Spiritus Gladius (2011)
Updated: 2011-12-31 09:55:49
Spiritus Gladius (2011) Release: 30/12/2011 | MP3 320Kbps | Time: 01:27:07 | Zise: 201 MBGenre: Trance, Morning, Progressive | Label: Gliese 581C
One to Watch 2012: Christina Novelli
Updated: 2011-12-30 17:32:46At this time of year were inundated with websites, magazines, blogs and tastemakers jumping up and down, waving their arms in a crazy manner to get the attention of audience new and regular to listen to their choice of musician who are going to ride the sound waves of success in 2012. Everyone...The Wild - U.S. Tour Begins
Updated: 2011-12-30 11:05:01*The Wild (http://www.thewildatl.com/)* will embark on a three-week tour of the U.S., covering most of the Southeast and parts of the East Coast. Along the way the quintet will share the stage with *The Taxpayers (http://thetaxpayers.net/)*, as well as legendary punk band *The Queers...Jess Mills WATCH: 'Pixelated People' Video New Single Out February 12th
Updated: 2011-12-30 10:38:04Produced by *Sam Frank* (whose vocals have featured on both Magnetic Man and Skream solo productions), the new bass heavy single '*Pixelated People*' pushes a raw garage undertone for the new generation. Illustrating the songwriting talent that lies behind Jesss mesmerizing vocals, while also...Laura J Martin releases much anticipated debut album ‘The Hangman Tree’
Updated: 2011-12-30 10:32:35On 23 January 2012 Laura J Martin is to release her eagerly anticipated debut album The Hangman Tree on Static Caravan. Armed with a flute ready for wrangling, mandolin and a loop station, she sings over her loops and beats; songs inspired by subject matter...Check Out: The Babies – “Trouble”
Updated: 2011-12-30 05:11:03Hear the new single from Vivian Girls/Woods side-project.Album Review: Raw Feels – Raw Feels
Updated: 2011-12-30 00:59:51
Solidly ear-bleeding debut.HAPPY REFUGEES - RETURN TO LAST CHANCE SALOON [ALBUM]
Updated: 2011-12-29 22:48:05Obscurity can define. In the case of the aptly titled* Happy Refugees*, it instead seems to have served the band well, insulating them from the ageing process to offer one final, triumphant breath of life. The first record sleeve made their intentions clear: "I hope Happy Refugees can breathe...Check Out: R.E.M. – “Does Your Mother Know?” (ABBA cover)
Updated: 2011-12-29 14:11:40
We're sure this falls under "part heart"...Eligh & Amp Live "Whats In A Name" Remix Contest!!
Updated: 2011-12-29 11:17:24Create your own remix of Eligh + Amp Live's new track "What's In A Name" and you could end up on Eligh + Amp Live's next release. In addition to having their remix included on the next Eligh + Amp Live remix album "Therapy After 3", the contest winner will be decked out with a prize pack...Diagrams - Tall Buildings [Single]
Updated: 2011-12-28 21:27:06*Diagrams* are the latest in a long line of prodigal Indie sons and quelle surprise they sound exactly as you might expect; which is to say youre underwhelmed in every way possible, yet cant quite bring yourself to hate it. ---Quote--- theyve taken the snappy guitars of We Are Scientists and...Albums We Liked in 2011
Updated: 2011-12-28 21:20:21
In our last video installment of the year, AllMusic editor Heather Phares talks about some of our favorite albums of 2011, including Danny Brown’s XXX, Fleet Foxes’ Helplessness Blues, Yuck’s self-titled debut, PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake, and Shabazz Palaces’ Black Up. See you in 2012 for another thrilling year of music.
