en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices Last.fm Group Journal: Indie Rock http://www.last.fm/group/Indie+Rock/journal The Last.fm group journal for Indie Rock. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. Habit of Force Releases New Single!! http://www.last.fm/user/USBallistics/journal/2013/01/15/5q1b2n_habit_of_force_releases_new_single!! Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:55:16 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/USBallistics/journal/2013/01/15/5q1b2n_habit_of_force_releases_new_single!! UPDATED PHOTO AND YOUTUBE LINKS 1/19/2013


Chicago metal band Habit of Force has been busy in the recording studio. At midnight tonight HoF released their new single on their website. This free download contains three hot new metal tracks from their new album. The new album is expected to be released mid-March.

1 - Habit of Force - Cleansing of Hands
2 - Habit of Force - Swamp Kicker
3 - Habit of Force - Death Threat


Habit of Force is (L-R):

Alex "Junior" Loeber - Bass
Rich "Truck" Collins - Vocals/Guitar
Tony "Voodoo" Loveland - Drummer]]> http://www.last.fm/user/USBallistics/journal/2013/01/15/5q1b2n_habit_of_force_releases_new_single!!#comments The Carnival of Animals and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, new Hox Vox releases. http://www.last.fm/user/Hoxerijo/journal/2012/12/08/5ouhsi_the_carnival_of_animals_and_maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs,_new_hox_vox_releases. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 10:26:55 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Hoxerijo/journal/2012/12/08/5ouhsi_the_carnival_of_animals_and_maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs,_new_hox_vox_releases.
THE CARNIVAL OF ANIMALS



It's a re-arrangement of "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns, in Hox Vox style.


FREE DOWNLOADS:

BANDCAMP
JAMENDO
BITTORRENT

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS



Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology, proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper “A Theory of Human Motivation.” Maslow subsequently extended the idea to include his observations of humans’ innate curiosity. His theories parallel many other theories of human developmental psychology, all of which focus on describing the stages of growth in humans. Maslow use the terms Physiological, Safety, Belongingness and Love, Esteem, and Self-Actualization needs to describe the pattern that human motivations generally move through.


FREE DOWNLOADS:

BANDCAMP
JAMENDO
BITTORRENT

HOX VOX FACEBOOK PAGEHOX VOX WEBSITE
]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Hoxerijo/journal/2012/12/08/5ouhsi_the_carnival_of_animals_and_maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs,_new_hox_vox_releases.#comments 'Nobody Dies' By French Heavy Rockers Harmonic Generator http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/12/03/5opd9d_%27nobody_dies%27_by_french_heavy_rockers_harmonic_generator Mon, 3 Dec 2012 20:31:19 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/12/03/5opd9d_%27nobody_dies%27_by_french_heavy_rockers_harmonic_generator Harmonic Generator's "Nobody Dies" is a heavy metal heavy hitter ( http://youtu.be/UoqgOD3Qwt8 ). With a funky groove, banging bass, and a lead singer who was born to sing metal, this track is the epitome of cool. A great video is always the perfect complement to a great song, and this one doesn't fail to please. It's a full color, well produced performance of the song, and there's enough energy and friction in it to light up a city. The band is outstanding and the video is captivating, thrilling, sexy, and a little dangerous, but remember - "Nobody Dies". Recorded and produced at Thirty Mill Studio in Melbourne Australia by Mark Opitz and Colin Wynne, the video was shot in Marseille France by Akil of Jam City Productions.
http://harmonicgenrator.com
https://facebook.com/HarmonicGenerator]]> http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/12/03/5opd9d_%27nobody_dies%27_by_french_heavy_rockers_harmonic_generator#comments Free Metal Album Download - Habit of Force (2011) http://www.last.fm/user/USBallistics/journal/2012/11/04/5nqhuv_free_metal_album_download_-_habit_of_force_(2011) Sun, 4 Nov 2012 13:42:23 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/USBallistics/journal/2012/11/04/5nqhuv_free_metal_album_download_-_habit_of_force_(2011)

Habit of Force is a three piece metal band from Chicago. Their latest album (2011) is now available as a free download from http://www.habitofforce.com

