Month: September 2010

Posted on: September 28, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

All Flowers In Time / From the Director of All Tomorrow’s Parties, Jonathan Caouette

The North American premiere will be at the New York Film Festival on September 30th Starring Chloë Sevigny, ALL FLOWERS IN TIME is a dark and quirky short film that plunges the audience into a mysterious universe. A malevolent signal emitted by a Dutch television program bewitches viewers and possesses young girls and boys making them believe that they can morph into other people and monsters. About the director Born…

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Posted on: September 28, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Milton and the Devils Party – What is All This Sweet Work Worth? (CD)

Milton and the Devils Party play a brand of alternative rock that is reminiscent of Elvis Costello and all the perfect car-driving tunes of the earliest days of the nineties. The recording on “What Is All This Sweet Work Worth?” is not the lush-ness expected from bands in this current day and age, but rather the quiet and septic mix of bands like Harvey Danger and The Pixies. The fury…

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Posted on: September 28, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Umphrey’s McGee joins Martin Sexton in live double-header webcast: Umphrey’s runs design contest, reveals new official logo live during concert

Umphrey’s McGee and Martin Sexton perform a double-header concert webcast on Sunday Oct. 3, live from the soundstage of Ex’pression College for Digital Art in Emeryville, CA. The concert is hosted by CreativeAllies.com, an online design community that lets anyone submit art in official design contests for high-profile artists including M.I.A., OK Go, Amanda Palmer, Jack Johnson and Thievery Corporation. Sexton takes the stage first at 7 p.m. PT/ 10…

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Posted on: September 28, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Jeff Mills – Blue Potential (CD)

I hear that Jeff Mills is a DJ. “Blue Potential” shows that this may just nt be the only tag he is worth of. This album features the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra (what, was the New York Philharmonic out for the day), and showcases Mills’ skills as an arranger. This means that songs like the opening have a decidedly film score-like sound for individuals, something that never quite leaves during the…

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Posted on: September 28, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Smith Westerns announce dates with Belle & Sebastian, Florence & The Machine

Chicago’s Smith Westerns, who recently signed with Fat Possum, have announced a handful of upcoming dates including a Northeast run of shows with Florence & The Machine and a Chicago date opening for Belle & Sebastian. The band’s debut self-titled LP was just given a wide release via Fat Possum and the band is currently wrapping up its as-of-yet untitled sophomore LP, which is due in early 2011. Photographer Ryan…

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Posted on: September 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Sixstepsrecords’ Kristian Stanfill to release new EP ‘Day After Day’

ou have probably heard of a few of these artists: Chris Tomlin, David Crowder*Band, Charlie Hall, Christy Nockels, Matt Redman and Passion, but you may not be as familiar with the newest member of the sixstepsrecords family-uprising artist Kristian Stanfill. Having released his critically acclaimed debut album Attention last year, Kristian Stanfill is excited to present to you brand new music that has never been heard before on his new…

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Posted on: September 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Blake Miller – Together With Cats (CD)

Just because you can make a track sound like it is old does not mean it has to sound like crap. Sure, I like the style of music that Blake Miller is trying to do during the opening to “Together With Cats”, but there is absolutely NO reason to have the vocals present on the track bury the needles. This creates a form of dissonance that will irritate and annoy…

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Posted on: September 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

AGONIA RECORDS news

IMPIETY FINISH RECORDING OF THEIR NEW ALBUM! The title for the 7th IMPIETY’s full length album is Worshippers of the Seventh Tyranny currently being recorded in utter depravation and satanic violence at Music City Studios in Treviso, Italy. The album will have seven blasphemies with a running time close to 40mins. The Barbarian Black Horde IMPIETY now comprises of Shyaithan (Bass.Vomit) in command with Guh Lu (Guitars), Eskathon (Guitars) and…

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Posted on: September 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Midnight Movies – Patient Eye / Golden Hair (CD)

For all intents and purposes, this is a single. There is an edited and an LP version of the same song coupled with a B-side. Thus, individuals do not have that much time to get to know who Midnight Movies are and what they intend to do in the music scene. The trance like vocals that start out ‘Patient Eye” hearken back to an earlier gothic style (mix Siouxsie and…

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Posted on: September 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Drowning Pool have announced a string of fall tour dates with Godsmack

The tour is set to kick off on October 3 at the Post Pavillion in Columbia, MD and ends November 4 in Los Angeles, CA at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. Tour dates below. Oct 3 Columbia, MD Merriweather – Post Pavillion Oct 5 New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom Oct 6 Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Center Oct 8 Lowell, MA – Tsongas Oct 9 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena…

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Posted on: September 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Midnight Movies – Lion The Girl (CD)

