Enter now for your chance to win an exciting gift pack from Linkin Park to celebrate the June 26th release of their new album LIVING THINGS. One lucky winner will receive a CD copy of LIVING THINGS signed by the band, a pair of Rob Bourdon signature Vater drumsticks, a Linkin Park t-shirt and band stickers & buttons! Also included is a one year membership to the official Linkin Park fan club: LP Underground. Members receive early entrance to Linkin Park shows, chances for Meet & Greets, access to concert pre-sale tickets and best seats, exclusive music, live video chats with band members and much more. http://lpunderground.com/
The only thing you have to do is e-mail us (at Sputnikreviews at gmail dot com) and let us know who you think it would be cool to see Linkin Park collaborate with and why. The contest is open to U.S. and Canadian residents only and will end on July 9th. Please use the words Linkin Park Contest as your subject line.
Multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning band Linkin Park will release their forthcoming album LIVING THINGS (Machine Shop Records / Warner Bros. Records) on June 26th. The album is spirited, energetic, daring and unafraid to hybridize the past, present and future: http://bit.ly/JGZzmX. Pre-order LIVING THINGS via: http://livingthings.linkinpark.com/ and check out the exciting promotions surrounding the album below:
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Linkin Park on Honda Civic Tour With Incubus
Linkin Park will be co-headlining the 2012 Honda Civic Tour with Incubus,…
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Sputnikmusic is currently holding a Linkin Park contest. One lucky winner will receive a CD copy of LIVING THINGS signed by the band, a pair of Rob Bourdon signature Vater drumsticks, a Linkin Park t-shirt and band stickers & buttons! Also included is a one year membership to the official Linkin Park fan club: LP Underground. Members receive early entrance to Linkin Park shows, chances for Meet & Greets, access to concert pre-sale tickets and best seats, exclusive music, live video chats with band members and much more. So, go here for more details.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 12, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Assemblage 23 – Bruise (Metropolis Records)
Azealia Banks – 1991 (Interscope Records)
BoDeans – American Made (Megaforce)
Bouncing Souls – Comet (Rise Records)
Celldweller – Wish Upon a Blackstar (FiXT Music)
Charli XCX – You’re the One (IAMSOUND)
Alice Cohen – Pink Keys (Olde English Spelling Bee)
The dB’s – Falling Off The Sky (Bar None Records)
Decoded Feedback – disKonnekt (Metropolis Records)
Dent May – Do Things (Paw Tracks)
Eternal Tapestry – Dawn In 2 Dimensions (Digitalis)
Friends – Manifest! (Fat Possum)
Future of the Left – The Plot Against Common Sense (Xtra Mile)
Giant Sand – Tucson (Fire Records)
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals –…
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Lunic is an all-female electro-pop band from New York City, that released their first album, Lovethief, back in 2009. After its release they were able to perform with such diverse artists as Moby, Mindless Self Indulgence, Meiko, Company of Thieves, Dredg and many more. The trio consists of songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Kaitee Page, electric midi violinist Megan Berson, and live drummer Masha Mayer and they combine to create a fairly unique style that includes keyboards, violins, guitars, effects, loops, and midi controllers to skillfully and carefully construct each track from the ground up.
With a ton of live shows under their collective belts, Lunic are now set to release their second album, Future Sex Drama, in September. ‘Far Away’ is first single from that upcoming album and if it is any indication of the album as a whole, it will be another dose of moody electro-pop. Lunic are definitely recommended to those into Phantogram, Lykke Li, Metric, Ladytron or The xx.
“All-girl New Yorkers Lunic make distinctive and sultry psychedelic indie with hints of downbeat British electronica acts The xx and Portishead. Mournful dashes of violin and melodic lead guitar flourish.”
– NXNE
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 05, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
The Agonist – Prisoners (InsideOut Music)
Architects – Daybreaker (Century Media)
A Silent Film – Sand & Snow (Self Released)
The Bamboos – Medicine Man (Tru Thoughts) Be’lakor – Of Breath And Bone(Self Released)— Kyle Ward
Eric Benet – The One (Jordan House Records)
Bigg Jus – Machines That Make Civilization Fun (Mush Records)
Big K.R.I.T. – Live from the Underground (Def Jam Records)
William Brittelle – Loving the Chambered Nautilus [Digital Only] (New Amsterdam)
Bobby Brown – The Masterpiece (Bronx Bridge Entertainment)
Candlemass – Psalms For The Dead (Napalm Records)
Brandi Carlile – Bear Creek (Columbia)
Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Big Moon Ritual (Silver Arrow Records)
Circus Maximus – Nine (Frontiers Records)
Shawn Colvin – All Fall Down (Nonesuch)
The Cory Smoot Experiment – When Worlds Collide (Metal Blade)
Crocodiles – Endless Flowers (Frenchkiss)
Curren$y – The Stoned Immaculate (Warner Bros.)
