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New Good Charlotte song not ‘Young’, but definitely ‘Hopeless’ **

September 22, 2006 By Devin Henderson 11 Comments

Head over to www.myspace.com/goodcharlotte to hear a brand new track off their upcoming album, tentatively titled ‘Good Morning Revival’. The track, entitled ‘Keep Your Hands Off My Girl’, is not set to be the single, but simply a pre-release preview for fans.

On a personal note, I had hope for this GC album. I love their old music – as much as I may get made fun of for that. But this song has dashed all hope I had of them ever making a musical come back.

** Witty title appears courtesy of Jill. I wish I could come up with this stuff on my own.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Epic, Good Charlotte

Matt Wertz – Everything In Between

September 22, 2006 By Michael Schneider 1 Comment

Matt Wertz - Everything In Between Artwork

Artist: Matt Wertz
Album: Everything In Between
Label: Nettwerk Management
Purchase: Aware Store
Release Date: September 19, 2006

Overall: 9.1
Music: 9.1
Lyrics: 9.0
Production: 9.0

Since my introduction to Matt Wertz’s music earlier this year I have not ever stopped short in telling anyone and everyone about it. Matt’s first two releases capture all of his emotions but also those of the common listener. His new record, ‘Everything In Between’ was recently released digitally on Nettwerk.com as well as through a pre-order linked above.

Everything In Between begins with ‘The Way I Feel About You’- a track Matt debuted on his spring tours. From the first riff Matt has a new funk that’s not present on his past efforts. Featuring guest vocals that are reminiscent of Stevie Wonder, it’s evident that Matt didn’t hold anything back for this record. ‘Carolina’ brings in the feel of a country road, mandolin and bright toned guitars on top of the acoustic blend perfectly. ‘Heartbreaker’ includes the funk of ‘The Way I Feel’ and ‘Over You’ is faster paced and builds up the record before the slowing down of ‘5:19.’

My favorite song on the record, 5:19 is softer than the first half of the CD. The lyrics, ‘We both know I could think myself dizzy, right now I’m spinnin around,’ show the simple yet clever song-writing Matt uses in his music. The toned down second half contains potential radio single ‘Like The Last Time’ and climaxes at the end with the ballad ‘Capitol City’.

Matt Wertz has taken what has proven to be quite difficult and written a solid follow up album. The hype surrounding now only has support in why he has quickly become one of the most popular singer-songwriters producing music today. On the verge of a major US tour with Christian music icons Jars Of Clay, take advantage of the opportunity and check out his third full-length record, ‘Everything In Between.’

Filed Under: Album, News, Reviews Tagged With: Matt-Wertz

Stream New Decemberists Track

September 22, 2006 By Reema Desai Leave a Comment

Spin has the new Decemberists track “Yankee Bayonet” available for stream on their site. Click here to listen.

Their upcoming album “The Crane Wife” hits stores on October 3rd.

Filed Under: News

Hundred Year War – Hello From The Children Of Planet Earth

September 22, 2006 By Reema Desai 1 Comment

Hundred Year Storm

Artist: Hundred Year Storm
Album: Hello From The Children Of Planet Earth
Label: Floodgate Records
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: August 22, 2006

Overall: 8.5
Music: 9.0
Lyrics: 7.5
Production: 8.5

Usually when a band wants to make an experimental record, they wait until their second or third record to do it. Hundred Year Storm decided to skip a few steps, and here they are now with a debut album that can only be described as wellâ┚¬Ã‚¦experimental. Theyâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢ve managed to make it work though and the result was a surprisingly mature, well done debut album that to be honest, doesnâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t even sound like a debut. If the artwork or the clips of John F. Kennedy speaking about the space program on the track â┚¬Ã…”The Golden Ageâ┚¬? didnâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t tip you off yet, the record is a concept album about outer space. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album, Reviews Tagged With: Floodgate-Records, Hundred-Year-Storm

Angels & Airwaves Fall Tour

September 22, 2006 By Bryce Jacobson 1 Comment

Angels & Airwaves are heading out on a fall tour with The Sounds. You can check out the tour dates below.

