Until June (MySpace)
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Label: Sony-BMG
Release Date: April 17, 2007
Phoenix to L.A. transplants Until June aren’t sitting idle while Sony-BMG absorbs their label (Flicker Records) and postpones their album. They’re touring the country with Sound The Alarm and The Transit War, including three shows at SXSW next week.
The album has been scheduled for June 6, 2006; August […]

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Disincarnate
Dreams of the Carrion Kind [1993 LIMITED EDITION ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
Label: MVD Audio
Disincarnate features brutal riffs and spine-puncturing double-kick fueled thrash drumming of the most complex and uncompromising strain on their first and only album, Dreams of the Carrion Kind. Although the music is almost always fast and demonic-sounding, Disincarnate changes things up so […]

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Gorguts
Considered Dead [1991 LIMITED EDITION ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
Label: MVD Audio
Fronted by lead-growler Luc Lemay, a devotee of death-metal progenitors DEATH, Gorguts originally released Considered Dead (their first album) in 1991, just as metal was about to go deep underground in response to the grunge wave. The Quebec-based band just recently called it quits, but […]

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Hawkwind
In Concert: Out of the Shadows (2007)
Studio: Mvd Visual
As one of the earliest Space Rock groups, Hawkwind pioneered the association between Michael Moorcock’s 1970’s sword-and-sorcery novels and the prog-rock genre.
Do you think geeky 70s space rock has no bearing on your musical taste?
Henry Rollins is a fan, the Sex Pistols have been known to cover […]

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The Minnesota Music Academy (MMA) and ASCAP are throwing a South by Southwest (SXSW)Kickoff Party at the Nomad World Pub this weekend.
In an effort to recognize and support Minnesota musicians performing at this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin Texas, ASCAP and the MMA invited each performer to take part in this fundraising event to raise […]

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Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack
Romeo + Juliet (10th Anniversary Edition)
Label: Capitol
If you’re a fan of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, undoubtedly you know the soundtrack contained tracks from the likes of Garbage, Radiohead, The Cardigans, Everclear and Butthole Surfers.
The 10th Anniversary Edition of the soundtrack came out a couple weeks ago and includes all the […]

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My Loving Tiger
Problem Set (EP)
My Loving Tiger, a Minneapolis-based soft rock duo, have a new EP out.
Straight from the bedroom, Problem Set showcases the lighter side of Midwestern rock — complete with laidback indie vocals, clean guitar, muted drums and non-confrontational lyrics. For example, take the last track on the EP, a 6/8 builder called […]

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Pennsylvania’s Illinois (that’s not a typo) have a new disc coming out this spring, What the Hell Do I Know? (Ace Fu Records). They’ll be at SXSW hoping to break into the mainstream. Here’s a mp3 sneak preview:
Illinois : “Screendoor” (mp3)
Haley Bonar’s “Captain Captain” is a beautiful song said to reveal Haley’s ability […]

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Did you watch King of Cars last fall? The show features a Las Vegas Dodge dealership run by a hip-hopping car dynasty magnate named Chop. It’s a fascinating window into the used car salesman’s mind. You definitely won’t buy a car the same way again!
Chop loves cars almost as much as he loves his rap. […]

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Sevendust
Alpha
Label: Asylum/7 Bros. Records
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Sevendust, alt-metal veterans from Atlanta, GA, have recovered from 18 months of silence following injuries, recording and label changes. And with the band’s sixth studio album, Alpha, the group celebrates the group’s 10 year anniversary with a return to the ball-bustin’ days of the “Black” and “Bitch” era.
Alpha’s […]

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