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'Awaydays' is “the soundtrack that inspired a film,” according to the tagline. Well, I haven’t seen the film, nor have I read the book by Kevin Sampson that inspired the soundtrack (which in turn inspired the film that inspired somebody else to re-release the soundtrack, albeit this time as “the...

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Awaydays - Original Soundtrack [Album]
Commercial Marketing
Richard Walters deals (from this evidence) in the kind of sensitive folk music espoused by Nick Drake and John Martyn back in the day and Scott Matthews and Conor Oberst from modern day music. 'True Love Will Find You In The End' is not an exciting song and it won't set the world on fire but,... Scott Matthews made a sizeable dent in the already overcrowded 'sensitive singer-songwriter' scene in 2007 with the minor radio hit 'Elusive'. That songs hushed reverence, haunting melody and dense atmosphere could easily set you up for the hushed Bob Marley cover of 'Is This Love?' on this...
I have a long personal history with The Black Crowes. Between Southern Harmony and Musical Companion and Amorica, it seems there was a Crowes CD in my 5-disc changer non-stop for about 3 years in the early 90s,which were the early years of my relationship with my wife. I’ve seen them live a... You know how it is: we listen so you don’t have to. I’m sure Jack Savoretti is not already on the top of most Altsounds readers ‘Most Played’ lists and his second album “Harder Than Easy” isn’t going to change that. It’s not that it is bad; it is just too mainstream and too mundane to be of... Death On Two Wheels are not what you'd expect them to be based on their band name (skate punk was my first thought especially since the album title is very similar to what a song title by NOFX might be). Prior to actually playing the CD and judging a book by it's cover I imagined my review would...
When looking through the CD booklet that came with 'Juggernaut' by Drone I noticed that Wacken (the german rock festival) seemed to now had a record imprint. As far as I know Drone are the only band currently representing the label. 'Juggernaut' kicks off like a kick to the groin with the break...

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Drone- Juggernaut [Album]
SPV (Out Now)
Guildford seems to be the home to all of the up and coming Deathcore at the moment with Sylosis making big waves on the live circuit. Quickly entering the fray is No Consequence with their debut album 'In The Shadow of Gods'. As soon as the album kicks in the first impression is that it is just... I'll be honest pop-punk is not a genre that I care for, partly due to it's predictability and partly due to the scene it brings to itself (if you've been to rock/metal gigs over the past 3 or 4 years you'll know EXACTLY what I mean!) Serpico from Scotland however do try to break the monotony of...

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Serpico- Neon Wasteland [Album]
Wesayso Records (Out Now)
Marketed as a mirror of her journey from Buffalo, New York to Juilliard to play on live music stages, New York resident Christina Courtin's 'Foreign Country' sounds more like a very short trip from Bob's country bunker to Blue Note's jazz club. The former Juilliard violin student decided during... Well it has to be said, if nothing else 'Ezra Bang & Hot Machine deserve credit for having the balls to get up on stage night after before Public Enemy and shout "WHITE POWER" at the assembled masses. Of course it's an ironic statement but the connotations it brings with it are pretty nasty. Anyway... The accompanying video clip more or less suggests that "Buy My Record" is about the typical run-of-the-mill loser who tries to upgrade the quality of his empty life by playing loud music in an expensive car, but the line 'buy my record from the record store and play it over town' makes you think...
Last time I saw Social Distortion live was in LA in 2004, and I’ve been looking forward to the next opportunity ever since. The show sold out two months in advance, and while I make my way inside Shepherd’s Bush Empire, I wonder where this two-thousand-strong punk crowd (and I don’t mean only... Dead but not yet buried, Royal City are back in your favourite record store with a 12 track anthology of B-Sides and previously unreleased material which will please old fans and maybe earn them some new ones. For those of you still unfamiliar with Royal City, the band formed in 1999; on vocals we...

