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Artist: Laneous & The Family Yah
Title Of EP: Scissors (1st of a 3 set of EPs)
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Label: Creative Vibes
Tracklist:
1. Haunting (me)
2. Damn !?!! (I don’t Know If I)
3. Activism
4. Keys
5. Oh She
Follow ‘Laneous & The Family Yah’ on:
Official Homepage: www.laneous.com.au
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laneousandthefamilyyah
:: An album of immense beauty!
He Took You In His Arms is taken from the second solo offering of Bill Ryder-Jones. The former guitarist of The Coral who left the English indie-rock band in 2008 after the release of their fifth record to follow his own solo path. He released his solo debut ‘If…’ to critical acclaim in 2011. The orchestral album is thought to be understood as soundtrack to Italo Calvino’s novel If On A Winters Night A Traveller. It is now followed by a debut proper as classical singer and songwriter: Ryder-Jones new album is entitled ‘A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart’ and was released on April 08, 2013 via Domino Recording Co. North American release follows on April 23. The album will be available as CD, LP and digital download. Bill Ryder-Jones recorded ‘A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart’ in his old bedroom upstairs of his mother’s house in Liverpool, supported by friends from a local band as backing musicians. The album is produced by Ryder-Jones and James Ford, listen to the album teaser with previews of all eleven songs below.
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Tracklist:
01. Hanging Song
02. There’s A World Between Us
03. A Bad Wind
04. By Morning I
05. The Lemon Tree #3
06. Anthony & Owen
07. Wild Swans
08. Christina That’s The Saddest Thing
09. You’re Getting Like You’re Sister
10. He Took You In His Arms
11. A Bad Wind Blows In my Heart Pt.2
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Twitter at: https://twitter.com/BRyderJones
Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/bill-ryder-jones
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/billryderjonesmusic
:: The hell of a track!
Fire Walker is the spectacular opener of the new album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC). It’s already the seventh studio album of the Los Angeles based rock’n'roll trio comprised of Peter Hayes [vocals/guitar/bass], Robert Levon Been [vocals/bass/guitar] and Leah Shapiro [drums]. The record is entitled ‘Specter at the Feast’ and was released on March 19, 2013 via Vagrant Records (US) / Abstract Dragon (UK/Europe). BRMC used the creation of ‘Specter at the Feast’ to process the major loss they suffered after Michael Been, father of vocalist Robert Been and the band’s sound engineer, had passed away backstage during a BRMC live show in 2010.
All twelve songs are exclusively streaming over at the Rolling Stone. Listen below to the first single Let The Day Begin. The band is currently on the road in Europe with US gigs to follow, check out the touring schedule below.
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Tracklist:
01. Fire Walker
02. Let The Day Begin
03. Returning
04. Lullaby
05. Hate The taste
06. Rival
07. Teenage Disease
08. Some Kind of Ghost
09. Sometimes The Light
10. Funny Games
11. Sell It
12. Lose Yourself
Upcoming Tour Dates:
Fri 22 Mar 2013 // Amsterdam, Netherlands // Paradiso
Sun 24 Mar 2013 // Manchester, UK // Ritz
Mon 25 Mar 2013 // Glasgow, UK // Barrowland
Tue 26 Mar 2013 // Birmingham, UK // Institute
Wed 27 Mar 2013 // London, UK // Brixton Academy
Fri 29 Mar 2013 // Nottingham, UK // Rock City
>> The full touring schedule is available here.
Follow ‘Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’ on:
Official homepage at: http://blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/BRMCOfficial
Twitter at: https://twitter.com/BRMCOfficial
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/BRMCOfficial
Read more:
Paste Magazine − Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Specter at the Feast
:: Another terrific song by Spring Offensive, and a pretty inventive music video!
No Assets is the new single by Oxford’s Spring Offensive. The band is comprised of Lucas Whitworth [vocals/guitar], Theo Whitworth [guitar], Matt Cooper [guitar], Joe Charlett [drums] and Pelham Groom [drums]. The song is written by the band and was recorded and mixed by David Pye at Bachelor’s Mead. The official video for the song was elaborately filmed, devised and performed by the following people* using twelve chest-mounted iPhone cameras . This concept is created by Spring Offensive’s Matt Cooper and Lucas Whitworth, the video was edited by Jack Plummer. Watch it above. Spring Offensive are currently touring the UK, check out the remaining dates below.
