*Name: *Adam Newall
*Star sign:* Libra
*Place of birth: *Minneapolis MN
*Now based at:* Boston MA
*Level of education: *Bachelors Degree
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First instrument played: *Piano
*Current instrument:* Mouth and Guitar
*Last venue played at: *Gramercy Theatre, NYC
*Last gig attended: *Title Fight with The...
Having recently spent a week in the UK to play support to *The Joy Formidable*, plus a whole host of other shows around the capital, New York 4-piece *The Dig* have now made a free download and video available for your listening and viewing pleasure, taken from their debut album 'Electric Toys'...
Coming up on a year since their debut self-titled LP release, The Soft Moon presents Total Decay. Luis Vasquez continues to conjure a sound fueled tempest that intoxicates with its own post-apocalyptic dust in this new EP, which will be released on Halloween, fittingly. What began as a...
Beyond its facade as the fountainhead of American cultures glitz and glamour, Los Angeles has always had equally, if not often more alluring underbelly. Skid row squalor, gang wars, excesses of all varieties, and the stench of vanity gone awry permeate the city, poised to overtake the...
The Wurzels, the West Countrys finest, serve up a festive cracker with the release of their first ever Christmas album since forming in 1965. The famous Scrumpy and Western band have put their distinctive stamp on this fine collection of yuletide classics including Winter Wonderland, White...
So you know when they are released due to our *Music Releases this week: October 31st 2011 (http://hangout.altsounds.com/features/137903-music-releases-week-october-31st-2011-a.html)* feature, but what have we been reviewing out of those releases? Well here is the round up of what we have been...
*Name:* Christopher T. Wolfe
*Star Sign:* Libra
*Place of Birth:* Northampton, UK
*Now Based At: *Northampton, UK
*Level of Education:* Some GCSE's, half a BTEC
*First Instrument Played:* A ¾ length acoustic from Argos
*Current Instrument:* My Squire Affinity Strat that falls apart when you play...
*Name: *Alex Berry
*Star Sign:* Scorpio
*Place of Birth:* Northampton
*Now Based At:* Sheffield, but you'd find that hard to believe if you knew how little time I actually spent there
*Level of Education:* Final year of Uni
*First Instrument Played: *Clarinet
*Current Instrument: *Squire Classic...
Coldplay's *Mylo Xyloto* has knocked Noel Gallagher's *High Flying Birds* off the number one spot in the tip album chart. Professor Green bagged the number one spot in the singles chart with his new single *Read All About It*.
Coldplay - Paradise - YouTube
Here are the top 10 album and single...
For those of you with a more 'pop' musical taste will be laughing this week. Beyonce, Cher Lloyd, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Rowland and Bruno Mars have their singles released this week along with their albums - looks like you have a busy week of listening.
*Listen to Charlie Simpson whilst reading, why...
Can't stand the endless boredom of evening television anymore? Well get your ass down to your nearest gig venue and check out some of these bands playing live in a venue near to you. We aim to give you this weekly guide to the gigs AltSounds will be at, and some other cool bands to check out around...
*Holy Ghost!* kick off their first national headline tour this Saturday at a sold-out hometown show at *Bowery Ballroom*. For the first time, *Holy Ghost!* has been realized as a live band the way* Nick Millhiser *and *Alex Frankel *envisioned when starting the band. They have now expanded to a...
VEVO Exclusive: *Professor Green *performs *"Today I Cried" *and *"Never Be A Right Time"* at the studio.
Live now on VEVO - *Professor Green* gives us a sneak preview of a studio recording session:
Today I Cried - Professor Green | Music Video | VEVO...
Never tired of the road, British metal veterans *Saxon* will be returning to the UK for the second time this year with a string of live shows in December.
*Saxon* are hot on the heels of a US tour in support of their latest acclaimed release *Call to Arms*, where both album and shows replicated...
Are you interested in finding out more about signing record deals, record production, management, music licensing, festivals, overseas markets, publicity, touring, promotions, budgeting and more?
Bring your band to *Face The Music 2011*, happening in *Melbourne* at the *Arts Centre* on...
Bloomington, Indiana's *RACEBANNON* will release its new album *Six Sik Sisters* on *January 23, 2012* via *Tizona Records*. "Capable of killing the weak on first listen," the album was recorded in Salem, MA by executive soundscapist *Kurt Ballou* *(Trap Them, Nails)* of *Converge* at GodCity...
