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Dear bretheren - I come before you as a sinner - confessing my dislike of Depeche Mode - the nearest I have ever come to liking anything by this band is a cover version of one of their hits by some guy called Terry Hoax! But behold! - a miracle has occurred - a miraculous conversion, mayhap....

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DAVE GAHAN - Hourglass
Mute/Virgin

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 This is a Four-tracker that is dead good in the sense of the flow of the thing and the whole feel which, somewhat bizarrely, has echoes of electro-acoustic "3" and "4"-era Led Zeppelin, or, more specifically, Robert Plant, running through three of the four tracks on here. The title track, for... Named either after a Mansun song or the Nietzschian 'will to power', Everyone Must Win hail from Cardiff and have quite a refreshing take on themselves. Rather than professing to "sound like" a long list of classic bands, which usually only sets bands up for a fall (see: Johnny Borrell), they play...
Falling Up has built quite the impressive following within the Christian rock community the last few years. The earlier albums found the three piece outfit wearing their influences too close to their creative sleeves. Many secular critics wrote off the band and their first two albums as merely...

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Falling Up - Captiva
Tooth & Nail Records / BEC Recordings
Chances are if you are reading this at Alt Sounds that you are very familiar with Copeland. The North Carolina band has one of the most fervent followings in the past few years. With the band about to make the leap to the majors after a very successful run on The Militia Group, they have opted to...

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Copeland - Dressed Up & In Line
The Militia Group
You could have been forgiven for believing that Johnny Panic were the cursed descendents of Egyptian tomb-raiders given the bad luck which befell them following the release of their last album in 2005. Said album failed to reach much acclaim due mostly to record company incompetence and to top it...

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Johnny Panic - Dislocation
Repeat Records
Goodbye Glory Pleas for Sanity By: Fridae Mattas As promised, I did go to another Goodbye Glory performance; it was a smaller venue with a more intimate setting. The Drake Hotel, in the awesome city in which so many great Rock bands dwell, underground, undiscovered waiting for that big...

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GOODBYE GLORY PLEAS FOR SANITY
FRIDAE MATTAS

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 Without sounding like too much of a muppet the best way for me to review this record was to look at it from 2 points of view, one being the Jonah fanboy I really am and the other is just a normal person listening to this for the first time! The problem is both are troubling me a little! First off,...

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Jonah Matranga - And
Xtra Mile

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 Monstrous molten and doom-laden death metal, this is like witnessing yourself in the middle of a nuclear war, as the guitar riffs thrash away, the drums hammer and the bass pounds while the vocal is delivered by a gorilla on heat. Sadly, within one minute of track 2, you've heard the entire...
The Law – Single “Still Got Friday To Go” Relentless Records / Virgin - EMI Records By: Fridae Mattas This three track single cd by The Law, a band of four dudes from Dundee, Scotland. Stuart Purvey - Vocals, Stevie Anderson – Guitar, Simon Donald – Bass, and Martin Donald on Drums. The title...

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The Law - Still Got Friday To Go
Relentless Records / Virgin - EMI
12 song album with the emphasis on the songs, delivered by a vocalist who sounds distinctly like Tom Petty after a nose job, in other words he's got the same lilt and style but way less nasally, although it's not all like that since, as early as "Carefree", he reverts to this more Kim... Any thoughts that you might have the next Pink on yor hands are immediately dispelled when the opening track reveals that you might actually have the next Sophie Ellis Bexter on your hands, not exacly the most entertaining prospect, that's for sure. A somewhat simple slice of vacuuous pop...

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Kristi - I'm Just A Girl
Grooveland Records

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
When Calif. based She Wants Revenge released their debut album back in 2006, it fast became apparent that they had created the soundtrack for a new generation of music fans craving more than a love song. The disc offered a voice and a rhythm for scorned lovers, bored housewives, jaded hipsters,... Hey tell ya what, this Bob Dylan guy's pretty good, I predict big things for this young man. To be honest and serious, I'm always a bit sceptical about compliation releases such as these. Time and again it seems like a shameless exercise from the label to milk their ownership of an artists'...