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Royal City - 1999-2004 (CD)
Asthmatic Kitty
After a prolonged hiatus, Midlands 'lad-rockers' The Twang return to the airwaves this summer with the altogether more thoughtful, grown up sounds of Barney Rubble. It marks a departure from the bands 'Madchester' aping debut album as they take the sound of their 2007 single "Either Way" and take...
If I’m honest, it has taken me a while to get round to listening to this record. Sure, when I first received it I skipped through it, but didn’t listen enough to base a fair review upon it. Upon first listen though, it becomes obvious that it’s the sort of record that you need to be in the mood to... EPIC FAIL! I can't say I remember much of Papa Roach other than their 'hit' song about self harm from nearly a decade ago and the absolute slaughter of the Pixies classic 'Gauge Away'. By the evidence of "Lifeline" though their legacy remains as also-ran nu-metallars who somehow managed to cling... And so it goes, more cheeky chappy indie-pop nonsense from the south. Honestly I actually quite like The Maccabees but there really is no need for 2 of them, let alone a diluted boy-band approximation of them. 'Run' is a perfectly pleasant song that manages to tackle the middle ground between...

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Glassyouth - Run [Single]
Global Mongrel
The Low Anthem sit comfortably as part of the newly fashionable 'new wave' of Americana which has seeped into public consciousness over the last 12 months through Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver via their critically and commercially successful debut albums. The Low Anthem arrive at these shores via their... The old saying ‘Never judge a book by its cover’ has never seemed to hold so much truth until now. I’m going to admit that when I saw a photo of Math the band I instantly thought that it was just going to be a White stripes rip-off, and I have never been so happy to be proven wrong. I was shocked...

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Math the band - Don't Worry [Album]
Slanty Shanty Records
Famous for covering jazz standards, on 'Quiet Nights' Diana Krall covers the golden era of musical & nightclub singers, and time travels to the sixties for a re-run of famous bossa-nova classics including a Dionne Warwick song. Most surprisingly of all on "Quiet Nights" was her cover of a Bee Gees...

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Diana Krall - Quiet Nights [Album]
Universal Classics
Count Your Lucky Stars Records is a small record label based in Michigan, USA with a love for unknown, underground bands with weird names. Representing bands from all over the world although most of them are in fact from Michigan and the German band isn't even mentioned on their website! The... Shinedown are everything I ask for with my music. Their raw, rock sound; their inspired lyrics; their general likeable front as a band…and their latest album The Sound of Madness is a perfectly poignant next step for the four Jacksonville native boys. Hearing this album inspired me to delve... I wish more than anything in the entire world, that I could pick up a guitar and just know how to play it. I own a guitar, but I can’t play much more than the first 2 bars of ‘Simple Man’. So when someone comes along, with more talent than you could shake a Les Paul at, it makes me about ready...
Hailing from Sheffield, The Magdelaine Cays are blatantly hoping to find their way out of the little steel mecca that has birthed some of the finest acts in recent memory. It's no easy task to try and make your way out, but with tracks like 'Tricolour' there is more than a hint that, with some... Jamie Hartman aka Ben's Brother is the proud owner of an Ivor Novello award thus laying claim the title of "successful songwriter". But do we really care about things like that if the songs themeselves sound like utter monkey-shit? Do we? Well luckily for Ben's Brother there is a certain kind...

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Ben's Brother - Questions & Answers (Single)
Flatcap Records - Out 3rd August
Did you notice how punk singers/songwriters, with age, seem to turn into some of the best pop country solo artists? Ricky Warwick (Almighty), Eddie Spaghetti (The Supersuckers), Joey Cape (Lagwagon, Bad Astronauts): the list is endless. Ex pop punk frontman Jeff Caudill is no exception, and...
There is a place set in everyone's heart for Placebo even if it's just Brian Molko's patent nasal vocal chords that are instantly recognisable or the unique grungy electronic atmosphere they create in their music. What ever it may be, Placebo are a great band. Back in the days of "Pure Morning"... Those of us with strong enough memories will remember all the way back to summer 2007 (back in the day) when Gossip's "Standing In The Way Of Control" was dominating the airwaves like a force 5 hurricane. The accompanying album failed to make anywhere near as great an impact (being as it was full...

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Gossip - Music For Men [Album]
Sony Columbia
The Irish music scene is a complete mystery to myself and probably 99% of the people reading this review right now. (Being very careful not to offend anyone here) the only Irish musical export that spring to mind are U2; yep Bono and his strange concept on spectacle apparel. The Blizzards however,...

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The Blizzards - Buy It Sell It [Single]
Universal Music Ireland
The Bowerbirds are on the move with their latest release - Upper Air from Dead Oceans Records. To support the record and share with their fans, they're touring with one of their favorite bands, MEGAFUN. This neo-folk group has a unique, vaguely '60s folk sound with their stripped down...

