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Like most Altsounds readers, when I hear the term "World Music" I usually run a mile. If it doesn't have a wrecking floor tom, Korg X50 or a Gibson Les Paul all over it then my ignorant western ears just don't wanna know. That makes me a chump, no doubt, and records like "Seis Poemas" only go to...

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Susana Baca - Seis Poemas [Album]
Authentic latin music, not for Starbucks franchisees

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 The biggest chunk of the Australian music artists that the ‘lands up over’ actually get to hear about are either retro rock bands following the nations favourite sons, AC/DC (stand up Wolfmother and Jet), or as seems to be a whole lot more fashionable recently, electronic acts such as Cut Copy, The... Mama's Gun certainly seem to have gone for the commercial jugular with this insipid but admittedly catchy slice of retro funk-pop. The influence of Stevie Wonder was obvious from the moment the overly long string intro faded into a straight R'n'B groove, complete with wah-wah guitar and walking...
This is quite a mysterious album. While there are songs from it on Youtube, there's very little real information I can find out about "Parallel Uni-Verses." There are a few brief references to the single 'Flashback' and the video to go with it, but generally the album seems to be flying pretty... So, something better than the Mitchell family can actually come out of an East End pub, what an amazing rehabilitation for this infamous part of London! If you don’t watch Eastenders you won’t know what I’m talking about, but it doesn’t matter really, actually it’s probably a good thing. I’m one... The Crookes are up-and-comers out of Crookes, in Sheffield, UK and they have released a couple singles through the Too Pure Singles Club label. The Crookes' brand of melodic, folk-influenced Indie rock has generated some good press. They are hyped by NME Magazine, The Guardian, and BBC 6. I had...
What do Relient K front man Matthew Thiessen and Henry David Thoreau have in common? Both men found greatness through solitude and ample time for introspection. Thoreau secluded himself to a modest cabin in Massachusetts in 1845 for a little more than two years. During that time he penned his... With a chorus based on the Bros single from 1988, KOF is already riding the tide of cool that is British Hip-hop. Except that is sounds much worse on the KOF single than it was on the original Bros song. We start off with a flat singing voice of KOF requesting us to tell him when he will be...

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KOF - Famous [Single]
Urbeatz
Take four pretty young girls who can sing a bit, add a sprinkling of session musicians, start recording and you have All Angels. "Fly Away" is the third CD from these girls. The four girls in question are Charlotte Ritchie, Melanie Nakhla, Laura Wright, and Daisy Chute. They are all students at...
After creating something of a buzz on the internet with their debut single ‘Lolly’ in April, Monocle Rose are hoping to climb the ladder of indie success with their follow-up, ‘Alley Cat’, and it’s turned out to be a bit of a pop choon. After the first listen, I was humming this little ditty for... I dunno. You can still smell varnish in the air and it feels a bit like being in an expensively lit Yates' but here we are, 'The Latest Energy Drink' Garage, Highbury & Islington. Support comes tonight from Little Death and Twin Atlantic so on with the show. Little Death, you will have already... One of the recent complaints made of electronic pioneers Kraftwerk is a lack of new music. Which is quite ironic for a group producing some of the most influential and ground-breaking music of the last 35 years; and who have given the world a highly idiosyncratic and in some ways prophetic vision...
This second album by Windmill is a suite of ten songs about dust particles, space, Carl Sagan and planetary doom. If it sounds as though it was all inspired by a childhood visit to the Epcot space center in Florida, well yes it was. But 28 year old Matthew Thomas Dillon (for he is Windmill) has... 'Lucky' is a pleasant, lilting acoustic ballad that wouldn't sound out of place sound-tracking attractive teen poseurs frolicking about on MTV. Jason Mraz is not a name I was familiar with until this afternoon it has to be said, but if this song is anything to go by I can be almost 100% sure of... In Chiodos' most recent album, "Bone Palace Ballet: Grand Coda" the Michigan sextet have quite simply outdone themselves to say the least. "Bone Palace Ballet: Grand Coda" is full of raw lyrics belted out by lead singer Craig Owens, who time after time continues to exceed expectations. "Bone...
Young Fife metalcore kids, Here Lies A Warning grace us with their debut EP, "Keep Your Head Under The Water." Here you have 5 tracks of screams and scowls, beatdowns, hardcore chants and a slow chilled instrumental song with lashings of guitar and reverb. The problem with whole thing is that it... The Mire were formed from the now defunct sludge post metal band Bossk and tech metalcore unit Centurion. Volume 1 is the first release and contains only 2 tracks, ‘Wheelwalker’ and ‘Fears’. But don’t fret, you will not have to shell out your hard earned cash for only two tracks, The Mire will be... Electronic pop music has often had a bad press. It’s been labelled gimmicky, soulless, clever clogs music performed by knob twiddling egg heads whose idea of a good night out is sitting in Costa Coffee whilst lovingly stroking their MacBook Pro. Due to the cyclical nature of music and...