* Josh Bridges, Theo Whitworth, Lianne Stimpson, Jack Cole, Matt Cooper, Sara Green, Tom Sitton, Lucas Whitworth, Natasha Hodgson, Pelham Groom, Chris Chadwick and Clem Garritty.
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Upcoming Tour Dates:
Sun 17 Mar 2013 // Oxford // Turl Street Kitchen (acoustic)
Mon 18 Mar 2013 // Oxford // Turl Street Kitchen (acoustic)
Tue Mar 19 2013 // London // The Lexington
Thu 21 Mar 2013 // Cardiff // Undertone
Fri 22 Mar 2013 // Bristol // Rise Records
Sat 23 Mar 2013 // Norwich // Norwich Arts Centre
Follow ‘Spring Offensive’ on:
Official homepage at: http://www.springoffensive.co.uk/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/springoffensive
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/springoffensive
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/springoffensive
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/springoffensive
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More ‘Spring Offensive’ on Music Pickings:
2012, Sep 23 − New Single: Not Drowning but Waving [Official Video]
2012, Jan 08 - A Stutter And A Start [Official Video & Berlin Sessions #32]
:: A record that needs your full attention! That deserves it!
The amazing Minor Work is taken from the second full-length offering by Montreal’s alternative rock quartet Suuns. The album entitled ‘Images Du Futur’ was released worldwide on March 05, 2013 via Secretly Canadian. The ten album songs were written and recorded during the Quebec Student Protests in early 2012. According to the band’s frontman, their new album came to be in a ‘climate of excitement, hope and frustration’ which is possibly reflected in the experimental, genre-crossing sound of ‘Images Du Futur’. The album has been very well received by the critics so far, read one of the reviews below. Make up your own mind, the album is streaming in its entirety over at CBC Music. Following the first single Edie’s Dream released last November, Suuns also have a new single out. The official video for 2020 is directed by visual artist Sabrina Ratté, watch it below. Suuns will start their North-American tour soon, followed by shows in mainland Europe, check for upcoming concerts in your area below.
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Tracklist:
01. Powers of Ten
02. 2020
03. Minor Work
04. Mirror Mirror
05. Edie’s Dream
06. Sunspot
07. Bambi
08. Holocene City
09. Images Du Futur
10. Music Won’t Save You
Upcoming Tour Dates [worldwide]:
Tue 12 Mar 2013 // Laval, QC, Canada // Studio Theatre
Sat 23 Mar 2013 // Toronto, ON, Canada // Lee’s Palace
Fri 29 Mar 2013 // Joliette, QC, Canada // Cabaret Arena
Sat 30 Mar 2013 // Terrebonne, QC, Canada // Moulin Neuf
Thu 04 Apr 2013 // Montreal, QC, Canada // Sala Rossa
Fri 05 Apr 2013 // Quebec City, QC, Canada // Le Cercle
>> The full touring schedule is available here.
Follow ‘Suuns’ on:
Tumblr at: http://suunsband.tumblr.com/
Bandcamp at: http://suuns.bandcamp.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/suunsband
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/suunsband
Read more:
The Line Of Best Fit – Suuns – Images Du Futur
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More ‘Suuns’ on Music Pickings:
2012, Nov 17 − Edie’s Dream [Official Audio]
2012, Jan 12 − Up Past The Nursery [Official Video] / Bambi
:: I look forward to hearing more from Phoenix in the near future!
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Artist: Phoenix
Title Of Album: Bankrupt!
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Label: Glassnote Records
Tracklist:
1. Entertainment
2. The Real Thing
3. S • O • S • In Bel Air
4. Trying To Be Cool
5. Bankrupt!
6. Drakkar Noir
7. Chloroform
8. Don´t
9. Bourgeois
10. Oblique City
Upcoming Tour Dates:
Mar 28 // Queen Elizabeth Theatre // Vancouver, Canada
Mar 29 // Paramount Theatre // Seattle, United States
Mar 30 // Crystal Ballroom // Portland, United States
Apr 02 // Freeborn Hall at UC Davis // Davis, United States
Apr 08 // Marquee Theater // Tempe, United States
Apr 09 // AVA Amphitheater // Tucson, United States
>> The full touring schedule is available here
Follow ‘Phoenix’ on:
Official Homepage: http://www.wearephoenix.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/wearephoenix
Twitter at: https://twitter.com/wearephoenix
:: Needed some tries with this record but can’t stop playing it right now…
From Indian Lakes is an indie-rock outfit from the Southern Yosemite Valley in California. The band is composed of Joey Vannucchi [vocals/guitar], Enrique Gutierrez [keys], Justin Stanphill [guitar] and Guy Samuelson [drums], it was named for their starting location as Vannucchi began making demos in Indian Lakes. Paintings is taken from the band’s sophomore album ‘Able Bodies’ which was self-released worldwide on November 13, 2012. As a christmas gift to their fans, From Indian Lakes re-recorded five of the new songs in acoustic versions – on a rainy day in the Bay Area of California – and released them on December 24, 2012 via their Bandcamp page as a free download, all you gotta do is entering your email. The ‘Able Bodies Acoustic Sessions’ are streaming below.
