Author: Sargeant

Posted on: August 4, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Legendary Artist and Esteemed Author Sandi Patty to Release Companion Book and CD Projects The Edge of the Divine this Summer

Music Legend and esteemed author Sandi Patty will release companion book and CD projects, The Edge of the Divine this summer. In the book and new recording, the five-time GRAMMY ® Award winner who has appeared on such notables as Today and Extreme Home Makeover Edition, uses her accomplishments and public struggles as her inspiration. As Patty has experienced herself, and as she unveils in her book, often times in…

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Posted on: August 4, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Longwave – There’s A Fire (CD)

Longwave is a band that has been inculcated to Automatic for the People-era R.E.M., as well as most the bands from that era. This is not to say that they are necessarily dated or cliché, but to the contrary they start off “There’s A Fire” with a hard-hitting earworm of a track, replete with hard-hitting drums and snaky synth lines. The move towards and away from an intense sound during…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Evans Blue – S/T (CD)

I must admit, that I sometimes become confused with all the different bands that are coming forth with a newer rock type of sound. A few years back, there was some semblance of differentiation between them – one could understand what songs were Disturbed, which were Godsmack’s, and which ones Papa Roach cut. However, I’m seeing (or hearing) a little more collusion of these different styles in current rock music.

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Autolux Announce North American Tour Dates

Autolux have announced North American tour dates in support of their upcoming release Transit Transit. The trek kicks off on August 11th in San Francisco and ends September 18th in Los Angeles. All dates are listed below and additional information is available at their site. Autolux (Carla Azar: vocals/drums, Greg Edwards: vocals/guitar. and Eugene Goreshter: vocals/bass) produced Transit Transit themselves with Edwards serving as engineer. It was recorded in the…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Flametal – Heavy Mellow (CD)

In the last few years, there have been a number of different iterations of metal that really freshen up the genre. I recall a few years back, for example, reviewing a collection of metal songs for kids. This time around, metal tracks are given the flamenco treatment. Where fans lightly into metal will know a few tracks on “Heavy Mellow” (such as Megadeth’s “In My Darkest Hour”, Ozzy’s “Bark At…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GUNS N’ ROSES – FIRST U.S. PERFORMANCE IN FOUR YEARS! THEIR ONLY 2010 APPEARANCE IN USA!

Making their first U.S. concert appearance in four years – and playing their only U.S. show in 2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES has been officially recruited with DAUGHTRY to join the inaugural ROCK ‘N REV FESTIVAL and cement its assault on the legendary Sturgis Rally’s 70th Anniversary celebration in Sturgis, SD, at the newly constructed Rock N’ Rev Amphitheater at Monkey Rock USA. GUNS N’ ROSES will headline the fifth…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Brooklyn’s Atlantic/Pacific Sign with No Sleep Records & Announce the Release of their Debut Album Meet Your New Love – Out October 26th 2010

Brooklyn’s Atlantic/Pacific – featuring Garrett Klahn (Texas is the Reason) and John Herguth (House & Parish) – sign with No Sleep Records and announce the release of their debut album Meet Your New Love – due out October 26th, 2010. These two experienced rockers are joined by Ian Love (Rival Schools) who contributes guest instrumentation as well production skills to help the group create their psych/folk sound that will appeal…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Lonely H – Kick Upstairs (CD)

It takes about a half-minute to get into the groove, but Lonely H starts off “Kick Upstairs” with a track that frankly recalls Rivers Cuomo’s vocals with a style of rock that seems more fitting for the seventies than the current period. In a sense, there seems to be a concerted effort to recall the retro type sound of nineties alternative rock with songs like “Marmalade Sky”, as the track…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

“The Pyknic pArtery Tour” w/ Drop Dead Gorgeous, Attila, Sleeping with Sirens, Abandon All Ships, Woe Is Me, & Scarlett O’Hara

8/03 – Minneapolis, MN @Triple Rock 8/04 – Chicago, IL @ Subteranean 8/05 – Pontiac, MI @ The Eagle Theater 8/06 – Indianapolis, IN @ ES Jungle 8/07 – Toledo, OH @ Headliners 8/08 – South Hackensack, NJ @ School of Rock 8/09 – NYC, NY @ Highline 8/10 – Worcester, MA @ Paladium 8/11 – Providence, RI @ Club Hell 8/12 – Vineland, NJ @ Hangar 84 8/13 –…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