Digital
MP3 128kB
MP3 256kB
iTunes

Habit of Force is:

Truck - Vocals/Guitar
Junior - Bass
Voodoo - Drums

The band is currently recording a new album expected to be released in early 2013.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/fG61rEjfBNU[/youtube]]]> http://www.last.fm/user/USBallistics/journal/2012/11/04/5nqhuv_free_metal_album_download_-_habit_of_force_(2011)#comments MusicContractStore.com Set To Launch This Month http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/10/14/5n0zo0_musiccontractstore.com_set_to_launch_this_month Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:02:12 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/10/14/5n0zo0_musiccontractstore.com_set_to_launch_this_month

Today, The Musician’s Guide and Avenant Law have announced a partnership to launch http://www.musiccontractstore.com, a new online portal to help artists and music companies download high quality music contracts.

The website, which is due to launch at the end of October, aims to be the ‘go-to’ source for music contracts in the music industry.

Marcus Taylor, founder of The Musician’s Guide says: “My goal with The Musician’s Guide has long been to remove the obstacles that get in the way of musicians achieving their goals. There’s no shortage of instances where well-known artists have split up over signing an unfair contract, or worse - not having a contract in place in the first place. We’ve created MusicContractStore.com to make high-standard contracts easily accessible to a broad range of artists.”

Music Contract Store has a number of features that make it stand out from existing online music contract providers. First of all, it’s the only provider to offer contracts suitable for use in different countries, including the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. It’s also the only provider that guarantees all contracts are up to date with current legislation.

Further product developments will also be announced in the coming months. This includes a custom music contract generator for record labels, as well as a wider range of music contracts, and locations served.

To learn more about Music Contract Store visit http://www.musiccontractstore.com

To learn more about The Musician’s Guide and Avenant Law visit
http://www.themusiciansguide.co.uk
http://www.avenantlaw.com
Email: marcus@themusiciansguide.co.uk]]> http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/10/14/5n0zo0_musiccontractstore.com_set_to_launch_this_month#comments Musicians: Be First To Upload Your Profile On OKMusic.fm, New Site For Indie Fans http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/09/16/5lyyn2_musicians:_be_first_to_upload_your_profile_on_okmusic.fm,_new_site_for_indie_fans Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:51:30 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/09/16/5lyyn2_musicians:_be_first_to_upload_your_profile_on_okmusic.fm,_new_site_for_indie_fans Be the first to share your music with fans, and gain exposure as a featured artist on OKMusic.fm, a new music site launching this fall.

OKMusic, a site that started in Japan and is wildly popular with music lovers in that part of the world, will select 10 musicians to be profiled on the new English language site when the site is formally announced. Tell us your story! You or your band could be featured with photos and an article on your music and how you got started.

Still in soft launch, OKMusic fuses music discovery with social networking.

Indie musicians can upload music and communicate with fans. Artists can create a profile along with their photo, upload and promote their songs and list their appearances. Music lovers can discover fresh, new artists, voice their opinions on songs at OKMusic’s Comment Fountain and leave messages for the artists’ on their profile page.

OKMusic offers fans the chance to discover new music in dozens of genres. Find out what indie music is trending. Listen to new music for the mood you are in.

Originally launched in Japan, OKMusic has more than four million musicians and music fans, worldwide.

OKMusic Link- http://okmusic.fm

Media Contacts:
Derek Asato/Robert Brown
The Bohle Company
(310) 785-0515 ext. 201/231
derek@bohle.com / robert@bohle.com]]> http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/09/16/5lyyn2_musicians:_be_first_to_upload_your_profile_on_okmusic.fm,_new_site_for_indie_fans#comments The Musician's Guide Offers Bands $1,250 Worth Of Services For $69 For 100 Hours Only http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/09/08/5lni2z_the_musician%27s_guide_offers_bands_$1,250_worth_of_services_for_$69_for_100_hours_only Sat, 8 Sep 2012 07:28:42 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/09/08/5lni2z_the_musician%27s_guide_offers_bands_$1,250_worth_of_services_for_$69_for_100_hours_only On September 1st at 8am, The Musician’s Guide is launching a 100-hour-long campaign in partnership with 25 music companies to offer aspiring musicians over $1,250 worth of tools & savings for 95% off.

