CASPIAN’s third attempt at sonic hegemony is Tertia , a ten track post-rock attempt, has been signed up for an August 11 release through Myleene Sheath Records. Art and tracklisting below, MySpace here. 1. Mie 2. La Cerva 3. Ghost of the Garden City 4. Malacoda 5. Epochs in DMaj 6. Of Foam and Wave 7. Concrescence 8. The Raven 9. Vienna 10. Sycamore
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SMNnews on 2nd Jul 2009 (via smnnews.com)
Post-rock, aka: music for students to study to, grows trickier to dissect with each additional album in the genre. You see, post-rock music is like a sponge cake. It's a simple enough recipe, made from a basic set of ingredients, you don't have to worry about anything fancy.
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StrangeGlue on 6th Aug 2009 (via strangeglue.com)
Bay Stater post-rock band Caspian have given a release date of August 11 for their second studio album. Label The Mylene Sheath will be handling the release, the follow-up to their 2007 début The Four Trees. Ethan Dussault, former bassist for now defunct Massachusetts band Garrison, handled production duties on the record.
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StrangeGlue on 15th Jun 2009 (via strangeglue.com)
Legendary British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN has been confirmed for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden.
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Blabbermouth on 4th Dec 2009 (via roadrunnerrecords.com)
The term 'Rock' has pretty much become the branching-title for anything alternative nowadays. Post-Rock, Indie-Rock, Pop-Rock, Hard-Rock, Soft-Rock, Blues-Rock, the list goes on and on and on and so it's wildly refreshing to finally hear a band that are determined to put the ROCK back into the word Rock (if you understand what we mean).
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StrangeGlue on 18th Nov 2009 (via strangeglue.com)
In partnership with Disturbed's label Intoxication Records, Reprise Records is pleased to announce that it has signed Vancouver hard-rock band Art of Dying
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DayInRock on 2nd Dec 2009 (via antimusic.com)
KEEL has signed with FRONTIERS RECORDS, one of the elite labels in Hard Rock and Melodic Rock, and will release two albums simultaneously in January 2010. The band announced their reunion last November, and enjoyed appearances at major summer festivals such as Rocklahoma, South Texas Rock Festival, the Mid West Rock Fest, and the M3 Rock
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HardRockHideout on 16th Sep 2009 (via hardrockhideout.com)
Walking On The Moon: The Untold Story of the Police and the Rise of New Wave Rock tells the full, unvarnished tale of one of the world's best known pop groups for the first time.
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DayInRock on 7th Oct 2009 (via antimusic.com)
In partnership with DISTURBED’s label Intoxication Records, Reprise Records is pleased to announce that it has signed Vancouver hard-rock band ART OF DYING to its roster. Intoxication Records was launched in 2004 by DISTURBED singer David Draiman and guitarist Dan Donegan. Its first release was the band’s live CD/DVD Music as a Weapon II. ART OF
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SMNnews on 2nd Dec 2009 (via smnnews.com)
Whether it's in English or Chinese, rock 'n roll is rock 'n roll, and the Beijing-based quartet P.K. 14 are at the forefront of China's underground rock circuit. After an inaugural visit last fall to the Mecca of their post-punk and New-Wave muses -- New York City -- the band is at it again with their shredding guitar riffs, unmerciful bass bombardment, and discontented lyrics....
In 2009, the traditional practice of exchanging physical copies of records for money is a trade that might best be called quixotic. But New Yorkers are stubborn people, and the record store is not dead. Below, the top ten records that sold in the last week at a store near you. Rock and Soul started as a vinyl-only shop in 1975 but has since evolved into a one-stop for DJ equipment, CDs, '12 i...
