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13.02.2009

Band You Should Know: Teenage Bottlerocket

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This one has been sitting in the draft folder for a few weeks…I guess I waited too long cause everybody will know this band now that they have signed to Fat Wreck Chords. But I’m not one to let a post go to waste. Teenage Bottlerocket have been around for a few years now with barely a sniff from SAL. That is my bad indeed. In the last few months I have fallen hard for the band’s 2008 album, Warning Device. I was stunned at how much better the band sounded than what I remember from my initial listens a few years ago. Sometimes it just takes a few albums for a band to hit their stride. With their third album, Teenage Bottlerocket has improved leaps and bounds and Warning Device is the proof in the pudding. For fans of pop/punk, Screeching Weasel and Lookout Records but with a definite modern feel.

Crawling Back To You

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www.myspace.com/teenagebottlerocket

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05.02.2009

Band You Should Know: Ghost Town Trio

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Ghost Town Trio are an awesome Ohio band that plays a brand of anthemic and upbeat punk rock. There is a definite mod punk feel to the band’s songs which is kind of refreshing to hear these days. You can tell these guys influences go way back. It took me a few listens to warm up to their Have You Heard? EP but now I simply can’t stop. This is heart-on-sleeve soulful punk rock at its finest. Lead singer Andy Cook has some great pipes and that gives the band an incredibly full sound. Cook also has solo stuff which is quite good as well. You can check that out here. The Have You Heard? EP was released on the equally sweet Team Science Records.

Cold Machine

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21.01.2009

Band You Should Know: Certain People I Know

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Bob Nanna and Damon Atkinson of Braid/Hey Mercedes have formed Certain People I Know. The band’s name comes from a Morrissey song title (I assume at least). Certain People I Know is playing their first show on February 19th at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago, IL. While the band has not released any songs just yet, there is little doubt that this will be a band you should know.

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14.11.2008

Band You Should Know: Alcest

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I just discovered Alcest‘s 2007 album, Souvenirs d’Un Autre Monde, a few months ago and the album kills me every time. There has always been a somewhat informal link between metal and shoegaze. You have seen it with Justin Broaderick’s metamorphisis from Napalm Death and Godflesh into the warmer melodic depths of Jesu. French metal multi-instrumentalist Neige follows the same path with Alcest. You can call it post-metal if you want. Either way, it’s huge sounding and fans of Mogwai, Sigur Ros and My Bloody Valentine should take note as well. Souvenirs d’Un Autre Monde is a six song, forty minute journey into epic guitar bliss. Absolutely gorgeous.

Souvenirs d’Un Autre Monde

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www.myspace.com/alcestmusic

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20.10.2008

Band You Should Know: Native

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Just when I feel myself reaching that point where everything is beginning to sound a bit stale, a band like Native comes along and knocks me out. There is definitely nothing boring or generic about this Indiana band. They play a powerful blend of screamy, mathy hardcore that leaves other like-minded bands in the dust. Native’s last release, We Delete; Erase EP, brims with a youthful energy that is nearly impossible to duplicate. The band certainly has an individuality all their own. The instruments run circles around each other but all with a beautiful purpose. Native are destined for something. The hell if I know what just yet. But I know I want to be a part of it!

Alpacastan

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www.myspace.com/nativein

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07.10.2008

Band You Should Know: Frontier(s)

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Chris Higdon, former vocalist of the great Elliott, has a new band called Frontier(s). This is his first band since Elliott broke up four or five years ago. There are four rough mixes of songs up on the band’s myspace that show a huge amount of promise. Elliott fans should find some solace in Higdon’s familiar vocals but there are some noticeable differences in approach from his previous band. These songs are more than enough to get the intrigue and anticipation for the band’s debut flowing.

