August 4 (Week Prior)

[Linda Ferreira]

Hollywood Lies - Building An Empire
www.myspace.com/hollywoodlies (http://www.myspace.com/hollywoodlies)
Rock / Indie / Alternative from Boston, MA

The Lampshades - Are Alright
http://www.myspace.com/thelampshades
Power Pop / Indie Rock from Pennsylvania

Firethorn - Pollution for the Fountain of Youth
www.myspace.com/FirethornRock (http://www.myspace.com/FirethornRock) or www.FirethornRock.com (http://www.firethornrock.com/)
Post-punk from San Diego, CA

The Windupdeads - Self-titled
http://www.myspace.com/thewindupdeads or http://www.thewindupdeads.com/
Indie / Alternative from Sweden

Black Gold - Detroit EP
www.myspace.com/blackgoldrush (http://www.myspace.com/blackgoldrush)
Indie / Rock from NY

The Faint - Fasciinatiion
www.thefaint.com (http://www.thefaint.com/) www.myspace.com/thefaint (http://www.myspace.com/thefaint)
Electro - pop from Nebraska

Kristoffer Ragnstam - Wrong Side of The Room
www.ragnstam.com (http://www.ragnstam.com/) www.myspace.com/ragnstam (http://www.myspace.com/ragnstam)
Rock / Shoegaze / Alternative from Sweden

Darker My Love - 2
www.darkermylovemusic.com (http://www.darkermylovemusic.com/) www.myspace.com/darkermylove (http://www.myspace.com/darkermylove)
From CA

Bigelf - Cheat The Gallows
www.myspace.com/bigelf (http://www.myspace.com/bigelf)
Rock from CA

Four Stories High - Turn Me On and Turn It Up EP
www.myspace.com/fourstorieshigh (http://www.myspace.com/fourstorieshigh) (all songs of EP are on myspace page)
Pop punk from WI

Giants - Old Stories
www.myspace.com/giantsmusic (http://www.myspace.com/giantsmusic)
Post-rock from Iowa

Commodor - Driving Out Of Focus
http://www.myspace.com/commodorcommodor / http://distilerecords.blogspot.com/
Rock / Post hardcore from Switzerland

Mischief Brew - Jobs in Steeltown 7" EP
www.mischiefbrew.com (http://www.mischiefbrew.com/)
Punk / Folk from PA

Mischief Brew / Joe Jack Talcum - Photographs from the Shoebox split LP (VINYL)
www.fistolo.com (http://www.fistolo.com/), www.mischiefbrew.com (http://www.mischiefbrew.com/)
Punk / Folk from PA

Mr Lightweight - Clock And Bottle
www.myspace.com/mrlightweight (http://www.myspace.com/mrlightweight)
Rock / Pop Punk from Ireland

Raine Maida - The Hunters Lullaby
http://nettwerk.com/player/rainemaida/
Alt Rock from Canada (solo project for frontman of Our Lady Peace)

No Anchor - Fire Flood And Acid Mud
http://www.myspace.com/noanchorband
Noise Rock from Australia

Various - No Lip Vol. 1
www.mohawkbomb.com (http://www.mohawkbomb.com/)
Rock from Florida. Compilation of 13 bands on Mohawk Bomb Records, new Web 2.0 indie label

Soulfound -...Is a Rock Band
www.myspace.com/soulfound (http://www.myspace.com/soulfound)
Rock from Florida

Phatboy - Cheesy Does It!
www.myspace.com/phatboyuk (http://www.myspace.com/phatboyuk) (download on myspace page )
Pop-Punk from the United Kingdom

The Cameo In... - As the foot meets the doorway
www.myspace.com/thecameoin (http://www.myspace.com/thecameoin)
Power Pop / Rock from Detroit, MI

Sikamor Rooney - Self titled myspace.com/sikamorrooney (http://myspace.com/sikamorrooney)
Garage Rock / Folk / Punk from NYC

Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours
http://www.230publicity.com/eddycurrent.html and
http://www.myspace.com/eddycurrentsuppressionring
Post-punk from Melbourne, Australia

Anthony Green (of Circa Survive) - Avalon reviewed (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=447541)
www.myspace.com/anthonygreen (http://www.myspace.com/anthonygreen)
Indie from Philadelphia. Solo debut.

