Music by Years & Months:
Music News in December, 2006
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The New Trust To release Dark Is the Path Which Lies Before Us
posted on December 30, 2006
Right now is a pretty surreal time to be in a punk band. It seems like these days words like “originality” and “inventiveness” have been stricken from most bands’ vocabularies, only to be replaced with “regional Soundscans”and “target demographics.” ...
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Coho Coho
posted on December 29, 2006
What is it with the Northwest? That area of the country is like a breeding ground for indie rock. Some might say bands emerging from this scene are redundant, or mass-produced, or acutely derivative (which doesn’t have to be a bad thing), but overall...
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Baby Teeth To release The Simp
posted on December 29, 2006
Since their 2004 formation, Baby Teeth have proven that bedroom pop and huge hooks belong together. The band has been compared to a host of legendary pop eccentrics: Todd Rundgren, Andy Pratt, Elvis Costello. And yet, it’s Baby Teeth’s unique appropr...
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Half Cocked To release Half-Cocked DVD
posted on December 29, 2006
In true DIY fashion, underground classics Half-Cocked and Radiation are being released as a double DVD via filmmakers Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley’s RUMUR imprint. Shot on 16mm black and white film in 1994 in Louisville, Nashville and Chattan...
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The Willowz To release Chautauqua
posted on December 28, 2006
The Willowz were conceived in a bedroom in Anaheim, CA early summer 2002 by Richie James Follin singer/guitarist and bassist/singer Jessica Reynoza, who were both at the time in their late teens. The name of the group came to Jessica in a dream when ...
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Money Mark To release Brand New By Tomorrow
posted on December 28, 2006
Heartbreak can bring on its own totally exquisite set of feelings. This seeming paradox -- that something beautiful can grow from suffering -- is exemplified by Money Mark's new album Brand New By Tomorrow. "This isn't your typical jump up and down a...
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The Higher To release On Fire
posted on December 27, 2006
The Higher will release its Epitaph debut album On Fire, on March 6th, 2007. Produced by Mike Green (The Matches, Paramore), the disc will contain three of the four songs from its Digital-only EP Pace Yourself released on December 12th via iTunes, pl...
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Das Oath To release self-titled
posted on December 27, 2006
One their most superb effort to date, Das Oath plow ahead on their destructive path, ascending to the furthest reaches of intensity to emerge as the forerunners of classic modern hardcore. With some of their most unpredictable chord progressions and ...
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White Magic White Magic
posted on December 27, 2006
White Magic is the spellbinding and haunting collaboration of Mira Billotte, formerly of Quix*o*tic with Sleepy Doug Shaw, Jim White, Tim DeWit, Tim Barnes, Samara Lubelski, Shahzad Ismaily, Jesse Lee, Karen LeBlanc and Brad Truax. Two and a half yea...
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Moby Moby
posted on December 27, 2006
In reconciling the triumphs and obstacles of one's past, an artist must completely examine their points of reference. For some, the past is littered with letdowns and haunting reminders, but for Moby the past is a unique landscape of varied styles bu...
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The Rumble Strips The Rumble Strips
posted on December 26, 2006
There are some bands whose story is easy to tell. They are the bands for whom it all just falls into place: their sound is easy to describe and pigeonhole, their look is stylized and just so, their philosophy drops into a classic, easily defined rock...
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Delinquent Habits Delinquent Habits
posted on December 26, 2006
Delinquent Habits has released it's 5th studio album titled "New & Improved". Released 100% independently through DH Music (which is distributed by Super D / Phantom Distribution) the new album will be available digitally on-line, physically through ...
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Luke Toms To release Fools With Money EP
posted on December 24, 2006
Luke Toms is a singer-songwriter with a unique voice, individual ideas and above all a sense of style and panache that elevates this self styled "philanthropist, dandy and songwriter" head and immaculately scarved shoulders above the competition. ...
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Papoose To release The Nacirema Dream
posted on December 23, 2006
Born and raised in the notorious Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Papoose took his first jabs at being a rapper at the young age of 11. Given the name by his grandmother meaning "Indian baby", whom he resembled as a child, Papoose is the true ...