*The Amenta* is currently writing, recording and pre-producing the full length follow up to 2008s divisive *n0n *album. With a working title of *Flesh is Heir*, the third full length is a crystallization of *The Amenta*s methods. Featuring the expansive, aggressive riffing of the *Occasus*...
New Jersey/Philly indie-rock outfit *Young Statues*, led by songwriter/vocalist *Carmen Cirignano*, will release its forthcoming self-titled debut record in the UK via *Banquet Records* in November. Pre-order details for the UK release will be announced soon.
The album will be released in the...
While currently on tour with hip-hop hooligan *360*, *GREY GHOST* is very happy to announce his official EP launch show *Saturday 3 December* at *The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy*, with special guests* DJ MATIK* and indie rap 3 piece *POLO CLUB*.
Debuting with a handful of songs that reiterate a...
With the recent release of Carleton Stone's self-titled record he is taking these addicting pop/rock tracks on the road this November, hitting up six of ten Canadian provinces. Stone will be pairing up with veteran Tom Wilson and The Heartbroken for most of these dates.
Stone is quickly gaining...
*Shunda K* of *Yo! Majesty*, a lesbian, African American rapper, and *Snax*, a gay, Caucasian producer and rapper, didnt know that the quickie music video they shot in a Berlin grocery store over the course of a day for their fun party jam *Its Time To Get Paid* would rack up 600,000-plus...
On Thursday, October 27, *JASON BONHAMs LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE* kicked off their final east coast run at the Bergen PAC in Englewood, NJ. The tour will hit *New York City *on *Tuesday, November 1* for a special show at* Best Buy Theater *and continue through November 18 (full dates listed below)....
The image of a crowd busting moves around some flames can suggest a moment of political tension and social unrest, a rampant atmosphere of celebration or abandon, or simply just some local characters who have become fascinated by the shiny warm light and taken to worshipping it as a new deity...
Few record labels have done more to encompass the DIY ethic of punk rock than *Drive Thru Records*. Brother and sister *Richard* and *Stefanie Reines* formed the label in 1996, based on a pure and simple business ethic a love for new music. Working out of their kitchen, Richard and Stefanie have...
*O Genesis* is the record label started by *Tim Burgess* of *The Charlatans* and *Nick Fraser *and tonight is a kind of show case for the label at the Shackleton Arms in Dalston. First on are *Replicas* - a melodic, moody electro girl group, then *Joseph Coward* who has moves like *Ian Curtis* and...
Having cancelled most of her tour you can at least see her live on a DVD! Adele has announced plans for a live CD/DVD of her recent performance at London's Royal Albert Hall.
* Here is the tracklisting for Adele's 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall': *
'Hometown Glory'
'I'll Be Waiting'
'Don't You...
You may not be a fan of either Dub Step or Metal, but the combination of Skillex and Korn on Narcissistic Cannibal is a match made in dirty heaven.
The track is the second to be taken from the band's new album 'The Path Of Totality', which has been given a release date of December 5.
Korn (ft....
Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982- 2011, the definitive R.E.M. greatest hits collection coming 11/15/2011.
Watch Hollywood actress *Kirsten Dunst* in the video for *REM*'s farewell single 'We All Go Back To Where We Belong'.
R.E.M. - We All Go Back To Where We Belong (Kirsten...
Listen out for new supergroup Rocketjuice And The Moon featuring Damon Albarn, Flea and Tony Allen. The bands hit a live show yesterday (Saturday October 29) at the Barbican in London.
Rocketjuice And The Moon have also confirmed their debut album, which is due to be released in the new year,...
Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds follow up their sold out November Tour with a seven date UK and Ireland arena tour in February and March next year. The band will be featuring songs from this weeks number 1 album, as well as a selection of Noel Gallagher classics. Tickets are now on sale...
Capturing the sound of a band effortlessly progressing and innovating at a startling rate, *Bombay Bicycle Club*s critically acclaimed third album, *A Different Kind of Fix* crashed into the top ten of the charts at number six.
Tickets are now available for the tour.