Def Jef – Just A Poet With Soul (Delicious Vinyl)
d’Eon – LP (Hippos in Tanks)
DeWalta – Wander {EU} (Haunt Music)
Dntel – Aimlessness (Pampa Records) Fear Factory – The Industrialist(Candlelight)— Deviant
Hawthorne Heights – Hope [EP] (Cardboard Empire) The Hives – Lex Hives(Disques Hives)— Rudy Klapper
Kelly Hogan – I Like To Keep Myself In Pain (ANTI Records)
Alan Jackson – Thirty Miles West (Capitol)
The Jacka – The Sentence (SICCNESS)
Japandroids – Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl Records)
Kool Keith – Love…
Art By Numbers’ debut album, Reticence: The Musical, will be streaming on the site until the end of Tuesday, so if you haven’t checked it out yet, you better do it soon. They have been compared to everyone from The Human Abstract and Protest the Hero to Coheed & Cambria and The Mars Volta. Give it a listen here.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 29, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
2:54 – 2:54 (Fat Possum Records)
Art By Numbers – Reticence: The Musical (Art By Numbers)
Wade Bowen – The Given (Sony Nashville)
Crystal Bowersox – Once Upon A Time (Crystal Bowersox)
Brotherhood of the Lake – Desperation Is The English Way Vol.1 (Thirty Days Of Night Records)
Delain – We Are The Others (Roadrunner/Warner)
Dogjaw – Pilot (Solidarity Recordings)
The Dig – Midnight Flowers (Buffalo Jump Records)
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Here (Community Music)
Melody Gardot – The Absence (Verve)
Gotthard – Firebirth (Nuclear Blast Records)
Kreator – Phantom Antichrist (Nuclear Blast Records) Ladyhawke – Anxiety(Universal UK)— Davey Boy
Malice – New Breed Of Godz (Steamhammer/SPV)
Millencolin – Melancholy Connection [CD/DVD] (Burning Heart)
Marissa Nadler – The Sister (Box of Cedar)
Travis Porter – From Day 1 (RCA)
Public Image Ltd – This Is PiL (PiL Official)
Gemma Ray – Island Fire (Bronzerat Records)
Saint Etienne – Words and Music by Saint Etienne (Universal UK)
Sarah Jezebel Deva – Malediction EP [Digital…
Are you Canadian? Do you like Death Grips or just enjoy free stuff? Well, here is your chance to win the most recent CD by hip-hop artist Death Grips. We have a copy of The Money Store to give away to one lucky Canadian fan. The only thing that you need to do is use the words ‘Death’ and ‘Grips’ in a sentence (paragraph or story if you’re feeling overzealous). Make it witty, funny or sarcastic — the end goal is to be amusing. Contest is open to Canadian residents only and will end on May 29th.
E-mail your submissions here (make sure the subject is “Death Grips Contest”):
Sputnikmusic is streaming the upcoming album, Reticence: The Musical, by progressive metal artists Art By Numbers. They have been compared to everyone from The Human Abstract and Protest the Hero to Coheed & Cambria and The Mars Volta. Give it a listen here.
We are also hosting a give-away for hip-hop artist, Death Grips. We’ve got two copies of their album, The Money Store, to give away. Go here for details.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 22, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
12 Stones – Beneath The Scars(Executive Music Group) — Davey Boy
16Volt – Skin [Re-Issue] (Metropolis Records)
Kris Allen – Thank You Camellia (RCA)
Blue Foundation – In My Mind I Am Free (Dead People’s Choice)
The Bunny The Bear – The Stomach For It (Victory Records) Burzum – Umskiptar(Byelobog Productions)— Kyle Ward
Children Of Bodom – Holiday At Lake Bodom (15 Years Of Wasted Youth) (Fontana Universal)
The Cult – Choice Of Weapon (Cooking Vinyl)
Delta Moon – Black Cat Oil (Red Parlor)
Diablo Swing Orchestra – Pandora’s Pinata (Sensory Records)
Electric Wizard – Witchcult Today (Candlelight) El-P – Cancer for Cure(Fat Possum Records) –– Sobhi Yousseff
Tolga Fidan – Rogue (Vakant)
Freak Kitchen – Land of the Freaks (The Laser’s Edge)
Garbage – Not…
Art By Numbers haven’t even released their debut album, and they’re already receiving a lot of attention. This attention probably initially stemmed from the band’s connection with The Human Abstract, but there’s definitely more to it than that. For those that are curious, Brett Powell (The Human Abstract’s drummer) is the band’s manager and Art by Numbers guitarists Victor Corral and Dustin Georgeson studied with A.J. Minette (also of The Human Abstract). The thing is that any thoughts that the band might be skating by on posts such as the one on The Human Abstract Facebook page that declared Art By Numbers, “the most exciting up and coming progressive band out there,” are put to rest once you hear the album. The band’s upcoming debut, Reticence: The Musical, is deserving of the attention that it is getting regardless of any extraneous circumstances.