The offer, which contains access to thousands of music business contacts, distribution to iTunes & Spotify, six eBooks, a video course, a pack of music contracts, radio publicity, as well as savings on mastering, CD duplication, amongst much more, will be available to purchase for $69 from http://www.themusiciansguide.co.uk/epic-deal/ for just 100 hours.

Marcus Taylor, founder of http://www.themusiciansguide.co.uk, says: “Having been an artist & a label manager myself I know just how expensive it can be to release a song. So many aspiring musicians get frustrated because they dream about earning a living from their music, but struggle to break even after paying studio fees & other expenses. While most of the industry is focusing on creating a sustainable new business model for artists, I’m just trying to do my bit to help lower the cost of being an artist, even if only for a while.

Twenty-five music companies have agreed to support the campaign by donating their services into the package at a discounted price. Major partners include Ditto Music, Disc Makers, Presskit.to, Jango Airplay, MusicXray, and many more.

Email: marcus@themusiciansguide.co.uk
Website: http://www.themusiciansguide.co.uk]]> http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/09/08/5lni2z_the_musician%27s_guide_offers_bands_$1,250_worth_of_services_for_$69_for_100_hours_only#comments Review: "Slaves Replacement Technology & The Neutron Bomb" By Billie Reid http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/09/05/5ljdnu_review:_%22slaves_replacement_technology_&_the_neutron_bomb%22_by_billie_reid Wed, 5 Sep 2012 00:47:47 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/09/05/5ljdnu_review:_%22slaves_replacement_technology_&_the_neutron_bomb%22_by_billie_reid With "Slaves Replacement Technology & The Neutron Bomb", Billie Reid has released a very thought provoking song that has powerful political lyrics for those who are listening carefully. "Slaves" is a great song with a hard driving grunge punk type sound driving it, along with some stellar performances on guitar, drums, keyboards, and bass. Billie and the band really rock this song, which has nice breaks and well-paced music. With professional production pushing all of those variables over the edge, "Slaves" is well worth the listen. Reid has a very nice voice and uses it without constraint to deliver the powerful lyrics and story with first class showmanship. His musical style is both interesting and entertaining, and the mixture of satire and politics is quite enjoyable. It's a futuristic take on things to come, and this is one single that you won't want to miss.

Email: d@billiereidmusic.com
Website: http://www.billiereidmusic.com/
Music: http://soundcloud.com/billiereidmusic/slaves-replacement-technology]]> http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/09/05/5ljdnu_review:_%22slaves_replacement_technology_&_the_neutron_bomb%22_by_billie_reid#comments Did The Idea For Ben Elton's "Stark" Come From Billie Reid's "Slaves"? http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/08/31/5lczp8_did_the_idea_for_ben_elton%27s_%22stark%22_come_from_billie_reid%27s_%22slaves%22%3F Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:15:46 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/08/31/5lczp8_did_the_idea_for_ben_elton%27s_%22stark%22_come_from_billie_reid%27s_%22slaves%22%3F Back in 1999 when he was recording 'Ticket Out Of Dizneyland', Billie Reid remembered how he wrote 'Slaves Replacement Technology & The Neutron Bomb' in 1988. The next summer, Ben Elton's book 'Stark' was published, using a very similar theme. Billie pointed out that a couple he stayed with at a farmhouse south of Fremantle (who used to 'milk his brains then scoff') went on to rent from and stay with Ben and his wife Sophie: 'Ben's Stark appeared soon after,' said Billie.

Back then I didn't delve that deeply. However I did broach the issue with him in late 2010, asking if he thought Ben had 'borrowed' his idea. He suggested that it could just be a coincidence but 'it was more a case that great minds think alike'.

I wouldn't be so sure. My thoughts are that this idea quite possibly started with Billie. Those of us that know Billie would conclude that he wouldn't mention it unless he genuinely thought it. Had the connection not existed between Billie and Ben then the alarm bells would not have rung. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the seed for Stark came from Billie. With all respect to Ben (and bearing in mind that Stark is a 500-page novel and Billie's work is a brief lyric) the concept is remarkably close. The timing, the connection and the similar theme suggests he could well have been inspired by Billie.

