The Bronx
The Bronx
Label: Island
Southern Cali punk rock band The Bronx have released the follow-up to their 2003 debut, and it’s a tad softer than we expected.
With songs titled “History’s Stranglers” (mp3) and “Rape Zombies,” we just thought it would hit a little harder. Vocalist Matt Caughthran does his best to scream out all the lyrics, […]

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–New York’s The French Kicks are in the midst of a 31-date rescheduled national tour. Touring on their new disc, Two Thousand, the group is also playing Craig Ferguson on Sept. 16 (taped in August - that’s why they can play in Minneapolis the same night).They have a new video out for “So Far We […]

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–Congrats to Minneapolis group Vicious Aloysius (review/interview), who blew away all other bands by 20 points in Drive 105’s Battle of the Band this weekend. Finals are Sept. 23 with the winner opening Ike Reilly on Friday October 13th at Valleyfair plus studio time, albums, etc.
–Sean Lennon has released some audio streams from his […]

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The Panda Band
This Vital Chapter
Label: Filter U.S.
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Scrumptious airy, psychedelic rock from down under, today The Panda Band release their anticipated full-length debut, This Vital Chapter.
The Australian quintet have melded Sgt. Pepper with the Polyphonic Spree for an utterly refreshing 12 track delight sure to be a favorite in Wayne Coyne’s iPod. […]

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Subhumans (Canada)
em>New Dark Age Parade
Label: G7 Welcoming Committee Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
MP3: “World At War” (MP3, 192kbps)

Andre Ethier
Secondathallam
Label: Paper Bag Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
MP3: “Honey Bee” (MP3, 192kbps)

D.W. Holiday
Fish and Flying Creatures
Label: Three Ring Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
MP3: “Prelude to Winter” (MP3, 192kbps)

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So in promoting The 88’s upcoming show at Minneapolis’ 400 Bar on Tuesday, September 12, the label sent us this link, which details all of the many commercials (Target, Motorola, DirecTV), TV shows (The OC, Grey’s Anatomy, Laguna Beach, Numb3ers, Dawson’s Creek, Real World, etc.), movie soundtracks (All Cause of You, Little Miss Sunshine, Failure […]

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Jihad Jerry & The Evildoers
Mine Is Not a Holy War
Label: Cordless Recordings
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Devo co-founder/bassist Gerald Casale has taken a break from his lucrative career as a video director (Foo Fighters’ “I’ll Stick Around,” Soundgarden’s “Blow up the Outside World”) to put out a solo project with his conceptual doppelganger, Jihad Jerry, and […]

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Now It’s Overhead
Dark Light Daybreak
Label: Saddle Creek
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Oh how we love Athens, Georgia. Whether it’s REM, The Olivia Tremor Control, our favorite band in the entire world Macha, or Neutral Milk Hotel, it just doesn’t seem probable that so much talent can come from a city boasting less than 200,000 people. But […]

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–Swedish band David & the Citizens have released some mp3s from their first release in the US Until the Sadness is Gone (Friendly Fire Recordings). The story goes: during the recording of the album, and in between bouts of Playstation and Jim Beam bourbon, the band hung different metallic and glass objects on a string […]

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Wednesday 13
Fang Bang
Label: Restless Records/Rykodisc
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Wednesday 13 — who previously fronted Murderdolls and Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 (Little Box of Horrors review) — is back with his second solo album of his pioneering brand of frightshow rock.
Shock, throwaway or horror rock, whatever you call it, Fang Bang is filled […]

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