Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 07, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune(Astralwerks) — Deviant
A Place to Bury Strangers – Onwards to the Wall (Dead Oceans)
Dierks Bentley – Home (Capitol Nashville)
Tim Berne – Snakeoil (ECM Records) Beth Jeans Houghton & Hooves Of Destiny – Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose(Mute) Big Sir – Before Gardens After Gardens (Rodriguez Lopez Productions)
Archer Black – Forgiveness Is A Weapon (Post Planetary)
Casting Call – Life Goes On (Casting Call)
Robert Deeble – Heart Like Feathers (Dead Letter Records) Departures – Green Turns To Red, Then Turns To Gold (Fist in the Air Records) Die Antwoord – Ten$Ion (Downtown) Dr. Dog – Be The Void(Anti-) — SowingSeason Eluveitie – Helvetios {EU} (Nuclear Blast) Feed Me – Escape From Electric Mountain(Mau5trap) — Deviant The Fray – Scars & Stories(Epic) — SowingSeason Hyper Crush – Night Wave (RPM) Kiros – Lay Your Weapons Down (Century Media Records)
Ben Kweller – Go Fly a Kite (The Noise Company)
The Law – Trigger (Local Boy Records)
The Lemonheads – Hotel Sessions (CBRA)
Liam The Younger – After the Graveyard (Underwater Peoples Records)
Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral (4AD Records) Scott Matthew – Gallantry’s Favorite Son (Riot Bear Recording)
Paul McCartney…
The Users’ Best of 2011 list has been posted in its entirety. Feel free to skim through it and lament the omission of your favorite albums.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 31, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
The 2 Bears – Be Strong (DFA) Alcest – Les Voyages de L’Ame(Prophecy Productions) — Kyle Ward
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Out Of Frequency (B.A.R. Music)
Astral Doors – Jerusalem (Metalville)
Black Bananas – Rad Times Xpress IV (Piccadilly Records)
Bleeding Through – The Great Fire (Rise Records)
Cirith Ungol – Servants of Chaos [Re-Issue] (Metal Blade)
Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas (Columbia)
The Doozer – Keep It Together (Woodsist)
Candy Dulfer – Crazy (Razor & Tie) Lana del Rey- Born to Die(Interscope) — Adam Downer
Matt Flinner – Winter Harvest (Compass Records)
Ruthie Foster – Let It Burn (Blue Corn Music)
Aretha Franklin – Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998 (Sony Legacy) Jacques Greene – Concealer(Self Released) — Deviant Gotye – Making Mirrors (Universal Republic) Grimes – Visions (4AD) — Conrad Tao Hit The Lights – Invicta(Razor & Tie) — DaveyBoy Imperial Teen – Feel The Sound (Merge Records) The Internet – Purple Naked Ladies [Physical Version] (Odd Future) — Deviant
The Jealous Sound – A Gentle…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 24, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Aborted – Global Flatline (Century Media)
Archetype – Red Wedding (Dekagon Records)
Atomic Forest – Obsession [Remastered] (Now Again) Battle Beast – Steel {EU} (Nuclear Blast)
Bhi Bhiman – Bhiman (Redeye Label)
Biohazard – Reborn In Defiance (Nuclear Blast)
Blessed By a Broken Heart – Feel the Power (Tooth & Nail Records)
Bleubird – Cannonball!!! (Fake Four Inc.)
Chairlift – Something (Columbia) Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory(Carpark Records) — Adam Downer
Joe Cocker – Hard Knocks (Savoy Label Group) Dead Icons – Condemned (Bullet Tooth)
Dion – Tank Full of Blues (Blue Horizon Ventures) Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes(Vagrant Records) — Adam Knott
First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar (Wichita Recordings) Foxy Shazam – The Church of Rock and Roll(EMI)
Gangrene – Vodka and Ayahuaska (Decon Inc) Gonjasufi – MU.ZZ.LE.(Warp Records) — Deviant
Graffiti6 – Colours (Capitol) Irdorath – Dekonstrukteur Des Fleisches {EU} (Massacre Records)
Kari Jobe – Where I Find You (Sparrow/EMD) Lacuna Coil – Dark Adrenaline(Century Media) — Trey Spencer Lamb of God – Resolution(Epic) — Steve M.
Madchild – Little Monster (Suburban Noize Records) Tim McGraw – Emotional Traffic (Curb Records) Ingrid Michaelson – Human Again(Cabin…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 17, 2012. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
The Anabasis – Back From Being Gone (10T Records)
Steve Aoki – Wonderland (Ultra Records)
Attack Attack! – This Means War (Rise Records)
Jessie Baylin – Little Spark (Blonde Rat) The Big Pink – Future This(4AD Records) — Steve M.