November 4th
Salt Lake City, UT – Salt Lake Theatre
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale begins 9-30 November 14th
Albany, NY – The Armory
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale begins 9-22
November 6th
Oklahoma City, UT – Bricktown
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
On-sale NOW! November 15th
Sayerville, NJ – Starland
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale begins 9-23
November 7th
Tulsa, OK – Cainâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s Ballroom
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
On-sale NOW! November 17th
Providence, RI – Lupoâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale begins 9-30
November 8th
Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale begins 9-29 November 18th
Atlantic City, NJ – House of Blues
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale begins 9-23
November 10th
Dekalb, IL – Northern Illinois University
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale begins 9-22
November 19th
University Park, PA
Bryce Jordan Center
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale begins 10-13
November 11th
Grand Rapids, MI – Orbit Room
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale TBD November 21st
Hartford, CT – Webster Hall
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale begins 9-30
November 12th
Pittsburgh, PA – The Ice Garden
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale TBD November 29th
Mexico City, Mexico – Salon 21
Pre-sale starts 9-20 @ 12 noon local venue time
Public on-sale begins 9-20

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Angels & Airwaves, The-Sounds

mewithoutYou Post New Song

September 22, 2006 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

mewithoutYou has posted a new track titled “C-Minor” on their MySpace page. The band’s new album ,Brother, Sister, will be out this coming Tuesday, September 26th on Tooth & Nail Records.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: mewithoutYou, Tooth And Nail

The Early November – The Mother, The Mechanic, The Path

September 22, 2006 By Michael Schneider 3 Comments

The Early November

Artist: The Early November
Album: The Mother, The Mechanic, The Path
Label: Drive-Thru
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: July 11, 2006

Overall: 7.2
Music: 7.0
Lyrics: 8.0
Production: 7.5

This is my concise review of the multi-disc release by The Early November.
Over three years have passed since The Early November released their only full-length album, The Room’s Too Cold. Since then, song-writer and front man Ace Enders has embarked on multiple ventures including a solo full-length under pseudonym ‘I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business.’ However, even for such an aim-high thinker, nothing he has ever tried comes close to the magnitude of the release of triple-disc “The Mother, The Mechanic, The Path.” While the potential is there, rarely does this 30+ song adventure achieve what I expected out of one of my all-time favorite bands.

The Mechanic
Disc one starts off quickly with the pop rock tune ‘Money in His Hand.’ While solid musically, despite the opportunity of auto-tuner it just never feels like Ace’s voice is completely on. After a mostly boring introduction also containing ‘The Rest Of My Life’ we finally arrive at the first breath of fresh air, ‘Decoration.’ Live, it is one of the most energetic and passionate in their discography. I felt it would be quite difficult to capture in a recording but as it stands it is just as aesthetically pleasing. Skipping past the next filler tracks, ‘The One You Hated’ is vocally the most outstanding song on all three of the discs. ‘Long Talks’ is catchy and belongs on Top 40 radio. Other than those few songs, the rest of the album belongs at the bottom of the pile.

The Mother
Personally, I find this disc to be the best of the three. Starting off a bit slowly, it contains definite standout tracks. ‘Hair’ is one of the more upbeat of this disc and will be stuck in your head for days following a single listen. ‘Driving South’ & ‘From Here To LA’ are both simple and probably took as long to write as to listen to, but lyrically match the depth and confusion I’ve grown to love in Ace’s song-writing. ‘The Truth Is’ a perfect ending to the softer side of The Early November we are exposed to on this disc. Again, some great tracks, and some that shouldn’t have ever gone past the demo stage.

The Path
All I can say about this disc is that it’s a mess. With 24 tracks, this disc has a 49:28 total running time. With tracks as short as twenty seconds and the final going past six minutes, I feel like I’m listening to a whole bunch of random out-takes. Besides the orchestrated acoustic version of Decoration, there’s not much worth listening to on the entire disc.

Like I stated earlier, my expectations for this record(s) were high, maybe a bit too high, but regardless I don’t think the band came close to their reputation. Reminding myself that it sells for $10 completely redeems the record, because you can find an album worth of tracks worthy enough of your money. I believe this record would’ve scored above a 9 for me overall if they had done just that and stuck to 12-13 tracks. Triple disc, bad idea, sorry guys.

Track Listing:
Disc 1
1. Money In His Hand
2. The Rest Of My Life
3. Decoration
4. No Good At Saying Sorry (One More Chance)
5. This Wasn’t In Our Plan
6. The One That You Hated
7. Long Talks
8. Outside
9. Make A Decision
10. The Car In 20
11. Figure It Out

Disc 2
1. My Lack Of Skill
2. A Little More Time
3. Little Black Heart
4. Hair
5. Driving South
6. Scared To Lose
7. From Here To L.A.
8. Is It My Fault
9. I Don’t Know How To Say This
10. The Truth Is
11. 1000 Times A Day

Disc 3
1. Intro
2. We Grew Up The Same
3. Runaway (Part 1)
4. Session 1
5. This Is Love
6. Session 2
7. We’re Finding Something Out
8. Session 3
9. Decoration
10. Session 4
11. Uncle
12. Session 5
13. Never Coming Back
14. Guess What
15. Session 6
16. You Don’t Know What It’s Like
17. Session 7
18. Look At Me
19. Session 8 (Part 1)
20. Session 8 (Part 2)
21. Runaway (Part 2)
22. Session 9
23. I Think This Is Love
24. A Bigger Meaning