Click here to view [...]Ragnhild Nordset - You Started It All [Single]
Updated: 2011-12-28 20:44:01*You Started It All* is airy poetry and an electro ballad, but it burns through the darkness with a brooding beat. The new single from the Norse siren shows off the darker side of the acoustic scene she has cemented herself into in her adoptive home. Its itching with an electro undercurrent...Death Grips - ExMilitary [Album]
Updated: 2011-12-28 19:18:06Once upon a time, Hip-Hop had venom, it had power and it had some exceptional artists under the genres wing. There was *NWA, Public Enemy, Eric B + Rakim, Gang Starr, Big Daddy Kane* plus a whole host of other great Hip-Hop acts. It was during this period, from the 80s to the mid-90s that the...Audiography: Episode 022: “Auroboros”
Updated: 2011-12-28 18:57:00
Buzzworthy metal band talks incredible pedigree, including former members of Baroness and Gnarlwolf.New Model Army Studio destroyed by fire
Updated: 2011-12-28 15:02:53On Christmas Eve a fire started in the furniture outlet next to the Mill in Bradford, and directly below New Model Armys studio. Although most of the building, which also houses two floors of Party Space, a screen-printers and several other studios rented by professional outfits including...Album Review: ZAKEE – Assimilations
Updated: 2011-12-28 13:00:25
Finding his footing...Baby Sol - She Cries [Single]
Updated: 2011-12-28 10:20:50At this time of year, we can all raise our heads up high as most of us remember those less fortunate than us. With massive fundraising campaigns on TV and by sports personalities to not only raise awareness but to get some donations flying in, we all reach deep down into our pockets and give. ...Field Music - (I Keep Thinking About) A New Thing [SINGLE]
Updated: 2011-12-28 07:37:19Almost a year to the date they released the sprawling double LP Measure, U.K. band Field Music (Peter and David Brewis) are set to deliver their full length follow up Plumb on February 14th (February 13th in the U.K.) via Memphis Industries. Anticipating the release is the first single '(I Keep...12 Dirty Bullets at KOKO London [Live]
Updated: 2011-12-28 01:37:30Ever since the ephemeral existence of *The Libertines*, the hybrid genre called Lad-Rock has been used groundlessly for several bands that although might have a bit of strings they did not hold enough presence to cope with such a stigma. Lucky for us, *12 Dirty Bullets* emerged from the union...Album Review: Son Step – Spooky Tooth
Updated: 2011-12-28 00:59:35
A debut EP of intrigue. THE DEBATE: USA VS UK – THE RESULTS
Updated: 2011-12-28 00:43:03Back towards the start of *2011*, here at *AltSounds* we sparked the furious debate over who was more influential in the music world: the *United States* *of America* or the *United Kingdom*. And when I say furious debate, I mean downright angry. Mostly for the pictures, mind you. However, we also...CARO EMERALD AWARDED THE IFPI PLATINUM EUROPE AWARD
Updated: 2011-12-28 00:42:49Dramatico Records and Grandmono are proud to announce that Caro Emeralds debut album Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor is now certified Platinum in both Britain and Germany, 6x Platinum in Holland, and has been awarded the IFPI Platinum Europe Award for sales exceeding 1 million copies...Skint & Demoralised return with new album 'This Sporting Life'
Updated: 2011-12-28 00:24:44When Yorkshire performance poet Skint & Demoralised (Matt Abbott) signed with Mercury in 2008 the debut album, Love & Other Catastrophes, drew incredible support from press and radio alike. Featured as Qs Next Big Thing, the accolades flooded in from Clash, The Independent, Sunday Times Culture...TONI MONROE NEW MIXTAPE | BIG GIRL COOKIES/FIRST BATCH | 01.05.12
Updated: 2011-12-28 00:15:48In an industry saturated with booty shaking females and dudes oozing with street credibility... Enter TONI MONROE, a Cali-bred MC from Van Nuys, armed with the swag of a hustler, the flow of a veteran and a style to make even the most skeptical, take a second look. Her rising success and increasing...Broken releases debut EP 'Daydreams' from Toronto artist Melanie Sutherland
Updated: 2011-12-28 00:06:18BROKEN Records is proud to present the debut E.P. from Toronto based DJ/producer Melanie Sutherland. She takes you on a blissful and spiritual journey with Daydreams. From sweet, soulful vocals to classic afro-beat vibes this essential EP has something for everyone. The EP features the talents...Sassparilla - My First Lover [Single]