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Bob Dylan - Dylan
Columbia Records
When I heard Jimmy Eat World was coming out with ANOTHER album I felt two things: Excitement, to hear new music from Jimmy and nervousness, because how many amazing CD’s could a band possibly produce? When it hit stores October 16th I hoped it would be worth spending my money on. And my-oh my,...

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Jimmy Eat World-Chase This Light
Interscope Records

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There was much talk this past summer on the internet about the direction of the upcoming Dashboard Confessional album. After the somewhat disappointing public response to their Dusk & Summer collection, word was that Chris Carrabba was going to steer the material and production back to the more... The first thing that sticks its head out on Kamera's debut album, Resurrection, is the revivalist production sound. Bjorn Öqvist's heavy handed 80's synthpop production doesn't do the band any favors. Next time, if there is one, this 5 piece should seek out someone who could roughen up their...

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Kamera - Resurrection
Nettwerk Music Group

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
 Nikki Sixx has achieved notoriety more for his drug use and sexual exploits than his music in the last few years. While his newest project, Sixx A.M., might not change that completely, it is certainly a (12) step in the right direction. The veteran Motley Crue songwriter joined up with former...

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Sixx A.M. - The Heroin Diaries
Eleven Seven Music
The positive use of “control freaks” is quite unusual. One such case of this is when it’s applied to Les Savy Fav. The Brooklyn natives have had complete control over their music since their forming in 1995, achieving something many bands never do when signed. Their generous label Frenchkiss... The bio Universal sent me for Another Animal isn't really doing them any favors. I will spare you the bad storytelling and simply give you the highlights. This band is essentially Godsmack, with Ugly Kid Joe frontman, Whitfield Crane on vocals. Godsmack (minus Sully Erna) wrote a number of songs...

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Another Animal- Another Animal
Universal Records

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 I've never heard of Fast Computers. I would guess they are a local favorite in their hometown of Portland, Oregon. They remind me very much of the other bands I receive from that part of the country (indie electronic...kind of space rock crammed into a pop structure). Like if Spiritualized and The...
I must admit that I've always associated The Donnas with the mental image of one of the pastiched bands that visit Springfield on The Simpsons, clad in leather and with super spiky 80s hair + Flying V's abounding. Alas, The Donnas don’t make it easy to banish away such images from my head,...

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The Donnas - Bitchin'
Cooking Vinyl

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
 JASON REEVES - THE MAGNIFICENT ADVENTURES OF HEARTACHE And other frightening tales…. By FridaeMattas All Time Low have officially hit the nail on the head with their new full length album "So Wrong, It's Right". Their newest masterpiece is catchy, vibrant and upbeat. Opening track, "This Is How We Do", gets you in the mood to dance almost instantly. The beat is contagious as are the riffs. "Six...

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All Time Low - So Wrong, Its Right
Hopeless Records

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It's been a while since New Found Glory released a new album, and in my opinion, they should have waited longer and for them to have an albums worth of their own material. Their new album "FROM THE SCREEN TO YOUR STEREO - PART 2" consists of the band’s own take on soundtrack songs from popular... Not having previously known a thing about Hostage Life, it took just a few nanoseconds upon mounting their CD into iTunes for me to see what sort of music they had in store for me, greeted as I was with such fantastic eye-grabbing titles as ‘When I Get Cancer’, ‘****, I Hope You’re Not Pregnant’,...

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Hostage Life - Walking Papers
Household Name
Tim Kasher has become an indie rock renaissance man through the many creative hats he's worn in the last few years. Most famously, his band Cursive has achieved the kind of indie rock success most bands never seem to gain yet will devote years in a van trying to. Since 2000, Kasher has had an...
If I went with what I've heard about The Schoolyard Heroes on the internet, I would have another Yeah Yeah Yeah's rip off in my CD player. Luckily for me, the hype was wrong. The YYY's have never had a tsunami like Ryann Donnelly as a vocalist. The singer possesses a range that defies any...

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The Schoolyard Heroes - Abominations
Stolen Transmission Records

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 Puppet Strings from New Jersey's The High Court is the kind of album that most people will forget after they press "eject" from the CD player. Sure, there are plenty of hooks and more than adequate performances from the band, but nothing stands out enough to truly pull you in. Songs like "Alien"...

