Music crafted in order to tell a story has always held, for this writer at least, a certain fascinating charm; a charm unique and (thankfully) inimitable. The greatest of music combines the beauty

As far as electronic album mixes go, you will not find a more diverse set of songs ever than on Album Sessions. Aside from the typically vibrant euphoric hardcore that DJ Mob plies, in Alb

"Hello Kingston! Good to be back, remember the last time?" said Frankie singer of Frankie & The Heartstrings before opening their set at The Hippodrome, that last time he's referring to was actual

I’m going to dispense with the departure of Mike Portnoy, that’s been well documented and discussed elsewhere over the past year. Dream Theater fans know what he brought to the band and by losi

Late Night Tales is a compilation series that is to soon release their twenty sixth compilation; one of the tracks being from the popular band, MGMT. With MGMT being a part of this compilati

A few years ago, when they released their sophomore full length Rise Or Die Trying, Four Year Strong were responsible for one of the poorest subgenres of recent music memory – “Easycore” – a tru

After recently hearing the awesome single “This House Became Our Home” by upcoming Kent-based rockers Hildamay, I was interested in what their new album had to offer. The result is a refreshing r

The Kooks are one of those bands that seem to have been around for decades. Ever since their phenomenal debut album, Inside In/Inside Out, was released in 2006, the Kooks have been renowned as one

Here is a duo we can all alter our lifestyles to. Eat More Cake is the fantastic instructional name for songwriter-producers Andy Briggs and Matt Pearn. Having appeared previously on Hed Kan

For the past few years popular music has returned to its vocal roots. Singers rather than musicians are taking the limelight and many songs are being built around pure vocals rather than innovati

In discussion for the most recent release for the Foo’s, Grohl stated that this would be their heaviest album yet, and he really was not joking. Wasting Light punches you in the face immediately a

Being one of Britain’s largest rock bands, Kasabian have a lot to live up too; their fan base varies from all walks of life and the music co-insides with this. It is no surprise then th

‘Fly Together’ is the first official release from Brooklyn native Red Café’s upcoming debut album on Bad Boy records which was originally scheduled for release way back in 2008 but suffered fr

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Here at AltSounds things are often pretty unpredictable. Every month, hundreds of albums, singles and EPs are processed for review, ranging from well-known chart toppers to relatively unkno

This is a dying genre. This whole deathcore, metalcore, whatever-core genre is on its knees; it has been ever since someone dreamt it all up, albeit a couple of successful bands. But even these ban