Updated: 2011-12-27 20:50:49Sassparilla are a 5 piece indie-roots band, hailing from Portland, Oregan. They're a group of people who definitely capture the essence of roots music, but they've bundled it with elements from other popular contemporary musical genres and created a sound that will caress your ears whilst gently...Check Out: B.o.B. feat. André 3000 – “Play the Guitar”
Updated: 2011-12-27 16:04:19
Flier than a stewardess. Drums Of Death - Red Waves [EP]
Updated: 2011-12-27 10:14:12Released five months after the playfully gloomy Black Waves, Red Waves is the second installment in what appears to be a series of color based EP's. For London based Scottish producer Drums Of Death (Colin Baiely) it represents continual refinement of a sound he introduced on his 2010 full length...DIKEMBE - Winter Tour Begins Today
Updated: 2011-12-27 09:56:03Beginning tomorrow, *DIKEMBE (http://www.facebook.com/dikembefl)* (Gainesville, FL) will team up with good friends *You Blew It (http://www.facebook.com/youblewitfl)* (Topshelf Records) for a two-week Winter tour of the East Coast. Affectionately titled "*Fulfill The Prophecy...Album Review: Magnetic Island – Magnetic Island
Updated: 2011-12-27 00:59:16
The sound and talent is there, but the impression is weak.The Altsounds TOP 5 Festivals of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-26 19:35:24Festivals are a funny one. You spend your hard earned wages from those endless hours working nights at your local *Tesco*, just to pay for the tickets, to then sit around for months on end before the festival begins. When the day finally comes around, you decide to head down to the festival a few...Video: The Flaming Lips cover “I Am the Walrus”
Updated: 2011-12-26 18:50:40
Watch Wayne and Co.'s extra trippy Beatles cover.Video: Blink-182 – “After Midnight”
Updated: 2011-12-26 17:50:01
Love in the psych ward. Check Out: Frank Ocean – “4 Tears”
Updated: 2011-12-26 13:14:41Christmas isn't over yet.Spector w/Theme Park & The Good Suns @ Bethnal Green Working Men's Club London [Live]
Updated: 2011-12-26 08:45:02Ive been following *Spector* around for a while now. After I noticed their sound filled the gap between guitar rock and soul-less synth-pop, and I swear I wanted to write this review without mentioning the fact that theyve been included in the *BBC Sound of 2012* list, a manifest with which I...Treefight For Sunlight - A Collection Of Vibrations For Your Skull [ALBUM]
Updated: 2011-12-26 08:15:34Taken at face value, titles such as *A Collection Of Vibrations For Your Skull *sound alluring but in reality, are slightly deceptive. Much like *"The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators"* or "*Odessey and Oracle," *it brings to mind the kind of cosmic trips that take place deep within...Check Out: The xx – “Open Eyes” (demo)
Updated: 2011-12-25 17:30:38
A taste of their sophomore LP.Check Out: Lady Gaga – “Stuck On Fuckin’ You”
Updated: 2011-12-25 05:45:15
Hear Lady Gaga's Christmas present.'TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS' ANNOUNCE ANNUAL EVENT: 'HEAVY AND LIGHT'
Updated: 2011-12-25 00:52:48Non-profit organization *To Write Love on Her Arms* announced the date of their annual *HEAVY AND LIGHT* event to be held *Saturday* *January 7, 2012* at the *House of Blues Orlando*. To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people...Arcade Fire, The Decemberists to contribute new material to Hunger Games soundtrack
Updated: 2011-12-24 16:51:24Post-apocalyptic film hits screens in March.Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – If I Had a Gun… [Single]
Updated: 2011-12-24 14:33:07The third single from his eponymous solo debut,* Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds*, sees through the completion of *Noel Gallagher*s own stylised video trilogy *Ride the Tiger* as the short films introductory storyline sees its own eventual release. Having been initially intended as the...Katy B - On A Mission [Album]
Updated: 2011-12-23 23:26:05On A Mission is the debut album from Peckham born Katy B after the mammoth success of her first single "Katy on A mission", a staple on dance floors across the country, she was a feature on many ones to watch for 2011 lists. A Brit School graduate, Katy has garnered many comparisons to Jessie J,...The Glass Room – Friends We Used To Have [Album]
Updated: 2011-12-23 22:35:49The Glass Room have been hard at work since I was introduced to their unique take on alternative-rock at the beginning of the year. The trios single Empyrean turned out to be an intriguing blend of fast-paced, punk infused rock with a smattering of heavy, distorted guitars and electro pulses. I...Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam [Album]
