Author: Sargeant

Posted on: January 19, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

DEW-SCENTED Premiere New Video and Announce Touring Guitarist

German thrashers DEW-SCENTED have premiered the video for the track, “Arise From Decay,” from 2010’s acclaimed “Invocation,” out on Prosthetic in North America, Spiritual Beast in Japan and Metal Blade in Europe. Check out the video now, exclusively at Metal Injection: http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/6251/dew-scented-arise-from-decay-video-premiere Vocalist Leif Jensen commented, “While we spent a good amount of time on the European roads in 2010 promoting the release of the newest DEW-SCENTED album ‘Invocation,’ we…

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Posted on: January 19, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

HOORAY FOR EARTH ANNOUNCE TRUE LOVES DEBUT LP

These are anxious times. >From unemployment and embattled governments to mysterious mass deaths of birds and fish, it’s easy to wonder if 2012’s apocalypse won’t come a year early. It’s heady fare for an indie rock record, but somehow the dense soundscapes from Hooray for Earth’s True Loves find a way to float on thin air. “The record is really aggressive sounding, but soft in attitude,” band leader Noel Heroux…

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Posted on: January 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Audrey Assad’s The House You’re Building Named Amazon.com’s “Best Christian Music of 2010”

2010 proved to be a glowing debut year for Sparrow Records’ Audrey Assad. Her freshman effort, The House You’re Building, was named Amazon.com’s “Best Christian Music of 2010” and iTunes ® Christian & Gospel “Breakthrough Album of the Year.” Amazon.com gave “Restless” the No. 8 position on the “Best Christian Songs of 2010” list. In addition, Assad collected the title of top selling new artist of 2010 in the Christian…

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Posted on: January 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Kingdom Hearts: Re-coded (Nintendo DS)

Kingdom Hearts: Re-coded has Square Enix bringing their popular Kingdom Hearts title, coded, off of the mobile phones which it was originally released. This seems to me to be the strongest effort in the series. Where most titles make do with ratcheting up the graphics or game play, this DS port puts all of the dials to 11. Furthermore, unlike the original coded, Re-coded contains all the different chapters that…

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Posted on: January 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TESSERACT Announces ‘One’ Details

TESSERACT is gearing up to unleash the first metal masterpiece of 2011 as their debut album ‘One’ will be released on March 22nd. The full length follows last year’s heralded ‘Concealing Fate’ EP and also includes a bonus DVD that features ‘Concealing Fate’ being performed live in the studio – no overdubs, no re-recording, just pure and raw – the way music was meant to be. The audio for the…

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Posted on: January 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Pipebomb – Disclaimer (CD)

I was able to listen to Pipebomb on their MySpace site before we had them play here in Lancaster. I wasn’t able to get the right aura around the band when they played live, as the PA speaker was blown out by that time. The tracks on “Disclaimer” are all normal length for punk tracks – ranging from 90 to 120 seconds, but the recording on the disc really is…

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Posted on: January 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO gears up for US Tour

Seminal electronic band MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO (MBM) is gearing up for their U.S. tour supporting the the release of Answers Come in Dreams via Metropolis Records (released October 12, 2010). Widely hailed for their groundbreaking live performances, MBM propels their electronic music into both a mesmerizing aural and visual dimension. “The live performance has become an integral component of my sound and production,” sound sculptor and music innovator Jack Dangers…

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Posted on: January 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Pin-Ups – S/T (CD)

The Pin-Ups begin this EP with “Tonite” relying on the sound on bands like The Carsfor influence; even if this album is twelve years, there is a definite sound from the eighties that is culled together by the Pin-Ups. There seems to be a certain factor that the band lacks in moving from the eighties to the nieties, and that really has to be a lack of down and dirty…

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Posted on: January 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Marnie Stern touring w/ Tera Melos

February 2011 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echo – w/ Tera Melos 19 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar – w/ Tera Melos 20 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Martini Ranch – w/ Tera Melos 22 – San Antonio, TX @ The Ten Eleven – w/ Tera Melos 23 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk – w/ Tera Melos 24 – Dallas, TX @ Sons of Hermann Hall – w/…

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Posted on: January 18, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Pillbox Remedy – Wasted Memories (CD)