This Fresno, California five-piece definitely bring a technical, yet melodic, style of progressive metal that will have people comparing them to everything from The Human Abstract and Protest the Hero to Coheed & Cambria. The thing is that they still have their own sound. For one, the band bring a prominent sense of melody and catchy vocal arrangements that occasionally remind me…
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What is there to say about this song? I’ve never heard of the band before, but I’m digging what they’re doing here. It’s like a cross between trip hop, chill jazz and gothic rock. The song comes from the band’s three-song EP of the same name and was released through Pale Noir Records. The other two songs even seem to add just the slightest bit of shoe gaze to the mix — good stuff.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 15, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
American Gospel – Tall Tales Vol.1 (American Gospel)
Beach House – Bloom (Sub Pop)
Bersarin Quartett – II [Physical Release] (Denovali Records) Best Coast – The Only Place(Mexican Summer)— Robin Smith
Blaq Dahlia – Dark Flower (Skinny Entertainment Records)
BT – Laptop Symphony [Digital Only] (Black Hole Recordings) Cherri Bomb – This is the End of Control(Hollywood Records)— DaveyBoy
City Rain – Watch Out [EP] (Self Released)
Cornershop – Urban Turban (Ample Play Records)
The Cribs – In the Belly of the Brazen Bull (Wichita)
Will Dutta – Parergon (Just Music)
Fixers – We’ll Be The Moon (Mercury Records)
Garbage – Not Your Kind of People [iTunes Exclusive] (StunVolume)
Godsmack – Live & Inspired (Universal Republic)
Hasta La Vista Social Club – Melt (Inverse Records)
Hospitals – Asleep [EP] (Tangled Talk) Hot Water Music – Exister(Rise Records)— Adam Thomas
Josephine Foster & the Victor Herrero Band – Perlas (Fire Records) Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music(WILLIAMS STREET)— Sobhi Youssef
Lahmia – Into the Abyss (Bakerteam Records)
Meiko – The Bright Side (Fantasy) mewithoutYou – Ten Stories(Pine Street)— Robin Smith
MV & EE – Space Homestead (Woodsist)
Nachtvorst –…
If it seems like only last year that Marissa Nadler was releasing her self-titled fifth album, it’s because it really was only last June. Having never been one to just sit around, she is already back with an album titled The Sister which is set to be released on May 29th. If this new song is any indication, her upcoming album is going to pick up right where the previous one left off — and that is definitely a good thing. ‘The Wrecking Ball Company’ is yet another hauntingly beautiful song which mixes minimalist musical accompaniment, strange lyrical imagery and Marissa’s evocative vocals to excellent effect. The video adds an extra layer of peculiarity over the course of its five minute run time, featuring Marissa Nadler engaged in… I don’t even know… digging, staring, standing, sleeping. Marissa explains it as such, “the song references the walls that can grow up between two people and how painful that distance can be.” In the video, “the couple is sharing the same desolate, unadorned house, but they are apart, and looking for a hopeful sign to bring them back together.” Well okay then; I’ll just take her word for it.
The Sisterwas recorded and produced by Brian McTear at Miner Street Studios in Philadelphia. The Sister is a companion record of eight new tracks subtly linked to last year’s self-titled critically acclaimed LP, out May 29 via her own Box Of Cedar Records.…
Sputnikmusic is proud to be hosting a free giveaway to coincide with the upcoming new Keane release, Strangeland. Head over here for details and don’t forget to check out the review as well.
