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Having already released what is arguably one of the best debut albums of 2009 "These Four Walls," We Were Promised Jetpacks are ending the year with the release of Double A-Side 'It's Thunder And It's Lightning/Ships With Holes Will Sink,' two tracks that really open up what We Were Promised...

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We Were Promised Jetpacks - It's Thunder And It's Lightning [Single]
FatCat Records - Released 30th November

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 A beguiling one this little bunch as it's not really an album you could associate with a bunch of young'uns such as Kill It Kid as it really sounds like some kind of mid 70's cross between Fleetwood Mac, in all their Stevie Nicks glorious poppiness; The Smiths, with their Morrissey croonery, and a...

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Kill It Kid - Kill It Kid [Album]
One Little Indian - Out Now
Now I know that vinyl is pretty much irrelevant to today’s music-guzzlers, and isn’t as high-fidelity as trusty WAV or even MP3 files, blah blah, blah – but yes, I’m one of those people (considerably under the age of 45) who thinks there’s a bit of romance in getting a vinyl record. For a start,...

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Oh Minnows - Might [Vinyl EP]
Young & Lost Club
Of Fate and Chance made a name for themselves when they released “A Liars Monologue” in 2006. In 2009 they have released a new album, “An Atlas to Solutions.” These New Jersey natives have gained popularity because of their radio-ready sound and tight musicianship. Of Fate and Chance is a... Selkirk's Frightened Rabbit are an outfit who have been touring the indie circuit for a few years now, making the most of their friendship with fellow scots Biffy Clyro and their second album's widespread critical acclaim. Taken from their forthcoming album "The Winter of Mixed Drinks," 'Swim... Assuming that Paramore were out of the picture totally Sonic Boom Six could well take their place in the industry as female fronted rock bands that never seem to go un-missed. As it stands though there is already a better female fronted band of this exact ilk out there which might see Sonic Boom...
They do always say "never judge a book by it's cover" - and that is definitely the case with The A Train. A completely unexpected sound seemed to hum through the air as expectancies of death metal where to be soley shunted by tree melody forest pop. It's almost as if Fleet Foxes embedded... It's extremely rare that a band like Be Humour release a single with a B-side that is stronger on every level than it's A-side. Genuinely this is hard to believe, but then again after a few listens you can see what they are after. They need a pop template to get the followers in then they start...

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Be Humour - One More Drink [Single]
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Now here's a lady who likes keeping things simple and to the point. There's only one song on this EP that strays over three minutes - and that's a remix - so there's no waffle, no guitar solos and no grandstanding. There aren't many instruments on show either. Catriona (nice name) manages just...
This debut release from the Peterborough duo The Candle Thieves could either infectiously get your toes tapping - or painfully make your toes curl. One person’s heart-warming, is another’s stomach-churning. Cutesy song titles on this four track EP include ‘My Love Will Clap Its Hands For You’ and... Frank Turner's latest release has just recently been lauded by this very site and rightly so as it's a captivating album that serves to enhance the growing reputation of the troubadour-esque Turner. The single release of the same name 'Poetry Of The Deed' channels the spirit of Robert Smith and The...

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Frank Turner - Poetry Of The Deed [ Single]
Xtra Mile Recordings - Out Now

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 Right from the start let me say that this was a fantastic gig. On a rainy Tuesday night in North London, Ray Raposa and the rest of his band brought West Coast alternative to life. Alternative is hard to define, somewhere between garage rock and experimental country music, but that no way does...
Tune-Yards (or to be precise tUnE-yArDs) is the moniker of New England resident Merrill Garbus. Her debut album “Bird-Brains” is an astonishingly animated experimental pop record that is soothing and unsettling in equal measure. Opening track ‘For You’ starts as a lo-fi folk guitar-strum with... Calling your band ‘Girls’ suggests someone seeking anonymity (try putting that name in Google). Given the singer/lyricist escaped from a childhood spent with hippy cult The Children of God, this is quite believable. Along with calling your debut record ‘Album,’ suggests that the San Francisco duo...

