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Artist Vs Poet
Artist Vs Poet has just announced that the will be releasing the Damn Rough Night EP on Fearless Records next month! The EP will be available on iTunes and all digital outlets from December 15th, 2009.
The EP is a taste of things to come from their as-yet-untitled debut full-length album, set for release March, 2010. Both the EP and album were produced by Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount (All Time Low, Mayday Parade, Cartel) at Sound Studios in Atlanta, GA. You can get an exclusive first listen to “Damn Rough Night”, the title track from the EP, by heading to AltPress.com next week.Artist Vs Poet will be tearing across the U.S. from next week on The Cheap Date Tour with Forever The Sickest Kids. Additional support comes from Sing It Loud and My Favorite Highway.
Tour Dates:
11/18 – Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street Club
11/19 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
11/20 – St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
11/21 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
11/22 – Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
11/24 – Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theatre and Breathe Carolina
11/26 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Dallas
11/27 – San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
11/28 – Houston, TX @ Meridian
11/29 – Pharr, TX @ Jagz
12/01 – Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
12/02 – San Diego, CA @ Soma
12/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Avalon
12/04 – San Francisco, CA @ The Grand Ballroom at The Regency
12/05 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
Artist: Artist Vs Poet
Album: Damn Rough Night EP
Genre: Pop Punk / Rock
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/artistvspoet
-Track Listing-
1. Damn Rough Night – 3:21
2. Gateway – 3:20
3. Rescue – 3:07
4. To Hell With The Letdown – 2:55
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Me Vs Hero
An unsigned “popcore” band from across the pond in England. Me Vs Hero have been together since 2007 and have made a name for themselves in their home country. The band have toured with the likes Story of the Year, You Me At Six, Cute Is What We Aim For, and Bring Me the Horizon.
How is it?
The songs found on Me Vs Hero are fun and energetic, though easily forgettable. One of the better tracks from the EP is “What Seems To Be The Officer Problem,” which features one of the catchiest choruses found on the entire EP. Most of the others, unfortunately, tend to just exist. All of the songs on the EP have their fair share of hardcore elements including breakdowns, screams, gang vocals, and double bass. As usual, this tends to be a bit tiresome after a few songs. While Me Vs Hero isn’t impressive, it doesn’t have to be. It’s shows a young band who are just starting out and have a good idea down. Their songs just need to be a little bit more accessible to their listeners next time around.
Artist: Me Vs Hero
Album: This Ones For Our Friend
Genre: Pop Punk
MySpace: www.myspace.com/mevshero
-Track Listing-
1. We Can Take The PPG
2. Hey Elzar, Take It Up Another Notch With The Spice Weasel. BAM!
3. Upbeat (Down)
4. What Seems To Be The Officer, Problem?
5. Star Raiders And Space Invaders
6. Hand Me The Keys To Massey
7. Days That Shape Our Lives (Acoustic)
Read MoreTry Album [Mediafire] | Me Vs Hero – This One’s For Our Friend
The Starting Line
In 1999, a band was formed in Churchville, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia) that managed to have sustained success and made pretty good music in their time, but one you may not have heard of. Why? Because despite loyal fans, ambition and good music, the major record labels are in such flux that two major label album launches fell through and that left The Starting Line literally living up to their name.
A decade later, they are breaking up because the system that should have made them successful for doing what all bands who deserve to be successful was punished with the opposite by executives who only know money and do not know or love music. Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us is a farewell concert now issued in a solid DVD/CD set. As energetic as ever, the band performs their most popular songs from their three studio albums including:
I had only heard of the band in passing prior to this release, but here, you can see a band that is a real band. When they come together, they are this band and the chemistry they have is like the best bands. Good musicians with good showmanship, this is a band that cares about their music and their fans. You can see them really connect with the audience and this set (especially the DVD) captures that. Kenny Vasou (vocals, Bass), Matt Watts (guitars), Mike Golla (guitars, backing vocals), Tom Gryskewicz (drums) and Brian Schmutz (keyboards, backing vocals) are playing music that is about relationships and works better than most of their contemporaries in the same period. I have a feeling they are going to be appreciated later when they should be appreciated now. This set will hopefully bridge that gap.
The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is a little soft, but it is still not a bad digital video shoot and the color is not bad. The Dolby Digital 5.1 mix is not bad, though DTS would have been nice, but the PCM 16/44.1 2.0 Stereo on the CDs are also good, but the recording can be rough at times. Surrounds on the DVD’s Dolby mix are not bad. There is only one extra and it is great. We get a documentary on the band form its formation, to its rise as a band, to its two very bad encounters (maybe too typical) with two of what now is only four major record labels left and its eventual decision to fold.
It is a great untold story of the music business, reminds us of everything that is wrong with it and in combination with the concert, is one of the greatest testaments yet (intended or not) of how bad the music industry is with new music today and that to the detriment of us all, we have lost at least two generations of great music to insane business practices. In the Blu-ray and DVD era, maybe rediscovery and renaissance will happen. Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us is a great step towards that.