The Laureates - There Are No More Gentlemen
http://www.laureatesmusic.com (http://www.laureatesmusic.com/)
Indie / Garage / Rock / Pop from Chicago, IL

One Block Radius - Self-titled
http://www.oneblockradiusmusic.com (http://www.oneblockradiusmusic.com/)
Alternative Hip-Hop from California

UNKLE - End Titles...Stories for Film
http://www.unkle.com (http://www.unkle.com/)
Electronic from the UK

Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty
http://www.coldwarkids.com (http://www.coldwarkids.com/)
Rock from California

Various - Pineapple Express Soundtrack
http://www.myspace.com/pineappleexpresssoundtrack
Soundtrack

Various - Tropic Thunder Soundtrack
http://www.myspace.com/tropicthundersoundtrack
Soundtrack

Break and Repair Method - Milk the Bee
http://www.myspace.com/breakandrepairmethod
Indie Rock / Pop from California

HR - Hey Wella
www.DCHardcore.com (http://www.dchardcore.com/)
Reggae / Rock from the solo project of the lead singer of Bad Brains

Wardogs - Spread the Disease 7" with digital dropcard
www.myspace.com/wardogsattack (http://www.myspace.com/wardogsattack)
www.myspace.com/solidarityrecordings (http://www.myspace.com/solidarityrecordings) and www.asianmanrecords.com (http://www.asianmanrecords.com/) (co-release)
Punk / Street punk from CA

Dear Noel - Hope You Get To Heaven Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
www.dearnoel.com (http://www.dearnoel.com/)
Pop rock from Indiana

RadioRadio - Alarm 1, Alarm 2 (EP)
www.radioradioband.com (http://www.radioradioband.com/) / www.myspace.com/radioradioband (http://www.myspace.com/radioradioband)
Wave / Rock from Oklahoma


US Royalty - EP (3 song digital release)
www.myspace.com/usroyalty (http://www.myspace.com/usroyalty)
Indie Rock from DC

Falling Short of Silence - A World Apart
www.myspace.com/fallingshortofsilence (http://www.myspace.com/fallingshortofsilence)
Rock / Pop Punk / Punk from Michigan

60 Watt Kid - 2012 Breakdown (EP)
http://www.absolutelykosher.com/60wattkid.htm.
Indie rock / Experimental

Mandi Perkins - Alice In No Man's Land
http://www.assets.victor-records.com...erkins/splash/ (http://www.assets.victor-records.com/mandiperkins/splash/)
Rock

The Low Lows - Shining Violence
http://www.thelowlows.net/
Indie rock

Radius System - Escape / Restart
http://www.myspace.com/radiussystem
Alternative / Experimental from France

The Telegrams - Habits
www.myspace.com/thetelegramsmusic (http://www.myspace.com/thetelegramsmusic)
Folk from Knoxville, Tennessee

Paper Mache - Easier to Lose
www.myspace.com/musicbypapermache (http://www.myspace.com/musicbypapermache)
Indie from Washington

Little Grey Girlfriend - Cells Planets
www.myspace.com/littlegreygirlfriend (http://www.myspace.com/littlegreygirlfriend)
Indie Pop from New York


Safety - A Season of Bad Dreams
www.safetyflorida.com (http://www.safetyflorida.com/); myspace.com/safetyfl (http://myspace.com/safetyfl)
Punk from Tampa, Florida

Digital Leather - Sorcerer
www.myspace.com/digitalleather (http://www.myspace.com/digitalleather) and www.230publicity.com/digitalleather.html (http://www.230publicity.com/digitalleather.html)
Post-punk from Arizona

Uh Huh Her - Common Reaction
http://www.uhhuhher.com (http://www.uhhuhher.com/)/
Electro pop from Los Angeles, CA

The Waffle Stompers - Black on Black
http://www.thewafflestompers.com (http://www.thewafflestompers.com/)
Alternative and Ska from New Jersey