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Tracklist:
01. Anything
02. We Are Sick
03. Paintings
04. Breaking My Bones
05. I Don’t Know You
06. Stay Outside
07. Below
08. My Mouth, My Lips
09. Your Son
10. We Follow
11. ‘Till I Can Walk
Follow ‘From Indian Lakes’ on:
Official homepage at: https://fromindianlakes.bandpage.com/
Bandcamp at: http://fromindianlakes.bandcamp.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/fromindianlakes
Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Fromindianlakes
Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/from-indian-lakes
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/Fromindianlakes
Read more:
Sputnik Music − From Indian Lakes: Able Bodies (album review)
:: Fire!
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Third single from Turboweekend’s 2012 album Fault Lines.
Recorded at Vega, Copenhagen – November 2012
Directed by Jakob Olsen
Turboweekend are Silas Bjerregaard, Martin Øhlers Petersen, Morten Køie and Anders Stig Møller
Follow ‘Turboweekend’ on:
Official Homepage: http://www.turboweekend.com
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/turboweekend
Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/turboweekend
Myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/turboweekend
More ‘Turboweekend’ on Music Pickings:
2012, May 30 – Turboweekend – On My Side / New Album ‘Fault Lines’
2011, Nov 25 – Silas Bjerregaard – You know me // Turboweekend – Trouble Is
:: Go and get some bliss!
Radio Bliss is the second single by Born Blonde, an alternative-rock five-piece from London, UK. The track is available for free download via Soundcloud. The band fronted by Arthur Delaney [lead vocals/guitar] is composed of Fraser MacColl [guitar/vocals], Josh Lloyd-Watson [bass], Tom Mcfarland [keyboards/guitar/vocals] and George Day [drums]. Born Blonde released their debut single Solar in July 2011 via Moriarty The Cat Records. Listen to it below, and download the track via the band’s Soundcloud. Their debut album full-length was released on November 26, 2012 via Moriarty The Cat. The band will be playing some UK shows in the next couple of weeks, check for upcoming concerts in your area below.
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Tracklist:
01. Solar
02. I Just Wanna Be
03. The Architect
04. Light On
05. Radio Bliss
06. Signs Of Fear
07. Dreamland
08. Other Side
09. These Days I Dream Of Pyramids
10. Wide Eyed
Upcoming UK Tour Dates:
Fri 07 Dec 2012 // Tooting Tram & Social // Wolf Club
Fri 18 Jan 2013 // Southampton // Lennons
Wed 23 Jan 2013 // London // Shacklewell Arms
Sat 26 Jan 2013 // Manchester // Pangea, O2 Academy 2
Fri 01 Feb 2013 // Leeds // The Cockpit
Follow ‘Born Blonde’ on:
Official homepage at: http://bornblondeofficial.com/
Bandcamp at: http://bornblonde.bandcamp.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/bornblondeband
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/bornblondeband
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/bornblonde
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/bornblondeband
Read more:
The Guardian − New band of the day: Born Blonde
:: Needed some tries to warm up with this one… wouldn’t wanna miss it anymore now!
Dead Now is the new single by Scottish alternative-rockers Frightened Rabbit, fronted by lead singer Scott Hutchison. The video is a footage of live material filmed on tour with the band. It’s directed by the fabulous Handheldcineclub. The song will be released on Frightened Rabbit’s fourth studio album. The record entitled ‘Pedestrian Verse’ will be released on February 05, 2012 via Warner Music UK. All songs were recorded in the famous Monnow Valley Studio (Rockfield, South Wales) with producer Leo Abrahams. According to Hutchinson, ‘Pedestrian Verse’ is Frightened Rabbit’s most interesting album to date, we’ll see if he’s right. Frightened Rabbit will be touring the UK next February, check for upcoming concerts in your area below.
