Music Releases For June 9th, 2015

Hot damn if this isn't a great music release week.  I am absolutely stoked to hear almost every single album on the AFGM list this week.  From Young Guns to Muse, Tremonti to BRMC, there is just too much for one to listen to in a few days.  I am kind if glad I'll be giving myself a week to go through these.  Hopefully you are all familiar with the releases.

(Artwork by AFGM. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)

Some of the lesser known releases such as Night Flight Orchestra and Rose To Fall should not be overshadowed by the more popular releases.  Rise To Fall did an exceptional job crowd funding this latest release, and I am personally a little biased when it comes to Björn Strid and his multi-band work.  This contemporary progressive rock sound is a little different than the res of his work.  Either way, you should not have an issues with cranking some of the tunes.

And like usual folks, be sure to pick up a copy or two from your local record store, online retailer, or trusted digital source.  Cheers and enjoy discovering new music!

(Young Guns - Ones and Zeroes)

Young Guns have established themselves in the heavy alt rock vein through their previous work, and the first track on Ones and Zeros, Rising Up, stays true to this. But the album as a whole gives off a different vibe, one that’s influenced by more pop, even dance sounds.  Rather than a change in songwriting style, or even instrumentation, I think it’s mainly more of a production quality thing that has contributed to this change. There are definitely common elements among all tracks that sound great when you listen to the songs in isolation, but as a whole can get to be a bit tiresome. The songs are all really strong in themselves, but hearing reverb drenched guitar lines and vocal “woahs” track after track makes me think they are over doing it just a bit. -Renowned For Sound

(Muse - Drones)

‘Drones’, the trio’s seventh album, follows the story of a soldier trained to be a brainless killing machine, becoming disillusioned by the blind brutality of battle, rebelling and rising to power himself.

‘Drones’’ trademark Muse themes of brainwashing, warmongering superpowers, suppression of The Truth and the urgent need to fight the hand that bleeds us still resonate in 2015, but obliquely. It’s Bellamy’s job to prise open deeper socio-political dimensions as much as it is to comment on the times, and Muse’s music once more matches his adventurous intrigue. -NME

(The Night Flight Orchestra - Skyline Whispers)

*No reviews as of yet.

(Tremonti - Cauterize)

AFGM: Tremonti - Cauterize

Throughout, the performance level is exactly what one might expect from a band involving Mark Tremonti. The riffs and solos are more than plentiful while the rest of the instrumental work tight as Fort Knox. Tremonti has also taken more risks with his vocals this time around than on début All I Was, perhaps reflecting his increasing confidence with taking lead vocal duties.

Overall Cauterize is a very enjoyable album and Mark has once again proved he and his band can stand on their own feet in their own right without any links to Alter Bridge, Creed or any other bands. It will great to see the Tremonti Project in the flesh in the UK at Download, and the second of the two albums to be released (called Dust) will be eagerly awaited. -Rock Sins

(Rise To Fall - End & Beginning)

*No reviews as of yet

CD/DVD/Blu-Ray:

(Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Live In Paris)

'Live in Paris' is a DVD and CD filled with twenty three tracks of Rock 'n' Roll monsters, all packed into this. The trio just let their music do the talking, but be warned if you are not going to play this on its highest level then you won't get the full effect.

Naturally, it wouldn't be a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club gig without 'Whatever Happened To My Rock 'n' Roll' which gets everyone going and leaves the Paris crowd buzzing. A brilliant album which some artists really shouldn't do, but we're glad Black Rebel Motorcycle Club did. If anything, this is a great pack for the BRMC fan and if you have not seen this band live, this will easily persuade you. -Contact Music