Johnny Flynn - A Larum
www.johnnyflynnmusic.co.uk (http://www.johnnyflynnmusic.co.uk/) www.myspace.com/johnnyflynn (http://www.myspace.com/johnnyflynn)
Country / Blues / Folk from the UK

Blowing Trees - Blowing Trees
www.myspace.com/blowingtreestx (http://www.myspace.com/blowingtreestx) blowingtreesmusic.com (http://blowingtreesmusic.com/)
Alternative from San Antonio, TX

One Small Step For Landmines - Good Men Die Young and I'm Not Feeling Well Digital EP
www.myspace.com/onesmallstepforlandmines (http://www.myspace.com/onesmallstepforlandmines)
From FL

Strive - Fire
http://www.myspace.com/STRIVE
Rock / Pop from West Chicago, IL

The Automatix - 77 in 07 Demo
www.myspace.com/automatix (http://www.myspace.com/automatix)
Punk Rock n roll from Canada

Azeda Booth - In Flesh Tones
http://www.absolutelykosher.com/azedabooth.html
Indie rock from Calgary, Canada

Tell Tale Heart - The Cost of Living
www.myspace.com/telltaleheartstl (http://www.myspace.com/telltaleheartstl)
Rock / Emo / Alternative from St. Louis, MO

The Mirror Stage - Ten Thousand Tongues
www.myspace.com/mirrorstage (http://www.myspace.com/mirrorstage)
Indie from St. Louis, MO

Menya - The Ol' Reacharound
http://myspace.com/menyamusic
Hip-pop / Electro / Punk / Pop from NY

One Day As A Lion - Self-titled
www.myspace.com/onedayasalion (http://www.myspace.com/onedayasalion)
Rock from California

Jars of Clay - Closer EP
www.jarsofclay.com (http://www.jarsofclay.com/)
5 song EP includes 2 new songs plus new versions of fan favorites

Reflected - Paradise Found
www.myspace.com/reflectedpunkrock (http://www.myspace.com/reflectedpunkrock)
Punk / Rock from Hungary

Fairmont - Transcendence
www.myspace.com/fairmont (http://www.myspace.com/fairmont)
Indie Rock from New Jersey

The Nondenoms - Persistent (LP)
www.myspace.com/nondenoms (http://www.myspace.com/nondenoms)
Punk from North Carolina

Everlea - Self-titled
www.myspace.com/everlea (http://www.myspace.com/everlea)
Rock / Pop from Canada

Get Help - The End of the New Country
myspace.com/gethelpmusic (http://myspace.com/gethelpmusic)
Alternative / Ambient / Rock from NY

The Lodger - Life Is Sweet
www.myspace.com/thelodgerleeds (http://www.myspace.com/thelodgerleeds)
Pop from the UK

Ill Ease and the Racket - Turn it Loose!
www.illease.com (http://www.illease.com/)
Lo-Fi / Rock from NY

BackDrop - What's Next?
http://www.myspace.com/backdropband
Alternative / Rock / Pop from Iowa

Trash Talk - Self-titled
www.myspace.com/trashtalkfu (http://www.myspace.com/trashtalkfu)
Hardcore / Thrash from CA

Heavy Water Experiments (formerly Imogene) - Self-titled
www.myspace.com/heavywaterexperiments (http://www.myspace.com/heavywaterexperiments)
Experimental / Psychedelic / Rock from CA

The Human Abstract - Midheaven
www.myspace.com/thehumanabstract (http://www.myspace.com/thehumanabstract)

Sonny J - Disastro
www.myspace.com/sonnyjmusic (http://www.myspace.com/sonnyjmusic)
from the UK

Mishon - Excuse Me Mama
www.myspace.com/mishonmusic (http://www.myspace.com/mishonmusic)
from CA

Zozobra - Bird of Prey
http://www.myspace.com/zozobra505
Rock

DVDs:
PUNK ROCK THE MOVIE
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Punk-Rock-Mo...7608256&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Punk-Rock-Movie-Don-Letts/dp/B0017T1NTU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1217608256&sr=1-1)
THE PUNK ROCK MOVIE was originally produced in 1978 just as punk had gone overground. The DVD features a variety of 35mm recordings made by Letts at The Roxy, on-the-road footage of various seminal punk groups and amazingly original reportage of the movement in full-swing,
with punks in all their garb at a pivotal point in British music and social history.

