Black Lungs - Send Flowers

I don't know if everyone knows this but, Alexisonfire are recording their new album "Young Cardinals" and usually when people find out that one of their favorite bands are recoding their new album they can't wait to get their hands on it. I thought that Wade's (guitarist in Alexis) side project Black Lungs would hold people off until the new Alexis album drops. Now a lot of people know about Dallas' solo stuff City And Colour and Wade's seems to fly under the radar in comparison to Dallas' success, but if you look at the two projects they are nothing a like so if you are thinking that this is another Dallas album think again. City And Colour is acoustic and folky, where Black Lungs is Dirty Rock & Roll, stuff you shake your hips to (the twist anyone). Listening to the album you will find out that Wade isn't just the other dude that sings the odd time in Alexis, but he is a solid song writer as well as a great guitarist. Enough of all this, if you love Alexis you are going to love this stuff; if you can't wait for the new album to drop is will tie you over until then; if you like Dirty Rock&Roll you are going to love this stuff, enough said...


Black Lungs - Send Flowers
Released: May 20th 2008

A Blessing and a Curse
Fire and Brimstone
When It's Blackout
Hold Fast (Sink or Swim)
These Moments Define Us
For Her
So It Goes
Timeless
In Memory

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(Once again whenever any of these guys are passing by your town head out and support them, that always put on a killer show and have worked really had to get where they are now)

Callahan - Callahan

Alright so it is that time again to show some more love to yet another killer Canadian band. This time these guys are repin' the West Coast of Canada and are they ever doing a great job at that! After the release of their first full length album; featuring guest vocals from Rody from Protest The Hero and being produced by Julius "Juice" Butty (Alexisonfire, The Gorgeous, Sleeper Set Sail) these guys hit the road almost immediately touring with Canadian heavy weights Straight Reads The Line. With this years CMW coming up they are heading back across this vast land of ours (March 3rd to March 28th), to play CMW@ The Bovine then heading back to Vancouver to this years Taste Of Chaos (if they get enough votes, which I'm sure that will not be a problem). For all their upcoming tour dates but check out their myspace.

Now if you are looking for the Callahan recipe here it is:

Takes a block Rock with a dash of Metalcore, stir in 3 cups of southern spice, add a cut of hardcore (not traditional) break downs, dice up a fair portion of soothing vocals and sprinkle a little piano spice on top. Let it simmer on the stove for 42.1 minutes and serve while it is still hot.

And here you have
Callahan

Callahan - Callahan
Release: October 1st 2008

You're No Daisy
Texas Chain Wheel
You Foul Beast
Zombie Walk - Cellphone Talk
Getting Naked Doesn't Make You My Type
Oh Chatwin, Where Art Thou
Oswald Cobblepot
You Had Me Convinced
Davenport
Karaoke Knights
Say Goodnight and Go

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(now if you are in Canada you have no excuse NOT to go out and see this guys and give them your money, they will show you how to put on a show!)

Finch - Self Titled

Finch, know these guys haven't really done anything since Say Hello To Sunshine but last July they released this EP Self Tiled. I have found listing to this EP ]if the guys had released this EP in between What It Is To Burn and Say Hello To Sunshine. It seems more of a step backwards for the guys, but after listening to this EP then going back to Sunshine I have learned to love that album even more now. One other thing that would have been nice if there were a couple more tracks on the EP it seems once you start to get into it, it's over.

But anyways if you are Finch lover you will enjoy this and it's something new from the band.

Enjoy


Finch - Self Titled
Release: July 22nd 2008

Daylight
Famine or Disease
From Hell
Chinese Organ Thieves

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(these guys aren't doing any shows in North America right now but if you are in Europe of Australia check them out!)

Moneen - Saying Something You Have Already Said Before - A Quiet Side of Moneen

If you love Moneen and loved their last album Red Tree then you are going to love this EP. Now it's not any new music but the took a couple of tracks from (manly Red Tree) their last couple albums and re worked them; adding piano, strings, stronger vocals from Kenny and making you fall in love with the tracks all over again. There really isn't much more to say about the EP, if you are a Moneen lover this will keep your ears happy (hopefully) until the new Moneen stuff drops.

Enjoy.


Moneen - Moneen - Saying Something You Have Already Said Before - A Quiet Side of Moneen
Release: January 1st 2009

Prepare Yourself ... The Worst Is Yet To Come
This Is All Bigger Than Me
There Are Millions of Reasons Why This May Not Work ... And Just One for Why It Will
The East Has Stolen Something the West May Want
The Song I Swore Never to Song

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(Remember when these guys come back around go and peep then and give them all the support that they deserve, that have been doing this a long while now!)

