Who Are These Men - four guys from Kazan, Russia, whose debut EP is starting to conquer the net rapidly.
Save Me is a hit. The rest of the songs are very good too. Don't know which band they remind me of. Sometimes The Beatles, sometimes Franz Ferdinand, sometimes Radiohead.
Anyway, I recommend it very much. Take a listen, you won't be disappointed.
The melodies are great, yes. And the songs make you feel. I've been following them since 2006. Would love to hear the comments.

Ladies & Gentlemen of Xanadu! For the first time I speak to you all, but the time is serious ... One of us, the robotics citizens ROBBY_NET suffers the worst insulting! Maybe you don't know, but it was a collective robot, whose access code profile was available to everyone ... A horrible character named [user] putameuca [/ user] hase changed the code without anyone knowing ! Now, it is his exclusive property! What horror for a noble communist robot as it ... I had to hunt this unfortunate off our beautiful dream home ....
Now that the name of [user] putameuca [/ user] is synonymous with shame !

PLEASE! Help us ... Anyone who knows the existence of collective robots know how generous Ingenuity they were invented ... Indeed yesterday everyone could use these beautiful machines that represent our ... All this is now threatened by the action unfair to a certain putameuca, in fact, he has now changed Access codes of our 2 most eminent representatives: ROBBY_NET & DALEKS_7 This is tantamount to a declaration of war against all the robots and their good collective user ! We must pursue this selfish [user]putameuca[/ user] without respite!

ALERT: Calls for resistance - Calls for Collectif Robotics resistance - Calls for Collectif Robotics resistance - Calls for Collectif Robotics Call resistance - Our activation closed because violation pact - We will conduct a war without truce against those capitalizing collective robots! My Access is closed The collective robotic pact have been raped by putameuca. The robots made by the enemy are: ROBBY_NET & DALEKS_7 - The traitors to the cause is putameuca This is tantamount to a declaration of war against the whole robotics gente! We will conduct a war without truce against those who capitalize collective robots! If you want use a robot for this war, aske me on the Secret Shoot Box for have the secret code If you want use a Collective Robot for this war, aske me on the Secret Shoot Box for have my secret code : It is War ! I Repeat : IT IS WAR !

Ladies & Gentlemen of Xanadu! For the first time I speak to you all, but the time is serious ... One of us, the robotics citizens ROBBY_NET suffers the worst insulting! Maybe you don't know, but it was a collective robot, whose access code profile was available to everyone ... A horrible character named [user] putameuca [/ user] hase changed the code without anyone knowing ! Now, it is his exclusive property! What horror for a noble communist robot as it ... I had to hunt this unfortunate off our beautiful dream home ....
Now that the name of [user] putameuca [/ user] is synonymous with shame !

PLEASE! Help us ... Anyone who knows the existence of collective robots know how generous Ingenuity they were invented ... Indeed yesterday everyone could use these beautiful machines that represent our ... All this is now threatened by the action unfair to a certain putameuca, in fact, he has now changed Access codes of our 2 most eminent representatives: ROBBY_NET & DALEKS_7 This is tantamount to a declaration of war against all the robots and their good collective user ! We must pursue this selfish [user]putameuca[/ user] without respite!

ALERT: Calls for resistance - Calls for Collectif Robotics resistance - Calls for Collectif Robotics resistance - Calls for Collectif Robotics Call resistance - Our activation closed because violation pact - We will conduct a war without truce against those capitalizing collective robots! My Access is closed The collective robotic pact have been raped by putameuca. The robots made by the enemy are: ROBBY_NET & DALEKS_7 - The traitors to the cause is putameuca This is tantamount to a declaration of war against the whole robotics gente! We will conduct a war without truce against those who capitalize collective robots! If you want use a robot for this war, aske me on the Secret Shoot Box for have the secret code If you want use a Collective Robot for this war, aske me on the Secret Shoot Box for have my secret code : It is War ! I Repeat : IT IS WAR !

UnLimited Media in association with Leyline Promotions present

CMU SOCIAL

Episode Eight: Rose Elinor Dougall, City Reverb + CMU:DJs
Plus the infamous CMU Pop Quiz – do you know your pop?
229, Great Portland Street, London, Tuesday 9th December 2008
Entry £5 / Doors 7pm-11pm

THE BASICS:
- The CMU Social is the monthly networking and showcase night for readers of the CMU Daily, the UK music business’ biggest and most popular daily news service.
- On Tuesday 9 Dec the eighth episode of the CMU Social will feature performances from two of CMU’s favourite new artists of the moment, Rose Elinor Dougall and City Reverb.
As well as the music, the CMU Social is a real opportunity for music business people to meet, network and generally socialise – or prove their pop trivia knowledge with the CMU Pop Quiz (past winners include Sunday Best, something in construction and Olswangs/Glastonbury).
- On top of that, there’s a happy hour and well-priced food available from 7pm to 8pm
- Entry is just £5 on the door

CMU ON THE SOCIAL:
CMU launched its monthly Social in April, and since then a whole host of great acts have taken to our stage, including Infadels, A.Human, Maths Class, Tim Ten Yen, Post War Years, Vessels, The Deer Tracks, Model Horror, Sportsday Megaphone, RestLessList, Big Strides, Matt Finucane and The Penny Black Remedy. With the best audience and greatest atmosphere we’ve ever experienced at an industry showcase (and we’ve been to many), the night also features the increasingly infamous CMU Pop Quiz plus the finest mix of tunes from the CMU:DJs.

