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Leo Blais

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:23:06 +0000



 Leo Blais  
   ‘Slow Drivin’   
  (Carbon Neutral)  


 ADDS 11/25/08
- This maxi-single is Part I of the Everyone’s Feelin’ Alone Collection
- Leo Blais is a good friend of the Pirate! family and over the next year we’ll be bringing you a collection of maxi-singles called the “Everyone’s Feelin’ Alone” Collection totallng 40 songs.  Here’s what Leo had to say about the single/collection: 
- “After many years of working on this album I kept telling you all about, it’s finally done.  The 1st part of a collection of 40 songs called the ‘everyone’s feelin alone’ collection….The Slow Drivin Maxi-Single contains 5 newly recorded songs.  ‘Slow Drivin,’ is the 1st single from the ‘everyone’s feelin alone’ LP.  It also contains a cover of George Harrison’s ‘Beware of Darkness’ and 3 other tracks; ‘This Life,’ ‘All in All (acoustic,)’ and ‘At All.’ ” - Leo Blais 
- For more info on the series/music/videos go to: leoblais.com



TRY: #1, 3, 4



Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 

 http://www.leoblais.com/ 

http://www.youtube.com/cbwebsite

 http://www.myspace.com/leoblais



Wintersleep
admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:15:36 +0000




 Wintersleep 
 Welcome To The Night Sky   
 Labwork  


 ADDS 11/18/08
“Miasmal Smoke + The Yellow Bellied Freaks” starts its marching build with echoing drums and an organ bleeding out a nervous buzz. Epic and lonely, it’s the score for the flickering light of a glowing soul that closes the door to Wintersleep’s third album, Welcome to the Night Sky. Like its final song, the album built up gradually over the past two years. From a mass of ghostly melodies, half-finished lyrics and nervesplicing drum beats, it has shaped into the band’s finest collection to date. Following the release of their 2005 self-titled sophomore album, Wintersleep spent months on the road touring through Canada, America and Europe. Upon return to their native Halifax, the band enlisted the ear of veteran producer Tony Doogan (Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian and Super Furry Animals).



RIYL: The Dears, The National, Sun Kil Moon

TRY: #2, 4, 8

DIRTY: #10 (clean edit on downloads page soon)



Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 

  http://www.wintersleep.com/  

  http://www.myspace.com/wintersleep  

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintersleep  



Dead To Me
admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:11:01 +0000




 Dead To Me 
  Little Brother  
 Fat Wreck Chords  


 ADDS 11/18/08
After blasting onto the scene with their fantastically popular debut release, Cuban Ballerina, DEAD TO ME are back with their second offering, Little Brother. Where some bands might falter under the pressure of writing a sophomore release after receiving endless accolades from critics and fans alike, DEAD TO ME thrived.  They recruited Alex Newport (At The Drive In, The Locust, etc) to produce their baby, and the result is a punchy and raw punk rock masterpiece that far exceeds the praise they’ve already garnered locally.



Features Members of: One Man Army, Heavens, Enemy You, Swingin’ Utters, Western Addiction

TRY/CLEAN: #2, 3 - DIRTY: #1, 4, 5



Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 

http://www.myspace.com/deadtomesf    

  http://www.fatwreck.com/band/index/83  



That Handsome Devil
admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:04:47 +0000




That Handsome Devil
 A City Dressed In Dynamite 
 Modern Savage 


 ADDS 11/18/08
    “That Handsome Devil’s music… is the seamless, dramatic blending of genres that sends you on a Fear And Loathing-esque ride and never lets go.” - CMJ 
    “Best CD I heard: I listened to a lot of stuff this week, but I’m quite fond of That Handsome Devil’s A City Dressed in Dynamite..”- Pop Candy/USA Today
    “Sounds like: Nick Cave fronting The Go Team airy, quirky production. Fun, preening stomp-funk with a late-Hendrix-inspired chorus’s and Madvillain-style interludes” - Wired 
    “Think Outkast, Tom Waits and Prince getting messed up in a back alley joint on 100 proof whiskey while listening to seventies rock on the jukebox.” - Getweird
   “…equal parts Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, bizarre electronica, creepy hip hop and in-your-face gonzo rock. It all kind of leaves you scratching your head, but it’s damn hard to put down”-Austinist



TRY: #3, 7, 8 - DIRTY: #2, 5



Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 

  http://www.myspace.com/thathandsomedevil  



Roll The Tanks
admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:43:22 +0000




 Roll The Tanks 
  Police Me (single) 
 Intelligent Noise  


 ADDS 11/18/08
Roll The Tanks have unleashed all of their might with the modern day anthem respectfully called “Police Me”. Using the lineage of punk rock, the 4 lads released their hard charging debut album, “Suffer City” on October 21, 2008.  Originally from Lowell, Massachusetts, Roll The Tanks have now piled themselves into a little house in Los Angeles’s San Fernando valley. The quartet is reminiscent of The Clash, The Replacements and their contemporaries Against Me! “Police Me”, the first “single” off Suffer City, conjures up a sense of both levity and introspection illustrated within a good cop/bad cop metaphorical subtext.  A perfect relief in the screwball times afoot.