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Styles P Styles P
posted on December 23, 2006
“I don’t think they’re going to expect what I’m coming with,” says Styles Peniro (David Styles) about his upcoming sophomore album, Time is Money. A member of the storied Yonkers, NY descended trio The LOX, it was a matter of time before each member ...
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Chimaira To release Resurrection
posted on December 22, 2006
Chimaira is proof that there is life after death. The months following the release of the band's self-titled third album, despite the record's blistering and undeniably killer content, were a dark time. Band members threatened to leave. There wer...
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Saigon To release The Greatest Story Never Told
posted on December 22, 2006
Saigon is an unadulterated dose of reality... the type of eye-opening wake-up call that changes your perspective on life forever. That's why his steady climb into the top ranks of the hip-hop world is hallmarked by such an impressive list of notable ...
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DeLana Stevens To release Welcome to My World
posted on December 21, 2006
Basin, Wyoming; no, there’s not much to do there. Google the city and you’ll find the Big Horn Co-Op and Tom’s Café. It’s a quiet place to grow up, not the busy metropolis that would spawn the likes of a super-star. Folks there work, spend time raisi...
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Incognito To release Bees + Things + Flowers
posted on December 21, 2006
Anyone paying attention to the upper echelon of soul music's ever changing face knows the name Incognito. More than the moniker of a great band, Incognito is a brand - a guaranteed one-stop for sophisticated, uplifting U.K.-spun soul-jazz, stamped by...
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The Subjects To release With the Ease Grace Precisionand Clevern
posted on December 21, 2006
Like many bands, The Subjects met in high school. And probably like many prog-rock bands, they met in video production class. They shared dreams of loud rooms, cracked amps, and raging, sweaty crowds. Who or what was to hold them back from grasping o...
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Nakatomi Plaza To release Unsettled
posted on December 21, 2006
Right now is a pretty surreal time to be in a punk band. It seems like these days words like “originality” and “inventiveness” have been stricken from most bands’ vocabularies, only to be replaced with “regional Soundscans”and “target demographics.” ...
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Des Ark To release Battle Of The Beards
posted on December 21, 2006
The line between project and band is sometimes very faint. Over the years plenty of side projects have blown to full wonder. Postal Service for sometime far outsold the then humble mix of Death Cab For Cutie and DNTEL. The same goes for metal mavens ...
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Rosy Parlane Rosy Parlane
posted on December 20, 2006
Rosy Parlane [NZ]'s previous album for Touch, 'Iris' [2004] was hailed as a masterpiece by The Red Hot Chilli Peppers guitarist, John Frusciante, who wrote: "...it's such an incredible, beautiful energy inside of it that to me, it sounds like listeni...
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Original Hamster Original Hamster
posted on December 20, 2006
Original Hamster is finally back! After a long time of production, shows, releases, remixes and collaboration with a wide range of artists, chilean Original Hamster hits us with the longly expected Trendsetter and The Followers long player. He has be...
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Milenasong To release Seven Sisters
posted on December 20, 2006
The daughter of Norwegian and Slovenian parents, she spent her childhood in south Germany and as a youth lived in Oslo, which is also where she first pressed the record button on her four track. After that came art school in England and Berlin, part-...
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The Postmarks To release self-titled
posted on December 20, 2006
For The Postmarks, stepping outside of their private, music making world is a brand new experience. Describing the environment where their songs and recordings have been carefully crafted as a "heartbreak factory", the band has decided to open up th...
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Exploding Star Orchestra To release We Are All From Somewhere Else
posted on December 20, 2006
In 2005, cornetist Rob Mazurek was approached by The Chicago Cultural Center and the Jazz Institute to put together a group that would represent the more contemporary / avant-garde side of sound in Chicago for a concert in Millennium Park's Frank Geh...
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Denzel and Huhn To release Paraport
posted on December 20, 2006
Originally playing music as part of a loose collective that included members of To Rococo Rot and Tarwater, Denzel + Huhn came to the attention of City Centre Offices when their CD was passed onto the label by the Lippok brothers. Combining a rich mu...