Filed Under: Album, Reviews Tagged With: Drive Thru Records, The Early November

The Blood Brothers Post E-Card, Album Pre-Order, Tour Dates

September 21, 2006 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

The Blood Brotherâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s have posted an e-card with a full album stream for Young Machetes which will be in stores Oct. 10 on V2 Records. You can pre-order the album from the bandâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s merch direct page to receive a special Blood Brotherâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s gift pack. The band is about to embark on a lengthy tour with And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead. They will also be playing two dates in LA with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Tour Dates

w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s
OCT 1/LOS ANGELES, CA / PALLADIUM
OCT 2/LOS ANGELES, CA / PALLADIUM
w/â┚¬Ã‚¦Trail of Dead
OCT 27/FRI DENVER,CO / GOTHIC THEATRE
OCT 28/SAT LAWRENCE, KS / GRANADA THEATRE
OCT 29/SUN ST. LOUIS,MO / WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
OCT 31/TUE CHICAGO, IL / HOUSE OF BLUES
NOV 01/WED MINNEAPOLIS, MN / THE QUEST
NOV 02/THU MILWAUKEE,WI / THE EAGLES CLUB
NOV 03/FRI COLUMBUS, OH / NEWPORT MUSIC HALL
NOV 04/SAT DETROIT, MI / THE MAJESTIC THEATRE
NOV 05/SUN TORONTO,ON / PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE
NOV 06/MON MONTREAL, QU / LA TULIPE
NOV 08/WED BOSTON,MA / AVALON BALLROOM
NOV 09/THU PHILADELPHIA, PA / TROCADERO
NOV 11/SAT NEW YORK, NY / IRVING PLAZA
NOV 14/TUE WASHINGTON, DC / 9:30 CLUB
NOV 15/WED CHARLOTTE, NC / TREMONT MUSIC HALL
NOV 16/THU ATLANTA,GA / THE MASQUERADE
NOV 17/FRI ORLANDO, FL / THE CLUB AT FIRESTONE
NOV 18/SAT ST. PETERSBURG, FL / JANNUS LANDING
NOV 20/MON NEW ORLEANS, LA / HOUSE OF BLUES
NOV 21/TUE HOUSTON, TX / WHAREHOUSE LIVE
NOV 22/WED AUSTIN, TX / EMO’S
NOV 24/FRI DALLAS, TX / GRANADA THEATER
NOV 25/SAT LUBBOCK, TX / JAKE’S BACKROOM
NOV 27/MON PHOENIX, AZ / MARQUEES THEATRE
NOV 28/TUE LAS VEGAS, NV / HOUSE OF BLUES
NOV 29/WED SAN DEIGO,CA / HOUSE OF BLUES
NOV 30/THU LOS ANGELES, CA / HENRY FONDA THEATRE
DEC 01/FRI LOS ANGELES, CA / HENRY FONDA THEATRE
DEC 02/SAT POMONA, CA / THE GLASSHOUSE
DEC 03/SUN SACRAMENTO, CA / EMPIRE
DEC 05/TUE SAN FRANCISCO, CA / THE FILLMORE
DEC 06/WED PORTLAND, OR / CRYSTAL BALLROOM
DEC 07/THU SEATTLE,WA / THE SHOWBOX
DEC 09/SAT VICTORIA, BC / SUGAR NIGHTCLUB
DEC 10/SUN VANCOUVER, BC / CROATIAN CULTURAL CENTER
DEC 11/MON CALGARY, ALB / MACEWAN BALLROOM

Filed Under: News Tagged With: And-You-Will-Know-Us-By-The-Trail-of-The-Dead, The-Blood-Brothers, Yeah-Yeah-Yeahs

Ben To Release supersunnyspeedgraphic

September 21, 2006 By Caitlin Prince Leave a Comment

Ben Folds is set to release supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP, a comprehensive collection of original songs culled from his successful series of EP releases, b-sides, covers and film soundtrack appearances.

The album is due in stores October 24th.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ben-folds

AvA / The Sounds Public Presale

September 21, 2006 By Caitlin Prince Leave a Comment

Angels and Airwaves areԚ hitting the road with The Sounds this fall. AԚ special limited time ticket pre-sale starts TODAY September 21 at 6 pm EST.Ԛ  This special early access ticket pre-sale ends TOMORROW, FRIDAY the 22nd at 5 pm EST.

To purchase tickets through the public pre-sale for your show CLICK HERE!

You DO NOT need to be a fan club member to purchase these tickets, however, to become a member of Angels & Airwaves fan community, the Army of Angels click here.

Filed Under: News

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