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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... "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...
The late, great James 'J Dilla' Yancey is (to all intents and purposes) the Van Gogh of hip-hop. It's a crying shame that it's only after his death that his very particular brand of fractured genius is being truly appreciated. Of course he has left behind him a legacy which will be familiar to... If you have not had the pleasure yet to discover this fine reggae act from New Zealand then I welcome you to listen to this band and you will suddenly become much cooler. A laughable opening statement certainly, however it is impossible to not tap your feet and nod your head slowly to the soulful... Uptempo rock with a sprinkle of attitude and a splash of bland predictability. Although the production of "Eleven Eyes of a Simple Man" leaves it feeling a bit flat, all of the fundamentals of this EP are well thought out and well executed. That said, there's nothing particularly special about the...
The bad thing about reviewing music is that you can't just pass it by with a quick "Well that was good / OK / rubbish". That's also the good thing about reviewing music - it forces you to go a bit further. That's been the case here. It was very hard to reach any early conclusion. It's healthy...

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Kiethevez - Non-Binary [Album]
A Different Drum
Ever heard one of those albums that make you feel that you’re on a completely different planet then the rest of the world or that you feel like you’ve taken some peyote or other hallucinogenic drug while listening to it? This is how I felt while listening to Golden Silvers’ album "True... "Right now heres a project for you Mr Lopez; grab some electronic artists, give them a few mic's and send them off into a city." That would be the voices in Spanish musical pioneer Francisco Lopez's head talking to him again. Oh no wait, it has happened, its been done. And here it is - "Birmingham...
Hardcore/Pop-punk is a genre that most of us are all too familiar with nowadays. With bands like Four Year Strong, Set Your Goals and even New Found Glory it’s hard to ignore this genre. Although Syracuse Me doesn’t have the greatest vocalist in the world, the songs are still pretty damn rockin’.... It’s always good to hear a British musician making their way in the world. From Wiltshire and now residing in London, Gabby Young and her wonderful backing band, Other Animals follow up the "Bear With Me" EP with the debut album "We’re All In This Together." The songs are a journey into twisted... Enjoying national and international success since their 2005 album Based on a True Story, New Zealanders Fat Freddy's Drop release their latest single Pull the Catch through Kartel Records. After being relatively quiet for the past 3 years (save one high demand EP, The Camel, earlier this year),...
Architects of Grace originated as a solo dark-electronic project by frontman, Duncan Illing, in his flat, in London. Earlier this year, he decided to go in a different direction and with two new members, Architects of Grace went in a more New Wave direction. 'Hot White Sun' is a busy, but simple... KOF falls into the area of Hip-hop that I tend to think of as club hop-hop. Large groups of people jumping up and down, whooping and hollering, going 'brrap brrap' whenever the bass kicks in. This is a style that I have never seen eye to eye with, being very superficial and boring to me, although...

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KOF - The KOF [EP]
Mediawerk
Today I spun "Eyes to the Sun," the new release from Sparks the Rescue, an American Pop/Punk band from Portland, ME. Sparks the Rescue has released 3 EPs to date but "Eyes To The Sun" is their first LP. The disc is full of high-energy, catchy songs. The harmonies are fat, the guitar work is broad...
Today I spun the single ‘Wake Up’ from Sliimy. I will confess, when I looked at the cover, the tutti-frutti / 80s color scheme, the face make-up, the hair -- well, I’ll just say my expectations were low. The music was as bright and sunny as I expected. It has an airy, bubble gum Pop feel, but...

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Sliimy - Wake Up [Single]
Warner Music
I've gone through a number of different opinions of this album and have settled right in the middle of all of them, like some kind of bland, opinionated pillock. Firstly, I was really annoyed by Speech Debelle's voice and articulation. She has a whining nasal voice and hardly enunciates, putting... Big Issues right off the bat asking us - in the actual song title no less - if we only had one day what would we get up to? So we're dealing with the possible celebration of life through the consideration of imminent death, which gives natural cause for ruminating on love. Bang. Your big three...
"Sweetness and Light" is an experimental EP from Anata Wa Sukkari Tsukarete (Japanese for “You are completely tired”); a multi-national trio comprised of artists Gnomefoam, Bunny, and _. From the opening moments of the first track; 'Forsake', you just know it is going to challenge your ears. A... Giant Jr. is genius. Pure, downright, indisputable genius. "Wherever You Are In The World Here Are Your Directions Home" marks my first experience in the electronica genre, the CD has not left my car since I received it, no lie. Giant Jr. has just two members, Miami born Jyl Millard and... Hill Country Revue is the most rocking blues based country band I have heard in a long while. The band was formed by Cody Dickinson from the North Mississippi Allstars in 2008 and it features Chris Chew, Kirk Smithhart, Ed “Hot” Cleveland and Daniel Coburn. Every member of Hill Country...
As the title suggests; "Good Things" is about just that. The Swedish hip-hop group takes us through how they find the "Good Things" in life, even the things that look bad on the surface can have positive outcomes. From having stained clothes and not being able to afford to buy any more, to... In no way connected to the district of Edinburgh in Scotland, Grassmarket is a trio of folk musicians from Nova Scotia, Canada. Following the seven track EP "Waiting," "Port City" is the band’s first full-length recording combining pop tunes with banjo, guitar and violin driven North American... Another Black Sabbath Re-release is "Sabotage". Originally released in July 1975. Osbourne, Iommi, Butler and Ward produced their sixth album together, which was recorded at Morgan Studios in Willesden, North-West London. "Sabotage" bursts into life with 'Hole In The Sky' with classic Sabbath...

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Black Sabbath - Sabotage [Album]
Universal Music Group

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Wine country, where a man can appreciate his wealth with the purchase and consumption of startlingly expensive grape juice. Not much going on bar a little drunk driving in the old Mercedes, until now that is. Data are putting together some psych-synth rock into the stuffed shirts and it's going to...

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Data - Data [EP]
Self Released
"Wherever There Is Light" is the latest release from the 15 year old rock duo; No-Man. The band is comprised of Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree). No-Man’s discography boasts six full length albums. Six singles and EPs, six collections of b-sides, remixes, unreleased tracks, and... One of the many beauties of the hip-hop genre is the abundance of artist collaborations. Rarely do we ever hear a Top 40 hip-hop hit featuring only one artist and for good reason; the genre lends itself perfectly to collaborations with its diverse sounds and versatile components. 'Jump,' the...
It was with mixed feelings that I delved into archetypal troubadour David Gray's 7th studio album. On the one hand, the songs from his world conquering 'White Ladder' album have sound-tracked more risible romantic comedies than I have the time or patience to mention and the man hasn't exactly been... It goes without saying that The Beatles certainly made an unforgettable impact on rock-n-roll. I though, am one of those individuals that never really cared for them. For me, they were always too “hippy-ish” (particularly in their later, more celebrated years), a view that has always been... 'Swinging Party' is the brand new single from a mysterious new band The Kindness and it is a cover of the song by Paul Westerberg’s seminal punk rock band The Replacements with a downbeat electro-pop twist. Sometimes referred to as just "Kindness," this is the work of Adam Bainbridge who may or...





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