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Tracklist:
01. Acts of Man
02. Backyard Skulls
03. Holy
04. The Woodpile
05. Late March, Death March
06. December’s Traditions
07. Housing (In)
08. Dead Now
09. State Hospital
10. Nitrous Gas
11. Housing (Out)
12. Oil Slick
Upcoming UK Tour Dates:
Fri 08 Feb 2013 // Norwich, UK // Waterfront
Sat 09 Feb 2013 // Birmingham, UK // Library
Mon 11 Feb 2013 // Portsmouth, UK // Wedgewood Rooms
Tue 12 Feb 2012 // Brighton, UK // Concorde 2
Wed 13 Feb 2013 // London, UK // The Forum
Thu 14 Feb 2013 // Cambridge, UK // The Junction
>> The full touring schedule is available here.
Follow ‘Frightened Rabbit’ on:
Official homepage at: http://frightenedrabbit.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/frightenedrabbit
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/frabbits
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/frightened-rabbit
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/frabbittv
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More ‘Frightened Rabbit’ on Music Pickings:
2012, Sep 22 − State Hospital [Official Music Video] / New EP ‘State Hospital’
:: These guys are just amazing!
The Answer is the wonderful new single by Irish folk-rockers Kodaline. Following their self-titled debut EP released in early September, this new song will be featured on the band’s upcoming new release, ‘The High Hopes EP’, which is set for release on March 03, 2013 via B-Unique Records. The animation for the official video was done by Stephen Smith. (For those of you in Germany who can’t watch the video above, check out the stream of The Answer below.)
Kodaline:
Follow ‘Kodaline’ on:
Official homepage at: http://www.kodaline.com
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Kodaline
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/kodaline
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/kodaline
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/Kodalinemusic
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More ‘Kodaline’ on Music Pickings
2012, Sep 04 − All I Want [Official Video] / Debut EP ‘Kodaline’
:: If you don’t like this one for the first time, give it another try cause it’s growing…
Edie’s Dream is the first taste of the upcoming sophomore album by Canadian alternative-rock outfit Suuns. The record is entitled ‘Images Du Futur’ and will be in stores worldwide on March 05, 2013 via Secretly Canadian. The ten featured songs were written and recorded during winter and spring 2012 in the band’s hometown Montreal. In February started the Quebec student protests (lasting till September), creating what the band’s frontman Ben Shemie calls ‘a climate of excitement, hope and frustration’ in which ‘Images Du Futur’ came to be. Suuns will come over to Europe for a few concerts and festivals soon, check for all dates below.
Update: The official video for Edie’s Dream is self-directed by the band and follows a thirteen-year-old girl wandering through the vast forests of Quebec. The video was published on January 16, watch it above.
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Upcoming European Tour Dates:
Fri 30 Nov 2012 // Utrecht, Netherlands // Le Guess Who? Festival
Sat 01 – Sun 02 Dec 2012 // Kortrijk, Belgium // Sonic City Festival
Mon 03 Dec 2012 // Paris, France // Le Point Ephemere
Tue 04 Dec 2012 // Brighton, UK // Prince Albert
Wed 05 Dec 2012 // London, UK // Village Underground
Fri 07 – Sun 09 Dec 2012 // Camber Sands, UK // ATP Festival
Follow ‘Suuns’ on:
Bandcamp at: http://suuns.bandcamp.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/suunsband
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/suunsband
Read more:
Pitchfork − Suuns “Edie’s Dream”
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More ‘Suuns’ on Music Pickings:
2012, Jan 12 − Up Past The Nursery [Official Video] / Bambi
:: Could be listening to this record for days in a row. Just brilliant!
The Tins are Adam Putzer [guitar/vocals], Mike Santillo [keyboards/vocals] and Dave Muntner [drums], three friends from Buffalo, NY who met at University. They are living and working together in a loft (which is also a custom rehearsal studio) that they renovated together in the course of months. Each member is a songwriter, and the band’s creative process is a fully collaborative one.
Following their self-titled 2010 debut EP, The Tins are now releasing their debut full-length. Entitled ‘Life’s A Gas’, the record was self-released on October 02, 2012. All songs were written by The Tins with Modest Mouse producer Joe Blaney, the album is streaming in its entirety below. The fabulous Please Be Kind is the new single, out on September 18. Download the song for free on Bandcamp. The Tins are currently touring the US, check for upcoming concerts below.
