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• Travels Orbit the 'Golden Sun'

  October 24, 2007 – As their former bands slowly crumbled around them, Anar Badalov(ex-Metal Hearts) and Mona Elliott (ex-Victory at Sea) found solace inone another. …
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• Punk 'City': Home of the Matches

  October 23, 2007 – Storming out of the gates with wartime tom-drum rolls, The Matchesinitiate a musical call-to-arms for their contemporaries on thisexclusive track. "Their City" is the first blazing anthem on the altrock/pop punk collection Punk the Clock Volume Three: Property of a Gentlemanand The Matches' couldn't sound more fired up to lead the charge. …
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• It's Always a Good 'Day' With Euros Childs

  October 19, 2007 – From Cardiff with love comes the latest ditty from the merry popfolkie Euros Childs. On "Ali Day" he channels oodles of sunshine andskipping into two tight minutes for a swift burst of twee goodness.Centered around the full-bodied piano low-end featured on SufjanStevens' indie-classic Illinois, "Day" also plays on the sameyouthful purity invoked by the Boy Least Likely To's most bubblynumbers. …
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• Cobra Starship Cynically 'Smile'

  October 17, 2007 – Though not exactly subjects of some of the blogosphere's scathinggossip just yet, Cobra Starship have certainly seen their fair sharefame, fortune, and celebrity -- in doubt thanks to labelmates and mediatargets Fall Out Boy, the leader of which, Patrick Stump, produced theband's forthcoming LP, ¡Viva La Cobra!. …
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• Jump Into the 'Ocean' with Saturday Looks Good to Me

  October 16, 2007 – Death on the high sea sounds like a pretty grim premise, but don'ttake Midwestern twee popsters Saturday Looks Good To Me too seriously.Starkly contrasting its title, "(Even If You Die on the) Ocean" is agleeful, lighthearted take on death and water -- more Gilligan's Island than Titanic.Suppose instead of always pestering the grumpy Skipper, the mischievousGilligan spent his time with a rusty six-string, shaping relaxed popsongs with a …
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• Dave Gahan Welcomes You to His 'Kingdom'

  October 12, 2007 – Always a first-class showman as the voice of synth-pop stalwartsDepeche Mode, Dave Gahan utilizes the independence of solo albums toprogress from figurehead to songsmith. With his uncharacteristicallyvivid baritone, Gahan steers his tunes to shadowy corners ofelectronica often with a grisly spirit. Here, "Kingdom," the firstsingle from Gahan's upcoming LP Hourglass, gets the remixtreatment courtesy of K10K a.k.a. Kap10Kurt. …
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• Come 'Closer' and Feel the Pulse of the Hourly Radio

  October 11, 2007 – The Hourly Radio embrace a preoccupation with the past, going so far as to name their debut album History Will Never Hold Me. Furthering the group's reputation as History-buffs,a new remix of "Closer" features the booming voice of President HarryTruman in a triumphant World War II address. …
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• Soulsavers Bring Redemption With the 'Rain'

  October 9, 2007 – The U.K. production duo Soulsavers, a.k.a. Rich Machin and IanGlover, have found a messiah-like figure in vocalist Mark Lanegan(Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age). Blessing the pair's newrecord, It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land, isLanegan's coarse baritone, rattling tracks like a small-scale quake. …
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• Steel Train's Unbreakable Optimism

  October 5, 2007 – Early in "Dakota," NYC's Steel Train acknowledge that "lightningstrikes and buildings fall," but refuse to be dragged into a pit ofwhining, wallowing or melodrama. Instead, the band stares straight atsuffering and counters cold horror with an audible confidence inperseverance. …
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• Remember 'Romance' with the Redwalls

  October 3, 2007 – For Redwallsfrontman Logan Baren, the summer still simmers as he wistfully pleadsfor the days with his "darling." Expounding on love in the hottestseason, "Summer Romance" isn't quite Danny and Sandy at Rydell High,but the nostalgic number works to the same reminiscent end. …
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