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Archives for 2007

Controlling the Famous Breaks Up

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After four year, Controlling the Famous has called it quits. Below is a statement from their myspace blog.

Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen of the world.

As you can all probably tell by now, the end to supposed CTF hiatus never actually happened. We never made it back together. It was a tough long thought out decision, but was definitely for the best. We apologize for all our backpeddling about the status of the band. Truth be told, everyone was happy with what we accomplished in our time as a band together. Thanks to everyone who believed in us and gave us support. You made the bad times good and the good times great.

Keep updated as Mike (drums) is playing in some new projects.
http://www.myspace.com/mlsdrums

Max is writing solo tunes for Curse of the Zeros and posting them to:
www.myspace.com/mboonehellmann

Thanks for the time and support.
CTF

On The Rise: Typhoid Mary, Bel Air Academy, The Boy And His Machine

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In the need to listen to something new, something good? Check out the new bands added to the On The Rise section.

Typhoid Mary – (Atlanta, GA – Rock, Indie, Pop)
Bel Air Academy – (Central Valley, CA – Rock, Pop-Punk, Electronica)
The Boy And His Machine – (Buffalo, NY – Experimental, Pop, Rock)

Damiera – M(us)ic

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Dameria m(us)ic

Artist: Damiera
Album: M(us)ic
Label: Equal Vision
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: January 23rd, 2007

Overall: 7.5
Music: 7.9
Lyrics: 8.0
Production: 7.9

I rewrote this review over and over again about 4 times, each time feeling just as boring and dumb as the last. I don’t know if it’s the album or I just have writers block for this band. I’m going to try something different, making this review very short and to the point.

M(us)ic is a very good album. It’s subtly catchy, its technical, but most of all it shows the potential of this band. I think Equal Vision wanted to cash in on this band’s already good album (by re releasing it) without paying for a new studio album yet. Smart move on their part, I just can’t wait to hear the next album from these guys because I think the way â┚¬Ã…”Over Itâ┚¬? progressed from a very punk band into pop punk I think Damiera will become more accessible and people will really be able to get into them.

Vocals are awesome, and music great, my only thing is that the album can get repetitive at times but that, in my opinion, wonâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t deter most people.

Tracklisting
1. Immure
2. Lessons
3. M(US)IC
4. Via Invested
5. I AM Pulse
6. Ember Eason
7. Departures
8. Flora: Yield
9. Broken Hands
10. Obsessions

Stream New Melee Songs

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Melee has three new songs â┚¬Ã…”Built to Last,â┚¬? â┚¬Ã…”Canâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t Hold On,â┚¬? and â┚¬Ã…”Frequently Babyâ┚¬? off their forthcoming album Devils & Angels for you to stream below. The album hits stores on April 3rd.

â┚¬?Built to Lastâ┚¬? – Quicktime | Windows
â┚¬Ã…”Canâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t Hold Onâ┚¬? – Quicktime | Windows
â┚¬Ã…”Frequently Babyâ┚¬? – Quicktime | Windows