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Posted on: September 30, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Callers Debut Wire Cover, “Heartbeat,” Reveal Initial Tour Dates

Brooklyn-via-New Orleans trio Callers just debuted their cover of Wire’s “Heartbeat” with Yours Tru.ly. Covering “Heartbeat” was the initial idea that inspired the making of the band’s sophomore release, Life of Love, out October 12th on Western Vinyl (Dirty Projectors, Here We Go Magic, Balmorhea), in the hopes of creating something simple and cathartic. Using borrowed amps and mics, in bedrooms and in studios, Callers recorded Life of Love, the…

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Posted on: September 30, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Miss Autopsy – Sweet (CD)

Miss Autopsy is not a goth band. They are a rock band that seems to pull sections from acts of the last fifteen years, so that hints of Alice in Chains, Tool, Nirvana and more all come through during tracks like “Good Is Not Good Enough”. The production of “Sweet” is solid all the way through, with songs conceivably being of a level that would allow play on a radio…

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Posted on: September 30, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Steve Angello’s SIZE Records readies first SIZE Matters compilation + US Tour Dates + Free Track

www.myspace.com/steveangello www.sizerecords.com Tweets by SAngelloLIVE On October 11, Steve Angello’s Size Records ushers in the fall with its first label compilation, Size Matters. Here, Steve Angello – one third of the Swedish House Mafia – and his SIZE protégé DJ & Producer AN21 meet to produce an amazing two-disc compilation featuring the biggest tracks from their own record boxes plus the very best of the mighty SIZE label. The collection…

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Posted on: September 30, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Miranda Sound – Western Reserve (CD)

“Jackson Milton” is a track that blends together a number of styles to show individuals that Miranda Sound has everything under control. The band eventually settles down into an emo style, but there are hints fo rock and punk just as there are numerous ties to the emo genre. Miranda Sound has a different approach to emo music than most other acts in the genre currently. For example, the previously…

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Posted on: September 30, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Archie Powell & the Exports announce tour dates supporting deubt LP “Skip Work”

Oct 1 – Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL Oct 2 – Small’s – Hamtramck, MI Oct 3 – Bullfrog Brewery – Williamsport, PA Oct 4 – Mojo 13 – Wilmington, DE Oct 5 – TT the Bears – Boston, MA Oct 6 – The Court Tavern – New Brunswick, NJ Oct 7 – Arlene’s Grocery – Manhattan, NY Oct 8 – Brighton Bar – Long Branch, NJ Oct 9 –…

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Posted on: September 29, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Basia Bulat’s US tour kicks off today!

Basia Bulat should be exhausted by now, but she’s not. She’s hitting the road for a US tour today. After performing at folk festivals across Canada early this summer, she hopped in the van with her band and performed in New York City’s Central Park, playing alongside Tune-Yards and St. Vincent. She then flew to Europe for a solo tour, which included sold-out performances at the prestigious Øya Festival in…

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Posted on: September 29, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Minutes Too Far – Let It Roll (CD)

Minutes Too Far’s “Let it Roll” captures I think the essential of what scenesters crave these days. Each song has radio quality, poppy with vocals that don’t really travel from the standard and onto new and adventurous. The vocalist never really sounds like the same guy from track to track, but his many personas are all safe. I feel as though at times that the beat carried through from song…

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Posted on: September 29, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TOPSHELF RECORDS to Re-Release Debut LP / CD from GROWN UPS in North America

More Songs, the critically-acclaimed debut full-length from Grown Ups (Chicago, IL / Furnessville, IN) will see an official North American re-release on November 9th from Topshelf Records ( My Heart To Joy, Pianos Become The Teeth, Defeater ). Originally released worldwide on May 17, 2010 by British imprint Big Scary Monsters, More Songs saw limited distribution Stateside via the label’s web store, as well as from the band at shows.…

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Kelli Scarr Announces US Fall Tour

Oct. 7 – New York, NY – Joe’s Pub Nov. 2 – San Diego, CA – Park Gallery Nov. 3 – Los Angeles, CA – Hotel Cafe Nov. 4 – Santa Barbara, CA – Muddy Waters Cafe Nov. 7 – Sacramento, CA – Luigi’s Fungarden Nov. 9 – Bend, OR – Silver Moon Brewery Nov. 10 – Portland, OR – Alberta Rose Theater Nov. 12 – Seattle, WA – Columbia…

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Minutes to Burn – Self/Titled (CD)

Mixing together the guitars of Rage Against the Machine and Sparta to make a laid-back form of punk music, Austin’s Minutes To Burn burst out onto the scene early this year. Starting off this disc with “Poison Everything”, Minutes To Burn brood every while building an energy with the powerful drum strikes by Jeremy. Continuing their deeply emotional sound with “Static”, the band further establishes themselves as a professional, solid…

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R.E.M. RE-TEAM WITH ACCELERATE PRODUCER JACKKNIFE LEE FOR NEW STUDIO ALBUM

R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, and bassist Mike Mills have just finished recording their 15th studio album, which will be released in Spring 2011 by Warner Bros. Records. The band has re-teamed with Grammy Award-winning producer Jacknife Lee, who produced R.E.M.’s acclaimed previous album Accelerate. He is also noted for his work on albums by U2, Snow Patrol, The Hives, and indie stalwarts Kasabian, The Editors, Aqualung, and…

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Posted on: September 29, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Minor Leagues – The Pestilence is Coming (CD)

The amount of individuals that contributed in some meaningful music way to “The Pestilence is Coming” is enough in number to make a small town. Forty individuals throw in with “additional performances”, and their work can easily be heard during the entirety of “The Pestilence is Coming”. The Minor Leagues play an interesting brand of indie rock that does not really have any temporal link. There are hints during the…

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Posted on: September 29, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The exclusive re-release of the self-titled album by Angelzoom

Metal Mind Productions presents the exclusive re-release of self-titled album by Angelzoom. This album is a truly magical journey into the most beautiful corners of the mind… Angelzoom is a project of vocalist Claudia Uhle, who was known from the German pop ensemble called X-Perience, where she sang from 1995. The group had two major hits – “A Neverending Dream” and “Magic Fields”. In 2004 she used her time off…

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

VASSILY PRIMAKOV: WORLD PREMIERE & MORE ACCOLADES

On October 20, Vassily Primakov will perform the world premiere of “Piano Concerto No. 2” by the Danish composer Poul Ruders. The performance will take place in Oslo, Norway, with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra conducted by the orchestra’s Music Director, Thomas Søndergård. The 24 minute concerto, in three movements, was commissioned by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and American pianist, Jerome Lowenthal. The premiere performance will be broadcast in Norway, and…

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

Minmae – 835 (CD)

The low key sound of Minmae during their “Pay More” will challenge listeners, as the eight and a half minutes that the track runs is nothing to scoff at. What simply sounds like a down tempo rock sound goes into noisy cacophony at points, keeping individuals attracted to the track. The random placement of clips from what sounds to be forties and fifties recordings give this another layer of depth,…

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

WOLVSERPENT TOURDATES

Sept 30 Denver CO @ The Further Shop w/ Velnias Oct 2 Milwaukee @ Borg Ward Oct 3 Chicago IL @ Enemy w/ Locrian Oct 4 Columbus OH @ Carabar w/ Bringers of Disease Oct 5 Brooklyn NY @ Archeron w/ Archon and Bezoar Oct 7 Boston MA @ Starlab w/ Ehnahre Oct 8 Greenfield MA @ John Doe Jr. w/ Ehnahre Oct 9 Ithaca NY @ Warehouse w/ Ehnahre…

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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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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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