This week in Bands You Should Know we’ve got an intense rock group from Denver and a mega-dose of funk-rb-pop.
Dude, Speakers is the kind of new band you’d be stupid to not pay attention to. ”And Her Too” is the first song I heard from this duo and it kind of blew my mind. It’s kind of Craig David smooth-suave and some STRAIGHT UP 1970s funk going on in the back ground. Impossibly groovy beat. Seriously, check these guys out. You can STREAM THEIR EP FOR FREE ON FACEBOOK. You’re welcome.
Sounds like bubble gum stuck to your shoe and multi-color stars.
Devoutcast brings a new kind of intense rock, taking the familiar metal riffs of bands you know and (used to) love like Metallica, and raise the stakes with influence from newer alt-rock bands. There’s something dark and melodic in Devoutcast’s sound.
Sounds like an abandoned church and WWII rivets.
Rita Wilsom – AM/FM
Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods
Keane – Strangeland
Glenn Frey – After Hours
Danny Elfman – Dark Shadows: Original Score
Alex Clare - Lateness of the Hour
Mary Mary – Go Get It
Karmin – Hello EP
Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek) – Sun Midnight Sun
Barenaked Ladies – Stop Us If You’ve Heard This One Before!
If you’d like to hear samples of these songs, or check out some reviews, you can do that HERE.
Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts
Carrie Underwood – Blown Away
SMASH Cast – The Music of SMASH
Early Takes Vol. 1 – George Harrison
Now Music – Now 42: That’s What I Call Music
Marilyn Manson – Born Villain
Rufus Wainwright – Out of the Game
Santigold – Master of my Make-Believe
Various Artists – Avengers Assemble
B.o.B. – Strange Clouds
Hurt – The Crux
Monkees – The Birds, the Bees, & The Monkees
Anders Osborne – Black Eye Galaxy
Pennywise – Al or Nothing
To check out reviews or sample these new releases, click HERE now.
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You probably haven’t heard of these bands–but you should.
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W.E.R.M. (When Everything Really Matters)
This band is turning heads lately–as they should! Their mix of dirty rock (think Nine Inch Nails and Stone Temple Pilots) mixed with an electronic sound that flirts with dubstep, well, this is a whole different kind of animal. Watch their vid XXX on youtube.
Sounds like a new leather jackets and a shot of Jack.
If you like your music and talent RAW, then check out Frank Franklin. This U.K. singer songwriter sounds very similar to Mumford and Son, minus a bit of the pop-ness (which is a fresh take, in my opinion). Sound like something you’d like? Then why don’t you check out his free EP The Boy That Changed Time.
Sounds like the cold English shore and a panda hat
Hailing from Iceland, these 5 art school students form an aggressively fierce sound. Check out their track “Dark Matter” for a bit of sonically structured chaos, and find them on facebook here.
Sounds like a winter storm and a spotlight.
Did you check out these bands? You should! Leave a comment below and let me know what you think. If you have any suggestions of bands *I* should know, ping me on twitter and let me know.
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Jack White – Blunderbuss
Warren Haynes – Live at the Moody Theater
Carole King – Legendary Demos
Lee Brice – Hard Love
Peter Gabriel – New Blood Live in London
Kip Moore – Up All Night
The Wanted – Self Titled
Walter Trout – Blues for the Modern Daze
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Anathema – Weather Systems
Barry Manilow – Live in London
Dandy Warhols – This Machine
Eve 6 – Speak in Code
Paradise Lost – Tragic Idol
Harmonicraft – Torche
The Ravonettes – Into the Night
All the new music you need and more. GO HERE to read more reviews and previews samples from these fine new albums. Let me know what is your favorite album of the week in the comments.
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One Direction – Up All Night
Big Brother and the Holding Company Ft. Janis Joplin – Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968
Meat Loaf – Hell in a Handbasket
The Decemberists – We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live songs 4.11-8.11)
Peter White – Here We Go
Original Cast Recording – Once
Epica – Requiem for the Indifferent
Cannibal Corpse – Torture
Adrenaline Mob – Omerta
The Ting Tings – Sounds from Nowheresville
Passion – Passion: White Flag
Soulfly – Enslaved
Lucero – Woman and Work
Delta Spirit – Self Titled
Shooter Jennings – Family Man
Armin Van Buuren – State of Trance 2012
Say Anything – Anarchy My Dear
Check out review and previews of these songs HERE.
Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself
Idina Menzel – Live Barefoot at the Symphony
Todd Snider – Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
Michael Giacchino- John Carter Soundtrack
The Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea
Firelight – Now
Various Artists – Dr. Suess – The Lorax Soundtrack
Wes Montgomery – Echoes of Indiana Avenue
Kaiser Chiefs – Start the Revolution Without Me
Bill Frisell – Floratone II
White Rabbits – Milk Famous
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way: Live 1977
To read reviews of and preview these new songs, check them out HERE
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Lyle Lovett – Release Me
Celtic Thunder – Voyage
Pink Floyd – The Wall – Immersion Box Set
Robert Glasper – Black Radio
The Cranberries – Roses
Loreena McKennit – Troubadours on the Rhine
Wzrd – Wzrd
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Leaving Eden
Kutless – Believer
UFO – Seven Deadly
Estelle – All of Me
Chiddy Bang – Breakfast
Amy Ray – Lung of Love
Ja Rule – Pil 2
Amazing new releases: check them out and preview them at Amazon.
Van Halen – A Different Kind of Truth
Paul McCartney – Kisses on the Botton
The Fray – Scars and Stories
Dierks Bentley – Home
Various Artists – Now 41: That’s what I call music
Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Mark Lanegan Band – Blue Funeral
Steve Tyrell – I’ll Take Romance
Goldfrapp – The Singles
Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
of Montreal – Paralytic Stalks
Archer Black – Forgiveness is a Weapon
Ben Kweller – Go Fly A Kite
The Lemonheads – Hotel Sessions
Liz Green – O, Devotion
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