Updated: 2011-12-23 21:48:38Ghostpoet (presumably still Obaro Ejimiwe to his mum) released PBBMJ, his debut album earlier this year. However, because Altsounds is truly benevolent, heres a review just in case you missed it - which would be a shame, because its excellent, so let's get to it. Opener One Twos/Run Run Run...MACHINE HEAD - UNTO THE LOCUST [ALBUM]
Updated: 2011-12-23 19:25:20One of the most eagerly anticipated metal albums of 2011 was *Machine Head*s follow up to their 2007 world beating masterpiece *The Blackening*. The question on every *Machine Head* fans lips was Will they be able to match The Blackening? and my god, with *Unto The Locust* did they ever?!...BLACK SPIDERS - SONS OF THE NORTH [ALBUM]
Updated: 2011-12-23 19:05:25In February this year *Black Spiders *released one of the most enjoyable hard rock albums of the whole year, if not the past 5 or even 10 years. Every song on Sons Of The North is an absolute killer, each one brimming with energy, humour and vitality it was an hour or so of bearded, balls out, beer...CAVALERA CONSPIRACY - BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA [Album]
Updated: 2011-12-23 18:40:00In Spring 2011 the brothers behind the mighty Brazilian thrash legends *Sepultura* released their second album since re-uniting after not speaking to each other for nearly a decade, under their new moniker *Cavlera Conspiracy*. The follow up to 2007s *Inflikted, Blunt Force Trauma* is more of the...The Big Nowhere present ‘Christmas In the Gutter’ EP
Updated: 2011-12-23 15:56:42Barely making it in time for the festive season, The Big Nowhere present for your aural libation their Christmas In the Gutter EP. Like some kind of Laudanum tincture, the Christmas In The Gutter EP is laced through with love, loss and regret. However, despite being champions of the...Disturbed - The Lost Children [Album]
Updated: 2011-12-23 14:44:53If youre already a fan of* Disturbed*, chances are you will have heard a couple of these tracks already.* The Lost Children* is a collection of B-sides and bonus songs spanning the bands 11 year career, and quite frankly its awesome. ---Quote--- There are no faults to The Lost Children, its a...Underclass - Beat Your Fist [Single]
Updated: 2011-12-23 14:16:19We're all for being frugal here at *Altsounds* given that we're all staring into another bankers hairypocalypse again and all that, but somewhat annoyingly *Beat Your Fist *arrived on a CD-R containing just the title track. This was pretty much a total fail in our humble opinion for two main...Whales in Cubicles – We Never Win [Single]
Updated: 2011-12-23 14:05:30If youre struggling to find an indie band that can hook you straight in within the first 20 seconds of a song, then look no further than *Whales in Cubicles*. They sound a little like *Razorlight* and *The Strokes*, that solid, yet powerful *British* indie spirit running through the veins of...Mastodon - The Hunter [Album]
Updated: 2011-12-23 14:01:59So welcome to the most eagerly anticipated album of 2011. Mastodon are the epitome of modern success, like a Pink Floyd for the 20th century. Although, perhaps a little heavier. As for me, Im a huge Mastodon fan, especially after their stunning set at this years Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth....Bleeding Knees Club New Video & Announce UK Tour Dates
Updated: 2011-12-23 13:49:38Self described "Thrash Pash Gash Rash" Bleeding Knees Club have released a new video for 'Bad Guys' and announce UK tour dates for 2012. *Check the video below: * BLEEDING KNEES CLUB - BAD GUYS (TOUR VIDEO) - YouTube *Bleeding Knees Club UK Tour Dates 2012:* *February:* 23rd Barfly 24th -...Ren Harvieu - Through the night [single]
Updated: 2011-12-23 11:24:58At just 21 years old Ren Harvieu from Salford, Manchester is already causing a stir in the music industry. Having most recently been supporting artist to James Morrison, she has so far received tremendously positive feedback on her unique vocal talent. Her debut single 'Through the night' (CD...Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See [Album]
Updated: 2011-12-23 00:47:54I spent half of 2011 hating this album. Utterly hating it. It might have been because the first introduction of this record was a ghost online apparition of the highly-James-Ford-charged track 'Brick By Brick,' which made me so confused that I had to go back and double check if I linked to the...When Words Fail - Eyes On Everything [EP]
Updated: 2011-12-22 23:01:40Coming at ya straight out of *Swindon * well, as straight as anyone can come out of the Wiltshire Rock Nexus via the magic roundabout, *When Words Fail *officially take the prize for the worst PR tag line in 2011, with Freshly formed fivesome rating a 9.9 on the *Altsounds* rancid...The Milk – B Roads & B-Sides [EP]
