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It seems an age since Teenagers in Tokyo were first played on MTV2’s late and great 120 Minutes show. In fact it was early last year, and the track was the stupendous, ‘Very Vampyr.’ With a video that had so much dry ice that it looked like a belated soundtrack for the 1980’s classic Lost Boys,... Well this is an unexpected treat - within a week I have discovered two bands of old school rock n rollers who are good enough to make me pause in my quest for "the new sound." First Soft Black, and now Dan Webb and the Spiders, and if Soft Black like to keep things simple, then on their... Maiea take to the stage and before they’ve even played a note singer James Mckenzie states that they are a lot worse than the other bands on the bill and that we shouldn’t expect anything too great from them. If I was any of the other band members I would have given him a slap after the show for...
New Listenable Records’ signees The Red Shore are here to hit you with the brutal wall of noise that is "Unconsecrated." The vocals are brutal guttural screams and pig squeals that go "bree bree bree" all the way home. The guitars are dirty and heavily detuned, they sound big but are a touch too...

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The Red Shore - Unconsecrated [Album]
Listenable Records
Njord is the third full length from Swedish / German gothic, symphonic, Viking metal band Leaves’ Eyes. Leaves’ Eyes encompass many sounds to create a very grand, theatrical sound. As the opening track comes in, with the sound of waves thrashing in the background, I can picture this being played...

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Leaves' Eyes - Njord [Album
Napalm Records
It should be an exam question right? "The Beatles have destroyed Liverpudlian popular music in perpetuity. Now discuss". Whilst almost every X-Factor wannabe (and that also means YOU, Victoria Hesketh) has fond childhood memories of boggling "Please Please Me" into a hairbrush, for sons of the...
The mind reels in horror, eyes exploding and faces melting from the sheer force of brutality emanating from your speakers. To say Howl’s three track pre-release is anything less than the musical equivalent of a blunt object to the face would be a disservice to the band and the writer. With a...

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Howl - Howl [Album Sampler]
Relapse Records

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 Along with lo-fi production, Africa seems to be the new cool in indie music for 2009. It should be no surprise that such a vast continent from which pretty much every musical genre known to man can trace its source is being mined for further inspiration, but what is a surprise is how little this...

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Rainbow Arabia - Kabukimono [EP]
Manimal Vinyl Records
The thing that’s always impressed me about Charlotte Hatherley is she’s just so bloody good at what she does. She’s a great guitarist, an innovative songwriter, runs her own record label, is beautiful, has been a member of Ash, Client, Bat For Lashes and I’m quite sure she could bring about world...

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Charlotte Hatherley - New Worlds [Album]
Little Sister Records

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Welsh rock group Funeral For A Friend returns to the music scene with another single, entitled "Wrench." And, while the song evades even so much as mentioning the titular household garage tool, "Wrench" nevertheless emerges as a catchy, guitar-driven rock anthem. Admittedly, I know absolutely... "Chapters" is a kind of best of, comprising music from Swedish prog rockers Anekdoten’s 18-year career. Anekdoten’s sound is somewhere between Sigur Ros and the softer side of Opeth. It still has that dark edge of Opeth but not so much of the black metal influence. Chapters encompasses 19 tracks,...

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Anekdoten - Chapters [Album]
Kscope Music
I’m blown away by Kristina Train's debut release "Split Milk." I haven’t heard a voice that’s so stunningly contemporary, open and accessible since Norah Jones hit the headlines in 2002 when she too was launched into the musical skies by Blue Note. As hard as it is to believe, "Spilt Milk" is a...
Alberta Cross' new release "Broken Side Of Time" promises to be an excellent listen, if the single I reviewed a few weeks ago is anything to go by. The band who are based in New York are in the UK at the moment and embark on a short UK tour in November. I have been looking forward to getting this... On this single we have two key tracks, one labelled '(Original)' and one labelled 'Featuring Sway (Sway Remix).' It's the second one that seems to be the track that is the track of importance. Wherever this single is mentioned, it's referred to as "Two Fingers Ft Sway" and this is because this is... Sold out like the rest of this “¡Chutzpah!” tour, Shepherd’s Bush Empire punctually opens its door to an excited crowd, smiling in anticipation for what is rumoured to be the best Wildhearts show to date. The Wildhearts are mainly famous for Ginger’s inspired song writing, their energetic live...

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The Wildhearts - London Shepherd's Bush Empire, October 1st 2009 [Live]
With support from the mighty BLACK SPIDERS and hot newcomers NO AMERICANA

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Musicians start bands for all kinds of reasons; to get laid, to travel the world, to fuel their titanic ego but some - the best ones - start them because they have to. I have a feeling the lead singer of The Entrance Band, Guy Blakeslee is one of those people. With a background in getting off...

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The Entrance Band - The Entrance Band [Album]
Ecstatic Peace! / Universal Motown

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 Back after a number of years apart, Anti-Pop Consortium have reunited and dropped in with an explosion of technically interesting beats, intelligent lyrics and a coalition of styles that make this one of the most debateable hip-hop albums of the year. Due to the fact that you may love or hate it.... Where to begin with Andrew W.K? Since his debut album "I Get Wet" in 2001, Andrew W.K has tiresomely spread the word of "partying" throughout the heavy rock scene. Best known for songs such as 'Party Hard' and 'We Want Fun,' Andrew W.K has never really been taken seriously in the music world. ...

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Andrew W.K - 55 Cadillac [Album]
Skyscraper Music Maker

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
There are no words to describe the frustration and anger towards the derailment of a live gig. You know the bands are good, the material is there, but when the sound man is having a mare, noone knows whats cracking off. The venue size obviously effects the overall sound, and this gig was no...

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FLOOD OF RED [Live] @ The Rock City Basement, Nottingham
October 2nd 2009 - Supported by The Casino Brawl
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...





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