Bombay Bicycle Club – Different Kind of Fix (A&M) Cate Le Bon – CYRK(The Control Group) — Robin Smith
Roger Creager – Surrender (Thirty Tigers) The Devil’s Blood – Thousandfold Epicentre(Metal Blade) Ani Difranco – Which Side Are You On (Righteous Babe)
Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur (Zoe/Rounder)
Matt Elliot – The Broken Man (Ici d’ailleurs)
Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood of Colour (Hopeless Records)
Farsot – Insects (Prophecy)
Girls Generation – Boys (Interscope Records) Anthony Green – Beautiful Things(Photo Finish) Guided By Voices – Let’s Go Eat the Factory(Guided By Voices) — Robin Smith
Howler – America Give Up (Rough Trade)
Kells – Anachromie (Season of Mist)
Koncept – Awaken (Soulspazm Records)
Lantlos – Agape (Prophecy Productions)
The Life & Times – No One Loves You Like I Do (Slimstyle Records) Loincloth – Iron Balls of Steal(Southern Lord) Martina McBride – Hits and More (Sony Nashville)
Modern English – Ricochet Days (4AD Records)
Amaia Montero – 2…
A few months ago I made my way down from the San Fernando Valley ‘burbs which I call home to the city of Echo Park, which is situated half way in between the seedy faux-glamour of Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles, to see Touche Amore’s homecoming show at the Echoplex. As I drove past the venue in my feeble attempts to find a parking spot it hit me just how big they have become since the release of Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me. The show that night, also featuring La Dispute and Pianos Become the Teeth, was a microcosm of the current rebirth of and the post-hardcore scene that some have been calling “The Wave” and others like myself just call a welcome change of pace. And just like that night, with Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me Touche Amore have positioned themselves at the front of this movement.
Taking influence from early 2000’s post-hardcore bands such as Thursday, the 90’s emo underground, and the last 20 years of indie scene, Touche Amore’s Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me is a quick burst of artful yet emotional punk rock. Driven in equal…
In the ever-changing world of the music industry, indie-pop is no longer the flavor of the month. Even its stalwart mainstays from New York City, California and England are expanding their instrumental palette in order to open up new sounds, vibes and textures. Who knew that it would be the Cajun and Zydeco hotbed of Louisiana which would produce one of the most promising talents that the genre has seen in years: Lafayette’s Givers. Their debut LP ‘In Light’ takes you on a trip around the musical world, with subtle Cajun & funk influences differentiating the band from the pack. The finger-picked acoustic guitar of ‘Saw You First’ adds a Southern feel, ‘Ripe’ has a decidedly Asian flavor, ‘In My Eyes’ and ‘Ceiling of Plankton’ contain some Caribbean calypso, while the beautiful ukulele boasting ‘Atlantic’ convincingly carries a Celtic vibe! With all 5 members being multi-instrumentalists and a brilliant boy/girl vocal dynamic, an expansive array of sounds and influences are apparent. Creative and experimental without sacrificing accessibility, ‘In Light’ is without filler and begs for repeated listens to explore its numerous layers, rhythms & melodies. Recommended Tracks: Meantime, Up Up Up, Atlantic, Noche Nada & Ceiling of Plankton. — Davey Boy
Despite its title, Drew Lustman’s follow-up to 2009’s Love Is A Liability is anything but; it’s an album built upon an almost obsessive dedication, one that sees itself rising far above his debut LP because this time Drew wisely chooses to pursue just one of his many personalities. And he follows that trajectory almost aggressively, to the point where each song plays out as a natural extension of everything that’s come before it. You Stand Uncertain is a definitive statement of sorts for Falty, one that sees his affinity for doe-eyed house and garage absorbed to the point where one becomes wholly inseparable and almost indefinable from the other. It’s an album that sounds completely at odds with its surroundings; recorded in New York, it rebels against the timpani of a bustling city, the skyline framed by towering concrete monoliths by opting instead for more open climes, the kind defined by porcelain-white beaches and oceans that stretch out far beyond the line on the horizon. As such, You Stand Uncertain is a muggy, almost sweaty affair, coated in a thick haze of melting percussion and teary-eyed wonky synths, that dips from the junglist hardcore of ‘Lucky Luciano’ through the robotic soul…
Welcome to a new year and a new, quick-as-shit server. As we count down to our eventual extinction on December 21st, you might consider checking out a few of these new releases. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Acretongue – Strange Cargo (Metropolis Records)
Aesthetic Perfection – Inhuman (Metropolis Records) Gabrielle Aplin – Home EP(Self Released) — Steve M.
