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Posted on: May 9, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Miniature Tigers stay on the road, Coast to Coast tour with Kevin Devine, Tell It To The Volcano Out NOW!

ALTERNATIVE PRESS: FOUR AND 1/2 STARS “Staking their claim on the quirkier side of indie pop…..the sounds suggests a loopier Ben Kweller sitting in with the Flaming Lips” Death and Taxes “The wonderful Miniature Tigers can’t stay off the road.” They just wrapped up their winter tours with Ben Folds, Bishop Allen and Dear & The Headlights, Miniature Tigers head out on a 6 week, Coast to Coast tour with…

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Posted on: May 9, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Brandtson – Send Us A Signal (CD)

The Death and Taxes EP, even after a year, has been one of my favorite CDs of all times, and “Ain’t No Trip To Cleveland” was one of the top tracks of the year. It is 2004, and “Send Us A Signal” is one a major indie (The Militia Group). Brandtson is one of the only bands that can mesh nineties indie rock with the more common, more present-day thread…

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Posted on: May 9, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Scuba ‘Klinik | Hundreds and Thousands’ is new on Hot Flush

The first full 12” from Scuba since the release of his debut album A Mutual Antipathy touches down on Hotflush with two killer tracks illustrating the development of the Scuba sound. The dubstep/techno amalgamation has continued to gather pace in recent months and the A side of HF022, Klinik, encapsulates this collision of genres perfectly. Rolling beats, syncopated variations, crushing sub and cavernous synths collide in what has been a…

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Posted on: May 8, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

‘Blow’ is the brand new album from Dirt Crew on Mood Music

Dirt Crew aka Peter Gijselaers and Felix Eder have been Moodmusic favorites since their early days in 2004 when “Rock The House” emerged on the MBF label out of Cologne. Their electro influenced house productions soon found their way to Moodmusic creating numerous hits like “808 Lazerbeam” and “Domino”, and the all-time classic remix of “Soul Sounds” from label head Sasse. Dwelling a few years in more dubbed out minimal…

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Posted on: May 8, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

‘Adaptations – Mixtape #1’ is the new album from Ada on Kompakt

It’s always entertaining to drive around Cologne with ADA. The conversation starts off with a saga about her trip to the city car impound thanks to her illegally parking her chariot, while tunes crackle through her relic of a car stereo cassette player. Looking back, our trips always seem to end with chorusing some Madonna single, one guarantee ADA always has some track or song that I’ve never heard on…

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Brandtson – Hello, Control (CD)

Brandtson starts off their “Hello, Control” with an extraordinarily restrained style that just feels as the band will kick into full rock mode just a few seconds later. It takes a mature band to break listener’s expectations, but Brandtson does it in a masterful way on “A Thousand Years”. The inclusion of a synthesizer with tracks like “Denim Iniquity” makes the band sound a little bit like The Bravery or…

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Posted on: May 8, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Acid Drinkers – another batch of re-issues out soon

“Vile Vicious Vision” – Acid Drinkers’ fourth full-length album from 1993. It features a Kiss cover “And Then She Kissed Me”. The digipak edition includes bonus tracks: 1 live and 2 video tracks. “Fishdick” – Acid Drinkers’ fifth full-length album from 1994. The album includes almost exclusively covers of Kiss, AC/DC, Motorhead, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, NoMeansNo, Slade, Deep Purple and Flapjack. The new edition includes 1 bonus track. “Infernal…

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Posted on: May 8, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Mad Sin North American Tour & New Release!

This month MAD SIN are embarking on a tour of NORTH AMERICA in support of their latest release “20 Years In Sin Sin” on HEP CAT RECORDS: Mad Sin were born in 1987 out the hard rockin’, street fighting, hard drinking, seedy gutter of the Psychobilly/Rockabilly/Punk underworld that festered in a Berlin still entombed by the Eastern Bloc. Not even the Iron Curtain could stop the spread of the sickness…

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Posted on: May 8, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Brant Christopher – “Cursed” (CD)

Hey, its a guy with an acoustic and a smooth voice. Haven’t we heard this already through about a thousand iterations, through Matthew West and Dave Matthews and John Maher? Well, we have, but that isn’t really the issue with “Cursed”. Brant’s voice is smooth with that slight amount of grit to it, somewhat like the aforementioned John Maher, but with subtle hints of Don Henley. Minor amounts of drums…

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Posted on: May 8, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

