Hostage Calm – Please Calm Down
Hostage Calm has come a long way since they started out as a hardcore band. On their latest album, “Please Calm Down”, you’ll be hard-pressed to find any mosh-inducing parts.
Alpha 2.1 – Eternity
Alpha 2.1 is an elektro-pop trio out of Brussels who sound as contemporary as they do retro.
Deep In The Valley
Best friends Carl (Brendan Hines) and Lester (Chris Pratt) get in a vintage video booth and get transported to an alternate dimension where adult film screenplays are actually real life situations. While the idea itself isn’t all bad (it’s not like Hot Tub Time Machine had Oscar written all over it), the execution is. It’s a comedy but it isn’t funny and it isn’t exactly sexy either unless you’re 14 and you’ve never seen a boob in your life. But hey, it’s 2013 and we’ve got broadband internet… so I’m guessing there aren’t too many 14-year-olds like that left.
Blockheads – This World Is Dead
“This World Is Dead” is the name of this French band’s third album and they sound more than willing to provide the soundtrack to the apocalypse.
Trash Talk – 119
Trash Talk found a new home for themselves over at Odd Future, the label started by Tyler, The Creator.
Hilly Eye – Reasons To Live
Hilly Eye is Amy Klein on guitars and vocals and Catherine Tung on the drums. Klein you might already know as the former guitarist for Titus Andronicus.
The Last Stand – The Time Is Now
The Last Stand is not just the movie that marks the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger to the white screen, it’s also the name of a hardcore band out of NYC boasting members of Inhuman and Shutdown.
Bullet For My Valentine – Temper Temper
Bullet For My Valentine have quickly worked its way to the top of the modern metal scene and have just released what is already their second album for RCA.
Beachwood Sparks – The Tarnished Gold
Beachwood Sparks released a couple of albums at the beginning of the century full of West Coast pop and country rock with an additional psychedelic twist , taking cues from The Byrds, Gram Parsons
Soul Asylum – Delayed Reaction
When Soul Asylum scored a Grammy-winning hit with “Runaway Train” back in the early 90ies, I don’t think anybody was more surprised than they were themselves.