We’re also still hosting an exclusive stream from the band Trioscapes. Trioscapes is the instrumental side-project of Between the Buried and Me bassist Dan Briggs and also features Walter Fancourt (tenor saxophone/flute) and Matt Lynch (drums). We will be streaming the eleven-minute title track right here for one more week.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 8, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Ab-Soul – Control System (TopDawg Ent.)— Sobhi Yousseff
Allegaeon – Formshifter (Metal Blade)
Angelus Apatrida – The Call (Century Media)
At The Skylines – Secrets To Life (Roadrunner Records)
Big K.R.I.T. – K.R.I.T. Wuz Here (Green Streets Ent)
Dana Buoy – Summer Bodies (Lefse)
Mariah Carey – The Essential Mariah Carey (Sony Legacy) Cattle Decapitation – Monolith of Inhumanity(Metal Blade)— Kyle Ward
Chasing Claymores – Hindsight’s 20/20 (Authentik Artists) Daytrader – Twelve Years(Rise Records)— Adam Thomas
Heavy Blanket – Heavy Blanket (Outer Battery Records)
Here We Go Magic – A Different Ship (Secretly Canadian)
I Self Devine – The Sound of Low Class Amerika (Rhymesayers)
It Bites – Map of the Past (InsideOut…
** The Stream has reached its end, but the entire album can be orderedhere.
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Trioscapes consists of Between the Buried and Me bassist Dan Briggs, as well as Walter Fancourt (tenor saxophone/flute) and Matt Lynch (drums). Initially, the band formed in order to create their own rendition of the Mahavishnu Orchestra classic ‘Celestial Terrestrial Commuters’. However, after a few rehearsals and a single live show, they decided the music was too demanding and fun to perform and that the project should continue. Eventually they had enough material for their first full-length album, Separate Realities, and so they entered the studio during the first week of October with Jamie King in Winston-Salem, NC. Trioscapes combines elements of 70s fusion with progressive rock, dark syncopated grooves, a flare for the psychedelic, and an unabashed love for both quirky Zappa-ish melodies and thunderous abrasive trade-off lines.
For the next two weeks, we have the distinct pleasure of streaming the eleven-minute title track from the album. It’s hard to describe what the band have managed to do with just bass, percussion and saxophone (along with a few random inclusions along the way), but it is definitely as catchy as it is technical. The press release mentions Zappa as an influence and I’m not familiar with most of his work, but I can say that the bass/drum/sax combination definitely reminds me of a few of the instrumental parts on the self-titled Mr. Bungle album (which also mention…
Sputnikmusic is currently hosting an exclusive stream from the band Trioscapes. Trioscapes is the instrumental side-project of Between the Buried and Me bassist Dan Briggs and also features Walter Fancourt (tenor saxophone/flute) and Matt Lynch (drums). We will be streaming the eleven-minute title track right here for the next two weeks.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 1, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Alien Vampires – Clubbers Die Younger [EP] (Alfa-Matrix Records)
Archie Powell & the Exports – Great Ideas in Action (Good Land Records)
Attaque – When Lights Falls (Honest Jon’s Records)
B.o.B – Strange Clouds (Good Land Records) Brian Jonestown Massacre – Aufheben(A. RECORDS)— Joseph Viney
Ane Brun – It All Starts With One (Play It Again Sam)
Callaghan – Life In Full Colour (Green Town Music)
Cradle Of Filth – Midnight In The Labyrinth (Peaceville)
Dot Hacker – Inhibition (Alternative Distribution Alliance)
Electrocution – Inside the Unreal [20th anniversary ltd. edition] (Rosem)
Eternal Deformity – The Beauty Of Chaos (Code666 Records)
Evans the Death – Evans the Death (Slumberland Records)
Father John Misty – Fear Fun (Sub Pop Records)
Freakangel – Let It All End (Alfa-Matrix Records) Ghost Mice – All We Got is Each Other(Plan-It-X Records) — Robin Smith
Gravenhurst – The Ghost In Daylight (Warp Records)
Hop Along – Get Disowned (Hot Green Records)
Hurt – The Crux (Red General Records)
In Mourning – The Weight of Oceans (Spinefarm)
Norah…
We get a lot of e-mail sent to our Sputnik G-Mail account and most of it is crap. It seems that most of it is spam, sales pitches and random links meant to ‘enhance’ your computer, but it is worth sifting through because we also get a lot of cool promos and even occasionally unheard gems such as this. The artist is named Miriam Bryant this is her first single, ‘Finders Keepers’. It’s a strange mix of piano melodies, electronics, subtle orchestral elements, programmed beats and the strong vocals of Miriam herself. Her bio says that she is twenty-one, English born and Swedish raised. Let’s hope that this isn’t the last we hear from her. With childhood friend Victor Rådström, 20, writer & producer, Miriam is now releasing her debut single, ‘Finders, Keepers’.