*APRIL 2012 TOUR*
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*Arabia *is the second official release by Vancouver based, Brit producer *Buffalo Tide*, from the *BLBX* label. Four tracks bring you approximately thirteen minutes of stunning production and melodies, whilst the physical record includes a bonus track, bringing a blissful, conceptual sound for...
Mark Ronson and Friendly Fires have been added to the bill for the New Years Eve Hogmanay concert in Edinburgh at the end of this year.
The Edinburgh's Hogmanay Concert in the Gardens; the music and fireworks spectacular, presents headliners Primal Scream performing their seminal 1991 album...
Tribes and Slow Club are set to play a New Year's Eve show later this year.
The bands will headline London's HMV Forum on December 31, with support coming from Bones and Caan. The evening, which is hosted by the Flowerpot venue, will run until 4am with DJs also booked throughout the night.
For...
Skrillex has announced a full UK tour for February next year.
*Skrillex will play:*
O2 Academy Leeds (February 10)
O2 Academy Newcastle (11)
Manchester Academy (12)
O2 Academy Liverpool (14)
O2 Academy Oxford (15)
O2 Academy Bristol (16)
A few days ago, a very short-lived stream of Justices highly anticipated new long-player, Audio, Video, Disco has appeared, only to be deleted a few hours later due to scheduling issues. Now, the full album stream has reappeared and whets the appetite for its eventual release on October 25 via...
It's one of life's little ironies actually screw that, it's one of life's massive fucking ironies that the punk generation that was going to tear dinosaur rock a new arsehole has started to die well before the old men that they swore to vanquish. Take it a step further, those geriatrics are now...
Look, this is hard to write, not only 'cos t' Pigeon Detectives are prodigal sons of my manor, they're also fellow wearers of the colours that don't run, those of the mighty, world famous LUFC. Marching On Together. We shout it lout loud. Leeds, Leeds, Leeds. Etcetera.
Associations with the...
Dear car crash accident person. We know you have been through a traumatic time and everyone is thinking about how we can make you feel better. So please find enclosed a copy of Ghost Outfit's Debut 7" (limited to 300 copies obviously, just in case they do sell out we want you to have one to sell on...
Producer/DJ Samuel André Madsen has appeared out of the dingy clubs and bars around Copenhagen to bring the oldschool scene of classic techno and house music. Tomorrow (October 31st 2011) sees the release of his single Love Like This and it is, well, just techno.
The inevitability is there;...
Struggling to find what those DJs are playing in the clubs/pubs/bars/record shops? (always good to open up a feature with a question) Well AltSounds has the answer, we are scouring our inbox's and the interweb to find the coolest new and old remixes you may hear floating around the musical...
"Black Veil Brides have announced that the remainder of the UK tour has had to be postponed due to Andys injuries sustained whilst performing in Luxembourg on 26 October. The band performed last night at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London and despite making it through the show, Andy was in...
The new music video for Romance on a Rocketships Skin & Bones (Breathe Electric Remix) has premiered online and can be viewed at:
Skin & Bones ReVamped (http://vimeo.com/31109490) from PARTY POP (http://vimeo.com/user9030721) on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/).
The vampire themed clip was directed...
Fans who missed out on securing tickets for the *ARCTIC MONKEYS* January 2012 Sydney show can breathe easy; The Frontier Touring Company have announced that the band will perform a second and final show in Sydney on Friday the 13th January at the Enmore Theatre.
This is a rare...
This is an album about people in a landscape. People past and present. People near at hand and people far away. People in love. People at peace. People in great danger. People once remembered, people now forgotten. People moving through streets, people trapped in relationships. People unsure of who...
Mexican acoustic rock duo *Rodrigo y Gabriela* will release their new album on January 23rd 2012. Entitled *'Area 52'*, the album is their first recorded collaboration with another group of musicians; a thirteen piece Cuban orchestra composed of some of Havana's finest young players,...
After announcing their decision to call it a day, the fantastic *Dananananaykroyd *hit the road one more time tomorrow to play their last ever string of shows. Its a last chance to see the band who have regularly and deservedly been described as the best live band in the world.
To...
Before embarking on their current European Tour, AIH snuck off to Australias Gold Coast with their good friends and fellow Melbournians, Krozm (http://www.krozm.com/ (http://architectureinhelsinki.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=44a63e1bdd937051182131416&id=f061abf877&e=a0f5fb43c0)), who had...