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Peel To release self-titled
posted on December 20, 2006
"What struck me most upon first hearing Peel was an innate, unpretentious wisdom beyond the band's years. I happened upon Peel in a crappy downtown Austin bar one Fall night in 2005. The singer, visibly uncomfortable being the focus of attention, app...
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Winterpills To release The Light Divides
posted on December 20, 2006
When Winterpills released their debut album in the fall of 2005, fans and critics alike scrambled to define what made it one of most significant musical discoveries of the year. Critics met the album with descriptions like "Heavy with moments of ...
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Gabriel Teodros Exclusive Interview
posted on December 20, 2006Gabriel Teodros of Abyssinian Creole has proved to the world that you can work doing what you love and love your work. Even though Gabriel is an artist, he is speaking to and for the ones who are struggling to survive.
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Biffy Clyro To release Puzzle
posted on December 20, 2006
Biffy Clyro will give fans their first taste of new recordings in over two years with the release of the download-only single semi-mental on 25 December. The band will also stream two further tracks from their forthcoming album ‘Puzzle’ (released lat...
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Take That Take That
posted on December 19, 2006
With over 80 million albums sold to date Take That will release Beautiful World their first studio album in over ten years during February 2007 featuring their brand new single "Patience". Beautiful World sees Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange...
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Blackmores Night Blackmore's Night
posted on December 19, 2006
Ritchie Blackmore is one of the very few great guitarists who display musical genius, individuality and integrity in equally large parts. Within his bands Deep Purple and Rainbow, he frequently displayed his liking for medieval music, expertly combin...
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The Black Lips To release Los Valentes Del Mundo Nuevo
posted on December 19, 2006
The Black Lips are what you could call true visionaries of a skeptical age. Even from their very first 7" EP, you could tell they were doing their own thing on their own terms, and of course it didn't sit well, even with the dawning of the 21st centu...
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Dolores ORiordan To release Are You Listening?
posted on December 19, 2006
Sanctuary Records is pleased to announce they have signed the multi-talented Dolores O’Riordan for her first solo album, ARE YOU LISTENING? The record will come out in North America on the Sanctuary Records imprint and in Europe on Sanctuary’s newly ...
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The Showdown To release Temptation Come My Way
posted on December 18, 2006
The Showdown returns from a European tour with Norma Jean just in time for their release. The Showdown more than ups the ante as “Temptation Comes My Way” is over two years in its creation. The band put painstaking effort into making this record flaw...
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Trick Daddy Trick Daddy
posted on December 18, 2006
Perhaps it’s the way he keeps backsides bouncing with energetic, club-jumping anthems like “Shut Up” and “Take It to Da House.” Or maybe it’s his foul-mouthed, triple-X antics on such hood hits like “Na’an N****” and last year’s candy-licking summer...
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Skinny Puppy To release Mythmaker
posted on December 18, 2006
SKINNY PUPPY--who remain the world’s most forward-thinking electronic/industrial-rock unit--enter their third decade with MYTHMAKER, their 13th album and second for SPV America, due out January 30, 2007. The group’s braintrust--OGRE and cEVIN KEY--h...
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dDamage To release Shimmy Shimmy Blade
posted on December 16, 2006
Both HANAK brothers, known under the name of dDamage, play an indescribable electronic music, violent and melodic at the same time, juggling with hip-hop beats, riffs of guitars and heat of analog synths. With tended flow, their music lets appear a r...
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Immune Immune
posted on December 16, 2006
It’s always easy to compare a band to another but in this case even if we can feel a lot of influent bands, we can’t easily describe the grace and beauty that touch Immune’s wonderful official debut Sound Inside. Magnificent guitars, piano melodies, ...
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Crank County Daredevils To release Livin In The Red
posted on December 16, 2006
„When rock’n’roll isn‚t watered down it transcends into fashion and life. Rock is America‚s greatest art form it is meant to be enjoyed, loved, and loathed. - Scotty P Rock n Roll needs another kick in the ass. Simmering just beneath the surface of ...
