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Feel Good Drag is the first single of the kickass band Anberlin's new album New Surrender. The band will be starting a 24-date tour in October in conjuction with the album release. New Surrender is out on September 30th.mp3:
Anberlin: MySpace : Pre-order New Surrender
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Spinner.com is premiering Annuals' new track "Confessor," the very first track off their forthcoming album Such Fun. The release is the follow up to Annuals' 2006 release Be He Me, and will be out October 7 on Canvasback Music. Your can hear the track here.◊ ◊ ◊ ◊
The awesome, sultry vocals your hear on the track Why Do We Stop belong to Holly Muñoz, who along with drummer Kyle Larson and bassist Justin Hartke are the Minneapolis-based indie rock band Aviette. The band has recently released their second album, The Way We Met, following up their 2006 release Until We Hear From Dave. The new album features a series of songs about relationships and loss, and this sound is so good you'll likely be hearing much more from this band in the future. We'll also be featuring them in a blog post soon. Excellent stuff.mp3:
Aviette: Website : MySpace : Buy The Way We Met
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The Shondes, a Brooklyn, NY quartet taking its name from the Yiddish word for ”shame” or ”disgrace” earned considerable praise (contrary to the group’s self-deprecating moniker) this year for its debut album, The Red Sea. The Shondes’ dramatic rock has been compared to Sleater-Kinney, Patti Smith and Rasputina, due to the group’s clever merging of classical music, traditional Jewish folk and punk rock into a compelling whole. The Shondes are Temim Fruchter (drums/vocals), Louisa Solomon (bass/vocals), Ian Brannigan (guitar) and Elijah Oberman (violin/vocals). Another awesome sounding band, featuring the excellent guitar of Brannigan and strong vocals of Solomon.mp3:
The Shondes: Website : MySpace : Insound has The Red Sea
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G Tom Mac's (aka Gerard McMann) body of work as an artist & songwriter has covered a massive array of ground from his powerful Goth pop classic Cry Little Sister he wrote and performed for the movie the Lost Boys through the many diverse films & TV shows he has featured songs in from “Chasing Amy”, to Ice Cubes “The Players Club” to mention a few, and a wide variety of TV shows that range from “Scrubs” to “The Shield”, along with a prolific amount of songs that have been covered by KISS, Carley Simon, Robert Plant & Roger Daltrey. The prolific songwriter has also recorded several solo albums, the most recent, “G Tom Mac” for L.A.’s Edge Artists, and “Blue Rue” for Arc/Columbia. He’s created Witchblade-The Music, a compilation of music from the cable-show including his own tracks.mp3:
G Tom Mac: Website : MySpace : Buy the enhanced Thou Shalt Not Fall
Hey Chris,
I meant to touch base with you sooner to see how you are doing. Down this way, we got a much lighter dose than y'all, and that was bad enough. Hoping that you personally have managed to stay high and dry.
Thirty years ago I was living in an area of FL that received 16 inches of rain in 24 hours. I remember that it was impossible to tell the difference between the canals and the streets. And, there was a major issue with water rats and snakes.
Stay safe and dry!