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News Archive in the week of February 13, 2006

Beth Orton
Do we admit to the Ten Year Syndrome? Conventional wisdom suggests that with many singers and bands it's more often than not their earlier work that carries the most weight. Every now and then, however, a few artists spectacularly explode the theory ... read more
Bullet For My Valentine
Everyone predicted it. The metal press, the music industry and especially the gig going kids all knew that there was something special about Bridgend based Welsh metallers, Bullet for My Valentine and now it looks like everyone else is going to know ... read more
Dale Watson
Austin, TX…Hank Williams III, keeper of the Williams musical legacy, has just named country singer and songwriter Dale Watson the savior of traditional country music. In an Orlando Sentinel article that ran throughout November in major daily newsp... read more
Eastern Conference Champions
In an age overrun with label created metrosexual rock bands, it’s pretty refreshing to see a group of guys walk on stage looking like they might just as easily be heading to work at a gas station. Perhaps it’s because Josh Ostrander (vocals/guitar/ke... read more
Faktion
Faktion is a new band whose name, conceived by guitarist Josh Franklin, is one with which the members identify strongly. “It means ‘family’ to us, acceptance,” Franklin says. It also speaks for the band’s fans, which he describes as a wide-ranging gr... read more
Guillemots
“Meet the most remarkable band in Britain.” is how Mojo introduced Guillemots to it’s readers, a group that drifted together with the simple plan of making popular music interesting and fresh. NME declares, “We’ll go anywhere—even to a night of impro... read more
Hoobastank
After logging more than a year on the Billboard 200 albums chart with their Grammy-nominated double-platinum second album, The Reason, Island recording group Hoobastank returns with their long-awaited new album, EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF, due to arrive i... read more
Javier
With the release of his self-titled debut in 2003, newcomer Javier proved himself a welcome addition to the canon of intriguing R&B singers. Indeed, not since Babyface has there been an artist who could write and sing beautifully crafted songs as wel... read more
Josh Ritter
The V2 Records release of Josh Ritter’s forthcoming The Animal Years represents one of the key moments in an artistic career that discerning music critics expect to last for decades. The album is the follow-up to Ritter’s Hello Starling, which earned... read more
LL Cool J
In 2006, LL Cool J is making sure that everyone knows TODD SMITH. This 12th release on Def Jam Records, his first self-titled release, continues to define him as a breakthrough artist. TODD SMITH is scheduled to be released worldwide on MARCH 21, ... read more
Matt Costa
Songs We Sing is a winding collection, running the stylistic and historic gamut of pop music; hues of ragtime, folk, psychedelia, country, and rock are cast liberally across the album. Songs We Sing recalls a time when America was under the spell of... read more
Placebo
Over the past decade Placebo have slowly but surely grown into one of the biggest and best rock bands on the globe. Meds is Placebo’s first studio album since 2003’s Sleeping With Ghosts, which went Top 10 in the UK, sold 1.4 million copies worldwide... read more
Rhymefest
Lately there seems to be a diversity of fresh sounds blowing in from the windy city. From the head-nodding anthems of Kanye West to the corner stories of Common to rapid-fire delivery of Twista, the mid-west city of Chicago has been the motherland fo... read more
Stretch Arm Strong
Stretch Arm Strong is on fire. Day jobs? Gone. Caution? To the wind. Hooks? More than your grandfather's tackle box. Album of their career? At last! "Free At Last" redefines and reinvigorates everything great about punk, hardcore and melodic ro... read more