PUNK'S NOT DEAD (http://mvdb2b.com/item.php?s=MVDV4764)

MEATMEN - THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAIL VOLUME 1 (http://mvdb2b.com/item.php?s=MVDV4767)

ALMOND, MARC - LIVE AT LOKERSEFEESTEN 2000 (http://mvdb2b.com/item.php?s=MVDV4769)

TEENAGE JESUS AND THE JERKS -BEIRUT SLUMP/SHUT UP AND BLEED (http://mvdb2b.com/item.php?s=ALP500CD)

KRAFTWERK AND THE ELECTRONIC REVOLUTION (http://mvdb2b.com/item.php?s=SIDVD541)

BLACK METAL SATANICA (http://mvdb2b.com/item.php?s=MVDV4754)

BEATLES - MAGICAL MYSTERY TOURMEMORIES (http://mvdb2b.com/item.php?s=MVDV4779)

YES - THE DIRECTORS CUT (http://mvdb2b.com/item.php?s=DVD5073X)

NASHVILLE PUSSY - LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD (http://mvdb2b.com/item.php?s=DR-4561)

SIC F*CKS - CBGB OMFUG MASTER:LIVE OCTOBER 13TH, 2006 BOWERY COLLECTION (http://mvdb2b.com/item.php?s=MVDA4752)

ATKINS, MARTIN - 16 DAYS IN CHINA (http://mvdb2b.com/item.php?s=MVDV4758)

[Özgür Kurtoglu]

I'd very much like you guys to review Prime Ape Got The Blues - It's Not Easy Being a Digital Being. Very innovative hiphop from Gothenburg.

http://myspace.com/pagtb (http://www.myspace.com/pagtb)

And if you don't, I'll review it for you :-)

[birtcho]

anthony green for a review

[Özgür Kurtoglu]

anthony green for a review

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=447541 (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=447541)

:-)

[hockeyguitar99]

Cold war kids ,Hollywood lies, and one block radius for reviews please.

EDIT: I'd also like Giants.

[MathewHeroic]

Cold war kids ,Hollywood lies, and one block radius for reviews please.

Hey! Thanks for requesting Hollywood Lies for a review. :) Much appreciated. We were hoping someone would want to see it. It was produced by Casey Crescenzo of TREOS/The Dear Hunter and we could not be more excited with the way it came out.


EDIT:: Edited for additional info.

[philbylink]

Cold War Kids, The Faint please.

That'd make my week.

[Daniel Thompson]

send me that extra anthony green. ;)
but uh, i had a ill ease album sent to me, and it was terrible.

[BORNONTHECUSP]

one small step for landmines. I really liked their last cd.

[BORNONTHECUSP]

I'd very much like you guys to review Prime Ape Got The Blues - It's Not Easy Being a Digital Being. Very innovative hiphop from Gothenburg.

http://myspace.com/pagtb (http://www.myspace.com/pagtb)

And if you don't, I'll review it for you :-)

I'm really not trying to be rude, but how do you expect them to review something they didn't receive? Write a review based on the few songs available for streaming on myspace?

[Alex DiVincenzo]

That Black Metal DVD sounds pretty interesting.

[Özgür Kurtoglu]

I'm really not trying to be rude, but how do you expect them to review something they didn't receive? Write a review based on the few songs available for streaming on myspace?

They'll ask me to send a copy and review it for next time around? :-)

[bailmeout13]

Hollywood Lies might be nice.

[dearmsleading]

MISCHIEF BREW holy crap. hes amazing.
i'd also love to hear what you think of the new The Faint record.
OH. and one day as a lion ftw!!!

[WFUJerseyJon]

Anthony Green, Cold War Kids, and The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour DVD

[fishwho]

UNKLE, the faint & cold war kids would be pretty cool.

[TheHeretic]

I actually know Paper Mache from my year in the US. They were pretty good friends with some friends of mine and of my best friends played with them a few times. I know they'd certainly appreciate a review or some exposure. The music is actually pretty decent as well.