City And Colour - City And Colour

Alrighty so I'm pretty sure everyone know City And Colour AKA Dallas Green. Well here is the EP that was circling around before he released Sometimes. On here you can hear some demo stuff that he was fooling around with and stuff you may never have heard before. That's all I really have to tell you about it, it's just a nice little treat if you are a Dallas lover. "Tip of the Album" where did he get the name for City And Colour? If you don't know the anwser it's easier then you think.

Oh and for all you that don't know who Dallas Green in look up the band Alexisonfire.

Enjoy.


City And Colour - City And Colour
Release: N/A

How Come Your Arms Are Not Around Me (acoustic)
Missing
Serravalle
This Sudden Injury
So Low
Save Your Scissors
The Sleeping Sickness
Urgency

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(enjoy the rare stuff and if either Dallas of Alexis are passing by near you head out and check the stuff out, and support them!)

The Gorgeous - Great Lakes

So I just got my hands on my own copy of this album, even though I have been listening to it for years. This album is the definition of Hardcore and Canadian Hardcore at it's best. These guy came up punched everyone in the face and got the fuck out of here, just as fast as they came into the scene. They loved making music but it was becoming routine... I don't know where to even start with these guys, even though this album came out in 2005; if it came out today they would still be a head of the game and turning heads! The best thing I can say about this album is that it was and still is a huge underground success and if you don't know it, and love the hardcore/metalcore scene you need to know this album front to back, it has everything you could ever ask for.

As you listen through and hear the dirtiness and "live" feel of the album try to imagine five drunken dudes playing this but with 73.67% more aggression and love for playing live, and that is what makes a "gorgeous" show. If you did get to see them live you loved every minute of it and if you didn't get the chance you should look some of the stuff up on YouTube (2nd last show)

Don't Enjoy it LOVE IT!!


The Gorgeous - Great Lakes
November 22, 2005

Lake Ontario
Shy Guys
Jamboree at the Jubilee
King of the Delta Blues
Mistresses and Marriages
Kissed and Dissed
Banned from the band
Dinner and Dancing
Love them and leave them
Dumb and Dahmer

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(I don't think that they guys are going to mind you taking this but check out Barn Burner and support them, seeing as this is the band that some of the guys made up after The Gorgeous...)

And remember...If you didn't come to dance get the fuck out of here!

Lily Allen - It's Not Me It's You

Ok so ,I just found out that some how my Lily Allen post got deleted, so I'm throwing it up again. I'm not going to write about it again and all you need to know about it is that it is one of the best albums of 2009 so far! Everyone that I have shown it to or have talked to about loves is and can't get enough of it!

Listen and enjoy!



Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
Released: February 9, 2009

Everyone's At It
The Fear
Not Fair
22
I Could Say
Back to the Start
Never Gonna Happen
Fuck You
Who'd Have Known
Chinese
Him
He Wasn't There

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In:Avaite - 1985

Ok, I try and get new music up everyday but I have been lacking the past couple of days, BUT I do have something that will make up for the mixed days. IN:AVAITE. Now if you love Circa and the days when Anthony Green was kickin it with the Saosin boys, you are going to eat this stuff up! I have been listening on and off to this album for the past couple of week and have found myself waking up in the morning and singing their stuff (a true sign that these guys are doing something right).

Here is my "Tip of The Album" on your first couple of listens you will hear some awesome double lead lines but it isn't until you throw some headphones on to truly hear the doubles, try it, you will enjoy the ear candy!

Finally, I know that I have fallen for these braz and I really hope they head up north and show us how they do what they do.

Enjoy!


In:Avaite - 1985
Release: October 14th 2008

In the End
Redefining Automation
Question Everything
Through the Light Darkly
Transcendental Weather
Ascension
Eulalia
Awake
We All Seek the Truth
Kissing Tigers
And the World Will Know
In the Beginning

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(Like always sample the stuff, if you like go and support the band however you support bands, buying merch, going to shows, buying albums, tell all your friends about them...)

Castillan - Daisy

So here is another mellow band to play while you are in bed, with your girl, and make some long time loving happen. I came across these guys looking through one of the new release days that Absolute Punk puts out every week.

But really this EP is a great one to sit and listen to, anywhere at any time. These guys are out of Dallas Texas and have only been around a few months. Before this they released a demo, but don't waste your time on that, this is the direction that Castillan is heading! If you are in the mood for some traditional in indie rock meets ambient, these guys can give you all that and some more? I would say that are similar to Guelph Ont. Lifestory:Monologue but replace the yelling-shouting with soothing vocal lines!