Joshua Bell – French Impressions (Sony Masterworks) Cyanotic – MedPack Vol. 1 (Glitchmode Records) David Crowder*Band – Give Us Rest (Six Step Records)
KG Omulo – Ayah Ye! Moving Train (KG Omulo) Lil Wayne – I’m Back (Deep Distribution)
The Little Willies – For the Good Times (Milking Bull/EMI)
Van Morrison – Live on Air (IMV BLUELINE)
Eric Nicolau – Won’t You Stay (Still Sails Music) Nightwish – Imaginaerum (Roadrunner Records)
Rebelution – Peace of Mind (Controlled Substance Recordings) Red Wanting Blue – From The Vanishing Point (Fanatic)
Safetysuit – These Times (Universal Republic Records)
SITD – Icon:Koru (Metropolis Records) Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires(Universal Music Group)
Yo Gotti – Live From the Kitchen (J-Records)
Czar formed in January of 2009 from the ashes of Chicago’s industrial-metal juggernaut Acumen Nation. The trio consisting of Jason Novak, Dan Brill and Brian Elza is a fusion of brain and brawn, power and finesse, brutality and hooks, or what Outburn Magazine has coined “thinking man’s metal”. For fans of Gojira, Jesu, Mastodon and Helmet.
Czar take the dense riffs of post metal, the twitchy rhythms of prog and a healthy dose of straight-forward industrialized metal and form it into one excellent beast of an album.
December is always a very slow month for new releases. Due to that fact and the influx of upcoming features, this will be the last news post of 2011. Review links will be updated on this page through the end of the year, but all of the other items will be put on hold until 2012.
As a reminder, voting is still open for the Users’ Best of 2011 list. Go to this thread, (read the guidelines) and vote:
Here’s a list of major new releases for December 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
December 6
Age of Woe – Age of Woe [EP] (Pivotal Rockordings)
Bassnectar – Divergent Spectrum (INgrooves) The Black Keys – El Camino(Nonesuch) — Rudy Klapper
Cormorant – Dwellings (Self Released)
The Cure – The Cure: Bestival Live 2011 ([PIAS] America)
Czar – Vertical Mass Grave (Crack Nation) Doris Day – My Heart [U.S. Edition] (Arwin Productions)
The Dead Milkmen – The King In Yellow (QUID ERGO)
Neil Diamond – Very Best Of Neil Diamond (Sony Legacy) Dia Frampton – Red(Universal Republic) — Trey Spencer Korn – The Path of Totality(Roadrunner Records) — Deviant
Lionize – Superczar and The…
Dia Frampton is one-half of the duo known as Meg and Dia (mind-blowing shit, I know). Apparently, she decided to audition for the TV show The Voice after her band was dropped from their record label. Her only goal was to try to bring attention to their current release, Cocoon, but she ended up finishing second overall. So, with fame comes the great responsibility to go solo, and that is where we are now. Dia was signed by Universal Republic and is set to release her debut solo album, Red, on December 6th. This is the video for her first single, “The Broken Ones”. I haven’t heard the album yet, but apparently she will be sticking with her ‘indie roots’ throughout the album. As long as she releases more music videos, who cares 😉
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Dia Frampton – Red
Release Date: December 6th Record Label: Universal Republic
It’s that time of year again — time for the Sputnik users to vote for their favorite albums of the year. Deviant and the Contributors will be heading up the voting and details. Go to this thread, (read the guidelines) and vote:
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 29, 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Anchorsong – Chapters (Tru Thoughts)
Beggars & Thieves – We Are the Brokenhearted (Frontiers Records) Blut Aus Nord – 777 – The Desanctification(Season of Mist) — Kyle Ward
Brand New – Your Favorite Weapon [Deluxe Edition] (Razor & Tie)
Cage – Supremacy of Steel (SOPQ)
Curren$y – Jet Life/Jet World Order (iHipHop Distribution)
Fades Away – Perceptions (Fades Away Productions)
Gorillaz – The Singles Collection: 2001-2011 (Virgin Records)
Hot Chelle Rae – Whatever (RCA)
Kj-52 – Kj-52 (Bec Recordings)
The Lemonheads – Hotel Sessions (CBRA)
Me Vs. Myself – Where I Am… Where I Want To Be (Century Media) Ourlives – Out of Place (Spartan Records) Pink Martini – A Retrospective (Heinz Records)
Rashad & Confidence – Element of Surprise (Ill Adrenaline)
Maria Rita – Elo (Warner Music Latina)
Royal Hunt – Show Me How to Live (Frontiers Records)
Soziedad Alkoholika – Cadenas De Odio (BOA Music)
Trey Songz – Inevitable (Atlantic)
Vildhjarta – Masstaden (Century Media)