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Tracklist:
01. Hit and Miss
02. We Fought The Moon
03. Taking Liberties
04. Spies
05. Vicki
06. Midnight Crowd
07. Shozo Hirono
08. 16 Colours
09. Please Be Kind
10. Halo
11. Whiteout
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Upcoming US Tour Dates:
Sat 06 Oct 2012 // Buffalo, NY // Nietzsche’s
Sat 13 Oct 2012 // Chicago, IL // Township
Sat 20 Oct 2012 // New York, NY // Alphabet Lounge
Fri 26 Oct 2012 // Syracuse, NY // Station 58
Sat 27 Oct 2012 // Buffalo, NY // Mohawk Place
The full touring schedule is available here.
Follow ‘The Tins’:
Official homepage at: http://www.thetinsmusic.com/
Bandcamp at: http://thetinsmusic.bandcamp.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/thetins
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/TheTinsMusic
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/thetinsmusic
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/thetinsvideos
:: These guys are possibly the next big thing in music from Europe’s North…
Artificial Brothers are an alternative rock five-piece from Thisted, Denmark. Their debut ‘Make Our Hearts Sway’ was released in Denmark on May 29, 2012. The record is produced by Niels Høg and was recorded live. The album was now released in Germany and Austria on September 21 via Für Records. Ckeck out the debut single Oh My God, which you can download for free on Soundcloud. The band is touring Germany this month, check for upcoming concerts below and listen to the new single Psychedelic Friend.
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Tracklist:
01. Redemption
02. Spiders
03. The Children
04. Psychedelic Friend
05. Reign Over Me
06. Oh My God
07. Parade’s End
08. After The Ball Is Over
09. Last Goodbye
10. Blindfold The Sun
Upcoming German Tour Dates:
Thu 11 October 2012 // Cologne, Germany // Blue Shell
Fri 12 October 2012 // Weinheim, Germany // Café Central
Sat 13 October 2012 // Dresden, Germany // Sabotage
Mon 15 October 2012 // Bamberg, Germany // Live Club
Tue 16 October 2012 // Potsdam, Germany // Waschhaus
Wed 17 October 2012 // Leipzig, Germany // Secret-Guestlist-Unplugged-Show
Fri 19 October 2012 // Hamburg, Germany // Molotow
Sat 20 October 2012 // Berlin, Germany // Lido
Follow ‘Artificial Brothers’ on:
Official homepage at: http://artificialbrothers.com/
Bandcamp at: http://artificialbrothers.bandcamp.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/artificialbrothers
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/artificialbrothers
Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/ArtificialBrothersDK
:: Absolutely in love with this record, kind of a romance too I guess.
Sea Wolf is a band led by indie-folk musician Alex Brown Church, based in Los Angeles. Further members are Lisa Fendelander [keyboards], Joey Ficken [drums], Theodore Liscinski [bass], Joyce Lee [cello] and Nathan ‘Jr’ Anderson [electric guitar]. ‘Old World Romance’ is their third full-length album and was released on September 11, 2012 via Dangerbird Records where the band is signed to. The record is entirely streaming above (via Soundcloud). My favourite tracks are Dear Fellow Traveler and Miracle Cure but I do like the whole record a lot. If you wanna try out the band live, check for upcoming tour dates below.
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Tracklist:
01. Old Friend
02. In Nothing
03. Priscilla
04. Kasper
05. Blue Stockings
06. Saint Catherine St
07. Changing Seasons
08. Dear Fellow Traveler
09. Miracle Cure
10. Whirlpool
Upcoming Tour Dates:
Fri 28 Sep 2012 // Guadelajara, Mexiko // Festival de las Letras
Wed 03 Oct 2012 // Las Vegas, NV, US // Vinyl
Thu 04 Oct 2012 // Pioneertown, CA // Pappy & Harriet’s
Fri 05 Oct 2012 // Santa Ana, CA // Constellation Room
Sat 06 Oct 2012 // Phoenix, AZ // Crescent Ballroom
Sun 07 Oct 2012 // Tucson, AZ // Hotel Congress
Tue 09 Oct 2012 // Denver, CO // Hi-Drive
>> The full touring schedule is available here.
Follow ‘Sea Wolf’ on:
Official homepage at: http://seawolfmusic.com/
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/seawolf
Twitter at: http://twitter.com/seawolfmusic
Soundcloud at: http://soundcloud.com/seawolf
