Artist: Blood On The Tracks
Album: Blood On The Tracks
Label: Em Dash Music
Released: 1/31/2006
Rating: 4/10
They sure make it hard to find out about this band. Not knowing anything about Blood On The Tracks, I tried searching for their site on Yahoo but the only thing coming back was various music [...]

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HSB: How and when did the band form?
Jordan: We really started practicing in January of 2004, but we had been around a little bit before that too. I had been playing with Mikey, our drummer, in another band but it was our other singer Matt who really brought the idea of the [...]

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Artist: Saves The Day
Album: Sound The Alarm
Label: Vagrant Records
Released: April 11, 2006
Rating: 8.5/10
The last four years have seen Saves the Day’s popularity snowball, causing them to leave Vagrant and sign with Dreamworks, write In Reverie, lose a chunk of their fan base and eventually get dropped from Dreamworks and release Sound [...]

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Artist: Pistolita
Album: Oliver Under The Moon
Label: East West
Released: February 7, 2006
Rating: 7/10
A simple solo piano aptly begins the record in “Cupid”, an upbeat indie pop song incorporating a catchy vocal melody layered over flying piano hooks and tight bass/guitar/drum rhythms. The soaring mix of piano and guitars light up [...]

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Artist: Girl Talk
Album: Night Ripper
Label: Illegal Art
Released: May 9, 2006
Rating: 8/10
When the “mash up” started to become more and more increasingly popular a few years ago, I couldn’t help but wonder why this new movement was happening. Who cares what a Ludacris and Sum 41 song sound like mixed [...]

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Artist: Peter, Bjorn and John
Album: Writer’s Block
Label: Wichita
Released: June 19, 2006
Rating: 8.5/10
Originally forming in 1999, the Swedish trio Peter, Bjorn and John are now beginning to break into the US market with their 2006 album, Writer’s Block. With the release of the new record, they have found small spots [...]

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Artist: Russian Circles
Album: Enter
Label: Flameshovel Records
Released: May 16, 2006
Rating: 8.5/10
With the release of their debut full length album, Russian Circles will make a profound impression on those listening for the first time. This Chicago 3 piece instrumental act is as soft and melodic as Explosions In The Sky, while [...]

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Artist: Brand New
Album: The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Label: Interscope Records
Released: November 21, 2006
Rating: 8.5/10
This fall marks the release of the highly anticipated new album from New York’s Brand New. Since the last official release from the band was released in June of 2003, fans have been [...]

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Artist: The Format
Album: Dog Problems
Label: The Vanity Label
Released: July 11, 2006
Rating: 9/10
The terms “sophomore slump” and “The Format” should not be uttered in the same sentence, ever. Why? Listen to Dog Problems, the band's second full length album, and hear for yourself.
As the synth-laden, circus-esce intro of “Matches” [...]

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Artist: DragonForce
Album: Inhuman Rampage
Label: Roadrunner Records
Released: January 9, 2006
Rating: 7/10
As the third DragonForce album came storming out of the UK early this year, many metal fans could only hope for the extreme amount of shredding that was to come. DragonForce has brought modern speed metal out into the mainstream [...]

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