[hockeyguitar99]

I'm really not trying to be rude, but how do you expect them to review something they didn't receive? Write a review based on the few songs available for streaming on myspace?

They don't receive most of the stuff they have. They get requests from bands, then when someone asks for it, they give the band the address and they send it to the person. They really don't physically have much (if any) of these things.

[romantic rights]

I want somebody to review the Teenage Jesus and the Jerks dvd because chances are every person who works at ap would hate them.

Gotta love the No Wave.

[bluecrunchy]

A review for Raine Maida would be cool. His solo stuff sounds way different than Our Lady Peace.

[Kbm600]

I'd really like to see the Secret Theatre for review.

[JenPhan]

HOLLYWOOD LIES!!! PLEASE!!!! <3333 :]

[Linda Ferreira]

They'll ask me to send a copy and review it for next time around? :-)

email me: reviews@absolutepunk.net :-)

[Mercy Medical]

The Faint and Uh Huh Her please.

[Jeremy Aaron]

I'll be checking these out tonight. I must say it's a little troubling that one band's album is titled ...Is a Rock Band and another band is called "The Cameo In..."

Where's Sunny Day Sets Fire?

[*crying stars*]

Anthony Green and Cold War Kids, please.

[Hurleydude413]

I actually know Paper Mache from my year in the US. They were pretty good friends with some friends of mine and of my best friends played with them a few times. I know they'd certainly appreciate a review or some exposure. The music is actually pretty decent as well.

Agreed. Paper Mache please.

[StillPickedLast]

listened to a lot of em and picked up a bunch of em but i guess the stand out to me was ill ease and the racket.

[theabsolutepunk]

I could go for a Hollywood Lies review. :)

[bzani]

I'd be interested to see what you think of US Royalty and Hollywood Lies.

[derektrainwreck]

I'd be interested to see what you think of US Royalty and Hollywood Lies.

Hollywood Lies???? REALLY???!

anyways,

i'd really love to read a review of US Royalty, I love them and listen to their stuff on myspace all the time.

[fsos]

Someone should review the Falling Short of Silence album, "A World Apart" We'd love to hear what people think, thanks!

[finneganhob]

One Small Step for Landmines rules.

[Özgür Kurtoglu]

email me: reviews@absolutepunk.net :-)

Alright, I will. But...I don't know what to write in the e-mail, haha. A recommendation or who to go about to get the album or...?

[Steve16]

Trash Talk

[Shwaggle]

A Review for BackDrop's "What's Next" would be MOST awesome! Thanks :P

They're new, young and amazing!

-Shwaggle

[Jeremy Aaron]

I would say all of the following deserve review consideration (good/great bands based on their profile music):

Darker My Love
Giants
Mr. Lightweight
Radio Radio
Radius System
Paper Mache
One Small Step for Landmines
Tell Tale Heart
One Day as a Lion
Fairmont
The Lodger
Heavy Water Experiments

[jarenlove]

Please give THE LAMPSHADES - ARE ALRIGHT your consideration. It is our third record, we put a ton of work into it and everyone we've given it to has really liked it thus far. Prove them right or prove them wrong. http://www.myspace.com/thelampshades

[parothead310]

Paper Mache!

[ishotthepilot]

The Waffle Stompers! obviously! with a name like that how could you resist? :)
but seriously though, review that one

[cappslock]

do the BackDrop review, they're excellent guys, and they've got a helluva live show

[bethy1306]

A review for Backdrop would be amaaazing :D

http://www.myspace.com/backdropband

[BORNONTHECUSP]

They don't receive most of the stuff they have. They get requests from bands, then when someone asks for it, they give the band the address and they send it to the person. They really don't physically have much (if any) of these things.

uh what?
if you read carefully, the text accompanying these cds is always something along the lines of "this is a list of the cds we received for review this week at ap.net"
that's because the staff members get sent the cds. your imagined way of doing publicity would be so tedious. yeah, sometimes freelance writers will request a cd from a publication they're writing for, and the publication will then have the publicist send a copy to the writer directly, but that's not how the majority of these cds get reviews/press.

