Author: Sargeant

Posted on: August 7, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Big Head Todd and The Monsters’ Tour Starts Today

Saturday, August 7 Ravinia Festival Highland Park IL Thursday, August 19 The Vogue Indianapolis IN Friday, August 20 Preservation Plaza Arnolds Park IA Saturday, August 21 Fall Park Festival Grounds Sioux Falls SD Thursday, August 26 Minnesota State Fair St. Paul MN Friday, August 27 Crossroads Kansas City MO Saturday, August 28 Southern Brewers Festival Chattanooga TN Friday, April 15 – Saturday, April 16 Paramount Theatre and Visual Arts Center…

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Los Kung-Fu Monkeys – Rebuilding the World (CD)

Keeping true to their status as at least a partially-California band, Los Kung-Fu Monkeys uses a number of styles to provide a fresh and groovy album for their listeners. Working off a base of Ska, Punk, and Surf, the Monkeys use a very positive-sounding music to promote a better world; specifically asking individuals to “justify your actions”, “take a look at the city tonight”, and “to stop all this war”.…

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BRIDGE NINE SET TO RE-PRESS HAVE HEART’S THE THINGS WE CARRY

Boston’s Have Heart was perhaps one of the most impactful and relevant bands to exist in the hardcore circuit in the 2000’s and have remained relevant even since they disbanded in October of 2009. Over their seven-year-long career, the band released two albums for Bridge Nine Records: 2008’s Songs to Scream at the Sun and the band’s 2006 debut full-length The Things We Carry. That landmark recording (The Things We…

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Losing All Pride – Down This Road (CD)

Losing All Pride plays a brand of punk that is tremendously tied into hardcore. The style is something that is comparable to an act like Sum 41, but there seems to be a much more genuine thrash influence. This is probably due to the fact that the band is coming fro a California that is rife with thrash history. This means that the disc is well less than thirty minutes,…

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THE ACORN RETURNS TO THE STATES FOR FALL TOUR

Ottawa-based five-piece The Acorn will be heading on tour to support their third full-length album, No Ghost, out now digitally and due September 7 (CD/LP) on Bella Union. The Acorn recently returned to NYC, playing three highly successful shows in expectation of their upcoming fall tour. While in NYC, the Acorn were featured on WNYC and were filmed performing tracks off the new album in the Time Out NY offices…

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EA REVEALS DARKSPORE, A NEW SCI-FI ACTION ROLE-PLAYING GAME IN DEVELOPMENT FROM MAXIS STUDIO

Maxis™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced the next project in its award-winning portfolio of PC games: Darkspore™, an online, science-fiction action role-playing game, is currently in development for a February 2011 launch. Darkspore is rich in action and fiction, and is being written and developed by some of the most talented minds in the video game industry. “Darkspore is inspired in part by the award-winning creature…

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Los Deadbeats – Probably Drunk (CD)

Los Deadbeats is a band from the Kent area. I actually have only seen them live once, but had a chance to hear this disc at the kids’ old house. Putting this disc in my player for a serious second listen allows me to hear more of the nuance that makes “Probably Drunk” much more of a solid album. During songs like “Legend of the Fohamma”, Los Deadbeats take on…

Posted on: August 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

1st lady of UK folk Kathryn Williams releases album of interpretations

Kathryn Williams releases her new album “Relations” this Fall through One Little Indian Records. “Relations” is a beautiful collection of interpretations of classic well-known tracks and some lesser-known gems originally by the likes of Jackson Browne, Nirvana and Neil Young. Produced by Kathryn Williams, “Relations” was recorded with her regular band in her hometown, Newcastle. She recently released “The Quickening” on One Little Indian to some great critical responses.

Posted on: August 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE ACACIA STRAIN Tour, Tour, Tour

9/17 Jena, GER – F Haus $ 9/18 Koln, GER – Essigfabrik $ 9/19 Reading, UK – Sub 89 $ 9/20 Norwich, UK – Waterfront $ 9/21 Colchester, UK – Arts Centre $ 9/22 Plymouth, UK – White Rabbit $ 9/23 Manchester, UK – Moho Live $ 9/24 Sheffield, UK – Corperation $ 9/25 London, UK – Islington 02 Academy $ 9/26 Antwerpen, BE – Hof ter Lo $ 9/27…

Posted on: August 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

Los Burbanks – Snake (CD)

The hard crunch that starts out “Snake” is something that I completely did not expect from a band called Los Burbanks. The track throws in some punk bass into something that eventually makes itself into a style that seems closer to what a band called Los Burbanks would sound like. This means that “Snake” is a blend of 311 and Incubus and early Offspring. Los Burbanks are a bipolar band…

