Ronnie Radke from Escape the Fate's new band, produced by Elvis Baskette.
Features Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE) & Kira Roessler (Black Flag).
Rock writer Greg Prato, has described dos as having "a haunting yet intriguing and original sound." The forthcoming album from dos entitled, dos y dos, is all of that and more. Intriguing, melancholy at times and with musicality than most bands with at least twice the members. dos y dos sports 13 new bass masterpieces and is available on CD and high-quality Vinyl (MP3 Download included).
Arcade Fire's 2011 Grammy Award winning Album of the Year, The Suburbs, gets a deluxe anniversary CD / DVD reissue. The CD includes two new tracks (one featuring vocals by David Byrne) and an extended version of "Wasted Hours," in addition to the original album. The DVD includes the Spike Jonze film Scenes from the Suburbs, as well as the companion documentary Behind the Scenes from the Suburbs, and the official music video for "The Suburbs." The exclusive booklet features lyrics and 80 pages of photos taken during the film.
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Featuring some of their favorite songs from their extensive back catalog, as well as a pair of new tracks, Alkaline Trio celebrate their 15th anniversary with Damnesia. Not just a "best-of," the album finds the band reworking their songs with new acoustic arrangements, putting a more intimate spin on some fan favorites.
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(6)It is true that Gloss Drop is a bewitching, entrancing album that defies both categorization and easy analysis. Just as Mirrored was a massive leap on from the early EPs that first got them noticed, this is truly another seismic shift, propelling them once more into uncharted territory. It is a sheer sense of fun, unpredictability and inventiveness that sets Battles apart from every other contemporary group. Drummer John Stanier sums this up succinctly: ''I don't think challenging, new music has to be super serious all the time. That's really boring to me and pushing boundaries should not be boring.'' While other acts are content to deal in revivalism or stasis, Battles are still looking for far-off boundaries to study and then demolish, searching for new and exotic styles to mesh together. Stanier concludes: ''When we're writing songs, no one in this group has ever said 'Wait, we've gone too far. This isn't a Battles song.' Because what is a Battles song? We don't know. All I know is that there are no parameters and no boundaries. That is the whole point and has been since day one.''