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Girls - Album [Album]
True Panther Sounds / Matador
The best thing about going to festivals, is the excitement of discovering a new band or artist, who you had no intention of seeing or liking, and who end up completely blowing you away. Thus enter Leeds Festival 2009, the NME stage and the first time that this scribe had heard Mr. Frank Turner...
It seems to have been a great year for A Day to Remember with a headline tour followed by just recently a support slot with hardcore upstarts Bring Me The Horizon as they gained a legion of fans across the UK. My first experience with A Day To Remember was a cover of a Kelly Clarkson song and... "Domino Effect" is the second release from Ireland natives, The Blizzards. "Domino Effect" greatly differs from the first release from this sextet "A Public Display of Affection." Many fans were disappointed by this album and have their arguments to back it up. Even though "Domino Effect" was... Deadstring Brothers are an American 6-piece band from Detroit, MI that plays a bluesy brand of Alt-Country. They have released 4 albums since 2001. Their fifth release, “Sao Paulo” was just released on the Bloodshot Records label. The first thing I will say is this entire album sounds...

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Deadstring Brothers - Sao Paulo [CD]
Bloodshot Records
Hair Rocket was founded in 2008 and this is their debut EP. Attached to the front of the booklet is a chunk of wig hair glued to a fuse. This might sound weird, but there is a story behind it. Hair Rocket founder, Chris Blasucci has an interesting view on life. His slogan is “We Cut, We Light,...

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Hair Rocket - Novelty [EP]
Self Released
OK I'll admit, even before placing the record into my CD player I was skeptical, the cover art is a riff on Wheel Of Fortune and the inside sleeve photo left the impression of a band who will probably be wearing baggy shorts long into their 40's. I was initially taken aback then by what greeted me...

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Hot Topic - Game Show [EP]
Self Released
Now here's a couple of questions for you. When you take away the electric guitars, play it all acoustically, does it change the nature of the music? Does all your metal, pop or rock'n'roll automatically become bluegrass and blues? Was Nirvana un-plugged in reality folk music? Or is there more...
The California sextet, A Skylit Drive, really turned heads with their new second studio length album "Adelphia." The opening track ‘Prelude to a Dream’ is sure to catch attention with the peaceful falsetto of vocalist Michael Jagmin, which then morphs into the powerful scream of screamer, Brian... Stoke is normally a place where death-core seems to reign supreme in bands bar a few exceptions. Everything on Red are trying to be just that. Considering one of their members used to be in a death-core band called Drive Til December, I was intrigued to see how this new band would dynamically... The first day of Hellfire started with a quick trip around the Music Live event as the press passes allowed coverage into that event. I was honestly quite surprised at how many stalls there were, mostly guitar and drum stalls but it was worth it for any budding musician wanting to get the best...

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Hellfire Festival Day One [Live]
Birmingham NEC 7th November 2009
Rebel Emergency first got me hooked through their live shows. All the energy and magnetism they emote when they are jammin on stage is always entertaining to observe. This new record is long overdue. I was impressed at the CD release party at the MOD club (capacity of about 600) as it was packed... After much anticipation here comes the first full length album by The Plight - which will answer the question everyone wants to know of their ability to carry the intensity into a full album, rather than just EP’s. I have to say that seeing the Plight live is always interesting, due to the... Off the bat I just want to apologise for my week long absence from Altsounds. Unfortunately the records I was scheduled to receive last week only arrived yesterday afternoon. I understand this is due to the recent royal mail strikes and have no more to say on the matter (the last thing I want is...
I first heard of Fuck Buttons way back in the summer of 2007. They were booked to play a gig in my native Cork, Ireland. I was intrigued by the name more than anything, and found out that they were the unconventional, experimental electronica duo of Benjamin John Power and Andrew Hung. One... Let’s just get my rant out of the way so we can get on with the “movie”… The opening credits on Michael Jackson “This Is It,” a post mortem documentary sharing rehearsal footage for the tour that never happened, state that it was done with the authorization of Michael’s legal representatives,...

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Michael Jackson - This Is It [Movie]
Sony Entertainment
They 'jus wanna turn us out The Score might stare out of the cover shot of Opus like a crew who run 'dem corners for Marlo Stanfield, but for the avoidance of doubt they're lovers, not fighters. You don't need to listen as far as 'Chew Chew Train' to get this, but it's words are the least...

