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For The Record: London – Discovering The Underground
Each month For The Record is here to bring you the best places to find your next favorite band in different cities all over the world—right to your screen. First stop: London.
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Each month For The Record is here to bring you the best places to find your next favorite band in different cities all over the world—right to your screen. First stop: London.
By now, you’re probably aware that indie darlings Arcade Fire are releasing a new album. From their performances at CMJ under the moniker “The Reflektors” to the countless new videos and album trailers they’ve posted, they’re everywhere. Today they finally have put their highly anticipated new record Reflektor up to stream, and it’s absolutely fantastic. It’s due out on October 29th via Merge Records and you can listen to it below. Pre-order Reflektor on iTunes here, or on vinyl/CD at their website. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjqUEMlHTY
In her latest album Wheel, Laura Stevenson contends with the confusing and contradictory cycle that is life. Through artfully-composed folk songs, rife with prose and interwoven with irony, Stevenson captures the mystifying enigmas that plague us all.
Andrew McMahon has released a new song entitled “After The Fire” from his upcoming EP The Pop Underground, due out this coming Tuesday. Click “read more” to listen!
Every Avenue have announced they will be going their separate ways and heading out on a farewell tour on December. Supporting Every Avenue on the road for these dates are their friends Set It Off, Conditions, Wilson, and Car Party.
Every Time I Die will be heading out on a headline tour this fall with support from The Chariot, letlive., and Kills & Thrills.
We’re stoked to be giving away 1 pair of tickets to every show on the Vans Off the Wall 2012 Spring Tour, featuring Set Your Goals, Cartel, Fireworks, Hit the Lights, Mixtapes, and Super Prime! We’re also going to be announcing a really cool grand prize in the next few days.
“Corporate radio stations need to show musicians the money” is the title of a piece written by SoundExchange executive director John Simson, published in the San Jose Mercury News back in August. But internet song aggregator Orchard suggests it needs to start following its own advice. Orchard’s Greg Scholl fired off a letter to the Copyright Board, and published in Billboard, arguing that it was time for a major audit of the service, which supposedly is supposed to collect royalty money for redistribution to rights holders. Scholl says it’s very difficult to figure out what SX is doing with the… Read more »
Alexisonfire inherited the screamo crown of Canada this year, knocking it right off the emotionally hardcore heads of their peers. Their sophomore disc, Watch Out!, which the band describes as sounding like “two Catholic high-school girls in mid-knife-fight,” went gold in under three months, even though the band received little radio play. We caught up with lead screamer George Pettit to talk about the finer points of fronting the band and how his success is finally allowing him the chance to move out of his parents’ house. ChartAttack: You guys have had a crazy-good year. Has the success been any… Read more »
Alexisonfire inherited the screamo crown of Canada this year, knocking it right off the emotionally hardcore heads of their peers. Their sophomore disc, Watch Out!, which the band describes as sounding like “two Catholic high-school girls in mid-knife-fight,” went gold in under three months, even though the band received little radio play. We caught up with lead screamer George Pettit to talk about the finer points of fronting the band and how his success is finally allowing him the chance to move out of his parents’ house. You guys have had a crazy-good year. Has the success been any different… Read more »