BRAVE CITIZENS – NEW WEST COAST DATES ANNOUNCED ON THE ‘STAY AWAKE’ TOUR ALONGSIDE LYDIA, PLAYRADIOPLAY AND EYE ALASKA

After 10 weeks of bringing their thunderously captivating live experience to cities across the nation, California’s BRAVE CITIZENS wrapped their US REVOLUTIONS TOUR last night—Sunday, April 5—at Bamboozle Left in Irvine, California along with festival headliners 50 Cent, Deftones, Taking Back Sunday and others. With no slowing in sight, the band has announced a west coast run of dates with Lydia, PlayRadioPlay and Eye Alaska on the STAY AWAKE TOUR…

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Posted on: May 7, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

New Kids On The Block Tour Announcement And Video Update

New Kids On The Block are hitting the road again in support of their album The Block! Donnie, Jordan, Joey, Danny and Jon will kick off the “Full Service Tour” on May 28th in Atlanta, playing shows through July 18th in Houston. Jabbawockeez, the champs from season one of MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew,” will join NKOTB on the road for what promises to be the hottest party of the…

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Posted on: May 7, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

PHISH LAUNCHES SUMMER TOUR ON MAY 31st WITH NEWLY ADDED DATE AT BOSTON’S FENWAY PARK

Phish will kick off its first summer tour in five years with a concert at Boston’s historic Fenway Park on May 31st. The band has also added a third date (June 2nd) at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY. An online ticket request period is currently underway for the two newly announced shows at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com/ and will end April 12th at 11:59 p.m. ET. Tickets will go…

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Posted on: May 7, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Brandtson – Death & Taxes EP (CD)

Very approachable music from this Deep Elm act that really breaks the mold that is characteristic of the musical style of most of the Deep Elm acts. This band is incredibly clean and polished sounding, while having tight songs that will immediately throw themselves into a listeners’ head. By no means a band that is new into the scene (having recorded material since 1998 for Deep Elm), this EP really…

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Posted on: May 7, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

PSYCHOSTICK ANNOUNCES THE SANDWICH CD RELEASE PARTY TOUR

Heavy metal jesters PSYCHOSTICK have announced their first string of upcoming tour dates to support the release of their latest album, Sandwich, which streetedMay 5 on Rock Ridge Music. The tour kicks off with support dates on the Jagermeister Music Tour (also featuring Pennywise, Pepper, and Authority Zero), with headlining dates. Guitarist Jake McReynolds commented on the upcoming tour: “The Sandwich CD Release Party Tour is going to be an…

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Posted on: May 7, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Trouble Andrew Joins Santigold Tour

With a brand new album for Virgin Records on the way, Trouble Andrew will launch a blitz of tour dates this spring in support of his re-released, self-titled independent debut “Trouble Andrew” followed by a nationwide summer tour. Trouble began his takeover at Irvine’s Bamboozle Left April 5—on a bill featuring headliners 50 Cent, Deftones and Taking Back Sunday. He immediately joins Santigold in San Francisco for a coast-to-coast romp.…

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Brandtson / Camber / Seven Storey Split (CD)

Another of the fabled Deep Elm splits! What can I say about Brandtson that I haven’t already covered? Well, the one track on this disc makes it hard for me to get any more than a brief taste of what they are currently doing. Still, “Dead Animals” is straight-forward post-hardcore music with dual-harmony at times. Instead about being directly about the lover scorned, Brandtson has changed up the typical subject…

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Posted on: May 7, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

AC/DC’S BLACK ICE WORLD TOUR RETURNS TO THE U.S. THIS SUMMER

AC/DC’s highly successful Black Ice World Tour returns to the U.S. on July 28 in Foxborough, MA at Gillette Stadium (see below for full itinerary). AC/DC kicked off their Black Ice World Tour in late October 2008, crisscrossing North America and Europe garnering raves from critics along the way. The Black Ice World Tour was given the ‘Major Tour of the Year’ award at the 20th Annual Pollstar Concert Industry…

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Posted on: May 6, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

ILL BILL – “My Uncle” Live

Ill Bill is still working hard in 2009 after completing his sophomore album The Hour of Reprisal and a forty-date tour last year. Representing his group La Coka Nostra, which is comprised of Slain and former House of Pain members Everlast, Danny Boy, and DJ Lethal, Ill Bill performs his most personal song, “My Uncle,” live on Fearless Music TV. Check out the video for the performance with DJ Eclipse…

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Posted on: May 6, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Brandon Wiard – Painting a Burning Building (CD)

One of those singer-songwriters that make enough racket that eir listeners are confused into thinking a full band is always there – think of Beck or Sean Lennon, and one might have an idea of what Brandon Wiard sounds like. This is no Secret Machines, though – songs are tight and short, bursting with an energy that keeps the aforementioned band back. Wiard revels in the bombastic blasts of guitar…

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