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The Almost Monster Monster Label: Tooth and Nail Records Check out: "Hands," "Monster," "Hand Grenade" Underoath drummer, Aaron Gillespie, returns with his pop-rock extension project, which has seemingly turned into a pop-folk project with "Monster." The album is lively, acoustic and full of Gillespie's positive lyrics and soothing voice.

The imprint that pop songstress Christina Courtin left on her hometown could be measured by the young group of admirers who attended her seated show Friday night in the Tralf.

In April, Merge Records released SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers , a collection filled with non-Merge artists covering Merge songs .

Merge Records has confirmed a Jan. 26 U.S. release of Spoon 's seventh-full length album, Transference .

Downhere recently took home nine trophies during the 31st Annual Covenant Awards in Canada after the Centricity Records pop/rock band garnered 11 nominations.

From radio airplay on Los Angeles' KROQ to a headlining show at The Roxy , newly-formed pop-rock band Saint Motel has been generating a substantial amount of buzz throughout the music scene ever since the band released their debut album, ForPlay , earlier this year off of On The Records .

Hot Chip DJ Set at Avalon Were this virtually any other band, we'd be tempted to call tonight's show "just a DJ set," but the London electronicdance pop quintet's rambunctious, infectious sensibilities and influences are so varied and fun that anyone looking for a sweaty Hallow's Eve on a packed dance floor would be well advised to hit this party, ...

It's been a good year for Steve Conte fans. Last May the Matawan native, along with his fellow New York Dolls, released the powerhouse Todd Rundgren-produced album ' 'Cause I Sez So,' Conte's second studio album with the band and the band's fourth studio LP overall.

It's hard to know where to begin with San Francisco-based trombonist Wayne Wallace .

Clinton Charlton working hard after Parade release, guitar sponsorship. A1 Craig Pinhey Clinton Charlton is lauded in local music circles.

The tour is a preamble to Marya's forthcoming album 'Payback Time' on Golden Media Records, which has been produced by Iron Maiden's Kevin Shirley and is already being tipped for success.

Lambert's record label, 19 Recordings/RCA Records, tried its best to take down the illegal streams as they went up, but a few still lingered at press time.

Howie Day inhabits a new space, emotionally and artistically, on his latest CD. He wasn't sure what direction he'd take.

North Carolina singer/songnwriter Vaughan Penn is best-known as a cracker-jack pop-rock songwriter, whose skill with a hook has landed her on more than 100 soundtracks including "Grey's Anatomy," "The Hills" and "Laguna Beach." But her latest musical venture is decidedly less earthy.

Released: Sep 22, 2009 Genre: Rock, Pop Rock Label: EMI, Meteor Records Number Of Tracks: 10 Although the Flying Machines have been compared to a variety of contemporary bands, the Ben Folds reference is perhaps the most fitting on their debut record overall: 8 Featured review by: UG Team , on october 14, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review ...

Twilight sequel soundtrack gets bumped up. October 13, 2009 - Twilighters have been making so much noise about the anticipated New Moon soundtrack that it's getting an early release.

Electric and acoustic and keyboard all over this 70s pop influenced gem. In case you're skeptical about this album, its worth mentioning that this album is more progressive/less retro-worship than the run-of-the-mill Elephant Six collective he was a part of! Grooms- Rejoicer [Death By Audio] Art-damaged pop rock that sort of hearkens back to ...

The Wars of 1812 formed in 2006, recording their debut album Status Quo Ante Bellum in a DePere, Wisc., basement before they ever played a live show.

Soooo, what did the modern-day big band man do when he wanted to re-create the sounds of classic 1950s film noir music for his new album, "Songs From Lonely Avenue"? Why, Brian Setzer joined forces with the grandfather of the genre - legendary Frank Comstock, who wrote arrangements for Benny Carter, Stan Kenton, Les Brown and Judy Garland.

LOS ANGELES Barbra Streisand scored her ninth No. 1 album on the US pop chart on Wednesday with a jazz release that overshadowed high-profile releases by some much-younger artists.