Author: Sargeant

Posted on: June 17, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

KREWELLA ‘Play Hard’ EP Streaming Now

KREWELLA unveils their PLAY HARD EP with an exclusive stream at RollingStone.com.  Exhibiting their signature, vocally driven electronic sound, sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf take listeners on a sonic journey through the aggressive dubstep-infused production of Kris “Rainman” Trindl.  The entire EP can be previewed online before its official release on Beatport this Monday, June 18, with iTunes and all other digital retail outlets to follow on June 26, here:…

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Posted on: June 17, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Unique Doom Sextet Release Debut Full-Length

Distinctive Chicago-based doom collective EARTHEN GRAVE have confirmed a plethora of Summer tour dates throughout the country in support of their electrifying self-titled debut album.   Boasting a powerful, dynamic style of plodding doom metal surging with classic heavy metal vigor, the six members of the band coalesce their metal aptitude into one entity with EARTHEN GRAVE. Founded in 2008 by guitarist Jason Muxlow (The Living Fields, Wintering) and drummer…

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Posted on: June 17, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SONS OF TONATIUH Premiere New Track

Atlanta-based trio SONS OF TONATIUH released their second LP, Parade Of Sorrow, via Hydro-Phonic Records earlier this week, the album booming with nearly forty minutes of new material via ten lumbering sludge-bred numbers. Memorializing its release, today online portal Ad Hoc is hosting a stream of the massive seven-and-a-half minute album closer “Fallout,” AT THIS LOCATION.   The follow-up to their 2010 self-titled LP, Parade Of Sorrow which Creative Loafing…

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Posted on: June 17, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Brazilian singer Luísa Maita on tour in July

Brazilian siren Luísa Maita is returning to North America with her signature mix of samba, alternative pop and downtempo electronica. Hailed by NPR as “The New Voice of Brazil,” Luísa Maita will be previewing new material from her forthcoming album to be released in early 2012. Luísa Maita has been busy since the release of her critically-acclaimed debut album Lero-Lero on Cumbancha Discovery in 2010. In 2011 Luísa won the…

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Posted on: June 16, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Brazilian singer Luísa Maita on tour in July

   Sultry, seductive and infused with that inimitable samba swing, the music of Luísa Maita embodies the modern spirit of Brazil. Inspired by the bustling urban life found in her native city of São Paulo, Luísa has quickly earned a place at the pinnacle of Brazil’s vibrant music scene. LUISA MAITA JULY 2012 TOUR DATES THU July 19 Minneapolis, MN Dakota Jazz Club FRI July 20 Chicago, IL Mayne Stage SAT July 21…

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Posted on: June 16, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DYING FETUS Premiere New Video

DYING FETUS are set to release their new album Reign Supreme this Tuesday June 19th. The record is available for pre-order HERE. Reign Supreme features nine tracks and is a “return to roots” with production focused slightly more on slam than in the band’s last few works.  Thematically, the album is set to be a good old-fashioned piece of social and political commentary in the style of DYING FETUS as we have…

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Posted on: June 16, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Derek Stroker – Love & Colour (CD)

Blue Skies is the first track on Love & Colour, and it provides listeners with groundwork for how the title will ultimately play out. Derek Stroker creates in Blue Skies a track that speaks directly to listeners; the unity between guitar and vocals pushes each to greater heights. The different genres that are broached during this introductory track (rock, soul, and even a little funk) unite to create a wholly…

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Posted on: June 16, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Sleep Comes Down – Wax Romantic (CD)

  “Anonymous” starts off a pretty catchy CD, where there are middle-of-the-way guitar lines with Jimmy Eat World and “Sing the Silence”-era AFI style vocals. Sleep Comes Down is actually not afraid to let the bassist take the spotlight, in that there are audible bass lines that sound not unlike the legendary Geddy Lee’s. While some of the guitar lines do not stray much from one style, one level of…

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Posted on: June 16, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Daydreamers – With Your Love (CD EP)

The Daydreamers are an act that attempt to forge their own bold path in music. With Your Love is their new effort, and each of the efforts on this release are integral for understanding the act. Antarctica starts off things; the pop meets rock sound of the track allows listeners to get on board. As listeners become familiar with the work of The Daydreamers, the act’s efforts begin to stretch…

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Posted on: June 16, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Sleepaway – S/T (CD)

  The opening of Sleepaway’s self-titled album may not be the most hard-rocking thing individuals have ever heard, but the one thing that is pure delight is the skill in which they construct a track. The dreamy vocals mix with a tambourine and a very-present bass to make something that works both in the current emo context but also in a mid-nineties alternative context. The band works best in this…

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Posted on: June 16, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MUNICIPAL WASTE LP: 2nd PRESSING ON GREEN VINYL