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02.09.2008

Band You Should Know: Auxes

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Taken from Auxes‘ myspace page here: “Started as Dave’s post-move-to-NC, for some reason leave all the people you love to play music with in Chicago, solo recording project, Auxes has now turned into a six piece with two drummers. Luckily we’re still able to bribe Noah to travel down from Chicago to play with his expatriated yet homeland-returned friends, errr, friend rather. All the involved play in other bands: Dave (Milemarker, Challenger, Summer Sorcerer), Noah (Milemarker, Challenger, Head of Skulls), Pete (Challenger, Summer Sorcerer), Mike (Fin Fang Foom), John (Caltrop, Hazerai), Ben (Ben Davis Band, Milemarker, Bats and Mice). I probably missed a few bands in there… Welcome to NC. We all share down here.”

- These songs are great! With a line-up like this though, I guess it should be no surprise. Stoked on hearing the whole album which comes out on Lovitt Records in October.

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11.08.2008

Band You Should Know: Picture Books In Winter

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Wading through countless Myspace friend requests is a daunting and tedious task at times. But, Picture Books In Winter is why I do it. The Cardiff, UK band swirls the sounds of Dischord/D.C. ala Q And Not U with the more nuanced side of McLusky and a helping of indie pop akin to Pomegranates. Add strings to the mixture and you have a remarkable and compelling finished product. The band only has a five song demo to their credit but it is more than impressive. You can download the band’s demo on the cheap from Amie Street. Hop on before it gets too crowded.

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04.08.2008

Band You Should Know: Chillerton

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Got a hold of the fantastic Bleak Unison LP (via Document Recordings) from UK’s Chillerton recently and this band definitely deserves to be heard. Fans of gruff pop punk, Leatherface and No Idea Records should eat this up. Chillerton are able to distinguish themselves by adding a bit more melody to their rough and tumble sound. Chillerton are on the higher scale when it comes to this genre and this is only the band’s debut. Bleak Unison is only the sound of Chillerton getting their feet wet. What lies ahead for the band is certainly exciting.

www.myspace.com/baileygregandjack

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18.07.2008

Band You Should Know: Fences

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Every now and again, the hours spent clicking random Myspace links pays off in a big way. Seattle’s Chris Mansfield and Matt Beacham, collectively known as Fences, are easily my best accidental find of the year. An intimate, introspective brand of poppy acoustic folk music that isn’t just another drop in the bucket of Northwestern singer/songwriters. Everything about the four songs I’ve heard from the forthcoming The Ultimate Puke EP (due out in September – don’t let the name fool you) is instantly memorable and will have you singing right along after the first play. This is a beautiful collection of songs to say the least.

I haven’t been this excited about an acoustic songwriter since Mike Kinsella started recording as Owen — it’s that good. I suspect that you’ll be hearing a lot about Fences in the future, so you might as well hop on board now.

www.myspace.com/fencesvswolf

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23.06.2008

Band You Should Know: The Muggabears

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Can we have a best new music/best album cover post in one? Well, not quite considering the The Muggabears‘ 2007 EP, Night Choreography came out over a year ago. Luckily though, I finally got the chance to hear this Brooklyn band a few days ago and was left quite floored by the experience. Night Choreography (brilliant title as well) is like a rebirth of Sonic Youth but the band injects their own personality. This is fuzzed out noisy guitar pop at its absolute finest though. The song “Rings” is incredible…it’s like Walter Schreifels (Quicksand, Rival Schools) singing for a fractured noise-pop band. So yeah, I’m stunned, what’s next Muggabears?

Rings

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www.myspace.com/themuggabears

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29.04.2008

Band You Should Know: Stapleton

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Continuing within the fertile grounds of the UK scene, Glasgow, Scotland’s Stapleton is yet another amazing band. Stapleton are gearing up for the release of their long-awaited new album, Rest And Be Thankful, which is set to appear in early May. Rest And Be Thankful follows up the band’s tremendous 2005 album, Hug The Coasts. Much akin to my last Band You Should Know, This Town Needs Guns, Stapleton eschew the hectic pace of many of their peers for subtler melodic tones. I should have a review for Rest And Be Thankful in the coming months just as soon as I get my grubby hands on it.

www.myspace.com/stapleton

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