Castillan - Daisy
Release: September 25th 2008

A Selfish Love
A Shifting Reef
Ink Heart
Hero Now a Crow
Separate Branches
When Daisy Tumbled Short of His Dreams

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(If you are in the Texas area make sure you check these guys out, and if not head over to there myspace and get them to send you some merch or tell them how much you like listening to their music and making love at the same time!)

Minus The Bear - Acoustics

This one is for all the lovers out there; of a little band called Minus The Bear. I find that everything that these guys release, create, perform has never disappointed their fans, and here is another installation. It may not be new songs but they have thrown a wicked twist on this stuff. It's all acoustic, and if you think you love Minus The Bear now wait until you hear these EP! With the acoustic stuff it really does show how well their songs are structured together, you hear new things that you didn't hear on the albums and if you take some of the complex delay off there is a lot more to the songs! Overall it's a great EP to throw on and chill too over and over again!



Minus The Bear - Acoustics
Release: October 7th 2008

Guns & Ammo (new track)
We Are Not a Football Team (from the album, Highly Refined Pirates)
Burying Luck (from the album, Planet of Ice)
Knights (from the album, Planet of Ice)
Pachuca Sunrise (from the album, Menos El Oso)
Throwin' Shapes (from the album, Planet of Ice)
Ice Monster (from the album, Planet of Ice)

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(Enjoy the chill session and when they pass through your area go and peep them at the show and buy some shit)

He Is Ledgend - 2008 Demos

So here is another band has crafted their sound to a T, they haven't really released anything in a while but it looks like there is rumour that a new release should be out March or April, let's hope so. Here are the most resent demo's that that have "semi" released. I don't know if this stuff is going to be on the upcoming record but non the less it should tie people over until the new stuff drops.

I'm going to keep it sweet and short this time!
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He Is Legend - 2008 Demos
Release - ??

Decisions Decisions Decisions
Stranger Danger
Don't Touch That Dial
Everyone I Know Has Fangs

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(so when the new stuff drops remember to go out and pick it up where ever/however you do that. I'm sure I'll have a little sample running around on here)

A Day To Remember - Homesick

Well another Tuesday and you know what that means, today is new music day for the average listener. A couple of the new releases that you will see on shelves or added to the iTunes Store this week are, The Fray, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, VersaEmerge, and these guy A Day To Remember. And today might just be a day that they are going to remember for a long while, see as today is the release of their third full length album "Homesick". After listening to this album for the past week I fell in love with it quickly! From the first group vocal on "The Downfall Of Us All"; which I don't think they could make it any sooner. To the guests that appear on the album, Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada on "I'm Made of Wax, Larry, What are You Made of?", Vincent Bennett of The Acacia Strain on "Welcome to the Family" (which is a fitting) and everyone's new girlfriend Sierra Kusterbeck of VersaEmerge on the closing track "If It Means a Lot to You". When it came to the lyrics they really grabbed me; if you are in or have ever been in a band that tours you will be able to relate to a lot of lyrical content on this album.

Overall I can't really say enough for the album it has the guitar squeals, the breakdowns, the hip popping/sing alongs... Just listen and you'll know, so far best release of 09!



A Day To Remember - Homesick
Release: February 3rd 2009

The Downfall Of Us All
My Life For Hire
I’m Made Of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?
NJ Legion Iced Tea
Mr Highway’s Thinking About The End
Have Faith In Me
Welcome To The Family
Homesick
Holdin’ It Down For The Underground
You Already Know What You Are
Another Song For The Weekend
If It Means Alot To You

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(see how these guys are not going to be home until everyone is singing La La La, go out and help the guys get home that little bit sooner!)
Enjoy, I sure am!

VersaEmerge - VersaEmerge

So late last week I managed to get my hands on the new Versa EP "VersaEmerge". I have been listening to it on and off ever since I got it and in doing this I have noticed on major thing. Unlike there last release (Perceptions) where I was pulled in right away, this time around it is tacking a lot longer to love. They have a much stronger Paramore sound and less of the Circa love. Through out the EP the two tacks that really have pulled me in are "The Hider" and their remake of "Clocks". The rest of the stuff is just missing something that I can't quite put my fingers on. The recording/production sounds amazing, and with that behind them this is going to push the EP "to the front of the pack" of bands that have this similar vibe going for them.

There's my two cents on this EP, take it how you want, overall I'm still waiting for the light switch to get flipped right on... maybe a headphone listen??


VersaEmerge - VersaEmerge
Release: February 3rd 2009

Theatrics
The Hinder
Past Praying For
Moments Between Sleep
Whisperer
Clocks

extra
In Pursuing Design (acoustic) I know I put this on the last one as well, but it is a killer track!

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(Now remember head out and get their stuff, see them live and show them your love, these guys have been working hard to get to this level, so help them out!)