Lovedrug is an indie rock band from Canton, Ohio, formed in 2001.
Since Lovedrug's formation in 2001, they have released two full-length albums and three EPs, all of which have been released through the record label The Militia Group to whom they are signed. While on tour with Straylight Run and Sparta in June 2007, Lovedrug's van and trailer was stolen in Detroit, Michigan. The burnt out shell of their van and trailer was later discovered with all of their equipment stolen. Despite this discouraging and unfortunate event, Lovedrug continued their tour, borrowing Sparta's equipment for the rest of the shows.
Their third album, The Sucker Punch Show, will be released October 28,2008.
From what I've heard from the new album , this album gonna be one of the best in 2008 !
Music Style: Indie/Rock/ Grunge
Myspace Link: http://www.myspace.com/lovedrug
måndag, september 8
Lovedrug ( Cleveland, Ohio , USA)
The Morning Light ( Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , USA)
The Morning Light is a pop/rock band based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In no more than a year, the band formed, started touring, and signed a record deal. They released their debut EP: The Sounds of Love in March 2008. Their self-titled album will be released September 23, 2008.
Gonna be BIG !
Music Style: Pop/Rock/Indie
Myspace Link: http://www.myspace.com/themorninglight
Glasvegas ( Glasgow, Scotland , UK)
The band's line-up did not come together in early 2006 as recently speculated, but however back in 2000. After gigging around Scotland, mostly Glasgow (Where they were played glasgow Barfly dozens of times) a friend of theirs approached Alan Mcgee at Death Disco and asked him to check out their friends band "Glasvegas". At first he paid no attention, inyet the friend approached him several times, eventually Alan had a listen to the band and has backed them ever since. On October 30, 2006, the band released their first self funded limited edition 7" single, "Go Square Go!". Following the release of second limited edition 7" single, "Daddy's Gone" in November 2007, Glasvegas found themselves at the centre of a bidding war from several major record labels. "Daddy's Gone" sold out and was voted the Number #2 single of the year by the NME.
After releasing third limited edition 7" single, "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" on February 14, 2008 the band opted to sign for Columbia. They then won the prestigious Philip Hall Radar Award at the NME Awards two weeks later. Glasvegas recorded their eponymous debut album at Brooklyn Recording Studios in New York, produced by James Allan and Rich Costey. The album will be released on 8 September 2008, and will include re-recordings of "Daddy's Gone" and "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry", the former being the second single from the album, as well as previously unreleased songs "Polmont On My Mind", "Dream, Dream, Dreaming", "Lonesome Swan", "Sad Lite" and "Geraldine", which was the debut single from the album.
A New Honour ( Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada)
A New Honour is an emerging alternative rock band from Winnipeg, Canada that came together in September 2006. A line up change of the original three members forced the band to regroup and begin tracking their debut record at Studio 11 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Thirty-six songs were narrowed down to 14 for the debut album “The Untitled Truce”. The album spawned their charting single “Artificial” which landed them a spot on two radio station compilation CD’s, “Power 97’s Class of 2007” and “Freq 107’s Local Heroes Frequency Vol.1.” The music can be best described as melodic alternative rock. The name sums it all up and describes the band’s attitude towards making music. A new creative outlet was formed and the ability to communicate and lift people up with their inspirational lyrics was seen as an honour to the band. The name, A New Honour, was what the band was looking for all along.One of the most impressive facts about the band is their age. All being under 24 years old, the youngest member being 19, the band can only grow stronger in time. Writing songs since the age of 15, songwriter William Prince's talents improve daily and push the band's talent to a whole new level. With lyrics that flow effortlessly alongside well-constructed guitar riffs, it is easy to see why the band has become one of the most played unsigned rock bands on PureVolume.com, and are climbing the charts on MySpace daily.The band has managed to create an online buzz on sites such as Myspace, Purevolume and Garageband. They have been featured in many newspapers receiving rave reviews for their performances and debut CD. Along with these accolades the band was awarded a special feature on CTV’s Spotlight with Sylvia Kuzyk. A New Honour are no strangers to the airwaves as they have done numerous radio spots on Power 97 and Freq 107 in Winnipeg, as well as receive daily airplay on Winnipeg's primary rock radio stations. At the same time, they were crowned the regional winners for the nationwide Mazda Muzik Tour in March 2008.Now here in Winnipeg is a developing new force in alternative music. The band has done all the work necessary to build a strong home fan base and are excited to take their show on the road this summer. With a solid debut album, the group is currently being shopped to major labels, producers and agents to further their career. A New Honour is a band certainly on their way to success. Be sure to catch them online, on tour, and gracing the airwaves of your local rock station.Press Reviews "Many songs on The Untitled Truce have the potential to find their way into a commercial radio station’s rotation, and main songwriter William Prince has the skills to pen a breakthrough hit. They have the modern rock sound and style down..." - The Winnipeg Free Press 3 out of 5 Stars "...the melodies are strong enough to place them above the typical rock music masses that make one change the station...A New Honour proves to be worthwhile. It is encouraging to see local talent go that extra mile, attempting something bigger than the usual. What we have here is a band name to keep an eye out for and an album that will satisfy fans of the genre." - The Manitoban University of Manitoba Newspaper 4 out of 5 Stars
fredag, augusti 29
The Windupdeads ( Stockholm, Sweden)
The Windupdeads formed in the summer of 2007, Rickard Olsen (lead vocals, guitar), Jonas Westholm (bass) and Marcus von Boisman (drums, backing vocals) previously played together in a project called froid. After bringing in Petter Ingman on guitar, The Windupdeads emerged. They have spent the fall of 2007 recording an album that will be released october 7, 2008 by One Eleven Records. Their song Reverse of Shade has recently gained attention through the television series Gossip Girl and a full length version of the song will be included on their debut album. Really awesome songs !=)
Axle Whitehead ( Melbourne, Australia)
Axle Whitehead was originally a contestant on the first series of Australian Idol in 2003. He failed to win the competition but made it into the top twenty. After being spotted on Idol, he was hired to host the Television music show, Video Hits on Network Ten, hosting from 2004 to November 1, 2006.