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The Score - Opus [Album]
Self Released
The unbelievably talented Scottish bloke with an Italian name, Paolo Nutini, keeps the charming and soulful hits coming, with ‘Pencil Full of Lead’ being single number three from his most recent album "Sunny Side Up," which was released in May this year. Despite being a relatively short track at... I'm not the biggest disco fan in existence but I do like Daft Punk and loved the recent Horse Meat Disco LP so it was a little annoying to see the review of that on here being done by someone who obviously really doesn't like disco at all but anyways... rant over. Back to the real issue of why... After listening to Ingrid Michaelson’s most recent full-length release "Everybody," I am not surprised to find that her music has been used for years on television on shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Scrubs and One Tree Hill. But don’t hold that against her. There is a definite ‘pensive narrative...
Will the '80's never end? I was there, they were massively annoying the first time round so what the hell is going on with music at the minute? I don't know if it's a nostalgia thing or if, like in the fashion world, people just run out of ideas and recycle crap but whatever the reason, there are a... Rarely has a song title been so apt. There's no chin stroking Radiohead cryptic bollocks going on here, Lemonade have created the aural equivalent of that breathtaking, jaw clenching, four in the morning on the outside terrace, lost in a strobe moment and they know it, so they called it 'Bliss...

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Lemonade - Bliss Out [Single]
Sunday Best Recordings

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 "Backspacer" as a whole is Pearl Jam’s shortest album; running in at 36 minutes and 38 seconds it gives the album the clarity of a classic rock and roll record and makes it more accessibly listenable to a wider audience. However after giving "Backspacer" a listen it does not leave the avid Pearl...
I generally get a little nervous before gigs. Excitement, anticipation and of course freshly laundered underpants all play a part in the pre gig ritual but prior to tonight’s gig I was extra jittery. I’ve been in the thrall of Marina and the Diamonds for the last 18 months or so and now finally I... RazorBladeKisses are in a musical world of their own. Their latest release, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Scar" seems to be a shinning example of their dark and twisted musical ideas that can't help but lure the listener in further. The haunting and eerie sound of lead vocalists Layla and Azadeh seem... If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it. Bowling for Soup are back with “Sorry for Partyin’,” and no worries, they may be apologising but the party is still fully on. Their formula hasn’t changed a bit; this is an excellent Bowling for Soup album with the usual catchy, uplifting, pop punk riffs and...
Dinosaur(s); a name that expresses unimaginable power, although belonging to a creature that no longer exists in this world. It’s something so big and legendary, that the world seems unable to relegate it in the past and keeps looking for bones, clues, making movies and wondering how today’s world...

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Dinosaur JR [Live] @ Koko, London
September 25th 2009

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 “I don’t wanna be the one to say good-bye…but I will” Ingrid Michaelson has a knack for coy and clever lyrics like this one, found on her latest single ‘Maybe,’ taken from her most recent full-length album "Everybody." The single is a brighter spin on a sad break-up song, which is always a... Otep are a band I had previously heard of via a few contacts, particularly during the era where a band was deemed nu-metal regardless if they had elements of other genres. After managing to gain support from Sharon Osbourne while unsigned, they’ve managed to gain somewhat of a cult following over...
It's only a short evolutionary boogie from Disco to House music and in Volume 1 of Mighty Mouse's new compilation we get a comprehensive examination of that particular branch of dance music's family tree. Thirty tracks over two discs take in everything from old '70's tunes like 'Kiss Me Again' by... A surprising debut single from Tell It To The Marines. They provide a soft-core, Ambient Pop sound reminiscent of Editors with a sore throat. Lead vocalist Timi Hyland dominates the track with a raspy voice, showing all of his might on the last 30 seconds of the track, repeating "Your always... My third foray into the Young and Lost singles club this week sees me tackling some rather infectious electro-pop in the shape of the curiously named 'Ou Est Le Swimming Pool.' It's pretty damn catchy I'll say that much, with a chorus hook which should ear-mark it as a future indie disco classic. ...





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