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Blackie and The Rodeo Kings Blackie and The Rodeo Kings
posted on December 16, 2006
Let’s Frolic, the keenly-anticipated fourth album from Canadian roots rock heroes Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, is the sound of a band in this for all the right reasons. Tom Wilson, Colin Linden and Stephen Fearing have been together as BARK for a ful...
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Koritni To release Lady Luck
posted on December 16, 2006
The band started writing new songs last June after their tour in France & Belgium (to support the $ Green Dollar Colour $ album release) which saw the band opening for the legendary Scorpions. After 3 months of writing process, the songs were comple...
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Cezanne To release Breaking Beats for Jesus
posted on December 16, 2006
It's strange that the trajectory of indie-rock has recently abandoned the once-trademarked standard of fuzzed-out sonics and endearingly sloppy guitar melodies. Cezanne's mini-album Breaking Bats For Jesus sounds like it could've come out of Chapel H...
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Huey To release Notebook Paper
posted on December 15, 2006
Perhaps it’s the inherent cool that he carries like an extended limb; he’s debonair as LL. Or maybe it’s the seriousness that masks his face when in deep thought; he’s business as a young Master P. His mind to get money by any means necessary is virt...
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McFly McFly
posted on December 15, 2006
2005 was quite a remarkable year for McFly. They scored their second number one album, Wonderland (debut album Room On The Third Floor entered the UK album chart at No1, earning the band an award from the Guinness Book of Records for being the younge...
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Busdriver To release RoadKillOvercoat
posted on December 15, 2006
Los Angeles-based Busdriver – a genre-busting MC with scope well beyond hip-hop’s traditional limitations – will launch his 2007 tour initiative on January 24th at his hometown’s El Rey Theatre. In celebration of RoadKillOvercoat, his fifth solo albu...
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Cadillac Sky To release Blind Man Walking
posted on December 14, 2006
Coming January 23rd... Cadillac Sky will release their debut album, Blind Man Walking. This Fort-Worth-based band truly is a "triple threat", with power house vocals, incredible instrumental chops, and refreshingly original songwriting skills. Descri...
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of Montreal To release Hissing Fauna Are You The Destoyer?
posted on December 14, 2006
of Montreal is many things. of Montreal is one of the stalwarts of the Athens, Georgia pop scene. of Montreal is the recording and performing project of one Mr. Kevin Barnes. And of Montreal is one of the many bands still in operation with a tie to t...
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Mindy Smith Mindy Smith
posted on December 14, 2006
It took eight years for Mindy Smith to become an overnight sensation. The world discovered her suddenly around ‘04; that’s when she started winning awards, appearing on national TV, inspiring critics and artists to sing her praises (and her songs), a...
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Joan Osborne To release Pretty Little Stranger
posted on December 14, 2006
The road less traveled has always held a certain appeal for Joan Osborne. Over the years, the adventurous singer-songwriter has taken flight -- for the mountains of India and the depths of the Delta in her quest for sounds that stir the soul. After a...
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Crime Mob To release Hated on Mostly
posted on December 13, 2006
It’s been almost two years since six rowdy teenagers from Ellenwood, Georgia first exploded on tational music scene with there thunderous tunes “Knuck if You Buck.” Like an uncontrollable wildfire the song blazed its way through the underground and l...
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Ashley Tisdale To release Headstrong
posted on December 13, 2006
Ashley Tisdale, one of the stars of Disney Channel's smash-hit High School Musical, will be releasing her debut solo album Headstrong on February 6, 2007 on Warner Bros. Records. Ashley is on the road now with the High School Musical Tour where she i...
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Severed Heads Exclusive Interview
posted on December 13, 2006
Is Severed Heads “Industrial” music? Severed Heads creates When people think of ‘Industrial’ music, they think of angry middle-aged men with spikes on their backs in the middle of a mosh pit (doing that stomp-dance where they pound the air). Severed ...
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Geniuser Exclusive Interview
posted on December 13, 2006
The poignant darkness within music can sometimes be thrillingly beautiful. The power within the shadows can transcend imagination, time, and space. Some listeners love depressing lyrics or themes while others may just love the dark image or style of ...