Individuals may have heard of Midnight Movies from the single they cut before the album was out, “Patient Eye”. Essentially, Midnight Movies attempted to take the world by storm with this track, which mixed a psychedelic style with a mid-nineties alternative style. Since there were so few tracks on their last EP, “Lion the Girl” is the first real chance most people will have listening to Midnight Movies. “Souvenirs” is…

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Posted on: September 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Verdi’s Popular Masterpiece Rigoletto Returns to the Met

Giuseppe Verdi’s popular masterpiece Rigoletto returns to the Met this season featuring five artists in their Met debuts and four performers singing major roles for the first time with the company. On September 29, Lado Ataneli sings the hunchback court jester and Christine Schäfer is his daughter Gilda, both adding new roles to their Met repertory. Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni makes his Met debut, as does Francesco Meli as the Duke…

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Posted on: September 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Coasting (Featuring Fiona Campbell Of Vivian Girls) Announce West Coast Dates

Madison Farmer (guitar) and Fiona Campbell (drums), from Arkansas and New Zealand respectively, first met bartending at DIY shows in Brooklyn during the sweltering heat of summer 2009 and decided to start a band after discovering a shared love of punk, surf, and riot grrrl records. After an initial jam in the Market Hotel living room, the band recorded a few demos in Madison’s basement and, over the course of…

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Posted on: September 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Drayton Michaels – Low Stress in the Deep End (CD)

This band of dreamy-pop is of a style that really hasn’t been approached much since Sean Lennon started out back in the late nineties. Michaels’ music is not stale or rote in the least, and “Anyways” has the same laid-back beels that Christian superstar Bryan Duncan has had throughout his career. However, “Low Stress in the Deep End” can seem middling at times; the same fault that has reared its…

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Posted on: September 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CANCER BATS ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR DATES WITH THE CHARIOT THIS WINTER

Canada’s very own CANCER BATS are pleased to announce brand new tour dates with THE CHARIOT that will take them into the U.S. this winter! The tour begins in Edinboro, PA on November 30th, and more dates will be announced soon! But, before this U.S. run, CANCER BATS will also perform across Canada with THE CHARIOT! CANCER BATS and Absolute Punk recently posted the second episode “CANCER BATS World Wide…

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Posted on: September 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Mi and L’Au – S/T (CD)

The dreamy pop of “They Marry” shows Mi and L’Au as masters of atmosphere. While the track sounds outwardly positive, the flute and other incident instruments present on the track gives the song a darker feeling. The meandering flow of “Philosopher” uses repletion to drive home a simplistic, yet overall catchy melody to Mi and L’Au’s listener base. This repetition would be a key problem for practically any other act…

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Posted on: September 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Four Year Strong US, UK, Europe, Canada Tour Dates Announced!

In case you haven’t caught on just yet, we’re going to be touring all over this world. Wherever you live, be it US, UK, Europe or Canada, make sure to come check us out as we head out on our Tonight We Fee Alive tour and its European counterpart. UK, come hang with us on the Kerrang Relentless Energy Tour, and Canada on the dates w/ Alexisonfire. No matter what,…

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Posted on: September 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

VANAPRASTA TO RELEASE A 7-Inch INCLUDING TWO TRACKS FROM THE FORTH COMING FULL LENGTH HEALTHY GEOMETRY

Los Angeles experimental rock quintet Vanaprasta will be releasing a 7-inch vinyl featuring the tracks Skinny State and Minnesota from their forthcoming full-length record Healthy Geometry on September 27th. The 7-inch can be pre-ordered at a discounted price until the 27th. Healthy Geometry explores the expansive landscape of the band’s musical influences. Vanaprasta’s heavy, bluesy riffs mesh with angular guitars, three part harmonies, pounding rhythms and ethereal sounds. The exhilarating…

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Posted on: September 26, 2010 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

American Hi-Fi – Fight the Frequency (Hi-Fi Killers/The Ascot Club) (CD)

Four records into it and American Hi-Fi are still living blissfully in the 90’s. It makes sense, given that front man Stacy Jones played drums for Letters to Cleo and Veruca Salt, two successful 90’s alt rock bands. On Fight the Frequency, the band’s first album in five years, American Hi-Fi plays competent alt rock with plenty of sing-along choruses, crunchy distorted guitars and tight drumming. What’s lacking is simply…

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Posted on: September 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NeuFutur.com and Serj Tankian Giveaway Imperfect Harmonies

In anticipation of the release of Serj Tankian’s sophomore studio album Imperfect Harmonies on September 21st, Serj Tankian is giving you the chance to win two huge prize packs! One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive a recording software bundle of AmpliTube iRig/ AmpliTube Fender/ Miroslav Philharmonik plus the T-RackS 3 Mastering Software, an Epiphone Guitar, as well as the new album and a shirt.

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