TRY: #1 (Clean edit of the single)



Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 

  http://www.myspace.com/rollthetanks  

http://www.rollthetanks.com/

  http://current.com/items/89430971/hello_roll_the_tanks.htm  



Dillinger Four
admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:21:46 +0000




 Dillinger Four 
 Civil War 
 Fat Wreck Chords  


 ADDS 11/11/08
After a seemingly infinite absence, the Midwest’s most influential band, DILLINGER FOUR, have delivered their long-promised fourth proper full-length. The release of C I V I L W A R marks the end of an agonizing 6 year span that fans have endured since the last D4 studio album, and allays the speculations and rumors that have been bubbling just below the surface of the indie music scene for the past few years.



RIYL: Hot Water Music, Against Me, Lawrence Arms

TRY: #1, 4, 5, 8



Full Clean and Dirty Albums Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 

 http://www.angelfire.com/mn/dillingerfour/  

 http://www.myspace.com/dillingerfour  

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillinger_Four 



Juliette Commagere
admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:08:58 +0000




Juliette Commagere 
 Queens Die Proudly 
 Aeronaut


 ADDS 11/11/08
Julliette Commagere has been someone who always sounded like she was searching for something, a place she could call her own and then explore endlessly. On Queens Die Proudly, she has found it, and while “Where I Go” might be the most accessible song on the album–Enyaesque with an edge–every single one will pull you into her world and make you not want to leave–ever. Of all the albums released in 2008, none has announced a major new musical presence like this one.



TRY: #1, 2, 4



Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 

 http://www.myspace.com/juliettecommagere  



MC Frontalot
admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:55:44 +0000




 MC Frontalot 
 Final Boss 
 Level Up Records and Tapes  


 ADDS 11/11/08
MC Frontalot was born Marcel Cedric Frontabee on an American Adventureland roller coaster in 1973. The fronting has increased exponentially since. Eight years of rap stardom, eighteen world tours, and hundreds of platinum albums find MC Frontalot threatening retirement. His legion of fans will sob quietly to themselves.



RIYL: MC Lars, MC Chris, YTCracker

DIRTY: #2, 3, 8, 14 - TRY: #1, 4, 10, 13



Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 

 http://frontalot.com 

  http://www.myspace.com/mcfrontalot 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Frontalot  



The Soft Hands
admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:21:06 +0000




Soft Hands 
Hours Pass By
Fidotrust Records


 ADDS 11/11/08
Long Beach, California’s spazzmatics, The Soft Hands are releasing Hours Pass By in late October on Fidotrust Records. Mostly by accident, The Soft Hands are riding the No Wave, while organically channeling their influences, such as: WIRE, Siouxsie, Spoon, Camper van Beethoven, Bauhaus, and Minutemen. 
“I was thoroughly impressed to say the least. The Soft Hands were anything but quiet. There music was loud, energetic, and technically amazing.”- Rock Insider
“Long Beach’s The Soft Hands are jangly and nervous and exciting — everything that you like about older SoCal acts like The Minutemen, but fresh and new.”- Radio Free Silver Lake
“Head-spinning, pulse-quickening, all thoughts swimming together like a rapidly accelerating cyclone: Take that sensation, but spin it in a positive, non-panic-attack-inducing light.”- OC Weekly


TRY: #1, 4 - DIRTY: #2



Full Album Available Here:

 http://www.piratepirate.com/wp/downloads/ 

http://www.myspace.com/thesofthands

http://www.thesofthands.com/



Soft Hands
admin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:43:13 +0000




 The Soft Hands 
 Hours Pass By 
 Fidotrust Records 


The Soft Hands Release Hours Pass By

Taking Their Time Riding the No Wave

Long Beach, California’s spazzmatics, The Soft Hands are releasing Hours Pass By in late October on Fidotrust Records. Mostly by accident, The Soft Hands are riding the No Wave, while organically channeling their influences, such as: WIRE, Siouxsie, Spoon, Camper van Beethoven, Bauhaus, and Minutemen.
Formed back in 2005, The Soft Hands are Matt Fry (vocals/guitar), Casey Stuht (drums), C. Elizabeth Lindsey (bass/vocals). But, don’t call them a 3 piece band, they’re more like a family, living, breathing, sleeping music. under the same roof. Matt explains: “When you’re in a family, you don’t always think the same way and value the same things but you’re bonded together by blood and history, so you move forward together and stick together and find ways to come together. In some ways, our band is like that.  We did not seek out people who thought the same way or wanted same things musically and have an obvious template to choose from.  We got together and decided to stick together and now we each put out our own energy and find ways in each song to harness it and unify it.”
“I was thoroughly impressed to say the least. The Soft Hands were anything but quiet. There music was loud, energetic, and technically amazing.”

- Rock Insider
“Long Beach’s The Soft Hands are jangly and nervous and exciting — everything that you like about older SoCal acts like The Minutemen, but fresh and new.”

- Radio Free Silver Lake
“Head-spinning, pulse-quickening, all thoughts swimming together like a rapidly accelerating cyclone: Take that sensation, but spin it in a positive, non-panic-attack-inducing light.”

- OC Weekly
“The Soft Hands smash together all of the best rock mythologies and ideologies: Mission of Burma, Pere Ubu, the Minutemen.”

-The District Weekly
myspace.com/TheSoftHands

The Soft Hands “Harbor”

Fidotrust.com