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The Boredoms To release Super Roots
posted on December 12, 2006
Formed in 1987 and about to celebrate their 20th Anniversary, Japan's Boredoms are one of the most influential underground bands ever. There may be no other band in the world that has traced an evolution as simultaneously varied yet focused as Japan'...
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J Dilla To release Ruff Draft
posted on December 11, 2006
“Before we get this started, let me explain it. It’s Ruff Draft. For my real niggaz only. DJs that play that real live shit. You wanna bounce in your whip with that real live shit. Sound like it’s straight from the ma’fuckin’ cassette! Ruff Draft... ...
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Che Arthur To release Iron
posted on December 11, 2006
Che Arthur remains a busy guy. After a solo U.S. tour in fall 2003 in support of his debut solo full-length, All Of Your Tomorrows Were Decided Today (Flameshovel Records), he was deluged with requests to again hit the road as a sound engineer and t...
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Minus The Bear To release Interpretaciones Del Oso
posted on December 11, 2006
Minus The Bear might seemingly have come from out of nowhere. But after close to six years on the scene, following a long string of sold out shows and countless underground hits, the band is finally on the cusp of what seemingly befalls all artists…t...
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Young Widows Young Widows
posted on December 11, 2006
The DC/Chicago/Louisville connection has been long-standing triangle of similar ideas, ethics and sounds, and Louisville, Kentucky’s Young Widows keep that spirit alive. From the reverb-drenched inspiration of the Regulator Watts/Hoover family to the...
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Pinebender Pinebender
posted on December 11, 2006
Pinebender’s Working Nine To Wolf is its second release on Lovitt Records. It is the first recording made with the band’s new line-up. After the departure of Matt Clark in 2002, Stephen Howard moved from behind the drums to take over on baritone guit...
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Peter And The Wolf Peter And The Wolf
posted on December 11, 2006
What kind of music would you want to hear if you and your baby were the last two people on a post-apocalyptic, godforsaken planet? If you were sitting by the sea, for example, watching that vast expanse of empty water crash upon the sands and then re...
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Amiina Amiina
posted on December 11, 2006
The first time amiina released a record, the ‘animamina’ EP in December 2002, they were pretty much a group in concept alone, having previously played together only as a string quartet round their native Iceland and more latterly as Sigur Ros’s strin...
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Vedette Vedette
posted on December 11, 2006
Vedette is MOOG music twisted into shape by P/A/X/X and Neil Carlill. Antique Porn could be a passion. Cassette tapes, Samples, flute whistles, ukuleles, the para-military and a book full of words in a DADA looseleaf COMBINE to produce music. Concret...
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aMute aMute
posted on December 11, 2006
In the two years since the release of his spectacular début, A Hundred Dry Trees, Brussels based Jérôme Deuson (aka aMute) has toured the width and breadth of Europe several times, started his own superb label, Stilll, and created a new body of work ...
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Xzibit Xzibit
posted on December 10, 2006
Since the release of his 1996 debut, At The Speed Of Life, Xzibit has released 5 full length albums including the 2000 blockbuster Restless which included “X” (produced by Dr. Dre). Xzibit has also expanded his visibility with high profile step-outs...
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RZA To release Afro Samurai Soundtrack
posted on December 10, 2006
RZA's next upcoming project comes in conjunction with the Afro Samurai anime miniseries, starring Samuel L. Jackson, set to premiere on Spike TV January 4th, 2007. RZA has been handpicked by the producers of Afro Samurai, the biggest budget anime TV ...
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Jamie Randolph Jamie Randolph
posted on December 9, 2006
Rock-n-roll, blues, and barbecue, this is Memphis to you, me, everybody. You would think that every Memphis musician spent his infant years rocking ever-so-soulfully on the back beat of a bar-playing blues hound. Don’t fall prey to the hype. Jamie...
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America To release Here & Now
posted on December 9, 2006
In the midst of their fourth decade of music making, America have been perennials on the concert circuit for 34 years, pleasing their loyal fan base and attracting new generations of followers. The band’s new 2-CD set, Here & Now is a spectacular dis...