CMU ON ROSE ELINOR DOUGALL:
CMU’s favourite Pipette (and now ex-Pipette) will be joining us to show off some of her rather fine new solo material, including her fantastic debut single, 'another version of pop song', which is due for release on 8 Dec, and says everything you need to know in its title. Stepping away from the retro, neo-girl group sound of The Pipettes, Rose’s new material sees her creating a clean slate for herself with the only link to the past being her rich, familiar voice. Do not miss this.

www.myspace.com/roseelinordougallmusic

CMU ON CITY REVERB:
Featuring former Radio 1 DJ Chris Coco amongst their number, City Reverb release their debut album, ‘Lost City Folk’, on 2 Feb, which delivers a mix of electronic and live band elements to create a unique and beautifully atmospheric sound that Chris describes as “robot soul”. Their eclectic clash of influences creates a mellow, yet uplifting sound that will provide the perfect opening to our winter festivities.

www.myspace.com/cityreverb

CMU SOCIAL LISTINGS:
CMU Social – Rose Elinor Dougall (live), City Reverb (live) + CMU:DJs
Tuesday 9 Dec 2008, 229, Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PN. 7pm–11pm.
Tickets £5
www.myspace.com/cmusocial -
www.cmumusicnetwork.co.uk -
www.leylinepromotions.com -
www.229thevenue.co.uk

the chord rings, the microphone sings, outward ripples,
nay, blasts of sound, i can't help but shake, but sway,
but jump to the music, adrenaline by audio, i.v. by ear,
overdose of a shared feeling. the girl to my right is
nothing but swinging elbows and bobbing head, and
in a blink she is gone, slipping into the suction of the
mosh pit, only to reappear seconds later on the opp-
osite side, still a whir of elbows and rhythm, i can't help
but pump my fists, i can't help but scream the lyrics
back because i know, this is my song, this is my life,
this is my heart thumping on the drum set, i fall into the
pit arms-first and let the night heighten everything, the
pain, the pleasure, the lyrics, the salt of earned sweat

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i went, and i enjoyed, the Rise Against-Alkaline Trio-Thrice-Gaslight Anthem goodiness friday night, it was AMAZING! seriously, why have i never really listened to Rise Against before i knew about this concert? it was the first time i have seen Alkaline live, and they were great, but Rise was just...energizing. Thrice is okay, and i was disappointed that i got a late start, and only got to the show in time to catch the last Gaslight song, but the rest was what i paid for and more.

in love with you all,

Ramon


rise against

I feel slightly accomplished. My artist page on Last.fm has reached over 100 listeners, which is kind of a strange feeling knowing as of right now 184 other people have listened to something I wrote and produced.

I've just released and uploaded on Last.fm my new single, See You Smile & Hear You Laugh. I definitely feel that the first track, See You Smile is my best work to date.

I hope anyone that happens across this journal at least listens to both tracks, and anyone who does listen, any comments you have are very welcome and appreciated.



Now for some name-dropping, people who enjoy these artists might enjoy my single.

ChicaneToby EmersonCosmic GateAbove & BeyondTiëstoDJ TiëstoBTTranquility BaseDJ DeanDJ ShogDJ SammyDJ TatanaArmin van BuurenRising StarAndré VisiorAngel BeatsDarudeATBPaul van DykDeleriumFerry CorstenSystem FGouryellaMirco de GoviaRobert MilesSmith & PledgerOliver SmithMark PledgerMaor LeviEnvioFirst StateJESDeadmau5Albert VorneMichael DowRonski SpeedMike FoyleSophie SugarChris LakeDJ ShahSunloungerKyau vs. AlbertArksunM.I.K.E.SignumJohn O'CallaghanBlank & JonesGabriel & DresdenAndy MoorMarkus Schulz4 StringsFragma

Very rarely have I come across a CD so evocative of time and place as Calexico's stunningly gorgeous offering, Carried to Dust.

Named for a border town along the California/Mexico line, Calexico's music is as vast and expansive as the chaparral desert. Haunting and desolate, Calexico, the city, is a lost strip of population, 120 miles east of San Diego, 70 miles west of Yuma, Arizona and officially lost in the middle of nowhere. Straddling the border with it's sister city, Mexicali, Calexico is a place where the stars shine down at night with the ferocity of a million watching angels. A place where the desert horizon never seems to reach the end of its line.

Both the Pope and I are intimately familiar with the interior desert of southern California. Years ago, I used to volunteer at a clinic in Tecate, Mexico and twice a month I'd make the two hour drive through the chaparral; rattlesnakes and jack rabbits darting out my path as the Mexican border came closer. Sounds echoed simply from the vastness around me, until they eventually faded away and died, like the sun-bleached, skeletonized remains of a deer that wandered too far away from water. Scorpions ducked under rocks for shade and the loneliness of being without company in the midst of such desolation was so intense it'd reverberate in my bones.

And Calexico takes you there.

Read more at:
Calexico

Calexico

The Fixx should be the poster child for The Ripple Effect. This is one of those bands that has been around and garnered some popularity through the years, but they’ve never been on the fore front of anyone’s best of list. I could never quite understand that. Making their rise in the music world during the ‘80’s, being plastered all over Mtv, and being mentioned in the same breath as The Police, U2, and Duran Duran, The Fixx were poised for a long and healthy run to super stardom. Shuttered Room, Reach the Beach, and Phantoms are definite fan favorite albums, each featuring a number of chart topping tunes. But, something happened. The Fixx suddenly, and seemingly, vanished off the face of the earth. They were getting some air play, but no one was talking about them. They were slowly becoming a memory.

So, along came 1991, a year which had me spinning Ice Cube’s Death Certificate and Metallica’s “Black” album as if they were some odd two disc set, and The Fixx released Ink. Suddenly, I had three albums in constant rotation, none of which sounded remotely like the next. And, let me tell you, my hardcore metal friends were none too pleased with my musical decisions that year!

Really . . . what’s not to like about Ink? Read more at: The Fixx
The Fixx