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Archives for 2007

An Angle Post “Clean and Gold” Video

November 15, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

An Angle‘s new video for “Clean and Gold” can be seen below.

Filed Under: News, Videos Tagged With: An-Angel

Thursday Post “Ladies and Gentlemen: My Brother, the Failure” Video

November 15, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Thursday‘s new video for “Ladies and Gentlemen: My Brother, the Failure” can be seen below.

[myspace]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=21943637[/myspace]

Filed Under: News, Videos Tagged With: Thursday

Lots of News

November 15, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

There has been a lot of news and especially videos posted the past 24 hours. Be sure to check them all out and head to the second and even third news page to catch it all.

Filed Under: News

Royden Announce Break Up

November 15, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Royden has announced their break up. You can read a message from the band below.

hey everyone,

Lately, there have been a lot of rumors about Royden breaking up. Well.. it is true. After 4 years of being a band we have decided to part our seperate ways with Hopeless Records and each other. There has been internal band troubles and troubles with the band and the release of our CD from Hopeless Records that have been ongoing for the past 2 years and continue to occur now. BE WEARY OF LABELS FOLKS. So that being said we will be finishing our last shows in December/January and possibly posting a ne song or 2 and maybe even some old unreleased stuff and b sides. ALL FOR FREE DOWNLOAD HERE. also since Hopeless is NOT putting out a physical copy of our cd in stores… you can email them to find out why www.hopelessrecords.com… we may or may not have put the CD up for free and we encourage you all to go out and get our cd from a friend and pass it on to others. we are sorry to all our fans and hope that most of you can make it out to these last shows… i’ll keep every one posted on updates and such…

Thanks

Treebo and Royden

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Hopeless Records, Royden

Contest: Relient K

November 15, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Enter our new contest with Relient K where you can win a prize pack that includes the bands new holiday album, Let it Snow baby…Let it Reindeer. Head to the contests page to enter.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Relient K

Chris Walla Records An Album

November 15, 2007 By A. Renteria Leave a Comment

You can download a song from Chris Walla (guitarist/producer in Death Cab for Cutie) by clicking here. The song is called, “sing again”. The album, titled field manual, will be out January 29, 2008. Chris Walla also produced to most recent album, “The Con“, by Tegan And Sara.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chris-Walla

The Arrival Post New Song

November 15, 2007 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

The Arrival has posted a brand new track, “Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is” on their Myspace.com profile. The band was in NYC last week meeting and showcasing for both indie and major labels.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: The-Arrival

Paint It Black Pre-Order Info And MP3

November 14, 2007 By A. Renteria Leave a Comment

Paint It Black’s  New Lexicon will be released in stores on February 19th and is now available for pre-order. All pre-orders will be shipped February 1st. You can also download “Past Tense, Future Perfect”  from New Lexicon to get a glimpse on how their new record will sound.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Paint-It-Black

Lifetime Goes Abroad

November 14, 2007 By A. Renteria Leave a Comment

Lifetime are headed to Japan and Australia later this month. Check myspace.com/lifetimenj for all the details.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Lifetime

Angels & Airwaves – I-Empire

November 14, 2007 By Nick Singleton 5 Comments

Angels & Airwaves

Artist: Angels & Airwaves
Album: I-Empire
Label: Geffen Records
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: November 6, 2007

Overall: 7.5
Music: 8.5
Lyrics: 6
Production: 8

In 2005, when Blink-182 went on an indefinite hiatus and Angels & Airwaves was introduced, Tom DeLonge began advocating his new band by surrounding it with unprecedented hype. Everyone sat around and waited for what he alleged to be the “greatest rock band ever”. Needless to say, the debut was substandard and it did not live up to its claims. Similar to this 2006 effort We Don’t Need To Whisper, the sophomore release I-Empire uses prodigious and enchanting sounds, layered with an inclusive conceptual message. While the debut Whisper focused more on leaving one’s realm to find another, I-Empire concentrates on finding one’s self in its own royal domain. Although I-Empire does not completely miss the mark, its swagger consists of top heavy glimmering synth and an overabundance of DeLonge’s melancholy vocals.

I-Empire commences with an illuminating ditty called “Call To Arms”. Its industrial sounds and chiming chorus effectively sets the tone of the the album. “Everything’s Magic,” the first single, is undoubtedly the paramount song off the record. It contains ingrediants that suggest something special although, like each song on the album, it never fully peaks. However, slower numbers like “Breathe” and “Secret Crowds” deliver more characterization to DeLonge’s ‘person finding self’ concept, rather than most of his upbeat catalog. Other standout tracks include: “True Love” and “Heaven”.

I-Empire’s composition is sharp and its tone is invocative, but it never completely flourishes into its own. Although Angels & Airwaves don’t fail to impress, they fall short of further progressing. If you found anything on Whisper to be alluring, I would say that it’s worth a listen, but I am definitely selling this one.

Tracklisting
1. Call To Arms
2. Everything’s Magic
3. Breathe
4. Love Like Rockets
5. Sirens
6. Secret Crowds
7. Star of Bethlehem
8. True Love
9. Lifeline
10. Jumping Rooftops
11. Rite of Spring
12. Heaven

Filed Under: Album, News, Reviews Tagged With: Angels & Airwaves, Blink 182, geffen-records, tom-delonge

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