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Billy Cook Billy Cook
posted on December 9, 2006
Billy Cook: songwriter, vocalist, and producer was born in the small town of Atlanta, TX and raised in the big city on Houston’s Southside. Billy began his entrance into the music industry at the tender age of 17 on a collaboration with Rap-A-Lot ar...
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Robert Gomez To release Brand New Towns
posted on December 8, 2006
The small university town of Denton, Texas is beginning to take on a mystical significance for Bella Union Records’ Simon Raymonde. We could be forgiven for thinking the label was based there! Like Saddle Creek’s local development of Nebraskan bands,...
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Gaelic Storm Gaelic Storm
posted on December 8, 2006
Since its inception nearly ten years ago, Gaelic Storm continue to broaden the musical horizons of the Celtic music genre by creating compelling originals and fresh arrangements steeped in Irish traditional melody and acoustic instrumentation combine...
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Dirty On Purpose To release Hallelujah Sirens
posted on December 8, 2006
From Bedhead to Motorhead, Dirty on Purpose's sound has been labelled all over the map - shoegaze, indie pop, experimental, space rock and dream pop. In the end, they defy categorisation. With four songwriters and three main vocalists, Dirty on Purpo...
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Starless and Bible Black Starless and Bible Black
posted on December 8, 2006
Starless & Bible Black make beautiful spirited & catchy songs in the grand tradition of classic British folk rockers Pentangle and John & Beverly Martyn straight on up through the halcyon days of early 4AD records. On their debut self titled outing, ...
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moe To release The Conch
posted on December 7, 2006
In 2001, the solid, catchy song writing skill behind moe.'s crisp musical attack was rewarded with a four-star review in Rolling Stone for their album DITHER. The band responded with their next album not by resting on any laurels it may have earned, ...
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J Xavier J Xavier
posted on December 7, 2006
Occasionally, a kid comes along who wows us with an insanely mature grasp on music, and an almost shocking confidence and cool. J Xavier isn’t that kid. He sort of blows that kid out of the water. At just 14, the Houston native’s become a prodigal...
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The Blood Arm The Blood Arm
posted on December 7, 2006
When Nathaniel was eighteen years old, he read an article in the newspaper about a man who had his arm cut off in a Stones-Beatles debate gone horribly awry. In a quote, the amputee said nothing of his severed limb, he merely reasserted that his cutt...
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Xavier Rudd Xavier Rudd
posted on December 7, 2006
"Xavier Rudd (..) offers a strikingly original mix of music. Some of his sound (and idealism) echoes the surf-folk of Jack Johnson, while his Weissenborn guitar-playing evokes Ben Harper. But mostly, Rudd is on a plateau of his own, playing a one-man...
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Matisyahu To release No Place To Be
posted on December 7, 2006
Fans of Matisyahu know what a dynamic performer he is when he takes the stage. Now that enigmatic live concert energy has been captured on a new CD ‘NO PLACE TO BE’ and bonus concert DVD ‘LIVE IN ISRAEL,’ to be released Dec. 26 on Epic. The new CD...
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The Knife To release Silent Shout
posted on December 6, 2006
The Knife is Olof Dreijer and Karin Dreijer Andersson. They are based in Stockholm, Sweden and have made music together since 1999, released on their own label Rabid Records. THE KNIFE Biography by Craig McLean, January 2006 A snowfield, n...
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Saliva To release Blood Stained Love Story
posted on December 6, 2006
In every life, there are moments of revelation. Some are tragic, like near death experiences or divorce. Others are joyous, such as birth, new love or a career breakthrough. But both kinds leave indelible stamps on the individuals experiencing them. ...
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Graham Coxon Graham Coxon
posted on December 6, 2006
Yes, breaking up is hard to do, but everyone knows the best revenge is living well - especially Graham Coxon. His departure from Blur six years ago was marked by Anglophiles as something that required a moment of silence, but out of this schism came ...