Pillbox Remedy plays a brand of more-mature pop-punk, starting off “Wasted Memories” with a solid bit of music named “Get What You Deserve”. The entirety of “Get What You Deserve” is a track that does not follow the full-style that has lead from the Spector-created “wall of sound” so prevalent in today’s music. Beside the shortness of this EP (the six tracks all together barely break the eighteen minute mark),…

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Posted on: January 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

La Sera drops new single, extends Winter / Spring tour

Since joining all-female punk trio Vivian Girls during the spring of 2007 Katy Goodman’s DIY-style bass playing and drifty-faded vocals have sent waves of adoration rippling throughout Brooklyn’s pop punk circuit. Her newest band La Sera showcases her signature style, bringing her talent for creating dreamy pop songs even more to the forefront. La Sera just finished a west coast tour and had a smashing time at CMJ. After touring…

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Posted on: January 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Tour North America in March

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, one of the UK’s most iconic bands, are back with their first new album in 14 years. The appropriately entitled ‘History Of Modern’ via Bright Antenna Records through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group, has already sold over 100,000 copies. And what a return! Andy McCluskey has called it ‘our best album since Architecture and Morality’ – and few would disagree. The album was produced…

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Posted on: January 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Stuart Pierce – Too Far To Fly (CD)

“Gracie” starts out like a Steppenwolf track, while the vocals come out with an indie rock style that reflects Pierce’s love of acts like Matthew Sweet. The track is radio friendly, but there is nothing immediately catchy about that track, no special rub that the track has to bring listeners into their local record store to pick up this album. “Divine Whoa” is another track that is much the same…

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Posted on: January 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CORPSESSED To Unleash Debut EP Through Dark Descent Records

Finnish death metal outfit CORPSESSED has signed with Dark Descent Records for the CD release of their self-titled debut EP. Scheduled for an early 2011 release, the EP features six tracks of bludgeoning old-school death in the vein of Entombed, Incantation, Deicide, Immolation and Grave. Select tracks from the EP have been posted on the band’s official Myspace site, while more information on CORPSESSED can be found on their Facebook…

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Posted on: January 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Picket Line – Chapter: End (CD)

The mixture of rock and emo music that Picket Line starts off their “Chapter: End” is probably the smartest move that the band can make with their opening salvo. By tying together the two most popular genres of music on the market, Picket Line have shown that they can reach a large segment of the listening audience. The music is not just done to bring listeners to purchase this album,…

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Posted on: January 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Way Yes To Release NEW EP Walkability January 25th: RIYL Dirty Projectors, Beat Happening, Fela Kuti

Way Yes are as prolific as promised. After releasing Herringbone late last year, remixing Computer Magic, and keeping their spear sharp, the guys are greeting up to drop another EP, Walkability. Herringbone was great of course, but Walkability is something else entirely. The band grew up fast – more candid lyricism, tighter sound, wider sonic palette. Way Yes leans more heavily on psychedelia than dance floor-ready bangers this go ’round.…

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Posted on: January 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Photo Atlas – No, Not Me, Never (CD)

“Electric Shock” has The Photo Atlas start like any number of dance punk acts that were on the lips of indie scene kids from 2003 on. In fact, the spastic nature of “Electric Shock” is reminiscent of The Rapture, even if the vocals attempt to go in an At The Drive-In direction. The Photo Atlas will be big when this album gets to the right people, but I don’t know…

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Posted on: January 17, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE ACCUSED Announce New Drummer

Like a bunch of zombies drunk on embalming fluid, veteran hardcore thrashers THE ACCUSED prepare to take their Splatter-Rock-Speakeasy and After-Hours-Sicko-Sideshow into turbo-nuclear-tombstone-kicking overdrive with the announcement of a new stick-breaker in Warren A. Pease (pronounced “war ‘n’ peace”) Said the band in a collective statement: “He’s a relatively young chap at the tender age of 25. Then again, with THE ACCUSED founding guitarist, Tommy Niemeyer rounding the corner heading…

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Posted on: January 16, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

La Sera Performs “Never Come Around” on Incase’s Room 205

Incase is pleased to premiere the second installment of Room 205 with La Sera, the solo project of Vivian Girls’ Katy Goodman. A few days before embarking on La Sera’s first UK tour, Katy stopped by Room 205 – along with hired guns Jennifer Prince and Jonathan Weinberg – to blast through a few songs from Katy’s upcoming full-length on Hardly Art. This week, Incase has unveiled the second song…

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