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The High Court - Puppet Strings
I Surrender Records
'Holly' is the debut album by American/Canadian/Japanese singer-songwriter Justin Nozuka. Despite not even being old enough to buy a beer in his birth country, (and the fact of the album being financed by his mother), it is a mature collection of expressive acoustic folk songs packed with strong...

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Justin Nozuka - Holly
debut album from young american songsmith
After a summer of festivals which has taken them from the backstreets of their native Liverpool (Matthew Street Festival) all the way to the idyll of Malawi (the unique Lake of Stars Festival), The Wombats release this EP at the end of August as an enticing taster for their full-length debut, 'A... Smart, catchy, and all together drastically fantastic is the only way to describe KT Tunstall’s second album. Yes, it’s called Drastic Fantastic, but heck, I can see why. Rarely does anyone put out a second album better than their first, but this is one of those special moments. I really like... I was never a big fan of this band when I heard the 'tales told by dead friends' EP. There was something missing that I couldn't quite put my finger on. The songs were okay and it had the catchy melodies, but just didn't seem to have the 'it' factor that every 'next big thing' band claims to have...
LINKIN PARK – MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT Warner It has been a while since I put up an album review. Choosing wisely as to whose album I would write about next, then I thought to myself and decided that Linkin Park were the lucky fellas who I am going to slice and dice or feverishly jibber on with... With influences from some of indie music's greatest heros, what less can you expect from Les Savy Fav? "What Would Wolves Do?" is fantastic and lovable from the first 30 seconds and keeps getting better and better. The album must be fantastic, and is well worth a listen for anyone who loves... Trapt isn't a household name but if you have been listening to modern rock radio in the last 5 years you'll know their signature hit "Headstrong." The band has put out 2 studio albums and while their fanbase continues to grow organically, their new label has chosen to go with a live album for their...

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Trapt - Trapt Live!
Eleven Seven Music
Adema started out with nothing but promise. After their initial single, "Giving In" garnered radio support their eponymous debut album gained gold status. But after original vocalist Marky Chavez quit after their second album, the band found themselves musically gutted. The remaining members...

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Adema - Kill The Headlights
Immortal Records
Long known for their brand of psychobilly on steroids, California's Tiger Army return with Music From Regions Beyond, their 4th album. Working with producer Jerry Finn (Morrissey, Blink 182) the trio seem to have abandoned the sound that brought them to the forefront of their scene. Instead of the... Ok, listen. Apparently there is all this hoopla about how Atreyu have changed their sound on Lead Sails Paper Anchor. It's the typical scenario where fans of the old sound think they have sold out while others who were never that into them have now found something to embrace. Bands evolve. They...

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Atreyu- Lead Sails Paper Anchor
Hollywood Records
Sixteen years in “band years” is basically forever. Or at least, that’s how long it seems like Michigan-based Mustard Plug has been in existence. But like a fine wine, aged cheese or a vintage ride, the pioneering ska-punk sextet has fully matured into a limitless musical machine — all the while...

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Mustard Plug - In Black and White
In Black and White

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 This album landed in my mailbox over a month ago. As summer said farewell and the rain rolled in, it became apparent that this review would not be easy. Remote Islands are by no means an easy band. They don't roll out with the straight forwardness of most bands and their choice of instruments is... Something about Birdmonster's horrendous name and straight forward sound hints at limitless humiliation. From the first song, the band gives the impression of being all press photos and e-mails lists. However, as the album progresses, Peter Arcuni and his 3 pals spin and weave a throbbing wheezing...
What do we know about the young Icelandic by-way-of Norway solo artist, Gisli? Well, we know unequivocally that the strongest comparison point for his brand of shtick-heavy mid-90's alternative pop-rock is Beck. His press release refers to him as "the Icelandic Beck," just in case we couldn't get... It is hard to imagine only four people in this band. I mean, sometimes it seems like one musician with eight arms and then sometimes it sounds like a gang of eight musicians with eight arms each and a few extra mouths to sing and play some trombone, to boot. The name of the game for this New York... How you feel about the newest Gatsbys American Dream record will likely depend on how you feel about emo in general. If you are like me, you've probably done your best to block out the whole genre. After all, its been about five years since bands like Thursday and AFI first began spilling their...





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