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Matthew Ryan To release From A Late Night High-Rise
posted on December 6, 2006
NASHVILLE, TENN. –Matthew Ryan delivers his first solo set in three years titled From A Late Night High-Rise, on Brooklyn-based indie 00:02:59. Mindfully, Ryan shuns the traditional record company model for an intimate release befitting of such a ...
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Ill Nino Ill Nino
posted on December 6, 2006
ILL NIÑO’s Latin roots run bloody and deep. As innovative and refreshing as their sound is, they’re nearly impossible to describe: Spanish lyrics, flamenco guitars, tribal drums and percussion, Salsa-infused bass lines, and thunderous metal riffs. IL...
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Karybde and Scylla To release Free Your Mind
posted on December 6, 2006
Established trance outlet, Elevation Records promo their eagerly awaited 12th release; “Free Your Mind” by Karybde & Scylla. French duo Karybde & Scylla are fast becoming rising stars in the trance world,having already remixed “Shivers” by Armin Van ...
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Stephen Marley To release Mind Control
posted on December 6, 2006
There's this old black and white photo of Stephen Marley; it's a portrait of the lion as a young man. He's standing against a wall of bamboo rocking short hair and an '80s-style I-Threes t-shirt--puffed up and proud the way only a rebel youth can be....
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Boo Boo
posted on December 5, 2006
To true fans of good music the state of Mississippi is hallowed ground. It is the land where the blues, the basis of all forms of popular music started. It is, to some, an unlikely place for hip-hop let alone the next hip-hop superstar, but Mississip...
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Silversun Pickups Silversun Pickups
posted on December 5, 2006
In the brutally cold world of Big Rock Biz, there's something very comforting about just knowing that a band like L.A.'s Silversun Pickups exists. That feeling derives from the group's searingly sumptuous music, sure, but it has a lot to do with know...
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Purrbot Purrbot
posted on December 4, 2006
Purrbot's third effort Civil Unrest isn't one of those records that zooms forth out of the speakers; rather, it lurks slowly into your personal space, enveloping its captivating grasp on you in the most intriguing of ways. The one-man project of one ...
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Monster Movie To release All Lost
posted on December 4, 2006
Monster Movie make a fine return on the mysterious Graveface label for another album of melancholy dream-pop. And while that description may feel like its been applied to numerous bands in the most haphazard of ways, it should be noted that Monster M...
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Project Pat Project Pat
posted on December 4, 2006
These days, in the world of hip-hop, it ain't hard out there if you rep for the Dirty South. From the charts to the clubs to radio to this year's Academy Awards, the hardcore sounds of the Memphis-based Hypnotize Minds musical collective are moving u...
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Serengeti To release Dennehy
posted on December 4, 2006
Possessing an off-the-cuff absurdity that stacks up against that of MF Doom, Serengeti uses his strange Chicago upbringing (Communist activist mother, suburban father) to produce an equally bizarre, moving and witty walk through day-to-day life chann...
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Kraak and Smaak Kraak and Smaak
posted on December 4, 2006
In just over a year, Holland’s electronic funk phenomenon Kraak & Smaak have established themselves as a major new talent. From their energy-charged live shows that have been winning over audiences across Europe to their first US tour, and from t...
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Haiku To release Blew
posted on December 3, 2006
Haiku is a Chicago MC who, despite his relatively young career, has carved out a strong niche all his own. Grounded in the tru-school aesthetics of Native Tongues pioneer De La Soul and its modern-day torch-bearers Little Brother as well as the liter...
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Tobymac To release Portable Sounds
posted on December 3, 2006
tobyMac wants to start a revolution, one that will sweep through cities and erase the divisive lines that keep people and cultures apart. Holding up his microphone like a fist in the air, this Grammy-winning artist sees his opportunity in the society...
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The New Pornographers To release Best Of
posted on December 3, 2006
The New Pornographers are a Vancouver group made up of A.C. Newman and a group of ridiculously talented people he feels are uniquely equipped to realize his musical ambitions. They formed in 1997, almost immediately recorded the classic "Letter From ...
