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The New Regime – Coup

January 1, 2009 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

Artist: The New Regime
Album: Coup
Label: Unsigned
Purchase: iTunes
Release Date: November 18, 2008

Overall: 7.5
Music: 7.0
Lyrics: 7.0
Production: 8.0

Ilan Rubin, currently the drummer for the Lostprophets, has just released The New Regime album, “Coup.” However, Rubin is the only one involved in any musical aspect of the album. Every sound you hear on this album-the guitar, drums, bass, keyboard, harmonies, vocals and anything else you can find, is all performed by Rubin. In addition to being involved with The Lostprophets and The New Regime, Rubin will fill the drumming position for Nine Inch Nails starting next year sometime. Did I mention he is only 19?! Now back to The New Regime’s album, “Coup.”

“The Collapse” is the opening track to this record starting off with some heavy, dark piano riffs and drumming. The chorus explodes into loud vocals and steady guitar rhythms and I must say, I am very impressed with Rubin’s voice throughout the whole song. This song goes back and forth between a very dark feel and a very upbeat, typical rock ballad which I enjoyed for the most part.

The next song, “Order Restored,” starts off similar to “The Collapse” with a dark opening accompanied by keyboards. This song is probably my favorite in terms of Rubin’s vocals and the overall melody. After listening to this song, it reminded me of songs off of Cursive’s “Domestica” album with similar vocals and rhythms. “Order Restored” is easily one of the best songs on the album and it really displays all the talent that Rubin possess musically between the vocals, guitars and drumming.

As the album progresses, The New Regime takes a step back from the dark, heavy mood seen in the first few songs and heads towards a more traditional rock style. This is seen in the song “Take Control” which features a catchy verse and once again, the loud explosive choruses that Rubin likes to present. If you are looking for a song similar to Rubin’s work with the Lostprophets, “Take Control” seems to be one of the few songs on the album that sound somewhat similar to his work with the Lostprophets.

“Haunt My Mind” starts off like the first two songs-a dark keyboard riff with background drumming. Once again, Rubin diverts back to the dark instrumentals that most of the album displays. The lead guitar riff toward the end of the song really showed a change of pace from the songs heard on this album and I wish Rubin incorporated similar guitar riffs to change up the songs a bit. One thing I noticed about a lot of these songs was a lot of repetition which got tiring after a few listens.

Straying away from keyboards and loud instrumentals, Rubin slows down the album with the acoustic song, “The Credit “WE” Deserve.” The opening acoustic guitar is really enjoyable and sets a different tone from the entire album. Rubin’s vocals sound spot on throughout this whole song. “The Credit “WE” Deserve” shows a different side of The New Regime and I don’t recommend that you skip over this song because Rubin really does deserve a lot of credit for this song-easily one of my favorites on this record.

“Tap Dancing in A Minefield” shows a completely different side to The New Regime. It features a very fast upbeat guitar riff heard throughout most of the song. The chorus, once again, features loud instrumentals and loud vocals. The ending of this song displays some really great guitar playing which I find amazing considering that Rubin’s main instrument are the drums. I really liked the direction that Rubin took this song-more upbeat and catchy than a majority of the songs on this album.

“Coup” features a wide variety of songs. The album starts off with slow, dark songs and progresses into more catchy, upbeat rock songs. The fact that Rubin is able to switch back and forth between two different styles ultimately shows his talent as a musician. I would of enjoyed this album more if there were some more diversity within the songs. I felt like there was a lot of repetition and some of the songs got boring about half way through. Lastly, “Coup” takes a step back from the over produced crappy albums that so many artists put out. Rubin doesn’t stick to only one tone through out the whole album which most artists fail to do. Overall, “Coup” is a very solid album featuring excellent instrumentals and vocals all from one man: Ilan Rubin.

Track Listing
1. The Collapse
2. Order Restored
3. All These Changes
4. Take Control
5. Time Erase
6. Haunt My Mind
7. This War Time
8. The Credit “We” Deserve
9. Tap Dancing In A Minefield
10. Somethings

Filed Under: Album, Reviews Tagged With: coup, Ilan Rubin, The New Regime

Ace Enders Covers “Bittersweet Symphony”

December 28, 2008 By Ben Minsky 1 Comment

Ace Enders and many other artists have come together to cover The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony”. Artists  in the song include Ace Enders (The Early November), Mark Hoppus (Blink-182), Matt Thiessen (Relient K), Kenny Vasoli (Starting Line), Craig Owens (Chiodos), Alex Gaskarth (All Time Low), Aaron Marsh (Copeland), Duane F. Okun (Socratic), and Bryce Avery (the Rocket Summer).

Proceeds go to VH1’s Save The Music charity. The song can be purchased on iTunes or click here

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ace Enders, bittersweet symphony, vh1

Victory Records Trailer

December 27, 2008 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

Victory Records has posted a trailer with releases that will be coming in 2009 including A Day To Remember, Streetlight Manifesto, The Sleeping and more.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2009, Victory Records

Update From Brand New

December 24, 2008 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

Check out the update below form Brand New and see what they have been up to lately..

