Our friends at Dine Alone Records got creative and have unveiled an interactive sampler with music from artists like City & Colour, Tokyo Police Club, Attack In Black, Alexisonfire and Dinosaur Bones. Just so it looks cool on your iTunes, you can make your own album cover too. We dare you to put your face on it.
Check out the sampler at www.dinealonesampler.com.
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M.I.A. / MAYA / Interscope
Maya Arulpragasam is truly an ambitious artist who scoffs at boundaries and simplicity. If Arular and Kala seemed too eccentric or haunting in an artistic sense, then MAYA is a nightmare. Drugged with chaos and delight, the record leaps with the chainsaw-frantic “Steppin Up”, defining the musician’s intent to spray your face with beat after beat. It then stumbles into the dumbfounding party track “Teqkilla”, “It Takes A Muscle” and its reggae dub vibes and the thrash-friendly “Meds And Feds” which is realistically, a raucous attempt at embarrassing pop rock and its tender underbelly.
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3OH!3 / Streets Of Gold / Photo Finish Records
Colorado act 3OH!3 are identical to that flamboyant, New Era-cap wearing boyfriend of a girl that catches your attention. Since you can’t wrap your head around their relationship, you quietly point out his douchebag qualities and convince yourself the girl with the twinkle in her eye would be better of with you. One could try to dissect the electro pop cocktail that is Streets Of Gold but the results are simple: Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte should be condemned for their ability to exploit the tastes of the female gender.
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When it comes to your opinion about an artist, you either like them or you don’t. Down With Webster have been blasted for their musical style, but as vocalist Cam Hunter and drummer Andrew “Marty” Martino pointed out to us, they’re pushing to prove they are not just another manufactured band.
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Change is constant in today’s society and a perfect example of that is Broken Social Scene. As founding member Charles Spearin told us before the band’s scheduled appearance at the Toronto Island Concert, the indie rock troop started off on a different foot to create a record that won’t be their last.
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Eminem / Recovery / Universal
Relapse was Amy Winehouse drunk off absinthe as it just didn’t make sense. Recovery can easily be pictured as Eminem’s last attempt to extinguish his past, but its simply a representation of the old Marshall Mathers we used to know. An artist who took illustrious samples and guest spots, wrapped them in unpredictable rhymes and carelessly threw them out the window for the world to see. There’s an abundance of confusion and forced talent on Recovery, but the dark humor and syllabic protests cover Eminem’s flaws. Rabbit fell down the hole a long time ago and the most we can do right now is applaud his effort to finally climb out.
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