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Bloc Party To release A Weekend In The City
posted on December 3, 2006
Bloc Party release their second full-length album A Weekend In The City - 5th February 2007 through Wichita Recordings. Produced by Jacknife Lee and recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios in Ireland. Bloc Party's newest collection of songs is a stunning, i...
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Strike To release Freeworld
posted on December 3, 2006
Recognized by hip hop fanatics from his role as 'Lycety Split' in Eminem's box office hit, 8 Mile, rapper Strike has just been signed to a major digital distribution deal with INgrooves. With music downloading popularity increasing and record sales d...
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Richie Kotzen To release Into The Black
posted on December 2, 2006
My name is Richie Kotzen and I am a guitarist/singer/songwriter. I began to learn the electric guitar when I was seven years old in my home town of reading Pennnsylvania. at the age of 12 I formed my first band called exis. From there I played live s...
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My Latest Novel My Latest Novel
posted on December 2, 2006
One of the most original and unique bands to emerge in years, My Latest Novel finally unveil their astonishing debut album, “Wolves”. Mapping out what is at times previously uncharted musical territory, My Latest Novel brilliantly merge soaring violi...
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Charlotte Hatherley To release The Deep Blue
posted on December 2, 2006
At the start of 2006, Charlotte Hatherley found herself at one of life’s great turning points. She had just had her ‘leaving home’ moment, ten years after first leaving home. She had chosen to leave Ash, the band that took her round the world, and ma...
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Jamiroquai To release High Times: Singles 1992-2006
posted on December 2, 2006
A decade and a half is a long time to be at the top of your game; no matter what that game might be. In music, it's a near impossibility. While many set off as next big things, few stay the distance to arrive as genuine international icons. After 15 ...
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Smile Empty Soul Smile Empty Soul
posted on December 2, 2006
Smile Empty Soul, the band that wouldnt die! Smile Empty Soul returns stronger & smarter than ever and ready to take their rightful place as one of alt rocks kings. Equal parts hardcore, punk, metal and melody, this Southern California band doesn...
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Polly Panic Polly Panic
posted on December 2, 2006
Jenette Mackie built Polly Panic on the back of an electrified and often distorted cello married with manic-depressive drums & Plathic like lyrics. Hardly delicate, the music of Polly Panic delivers intense range of emotion and flirts with anger and ...
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Travis Tritt To release The Very Best Of
posted on December 1, 2006
Travis Tritt injected his rowdy outlaw spirit and soulful Georgia growl into the burgeoning New Country movement with his 1990 Warner Bros. debut, Country Club. With a succession of strong, hit single-filled albums, Tritt became one of country music’...
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Ladyfuzz To release Kerfuffle EP
posted on December 1, 2006
Ladyfuzz have released a three track EP on Transgressive Records on the 13th of November 2006. The Kerfuffle EP, available on deluxe-packaged seven-inch vinyl and download, follows the recent 'Oh Marie' single and features a brand-new re-recording of...
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Laibach Laibach
posted on December 1, 2006
LAIBACH have released a new album entitled, "Volk." The follow up to 2003’s WAT, the album will be released on February 20, 2007. Laibach also released a new DVD, "Divided States of America" in the US November 14, 2006. Volk, meaning “people” (i....
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Qualo To release Believe
posted on December 1, 2006
What happens when street hip-hop meets Pop, Rock and R&B while being fueled by socially conscious and politically astute beliefs? You have a movement. You have Qualo. Chicago has produced some of Hip-Hop’s most promising and important new talent such...
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DJ Clue To release The Professional 3
posted on December 1, 2006
After a way-too-long six year break between official album releases on the Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam label, mixtape impresario and Desert Storm mogul DJ Clue returns on December 19th with the arrival of THE PROFESSIONAL, Part 3, the long-awaited sequel to ...
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Fujiya and Miyagi To release Transparent Things
posted on December 1, 2006
Fujiya & Miyagi are David Best, Steve Lewis and Matt Hainsby. The trio met while warming the subs bench during Sunday league football and discovered a mutual hero-worship of world heavyweight sumo wrestler Kendo Nagasaki (from Wolverhampton and like ...