Dear Friends,

The combination of the holidays and the inclement weather has set a bit of
nostalgia upon me. Remember when we used to give you updates more often?
Anyway”¦
It has come to my attention that Brand New has basically been off tour
for almost a year now. So here is your annual festive goings on:
We have all been in the studio on and off since about March. The
convenience of recording around the corner has been great, but
sometimes a little too comfortable setting. During 2008, we have
rounded up some some pre-pro, some real-pro, and some semi-pro
material. There are about 15 songs for us to play around with and it
seems as though things are winding down and in the final stages.
We cannot exactly tell you when this record will be done, but we can
tell you that the new year will bring a bit more excitement from our
side of things. We are fully aware of how long we were gone last
time, and are not planning on staying home much longer.
Perhaps when it gets a bit warmer out”¦we will begin to introduce a new
website that will bring you endless amounts of entertaining
information. We have also talked about playing some new music
together. Outside of the dungeon.
Which means maybe”¦.”¦YOU will be able to listen to some of our new
music also. maybe.
Until then, we wanted to let everyone know that we are alive and well.
Still writing, recording, and frustrated with the lack of blood in
mortal kombat vs. dc.
Thank you all for coming to the random Brand New shows scattered throughout the
year, as well as Jesse’s shows. Any support for Brand New is
appreciated, and we are all forever thankful. More to come in the new
year.
Have a safe and happy rest of 2008, and hope to see everyone soon!

.brian
.brand new

Filed Under: News

SideCho Records Holiday Sale

December 22, 2008 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

SideCho Records is having a Holiday Sale at their Webstore. Use the discount code SIDECHO to receive 15% off of your purchase.

SideCho Records – www.sidecho.com
Webstore – http://store.sidecho.com

Filed Under: News Tagged With: sale, Sidecho

New Chiodos Video

December 19, 2008 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

Chiodos has just released a new video for “The Undertaker’s Thirst For Revenge Is Unquenchable (The Final Battle),” off of their album Bone Palace Ballet.

[myspace]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=48458170[/myspace]

Filed Under: News, Videos Tagged With: Chiodos, music video

Bands Announced For Warped Tour 2009

December 19, 2008 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

Here are the bands that have been announced for Warped Tour 2009:

3OH!3 TBA
A Day to Remember TBA
A Skylit Drive TBA
Alexisonfire TBA
Anti-Flag TBA
Bad Religion TBA
Bayside TBA
Big D and the Kids Table TBA
Black Tide TBA
Bouncing Souls TBA
Breathe Carolina TBA
Brokencyde TBA
Cash Cash TBA
Chiodos TBA
Dance Gavin Dance TBA
Dear and the Headlights TBA
Dirty Heads TBA
Escape the Fate TBA
Every Avenue TBA
Flogging Molly TBA
Gallows TBA
Hit the Lights TBA
I Set My Friends on Fire TBA
Jeffree Star TBA
Less Than Jake TBA
Lights TBA
Meg & Dia TBA
Millionaires TBA
NOFX TBA
Outernational TBA
P.O.S. TBA
Saosin TBA
Scary Kids Scaring Kids TBA
Senses Fail TBA
Shad TBA
Silverstein TBA
Sing it Loud TBA
Streetlight Manifesto TBA
Tat TBA
The A.K.A.s TBA
The Architects TBA
The Ataris TBA
The Devil Wears Prada TBA
The Maine TBA
The White Tie Affair TBA
There For Tomorrow TBA
Therefore I Am TBA
Thrice TBA
TV/TV TBA
Underoath TBA
Valencia TBA
Westbound Train

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Warped Tour

Circa Survive Chairty Auction

December 19, 2008 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

Circa Survive members Anthony Green and Colin Frangicetto have hand painted two guitars that will be auctioned off starting December 20th for Invisible Children. The bidding ends on December 29th.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: anthony green, Circa Survive, collin Frangicetto, invisible-children

Every Time I Die Selling Guitars

December 18, 2008 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

Andy Williams, guitarist for Every Time I Die, currently has a few of his guitars up for sale on eBay.

i have a bunch of guitars and some i just don’t play. its a damn shame, because they’re great guitars. so im selling them, so they can get tender, love and care…and to get fucking ripped! these guitars after for playing and not for sitting. so please play them if you win. you can look at them if you search the sellers name with brohamx. or just his this link

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/brohamx_W0QQ_dmdZ1QQ_ipgZ50QQ_sopZ12

love you
andy
every time i die

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Every Time I Die, guitars

Punk Goes Pop Tracklisting

December 17, 2008 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

Here is the full tracklisting for Punk Goes Pop 2:

Alesana- “What Goes Around…Comes Around” by Justin Timberlake
Attack Attack- “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry
August Burns Red- “…Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears
Bayside- “Beautiful Girls” by Sean Kingston
Breathe Carolina- “See You Again” by Miley Cyrus
The Cab- “Disturbia” by Rihanna
A Day To Remember- “Over My Head (Cable Car)” by The Fray
Escape The Fate- “Smooth” by Rob Thomas
Four Year Strong- “Love Song” by Sara Bareilles
Mayday Parade- “When I Grow Up” by Pussycat Dolls
Silverstein- “Apologize” by One Republic
A Static Lullaby- “Toxic” by Britney Spears
There For Tomorrow- “Ice Box” by Omarion

Filed Under: News Tagged With: punk goes pop 2

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