Xenomorph – Empyreal Regimes (Self Released)
Young Jeezy & Yo…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 22, 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Big Time Rush – Elevate (Columbia)
Mary J. Blige – My Life II: The Journey Continues, Act 1 (Geffen Records)
The Break Up – Synthesis (Metropolis Records)
Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow (ANTI Records) Vanessa Carlton – Hear the Bells [EP] (Razor & Tie)
Caustic – White Knuckle Head Fuck [EP] (Metropolis Records) Cloudkicker – Loop (Self Released)
Chris Cornell – Songbook (Universal Music) Daughtry – Break The Spell(RCA)
Dimlite – Grimm Reality (Now Again)
Doap Nixon – Doap Traffiking (Nickel Bagz)
Doomtree – No Kings (Doomtree Records) James Durbin – Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster (Wind-Up) Floating Points – Shadows [EP] (Eglo Records) — Deviant
Gazpacho – London (KSCOPE)
J. Period & Black Thought – The Best of The Roots (RBC Records) Kingdom [US] – Dreama(Night Slugs) — Deviant Koji Kondo – The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony(Nintendo)
Lagwagon – Double Plaidnum [Reissue] (Fat Wreck Chords)
Lagwagon – Duh [Reissue] (Fat Wreck Chords)
Lagwagon – Hoss [Reissue] (Fat Wreck Chords)
Lagwagon – Let’s Talk About Feelings [Reissue] (Fat Wreck Chords)
Lagwagon – Putting Music in its Place [Box Set] (Fat Wreck Chords)
Lagwagon – Trashed [Reissue] (Fat Wreck Chords)
Magazine – No Thyself (Wire-Sound Records)
Mobb Deep – Black…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 15, 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
65daysofstatic – Silent Running(Hassle Records) Author – Author {UK} (Tectonic) — Deviant Blut Aus Nord 777 – The Desanctification(Season of Mist) — Kyle Ward
Cappadonna – The Pilgrimage (Fat Beats)
Caveman – Coco Beware (Original Recordings Group)
Childish Gambino – Camp (Glass Note)
Cloudkicker – Let Yourself Be Huge (Self Released) Coronatus – Terra Incognita (Massacre Records) Cynic – Carbon Based Anatomy(Season of Mist)
Drake – Take Care (Cash Money)
Eisregen – Madenreich [EP] (Massacre Records)
Elm Street – Barbed Wire Metal (Massacre Records) FaltyDL – Atlantis [EP] (Ninja Tune) — Deviant Goldmund – All Will Prosper(Western Vinyl) Gym Class Heroes – The Papercut Chronicles II (Fueled By Ramen)
Has-Lo – Conversation B (Mello Music Group)
The Jigsaw Seen – Winterland (Vibro-phonic) Los Campesinos – Hello Sadness(Arts & Crafts) — Channing Freeman
Leigh Nash – Hymns & Sacred Songs (Kingsway Music)
Newsboys – God’s Not Dead (Inpop)
Laura Pausini – Inedito (Warner Music Latina)
The Orb – C Batter C (Elefant Spain)
Pianos Become the Teeth – Lack Long After (Topshelf Records)
Pink Martini – A Retrospective (Heinz Records)
Quelle Chris – Shotgun & Sleek Rifle (Synergy Works)
R.E.M. – Part Lies, Part Heart, part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011 (Warner Bros.)
Seventh Day Slumber – The Anthem of Angels (Bec Recordings) Sigur Ros – INNI [Live CD/DVD] (XL Recordings)
Slash – Made…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 8, 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
65Daysofstatic – We Were Exploding Anyway [US-only 2-CD release] (MONOTREME RECORDS)
Absolute Body Control – Shattered Illusion (Metropolis Records) Aesthetic Perfection – All Beauty Destroyed(Metropolis Records) Angels and Airwaves – Love Pt. II(Rocket Science) — Steve M.
Animals As Leaders – Weightless (Prosthetic Records) Apodiablosis – Tardigrade(Self Released) As I Lay Dying – Decas (Metal Blade) Atlas Sound – Parallax(4AD Records) — Robin Smith
Autumn – Cold Comfort (Metal Blade)
Buraka Som Sistema – Komba (Enchufada)
Judy Collins – Bohemian (Wildflower)
Jonathan Coulton – Artificial Heart (Jocoserious Records)
The Dear & Departed – Every Waking Moment (Equal Vision Records) Disturbed – The Lost Children(Reprise) Brian Eno – Panic Of Looking(Warp Records) Johnny Foreigner – Johnny Foreigner vs Everything(Alcopop!) — Adam Knott
Four Year Strong – In Some Way, Shape, or Form (Universal Republic) Funeral for a Friend – See You All in Hell (Distiller Records)
Noel Gallagher – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (Mercury)
Glyder – Backroads To Byzantium (Steamhammer) Gold Panda – DJ-Kicks: Gold Panda(!K7) — Deviant
Il Divo – Wicked Game (Columbia)
iVardensphere – APOK (Metropolis Records)
Keith Jarrett – Rio (ECM Records)
Kottonmouth Kings – Hidden Stash 5-Bong Loads & B-Sides (Suburban Noize)
David Lynch – Crazy Clown Time (Play It Again Sam)
M+A – Things.Yes (MONOTREME…