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Katsen - It Hertz [Album]
Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation
WOLFMOTHER ARE BACK! Apparantly. I am not particularly excited about it, I just thought their fans might appreciate it in bold upper case with an exclamation mark - I get the impression Wolfmother fans are like that (or would they have preferred four exclamation marks? - I feel like I've... Swedish death metal crew Marionette haven’t been on the scene very long, having only released their debut album last year. In that time though they have created an element of uniqueness in an overly crowded death metal scene. By adding melody to their sound Marionette are able to stand out from...

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Marionette - Enemies [Album]
Listenable Records
Last week the world found out the news that Speech Debelle had beat off artists such as La Roux, Florence And The Machine amongst others to win a Mercury music award. The thing is when it comes to the Mercury's themselves they seem to think people like to see a shock result, that people will gasp...
Classic scouse indie rock to cash your giro to. Screaming Lights probably weren't probably even sperm at the point The La's self titled album was released and they were doubtless running around in nappies when "All Change" by Cast signalled another scouse musical breakout. But despite their youth... To start with, as I was planning this review I received news that the bassist of Evile Mike Alexander passed away so this review is dedicated to his family and friends. 2007 marked a turning point in the UK thrash scene with bands such as Speedtheory and Evile making a big impact. Evile's debut... 33 years ago the odd artwork cover and more colourful sounds of "Technical Ecstasy" was unleashed on the world. The main questions here is "does it stand up today?" The artwork is rather odd; looking at it now it could be likened to something Floyd would have done. It was once described by Ozzy...
Over a decade after 2Pac took this group under his wing, they are still putting out music that is eactly the same as it was 10 years ago. Having featured on 28 albums, including a number of 2Pac's LPs, and them continuing to be strong in the genre is virtually impossible as this patchy album... This year more than any other I have craved fresh, exciting sounds from artists trying their best to push the boundaries of music; artists who will use any instrument/implement or recording techniques to steer their music down untrodden paths. And it’s been a fruitful year; there has been much to... TrYangle’s self titled new album lands on my desk totally naked; a see through sleeve, no booklet, let alone a press release. The CD itself is simply white, logos from the band, label and PR and the track list on one side. Now, us reviewers tend to hate this, it’s more research to do and feels...

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TrYangle - TrYangle [Album]
Lockjaw Records
Skeletons & the Empty Pockets (or just Skeletons, as they go by both) is an emerging five-piece band from Sheffield, UK who play an energetic brand of hard Pop that makes me want to see them live. They have just released an EP with two singles that I think are nearly guaranteed to secure them a... The first time I ever heard or saw Fattooth was at this year’s North By Northeast (if you don’t know what North By Northeast is, search and you shall find). As I think back to that night, it was a bitter sweet adventure. Fattooth totally rocked the shit out of The Hideout! Wish I recorded a few...