Artist: The Starting Line
Album: Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us
Genre: Alternative / Rock / Pop Punk
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thestartingline
-Track List-
01. Given The Chance
02. Greg’s Last Day
03. Almost There, Going Nowhere
04. Direction
05. Up And Go
06. Inspired By The $
07. Are You Alone
08. The Drama Summer
09. Ready
10. This Ride
11. Bedroom Talk
12. A Goodnight’s Sleep
13. Surprise, Surprise
14. Something Left To Give
15. Island
16. Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us
17. Photography
18. Best Of Me
Read MoreTry Album [Mediafire] | The Starting Line – Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us
Every Avenue
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Artist: Every Avenue
Album: Picture Perfect
Genre: Pop Punk / Rock / Alternative
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/everyavenue
-Tracklist-
1. For Always, Forever
2. Mindset
3. Tell Me I’m A Wreck
4. Picture Perfect
5. Happy The Hard Way
6. Girl Like That
7. Saying Goodbye
8. Finish What You Started
9. I Forgive You
10. The Story Left Untold
11. Clumsy Little Heart
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Cobra Starship
Over the past few weeks many users have grabbed their pitchforks and lighted their lanterns over Cobra Starship, more specifically lead man Gabe Saporta. Whether it’s the awful cover art to his bands third album, Hot Mess, his role with Millionaires, neon clothes, Gossip Girl, or licking Pete Wentz’s face, he has found himself plenty of controversy. But this is not one of those reviews that whines about Midtown and Millionaires and Gossip Girl. In fact, I’m glad Saporta has found happiness making mindless dance-pop music.
Just because I think Hot Mess is awful in every sense of the word doesn’t give me the right to hate him for his happiness. Who am I to take that away from him?
I mean, if producing music that sounds like a Britney Spears b-side (Nice Guys Finish Last; already in contention for Worst Song of 2009) gets him going, awesome! And if songs that feature sing-alongs (“Good Girls Go Bad” featuring Gossip Girl Leighton Meester) that sound like they came from Bring It On! (and not the one with Kirsten Dunst) gives him his jollies, then I say good for you, Gabe, good for you.
Sadly, unless you normally dress in neon clothes and/or worship everything Decaydance touches (or you’re this guy), you probably won’t derive much joy from Hot Mess. There a few glimpses of enjoyment, as “Pete Wentz Is The Only Reason We’re Famous” features some energy and urgency not heard since their debut, While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets. “You’re Not In On The Joke” features some TTTYG-era Wentz screaming, so if you’re into that, you’ll dig this track (at least the last 50 seconds). My favorite two parts of the album are the sweet old-school vibe of “Wet Hot American Summer,” and when B.o.B drops a verse on “The World Will Never Do.” But these glimpses are few and far between on Hot Mess.
Some tracks take on somber vibes, like “Fold Your Hands Child,” which is a cheesy anthem about going and achieving all your dreams, while “The Scene Is Dead; Long Live The Scene” features a catchy lightweight chorus amongst boring verses. But most of the time, Hot Mess is pumping out fast dance numbers that sound the same, as Saporta tells us that A. he makes good girls go bad, B. you need to get your ass out on the floor and dance till you die, or C. how awesome he is (main culprits: the title track, “Move Like You Gonna Die, “Good Girls Go Bad”).
The final nail in the coffin of Hot Mess is what I just mentioned: the lyrics. They are painful; singing about having a crew, his boo’s, and the like are cringe worthy. We know Saporta can write good lyrics (his former life is especially evident of this), but the writing on Hot Mess isn’t cutting it, as it is mostly pure fluff.
All in all, Hot Mess will probably be Saporta’s biggest hit in his music career, as first single “Good Girls Go Bad” continues to climb the charts. That’s great news for Gabe Saporta, and I’m happy he has found that success he has been craving. It’s just too bad it has to come in the form of this, as his success will leave an empty feeling for many who have been following him from the very beginning. Hot Mess is just repetitive music that has been rehashed. In fact, when I asked our resident Cobra expert, anamericangod, what he thought, he reiterated my point, “This is the recognition, attention, and success that old school Saporta fans have always felt he deserves, but nobody would have ever imagined that this is the product it would come from. With Hot Mess, Cobra Starship show us that, truly, Nothing Is Ever What It Seems.”
Review By AbsolutePunk
Artist: Cobra Starship
Album: Hot Mess
Genre : Electronic / Pop / Pop Punk
Myspace : www.myspace.com/cobrastarship
- Tracklist -
1. “Nice Guys Finish Last” 3:37
2. “Pete Wentz Is the Only Reason We’re Famous” 3:03
3. “Good Girls Go Bad” (featuring Leighton Meester) 3:17
4. “Fold Your Hands Child” 3:13
5. “You’re Not In on the Joke” 3:31
6. “Hot Mess” 2:52
7. “Living in the Sky with Diamonds” 3:20
8. “Wet Hot American Summer” 3:49
9. “The Scene Is Dead – Long Live the Scene” 2:44
10. “Move Like You Gonna Die” 3:49
11. “The World Will Never Do”
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