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THE BODY: Two-Month Tour Begins This Week

Also in support of the album, the damaging duo are also gearing-up to take to the road this week, kicking off a mammoth two-month long tour. The brutal trek begins in Brooklyn this Thursday and runs through the middle of September; quite a grueling tour for the two-man act. THE BODY are self-booking this entire tour in their self-sufficient D.I.Y. fashion, but many shows are still being booked. If you…

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Lords – The House That Lords Built (CD)

In what is probably the shortest LP of all time the ten-song, sub-15 minute disc put out by this Louisville band is hard hitting but suffers from awkward splits in the track. The entire disc feels as if it was just broken up from one extended track, and the screaming, noise-punk of Lords feels as if the band focused on one specific moment and went with it. The sizzling guitars…

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Angel Taylor iTunes Sessions EP Sponsored in Tour Format

August: 6 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena (w/ Ben Kweller) 7 Boston, MA Bank of America Pav. (w/ Ben Kweller) 8 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pav. (w/ Kris Allen) 10 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Thea. (w/ Kris Allen) 13 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall (w/ Ben Kweller) 14 Rochester, NY Cananadaigua Music & Arts Center (w/ Ben Kweller) For more information go to: www.angeltayloronline.com

Posted on: August 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Proximal Records’ Say Uhns Unveils Compilation MEGAMIX

Tokimonsta added to LA release party w/ Daedelus and more; Proximity One: A Narrative Of A City’ Los Angeles themed Compilation w/ Dam Funk, Daedelus, Shlohmo, Tokimonsta + the Proximal Crew due out 8/10 Say Uhns Friends of Proximal: Daedelus Tokimonsta Proximal Crew: Benedek Lawrence Grey Sahy Uhns more info here: www.proximalrecords.com ————————————— Proximal Records is a Los Angeles based independent record label with a mission of supporting and promoting…

Posted on: August 6, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Lordi – The Arockalypse (CD)

Lordi – The Arockalypse Lordi was the act that won the 2006 Eurovision song contest, and for good reason. The field was very weak, and Lordi was one of the few acts that actually played any version of rock on the show. This album is an expanded version of “The Arockalypse”, with a few extra tracks present on the American versions. The style of music that Lordi plays, for those…

Posted on: August 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Maverick Entertainment’s October New Releases!

Maverick Entertainment Group announces the video release of FIRE When a young musician and his wife witness a brutal bank robbery they soon find themselves in the middle of a political conspiracy! Starring Gary Dourdan of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” Pre-Order Date: 9/3/2010 Street Date: 10/5/2010 Label: Platinum Genre: Action Pricing: $24.98 (DVD) UPC#: 8 2 4 3 5 5 5 3 5 1 2 9 MAV#: MAV-5351 Spindle#: 8…

Posted on: August 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Classical 2010 Season Preview

August 2010 Aug 10 – 23 ANNA NETREBKO returns to the Salzburg Festival to sing the doomed heroine in Bartlett Sher’s production of Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette. Last season she worked with the Tony Award-winning director on his production of Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Met. The performances mark the first time the Russian soprano will sing Juliette, now one of her signature roles, at the Austrian summer festival. [Salzburg,…

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Lorene Drive – Romantic Wealth (CD)

Why exactly Lorene Drive didn’t put “Let It Go” as the lead-off track for “Romantic Wealth” is beyond me. The first track, “God Knows I Love You Kid” is a track that is essentially a non-starter for the band, as it is even cut in a style that makes it feel as if it was culled from a different set of tracks than the rest of the disc. As it…

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Full Length Debut Titled, Back In The USSA, By Cleveland Garage Rock Band, Prisoners, Out Now On Smog Veil Records

Smog Veil Records announces the new full-length album by Cleveland garage rock band Prisoners titled, Back In The USSA (out now). The record was pressed on multi-colored wax, with eco-friendly recycled content jacket and full color two-sided insert. The LP includes a free download code for the entire album. This collectable release is strictly limited to a single pressing of 500 pieces. The album was recorded, mixed and engineered by…

Posted on: August 5, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Lordroc – E2 To Bass (CD)

Pretty solid rap coming out of a more laid-back outlook, Lordroc’s first track on “E2 To Bass”, “Who Is It U Love?”. Everything comes together convincingly, whether it is the early-nineties backbeat or the female vocals that work as a bridge on the track. Using a host of different producers for every track, Lordroc runs the risk of making an album that shifts in overall sound every few minutes. Luckily,…