Author: Sargeant

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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Posted on: August 1, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Dubmatix with special guest Brother Culture Tour

06 Aug – Reggae Sun Ska – France 07 Aug – London, UK – One Love Reggae Festival 08 Aug – Dorset, UK – Endorse It In Dorset Festival 12 Aug – Nancy, FR – Le Clou 13 Aug – Paris, FR – Glaz Art 15 Aug – Belgium – Feest in het Park Brand new 7″ VINYL release Dubmatix feat. Tippa Irie “Happy” and the Aldubb “Happy Dub” remix.…

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Posted on: August 1, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

BISON b.c. confirmed to hit the road with Helmet this September!

The East Vancouver based band BISON b.c., who have been called “heavy as fuck” by Thrasher Magazine, have just confirmed a two-week plus tour with legendary alternative metal band Helmet, who are known for fusing Zeppelinesque riffing with a vehement post-hardcore precision, augmented by dense chords and offbeat time signatures. BISON b.c. will join Helmet when the tour kicks off on Wednesday September 8th in Sacramento, CA at Harlow’s Night…

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Posted on: August 1, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Local H – Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? (CD)

A one-hit wonder for many individuals who only listen to popular music, Local H has been releasing albums constantly since their largest commercial success, “As Good As Dead”, hit stores in April of 1996. Much has changed for the band since “Bound For the Floor”, though, and “Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles” is an album that shows a band in transition, moving from a Offspring-but-more-rock sound in “California Songs” to…

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Posted on: August 1, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

JUNGLE ROT drummer leaves + new US tour dates

Death metal institution and Napalm recording artists JUNGLE ROT report the following regarding the departure of drummer Eric House: “Eric found himself in a personal crisis that demanded his utmost attention. Therefore, he had no choice but to leave the band. Since then, we have been jamming with our good friend Tony Ochoa [SINDROME, SPEED HATE KILL] behind the kit, and things are sounding great! Tony is a ridiculously hard…

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Posted on: August 1, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

LN – Dirt Floor Hotel Part 2 (CD)

The odd echo that starts off “Without Your Song” makes the vocals all the more interesting. The instrumentation is so bare as to be non-existent; “Albatross” changes things due to its instrumental opening (a minute and a half worth) but ultimately sticks with a very creepy type of sound. The echoing present in this track mixes in with an electronic sound to change things up, but one knows that the…

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Posted on: August 1, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

PHENOM FILMMAKER ARAM RAPPAPORT IN PRODUCTION ON NEW FULL-LENGTH FEATURE ‘SUMMER SONG’

Twenty-one-year-old actor/director/writer and producer Aram Rappaport has undertaken his latest feature film project, Summer Song, currently in production in the classic East Coast locale of Cape Cod. Fresh out of the director’s chair of his 2009 crime drama Helix, Rappaport is on location in the Massachusetts enclave with a cast that includes acclaimed actor John Savage and screen favorite Alexa Vega, who’s also producing for the first time. Said director…

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