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Bowerbirds - Upper Air [CD]
Dead Oceans
I am such a new music junkie that whenever I discover an artist for the first time that I like, I automatically assume they must be new, and what I am listening to must be their debut release. If I discover that this is in fact not the case then I wonder how the hell I never discovered them...

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The Silent Years - Let Go [EP]
SideCho Records

We Recommend you buy this CD
 What exactly caused the heart attack that killed Michael Jackson is not officially known (of course there are many who believe he is not dead at all), but I have a theory. Michael Jackson heard “Tabasco Sole” by The Voluntary Butler Scheme (23 year old Rob Jones from Stourbridge), and the shock...
Much of the buzz that surrounded Crocodiles supposed arrival on the ‘no-fi’ scene was down to one of its major players, No Age. The LA Sub Poppers made enough of a noise about the San Diego based duo that every man and his blog were pretty snappy in coming down from their Crystal Stilts to find...

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Crocodiles - Summer of Hate [Album]
Fat Possum Records
There is a certain presence around Engineers that carries them over into one of the most unique artists releasing music at this moment in time. They manage to create this warm textured layer of sound that is simply beautiful. This alongside a haunting, yet uplifting vocal contribution makes... As I strive to find the proper words to describe Lloyd Dobler Effect’s self-titled album, I find myself at a loss. My fiancé defined the album as “folk alternative.” I figure if you throw in a slight tang of casino lounge music, then you’ll just about have it. Oddly enough, I remember nothing...
Among the underground indie circles of the USA is where the legend of Jay Reatard originates. Some people say he's a genius in the vein of Mike Patton for garage rock, some call him crazy with his live shows (and sometimes lack thereof). Keeping this in mind I decided to give Watch Me Fall a spin...

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Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall [Album]
Matador Records (Released 4th August)

We Recommend you buy this CD
 I have just joined the staff here at AltSounds and I'm very happy to be here. While I wait to receive the first few discs of brand new music I have asked to review, I wanted to recommend an album that's a couple years old that I really like. The band has been mentioned here before, but it appears... Imagine the Rolling Stones writing a new classic after all these years. It’s not that hard, because someone else already did it for them; Oband. The band are a little bit more brassy and a little bit more Swedish than the real Stones. They demonstrate on their 2009 demo ´It’s the Tension´ that...
If Heaven has a discothèque, they're bumping Twisted Tongue up there! Soulful and as funky as ten George Clinton's, the debut album from Twisted Tongue rocked my booty till it couldn't rock no more. Mark Dalton and Dave Jay fling funk styling's all over your walls right from the first track to... Once again, Brian Glaze leads us through a lounge club whilst you are off your face on psilocybins. Brain Glaze & The Night Shift release another tasty contribution to American psychedelia with "Green Living". At times friendly, other times verging on the morose- this is an album of rock, drama,...

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Brian Glaze & The Night Shift - Green Living [Album]
World Famous in San Fransisco

We Recommend you buy this CD
 San Francisco has long been known as a major contributor to indy freak outs, and Battlehooch more than does the city proud. Incredible! Really amazing. "Piecechow", the debut album from Battlehooch, is a work of art, with blasting power-pop saxophones, and heavenly vocal harmonies. I'm reminded of...
Any band or artist, of any genre to mention "Myspace" in their album has got some serious answers to, well, answer. By sticking to a Hoobastank song writing style and rhythm, Carolina Liar successfully create sing along, easy to listen to music. Continuous plays build your appreciation for the... The title track from this debut single shows that they aren't afraid of blending a bit of emo & pop to achieve maximum effect, we even have the key change ending that wouldn't be out of place on a Westlife track. Blend in some well written lyrics, alongside some decent musicianship and production... Was this a just lovely moment or an Echobelly resurgence? Is it ever a good idea to revisit your idols and heroes? Not that I was ever an obsessive Echobelly fan, but they sure had something back in the Britpop day. Tonight at MoHo, it being an acoustic set and all, I was expecting something like...

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Echobelly [Live] @ MoHo Live, Manchester
Acoustic Set | Was this a just lovely moment or an Echobelly resurgence?





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