This one’s for the vinyl collectors out there: The 2nd pressing of MUNICIPAL WASTE’s latest album, The Fatal Feast, is now available on green vinyl and includes a fold-out poster of the cannibalistic album art.  Order it from Nuclear Blast USA’s Webshop before they’re all gone!   MUNICIPAL WASTE continue to wreck havoc on North American audiences on their current headlining tour with 3 Inches Of Blood & openers Black…

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Posted on: June 16, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Slayer – Christ Illusion (CD)

  “Take a deep breath ’cause it all starts now when you pull the fuckin’ pin.” The opening line of Slayer’s new record Christ Illusion let you know that they haven’t lost any of their intensity some 25 years after first forming. Slayer’s first album since 2001’s God Hates Us All, and also first album with original drummer Dave Lombardo since 1990’s Seasons in the Abyss, shows that Slayer is…

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Posted on: June 16, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

PTAHIL: Fan Bites Head Off Decomposed Rodent

Regularly adorning the stage with lamb bones and decaying rats, Indiana black metal miscreants PTAHIL are known for their moody, violent and lawless exercises in live musical mayhem. At a recent ceremony at The Brass Rail in Fort Wayne, their onstage chaos led one fan to bite the head of a decomposed rodent. Comments PTAHIL drummer, Mhaghnuis: “It is good to see that when a human being is bombarded with…

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Posted on: June 16, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Slats – Pick It Up (CD)

New-rock in the form of The Strokes and The Hives that does not use clichéd guitar lines and arrangements lifted off the Rolling Stones to maintain relevancy, The Slats seem honest and hard working. They are able to create compelling, well-arranged and well-mastered tracks that do not seem insincere in the least. For example, “The Diabetic Coma” simultaneously mixes The Ramones and Weezer, allowing for a seamless move through genres.…

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Posted on: June 16, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Debut by Phoebe Jean & The Air Force out this week

Baltimore-based hellion Phoebe Jean Dunne, a one girl band with an army of sound, released her debut album Heartbreakers this week via the French label Lentonia Records distributed in the US by Nail Distribution. The album is streaming now at AOL’s Spinner site and the video for lead single “Day Is Gone” (featuring the Shake Off Twinz who have also been seen with M.I.A. and Rye Rye) was recently posted…

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Posted on: June 15, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE RAVEONETTES CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH NEW ALBUM OBSERVATOR

The Raveonettes Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner are excited to announce the release of their new album “Observator,” out September 11th on Vice Records. Throughout their impressive career the Danish duo has explored sonic territories ranging from lush pop songs to reverb drenched soundscapes and continually celebrated life through songwriting. All of these forms are evident in “Observator,” sumptuous and beautiful in its sound, but bleak and sad at…

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Posted on: June 15, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Propellerhead upgrades Reason and Reason Essentials

Propellerhead today released new versions of their award-winning music making platform: Reason 6.5 and Reason Essentials 1.5. New in these versions is the introduction of Rack Extensions—a groundbreaking new technology from Propellerhead that opens up the rack to third parties, enabling developers to create their own instruments and effects for Reason and allowing users to expand their collection of instruments and effects with the Reason devices they want.   Propellerhead…

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Posted on: June 15, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SARAH MCLACHLAN ADDS WHITEHORSE DUO

Following up on the announcement of Sarah McLachlan’s special symphony orchestra tour this summer, Ms. McLachlan is pleased to reveal the addition of Whitehorse to her summer tour.  Whitehorse is comprised of longtime friends Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet.  “It’s a real pleasure to have Luke and Melissa as part of my touring band.  Luke and Melissa will each feature a song in the second set” says McLachlan.   Doucet…

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Posted on: June 15, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Taken By Trees Announces New Album Other Worlds

Victoria Bergsman has announced a new album for her main creative outlet, Taken By Trees. The LP, her first since 2009’s East of Eden, is called Other Worlds and will be released October 2 on Secretly Canadian. The trailer for the album is available today at Gorilla Vs. Bear. Watch the trailer for Other Worlds Other Worlds is a impressionist poem for the Hawaiian Islands, where on a recent visit,…

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Posted on: June 15, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Alva Noto & ByeTone Collaborate as Diamond Version On Mute

Mute are delighted to announce a special collaboration with Raster-Noton: the release of Diamond Version’s Technology At The Speed Of Life/ Empowering Change on 23 July, the first of a sequence of five 12″ EPs throughout 2012, culminating in an album in 2013. Diamond Version is a collaborative project between two of the most groundbreaking, experimental and forward thinking creators in modern music, Byetone and Alva Noto. As joint heads of the German-based label Raster-Noton, and…

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