Updated: 2011-12-22 22:53:26The A&R dudes at *Sony* obviously anticipate something very big from* The Milk*, an Essex quartet who began life as a punk outfit but have now taken the not wholly original but likely more prosperous career choice of recycling classic soul. Something in that vein of course turned *Plan-B* from a...Alphabet Backwards - Taller [Single]
Updated: 2011-12-22 22:44:47Shyness is nice, and shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life you'd like to. I mean, shy people what's that all about? You never buy a round you're not in the bar in the first place, are you? We never get a valentine's card from you do we even when secretly we might really like...AllMusic’s Favorite Reissues of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-22 21:00:16The big news in retrospectives for 2011 was undoubtedly the first official release of the Beach Boys’ SMiLE Sessions, the legendary lost album Brian Wilson left uncompleted in 1967. SMiLE appeared as a double-disc set and as a lavish five-disc box, one of many extravagant deluxe reissues of a single album. So many of these [...]AllMusic’s Favorite Compilations of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-22 13:00:25Some of the best reissues of the year were multi-artist compilations, retrospectives on specific labels, songwriters, styles, or eras. Some of these sets were as monumental as Bear Family’s impeccably researched The Bristol Sessions: The Big Bang of Country Music, but others shed light on frequently neglected sideroads, such as Our Lives Are Shaded by [...]AllMusic’s Favorite R&B Albums of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-21 20:00:33As a classification, R&B was debated as intensely as ever in 2011. The genre contained a multitude of sounds and approaches: pop-oriented acts more invested in hooks and modern productions than traditional songcraft, “grown folks” traditionalists, heavily hyped newcomers who were slightly left of center, and veteran artists who merely carried on, either sticking to [...]AllMusic’s Favorite Metal Albums of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-21 13:00:58Whether it’s of the black, sludge, ambient, folk, doom, goth, death, experimental, power, stoner, thrash, symphonic, Scandinavian, or hair variety, 2011 offered up a solid slate of metal opuses, many of which found their respective practitioners either tweaking or dismantling their often lazily assigned sub-genres with unhinged glee. Some settled in (Black Dahlia Murder, Primordial, [...]AllMusic’s Favorite Electronic Albums of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-20 21:00:06No single trend or movement dominated our favorite electronic recordings of 2011. The field was even more disparate than it was in 2009 and 2010, with the somber restraint of Tim Hecker’s Ravedeath, 1972 and rabid excess of Rustie’s Glass Swords representing the extremes. There were no landmarks or obvious, instant classics — just dozens [...]AllMusic’s Favorite Soundtracks and Scores of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-20 13:00:07The best soundtracks and scores of 2011 came from many corners. As they often do, film adaptations of books — both classic and contemporary - provided plenty of inspiration for composers, whether it was Thomas Newman’s music for The Help, Johnny Greenwood’s Norwegian Wood score or Dario Marianell’s sweeping Jane Eyre cues. Meanwhile, the music [...]AllMusic’s Favorite Rock Albums of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-19 21:00:26Twenty years after Nevermind, Nirvana’s drummer Dave Grohl still thunders with his Foo Fighters, who sounded fiercer on Wasting Light than they have in years. Other veteran rockers continued to build on their strengths: Tom Waits revisited Rain Dogs territory on Bad as Me, Paul Simon released a new millennial Hearts & Bones with So [...]AllMusic’s Favorite Jazz Albums of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-19 13:00:43The best jazz releases in 2011 were the ones that fell between the swinging post-bop of trumpeter Tom Harrell’s Time of the Sun and the expansive, avant-garde feel of saxophonist Colin Stetson’s New History Warfare, Vol. 2. Neither completely “out” nor straight-ahead, these artists mixed a highly cerebral, modern creative approach with more accessible aspects [...]AllMusic’s Favorite Indie Pop and Rock Albums of 2011
Updated: 2011-12-16 20:30:14As the meaning of “indie” becomes more and more amorphous, our longlist for the year’s best indie albums lived up to its name. However, we managed to pare our favorites down to a relatively svelte 30 picks without too much hair-pulling and name-calling. Even with a smaller list than we made in 2010, we still [...]