[hockeyguitar99]

uh what?
if you read carefully, the text accompanying these cds is always something along the lines of "this is a list of the cds we received for review this week at ap.net"
that's because the staff members get sent the cds. your imagined way of doing publicity would be so tedious. yeah, sometimes freelance writers will request a cd from a publication they're writing for, and the publication will then have the publicist send a copy to the writer directly, but that's not how the majority of these cds get reviews/press.

No. I get sent CD's by them. These CD's that they list are request from bands for reviews that they get. Then a writer requests it. When I ask for one, I receive an e-mail from linda that was sent to the band and that i was CC'd in. Then I get an e-mail from the band telling me that they sent out my CD. This is what happens EVERY TIME.

[chiguy]

The Laureates, please!!

[BORNONTHECUSP]

No. I get sent CD's by them. These CD's that they list are request from bands for reviews that they get. Then a writer requests it. When I ask for one, I receive an e-mail from linda that was sent to the band and that i was CC'd in. Then I get an e-mail from the band telling me that they sent out my CD. This is what happens EVERY TIME.


uh first of all, you saying "these cds that they are request from bands for reviews that they get" does not make sense to me at all. i hope to god you don't consider yourself a journalist if you can barely form a sentence. secondly, the situation that you attempted to describe in what i quoted above is what i described, in my earlier post, as a cd being sent to a writer directly. but as i stated that is not the norm, as the majority of cds that are sent out by publicists are a) sent to the publication (where someone who works there reviews it, thus there is no need for the band to send a cd to someone else), or b) sent to a freelancer who writes a review either at the request of a publication or on their own accord and then finds a publication to publish it. this is what happens EVERY TIME i work with a record. you're an exception to the norm, and thats all.
and to go back to the original post i quoted, no website or magazine or blog is going to say "huh some band said i should review their cd. let me go out of my way to get a copy." if a band wants press they have to work for it, namely by sending their cd out there, not waiting for people to come to them.

[Özgür Kurtoglu]

uh first of all, you saying "these cds that they are request from bands for reviews that they get" does not make sense to me at all. i hope to god you don't consider yourself a journalist if you can barely form a sentence. secondly, the situation that you attempted to describe in what i quoted above is what i described, in my earlier post, as a cd being sent to a writer directly. but as i stated that is not the norm, as the majority of cds that are sent out by publicists are a) sent to the publication (where someone who works there reviews it, thus there is no need for the band to send a cd to someone else), or b) sent to a freelancer who writes a review either at the request of a publication or on their own accord and then finds a publication to publish it. this is what happens EVERY TIME i work with a record. you're an exception to the norm, and thats all.
and to go back to the original post i quoted, no website or magazine or blog is going to say "huh some band said i should review their cd. let me go out of my way to get a copy." if a band wants press they have to work for it, namely by sending their cd out there, not waiting for people to come to them.


You are wrong. Linda, I hope it's alright that I post this:

Please feel free to add to the thread of the listing and post news and comments about this music.

I will offer this CD to all of the reviewers for a possible review on the site. This listing will provide some promotion while the CD waits for a review. You will be contacted when a reviewer has requested your CD.

[hockeyguitar99]

uh first of all, you saying "these cds that they are request from bands for reviews that they get" does not make sense to me at all. i hope to god you don't consider yourself a journalist if you can barely form a sentence. secondly, the situation that you attempted to describe in what i quoted above is what i described, in my earlier post, as a cd being sent to a writer directly. but as i stated that is not the norm, as the majority of cds that are sent out by publicists are a) sent to the publication (where someone who works there reviews it, thus there is no need for the band to send a cd to someone else), or b) sent to a freelancer who writes a review either at the request of a publication or on their own accord and then finds a publication to publish it. this is what happens EVERY TIME i work with a record. you're an exception to the norm, and thats all.
and to go back to the original post i quoted, no website or magazine or blog is going to say "huh some band said i should review their cd. let me go out of my way to get a copy." if a band wants press they have to work for it, namely by sending their cd out there, not waiting for people to come to them.


Then this entire site is an exception to the norm. This entire site functions on bands making requests for reviews and then people asking to do them. I was simply stating how this site works, not how everything works.