Email: d@billiereidmusic.com
Website: http://www.billiereidmusic.com/
Music: http://soundcloud.com/billiereidmusic/slaves-replacement-technology]]> http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/08/31/5lczp8_did_the_idea_for_ben_elton%27s_%22stark%22_come_from_billie_reid%27s_%22slaves%22%3F#comments Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Pop-Rock World Fusion http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/08/30/5lc7ds_ladino_(judeo-spanish)_pop-rock_world_fusion Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:56:19 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/08/30/5lc7ds_ladino_(judeo-spanish)_pop-rock_world_fusion

That's right: Feminist rock in Ladino. The Judeo-Spanish language born in the Middle Ages is the perfect vehicle for articulating an utterly contemporary sensuality, defiance, wisdom, and love. It's a living language, a lively tradition heard in a generation of new voices from New York to Jerusalem.

One voice leads them: American-born Ladino singer and songwriter Sarah Aroeste, who has spent a decade expanding the possibilities of contemporary Ladino song. The classically trained, pop-savvy vocalist channels generations of poets and wild women in slow-burning, passionately produced original works on Gracia (Aroeste Music; Release Date - May 22, 2012). Backed by flickers of flamenco and gorgeous pan-Mediterranean melodies, by lush strings and purring guitars, Aroeste's airy, potent voice and intense engagement with her lyrics invigorate age-old wedding songs, hot love ballads, and tributes to history's unsung heroines.

Gracia is Sarah Aroeste's third album in Ladino, and includes many of her own original Ladino songs. In the title track ("Gracia"), Aroeste tells the neglected story of Dona Gracia Naci, a 15th-century Spanish answer to Harriet Tubman, who boldly saved Jewish families from the Inquisition and who epitomizes the strength and courage of our foremothers. In another song, Aroeste reimagines the wanderings of her Sephardic ancestors through the eyes of the traditional figure of the morena, the dark-eyed nomad girl, traveling for centuries and drained of her beauty by a harsh world ("Chika Morena"). Using a variety of eclectic source material throughout the album, Aroeste writes a song encouraging one to harness strength in the face of all odds ("El Leon Ferido"), which takes its inspiration from Samuel Ha-Nagid, an 11th Century Judeo-Spanish poet who was facing adversity in his own time. And yet another song is based on a contemporary feminist hip-hop poem, Wild Women, and calls out to the world to embrace women in all their wonderful complexity ("La Comida La Manana"). Complementing these songs are others of universal themes such as family, marriage, loss, facing demons, holding on to hope and more.

Produced with Shai Bachar (Ishtar Alabina, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Sheila Jordan), and recorded in NY and Tel Aviv, the 11 songs on Gracia (both the original ones and a few radically reinterpreted classic Ladino folksongs as well), are a mix of feminist, experimental, raw, rock-beat, energetic, empowering, electronic, retro-chic, Mediterranean-infused and fine-crafted, detailed sounds. In addition to a 16-piece string ensemble highlighted on many of the tracks, there are also special guest voices and featured artists including Vanessa Hidary (the Hebrew Mamita), Amos Hoffman (Avishai Cohen band), Roni Ivrin and Mark Kakon (Idan Raichel Band), Nir Graf (Noa, Rita, Shalom Hanoch), Oz Noy (Cyndi Lauper, Phoebe Snow, Bill Evans), Samuel Torres (Lila Downs, Arturo Sandoval) and many more.

Altogether, Gracia is Aroeste's most daring album yet and brings Ladino music one more step forward from the past into today. Determined to prove that Ladino is not a dead language, Aroeste shows through Gracia that Ladino is, indeed, very much still alive.

Email: music@saraharoeste.com
Website: http://www.saraharoeste.com/
Music: http://www.soundcloud.com/saraharoeste]]> http://www.last.fm/user/musicdish/journal/2012/08/30/5lc7ds_ladino_(judeo-spanish)_pop-rock_world_fusion#comments