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Fattooth - Fattooth [Album]
Reversed Records

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 After showcasing an absolutely blinding mini-album "They Call It The Easy Life" into the Screamo rock world, Deaf Havana meet us half way with their debut album and it's a bit of a beast. Actually screw that, what I actually mean is that it is a monster of a beast! The energetic five piece from...

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Deaf Havana - Meet Me Half Way [Album]
Wolf At your Door Records
The first thing that any review of this album has mentioned is that Crown City Rockers are 'old-school.' Although this is not inaccurate, I feel that this is doing a disservice to the music that Crown City Rockers are being associated with. Although, yes, "The Day After Forever" does bare more... James Poyser is an accomplished producer and keyboardist from Philadelphia who has lent his talents to acts such as Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, Jill Scott, Common, and The Roots. He finally has his own project, The Rebel Yell, and their debut album, "Love & War" is a danceable mix of Hip Hop and R&B. ... Yo La Tengo has the ability, no, the desire, to cheerfully visit the full raft of musical genres and influences, aided by an encyclopaedic knowledge of pop history, a spirit of musical adventure and overwhelming sense of fun. Lest you think the New Jersey threesome are musical dilettantes, nothing...
As lead singer with the Acid Jazz James Taylor Quartet, Noel McKoy’s blues influenced vocals were caught in a groove that clearly frustrated his soul yearnings. Better by far are the later gospel duets he has done with Mica Paris and Beverley Knight. So from his third album, "Brighter Day," I was... The music is nice and sweet, the vocals are nice and sweet but the lyrics are filled with disappointment and bitterness and I love it. Halfway between Eels and Randy Newman, Adrian Killens takes the soft music style and layers it with an uncharacteristic anger that creates a juxtaposition of style... I can’t think of many Canadian-Australian musical collaborations. And I can’t think of many collaborations between turntablism and stoner rock (but I’m sure Altsounds readers probably can.) But if the premise of this collaborative venture sounds unlikely, do not be put off - it is highly...
What is the point of a reissue of an album? This is a serious question. I understand if they release an anniversary special edition boxset thingy, with bonus material, dvds, demo tracks and a whole number of other things that could encourage you to buy an album that you've either already got, or... The Arusha Accord's original meaning was a series of documents used to end the Rwandan Civil War (granted the Accords didn't work and led to one of the worst genocides in history.) Why I decided to mention the original meaning will become clear later but for now we shall focus on the band of the... I'm so glad I like "Vivarium," my band played with Twin Atlantic last year and they were one of the most genuinely friendly groups we've ever had the pleasure of meeting, so it gives me great pleasure to say that on the whole "Vivarium" is a success. Twin Atlantic's decision to release a rather...
Get Back Guinozzi! are a new French band formed a few years ago by Eglantine Gouzy and Fred Landini. After a brief foray as a solo artist in 2004, singer Gouzy teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Landini for this unique collaboration. The band’s debut album "Carpet Madness" is an interesting... "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... "If Nickleback went acoustic." If that phrase doesn't send you into spasms of fear you are either not human or a Nickleback fan (what's the difference I hear you ask?) OK well it's not quite as awful as that, but the debut album by Canadian troubadour Matthew Pickup and his band The Movement...
Steeped in technical musicianship and a flair for composition, Revocation’s "Existence is Futile" strides confidently through the halls of death / thrash metal. Revocation's Relapse records debut release expands on former efforts in both songwriting and production quality. Since the groups... Yesterday as a bit of a treat I followed up my lunch with a dessert that consisted of battered banana, cooked in sugar, deep fried in sugary pancake batter and then heartily rolled in even more sugar. The whole thing was served doused in syrup. Because I eat there a lot and they like me, the nice...

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Lenka - The Show [Single]
Epic / Sony Music
As this record was created as a faux DJ set I think it's fair for me to judge it on that criteria, and as a set of dependable disco floor-fillers Chromeo's "DJ Kicks" set is mostly a success. How much you enjoy this CD ultimately depends on your tolerance levels for cheesy 80's disco (and I must...





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