On October 29, 2006, while at the ARIA's, Whitehead was on-stage presenting an award to hip-hop outfit Hilltop Hoods with radio jock Jabba, when he exposed his penis on stage. He also simulated masturbation on the ARIA trophy as the winners made their way to the stage. The Daily Telegraph later reported that Whitehead and his long time girlfriend Katrina Peden had broken up days before the ARIA incident, possibly explaining his behaviour. It was also rumoured in the industry that it was an ongoing dare, between himself, Jabba and Johnny Knoxville, though Whitehead denied the claim. He later said that he had no regrets about the incident, and thought that "more people should do it.Network Ten announced on November 2, 2006 that Whitehead resigned as host of Video Hits on November 1, 2006.
Axle Whitehead's debut album, Losing Sleep was released through Roadshow Music on August 22nd 2008. His debut single "I Don't Do Surprises" was released on radio during January 2008, debuting at #8 on the ARIA Charts in Australia on March 17, 2008. It has also received airplay on Nova radio and surfaced on TV advertisements for popular Channel 10 shows House and Women's Murder Club, being described as a cross between Coldplay and Robbie Williams. Whitehead made his return to Video Hits on February 24, 2008, though only as a guest to promote his announced debut album.
The Primary 5 (Bellshill/Glasgow, Scotland/UK)
The third album from the Primary 5, High Five finds singer/songwriter Paul Quinn in a contemplative mood, questioning whether he should even keep going with this music thing. Although his knack for crafting perfectly sunny pop melodies is still in full bloom, many of these songs, whether about a relationship or his music career, reveal Quinn as a troubled daydream believer always on the verge of packing it all in. On the title track he sings, "Man, if you could only feel, the shadow that is over me. I'm feeling the strain and I don't know what to do." Such fatalistic notions aren't too surprising if you know something about Quinn's time after leaving his post as the drummer for the Scottish rock stalwarts the Teenage Fanclub in 2001. Purportedly, Quinn worked as a mailman in a bid to leave the music biz altogether. It was a sentiment he apparently returned to in 2007 after he parted ways with bandmate Ryan Currie and once again made gestures toward disbanding Primary 5.Thankfully, the daydreamer had a change of heart and plunged headlong into recording High Five. Recorded at former the Darkness-guitarist Dan Hawkins' Leeders Farm Studios in rural Norfolk, England, High Five is a deeply personal, heartfelt, and musically lush work that builds upon all of Quinn's innate strengths as a melodic pop craftsman while also stretching the admittedly low-key Scot into more sonically expansive and ambitious sounds that bring to mind the moody, baritone guitar soundscapes of Ennio Morricone. Joining Quinn here is guitarist (and former fellow Soup Dragons member) Jim McCulloch who adds much of this spaghetti western twang. Which isn't to say that High Five is all whip cracks and crooked smiles; on the contrary, Quinn mixes in such sleight of hand campiness alongside driving power pop numbers and layered, Baroque pop gems. Interestingly, much as spaghetti westerns work as post-modern histories of the old west as remembered by fans of films about the old west, High Five is a kind of post-modern classicist pop album about classicist pop by a guy who grew up loving classicist pop. Crystallizing this notion at the center of the album is the pure ode to rock music "Lost and Confused" in which Quinn plays out the meeting between artist and fan. He sings, "Hey man it's so good to meet you. I love your records. I love your songs. I feel like I have always known you. Since way back when, you weren't so cool. Now, you're number one." And continues, "You are the sun. You are the moon. I love the things you do. Or, is this an excuse?" The implication is that no matter how amazing the music is, no matter how much it means to you at that moment, somebody is probably wasting their time. And as the song drives on with Quinn's insistent catchy hook you begin to wonder if he's talking to himself. And yet, High Five is anything but a waste of time. In fact, Quinn is a master of stopping time in the way only great pop songwriters can with a melody that grabs your lips or a harmony that tugs at your guts and gives you goose bumps and a lyric that defines exactly the way you feel right now and again. If a lot of contemporary pop music is leaden, fabricated product that can make you forget why you ever liked music in the first place, Quinn's High Five is a deeply affirmative, hand on the back reminder of why a well-constructed pop song with a hook and a simple truthful message is perhaps all you ever need. 4/5 STARS. ~AMG~