘Lucy Gray’ on 22nd September through Verse One/Photo Fini | and Nic Harcourt, Releases EP in US
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UK sensation Merz, aka Conrad Lambert is crossing the pond for US dates with Josh Rouse next month. Merz will kick off his US run with two nights at Joe’s Pub in New York on September 17th, and will continue to Philly, Chicago, LA, and San Francisco (see below for full list of dates).
Merz | Facebook, MySpace and Bebo users compete for the ultimate King Of Pop prize
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To promote his forthcoming King of Pop album, released on August 25th, Michael Jackson is launching the first ever gaming contest to run across all of the three major social network sites. Users who add the application on MySpace, Bebo or Facebook from August 22nd can compete with their friends |
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Metallica have officially announced that they will be playing the 02 World in Berlin and 02 Arena in London on September 12th and 15th 2008 respectively. The shows are only available to the band’s fan club members, and those people who subscribe to MISSION: METALLICA Tickets are £5 and a |
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Politically astute, culturally diverse rock troupe DORP release their debut album 'Humans Being' on Sept 15th via Caned & Able Records.
The record's front cover has proved to be an interesting artistic endeavor, and not for any reason you might guess.
Designed by Dorp's own frontman, Sou |
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ThisCity-UK Tour
Following adventures on the recent Rival Schools tour, Brighton artcore five-piece ThisCity ready themselves for the release of single ‘We Move’ and Headline Tour of the UK
September 22nd sees Brighton’s fast rising five piece ThisCity release their latest ltd edition sing |
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Matt Wertz is from Liberty, Missouri, but has called Nashville, Tennessee, home for the last seven years. It seems fitting that he would be writing his own biography on the cusp of his first major label release, just as he did eight years ago before releasing his first independent album. Th |
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In preparation for the release of their ferocious third full-length, Awaken The Dreamers, Oakland metalmeisters All Shall Perish have launched an interactive mobile fan club to support the legion of Dreamers eagerly awaiting the album’s release. By joining, fans get special content only availab |
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During their last US tour, Los Angeles residents were able to catch the Kooks busking in the streets for Sidewalk Sets. Now, New York fans of UK wunderkinds The Kooks will have the opportunity to win a seat on a very special rock and roll tour of New York, and be witness to some outdo |
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Hinder have unveiled a new widget that will be featuring a new video interview each week till the release of their next album, Take it to the Limit on November 4th. So far, the widget includes 3 interview clips that feature Austin Winkler (vocals) and Cody Hanson (drums) their manager Kevin "Chief&quo |
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Hamlet 2, the smash hit of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, opens this Friday, August 22nd in select cities throughout the US, with a nationwide release scheduled for Wednesday, August 27th. In the irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high school drama teacher (Steve Coogan of Trop | My birthday!
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By condensing a palate of swirling and innovative guitar voyages and a sweat-soaked baroque punk ethos that loses itself in carpet-crawling majesty, Gringo Star has emerged as Atlanta’s favorite rock and roll sons. Brothers Nick and Pete Furgiuele, along with Pete DeLorenzo and Matt McCalvin ha |
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It's been quite the year for electro-pop pioneers, The Presets. Julian Hamilton (vox/keys) and Kim Moyes (drums/programming) have dominated charts and airwaves the world over with the definitive dance record of the summer, their sophomore album Apocalypso.
In their native Australia, The Prese |
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Less than a week until the deadline for submissions for The Chemical Brothers' video project. Photographs and short videos that are chosen from the entries will be edited together as a video for "Midnight Madness". The edit is due out on September 1st, with Brotherhood releasing September 2nd.
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With the release of their highly anticipated debut album edging ever nearer, up and coming Oxford indie types This Town Needs Guns are hitting the road through September and October, bringing their set of animal entitled songs with them.
The album, cleverly entitled 'Animals', is made up of 13 n |
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