Band: Triclops! Album Name: Cafeteria Brutalia Best Element: Extremely unique sound Genre: Surf rock/Psychedelic/noise rock Website: http://triclopsband.com/ Label: Sickroom Records Band E-mail: info@triclopsband.com Where to begin, and what can be said about the album, Cafeteria Brutalia? Let me start with the basics: The band is called Triclops!. They are a San Francisco 4-piece, and...
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Tracks from Another Planet: Tracks to check out: (all can be sampled on #1 Hits From Another Planet) Performance – It’s Bad and It’s Just Begun Performance is a ridiculously fun guy/girl group from England. They’re very new, and their influences are evident (think a synthpop Franz Ferdinand with some chirpy female vocals popping...
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Band Name: W Robert Peek Album Name: Adventures in Science Fiction Best Element: Unique overall sound Genre: Alternative/Experimental Website: http://www.myspace.com/wrobertpeek Label Name: N/A Band E-mail: llpeek1006375991@aol.com It is hard to classify the music of W. Robert Peek. It does not fit into a specific category or niche within the normally defined categories of music....
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Band Name: Veto Album Name: There’s a Beat in All Machines Best Element: Electronica that’s not a dance album! Genre: Electronic/pop Website: http://www.vetonet.dk Label Name: Tabu Records Band E-mail: n/a Danish band Veto have been praised by critics for their fearless sound and selected as the opening act for portions of the Killers’ European...
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Band Name: Underride Album Name: Insanity Land Best Element: Mixing up the sounds, rocking beats Genre: Rock/Rock/Rock Website: www.underride.net Label Name: N/a Band E-mail: spanky@underride.net Strap yourself in and prepare for the ride that is Underride. Right from the get-go of their latest offering Insanity Land these Seattle rockers let you know they mean...
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Band Name: The iOs Album Name: In Sunday Songs Best Element: Spans the entire pop spectrum Genre: Power-pop Website: http://www.the-ios.com Label Name: Kanine Records Band E-mail: info@the-ios.com I love Third Eye Blind. Their 90’s power pop was a template that should have been copied and ripped off by many a band – but not...
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Band: Tuesday’s Debut Album Name: Raise Your Glass: We’re Armed and Jealous Best Element: Balance of creativity and mainstream appeal. Genre: Alternative, Pop-Rock. Website: http://www.tuesdaysdebut.com Label: N/A Band E-mail: brokenpan@yahoo.com Besides having one of the best album titles of the year in Raise Your Glass: We’re Armed and Jealous, Louisiana’s Tuesday’s Debut have a...
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Poison the Well, Save the Scene In the past month one of the rarities of underground music took place: a band which had worked its way up through the underground scene and managed to land a major label deal announced that it had signed with a label known in the for its ability to...
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Band Name: Pineross Album Name: Pineross Best Element: Kevin Larkin’s ability to cram an incredible amount of story into each of his songs. Genre: Neo-Western Folk. Website: http://www.myspace.com/pineross, http://www.pineross.com. Label Name: N/A. Band E-Mail: Kevin@pineross.com Pineross: the name of Kevin Larkin’s neo-Western folk band; the title of the first full-length CD of said band;...
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Band Name: O Pioneers!!! Album Name: Black Mambas Best Element: Passion and unflinching simplicity Genre: Punk Website: http://www.opioneers.com Label Name: Team Science Records Band E-mail: www.myspace.com/opioneers In a world of over-produced, formulaic, pretty-boy pop-punk, it’s only natural that a resistance should pop up. And resistance has appeared, right where it should: the underground. Led...
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