AMERICAN HI-FI: Video For “Lost” And EP on iTunes Available Now

AMERICAN HI-FI–Stacy Jones (singer/guitarist), Drew Parsons (bass), Jamie Arentzen (guitars) and Brian Nolan (drums)–has just released the video for “Lost” from their forthcoming album, FIGHT THE FREQUENCY. The album drops August 17 on their own label, Hi-Fi Killers/The Ascot Club (through Megaforce/RED/Sony). It’s the highly anticipated follow-up to 2005’s HEARTS ON PARADE (Maverick) and was produced by Stacy Jones along with Jamie Arentzen, and was recorded his studio in Los…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Logh – every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings (CD)

For the last few months, I have been lucky enough to be on the deep elm mailing list, and this album was actually one of the first I received, but due to some problems I was not able to review it until this late date. Thee music on this disc is precisely the type that you would find on deep elm – moody, contemplative, and more inclined towards the instrumental…

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Posted on: August 3, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NeuFutur and Epicenter Want to Give Out VIP Ticket Packs

Neufutur.com has teamed up with the Epicenter Festival to give one lucky winner a chance to see Eminem, KISS, Blink 182, Bush, Rise Against and more live at this year’s Epicenter 2010 Music Festival. The two-day event will be held on Saturday, September 25th and Sunday, September 26 at Auto Speedway in Fontana, CA, just 35 minutes from downtown Los Angeles. The winner will receive a pair of weekend passes…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SEGA Reveals Launch Plans to Bring Marvel’s Mighty Thor Franchise to Gaming Systems for Original Epic Adventure

“By Odin’s beard!” SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced they will bring Marvel’s hall-of-fame franchise Thor™ to video game systems for an epic third-person adventure: Thor: The Video Game, scheduled for release on all five major video game platforms in 2011 including the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) system, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™. “We…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CHIMAIRA U.S. TOUR DATES:

8/3 Raleigh, NC @ Time Warner Cable Pavilion @ Walnut Creek 8/4 Virginia Beach, VA @ Virginia Beach Amphitheatre 8/6 Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theater 8/7 Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion 8/8 Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live 8/10 Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre 8/11 West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre 8/13 Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center 8/14 Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheatre http://www.chimaira.com/ http://www.myspace.com/chimaira…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Locust – Safety Second, Body Last (CD)

I have a Locust poster sitting in my room as we speak. I really thought when I first heard about them I would have no desire to listen to it, but I downloaded a copy of “Plague Landscapes” and was hooked. This is something different from The Locust, as some semblance of easily-discernible structure (I’m sure their previous material had some high-faluting, difficult structure that I couldn’t begin to dissect)…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bobby Bare Jr. announces “Carpool America” Tour w/Blue Giant

Bobby Bare Jr. announces the “Carpool America” tour with Blue Giant. Blue Giant will open the shows and serve as his back up band along with Bare’s drummer Matt Martin. The 22-city tour will kick start in Memphis, TN on August 24th and end in Minneapolis on October 9th. Bare will release A Storm-A Tree-My Mother’s Head on August 31, 2010. It will be Bare’s sixth album and his first…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Lock and Key – Pull Up The Floorboards (CD)

Starting off their disc with “Alchemy”, Lock and Key come forth with the energy that begat their first CD on Deep Elm, “No Fate”. The fuzziness that ends this track just adds a dark feeling to the opening of the follow-up track, “Process of Molting”. One thing that must be said about Lock and Key is that they are virtuosos with each facet of their being – whether it is…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TIM KASHER TO RELEASE DEBUT SOLO ALBUM THE GAME OF MONOGAMY OCTOBER 5TH, 2010 ON SADDLE CREEK

Tim Kasher is set to release his debut solo album, The Game Of Monogamy, on October 5th, 2010 via Saddle Creek. Recorded this past January in Whitefish, MT, at SnowGhost Music and in his rental home in the small town, the album marks the first time Kasher – frontman for celebrated acts Cursive and The Good Life – has written, recorded, and produced an album under his own name. The…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Kelli Scarr To Release Debut LP Piece On Silence Breaks August 10th

Kelli Scarr’s interest in music and recording started early, at the age of three with her Nana using a handheld cassette recorder to record her singing. Growing up amongst the soundtrack of her parent’s records and singing in the Lutheran church of her hometown, music quickly became an important part of Kelli Scarr’s life. After high school she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to study voice at Berklee, and she soon…

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Posted on: August 2, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Lock and Key – No Fate (CD)

Coming out of the gates with “Independence Game”, their emotionally charged breakdown-infested song, Lock and Key put seven tracks on “No Fate”, their first EP for Deep Elm. “2nd Quarter Broken”, previously released on “This Is How I Kill My Tears”, is the highlight on this disc, incorporating a driving beat with a catchy chorus to make the melody stick in the listener’s head. With “2nd Quarter Broken” ending too…

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