News: Chemical Brothers Announce New Album
The legendary, Grammy award winning, British electronic duo, The Chemical Brothers, have released a new single along with the announcement a new album along, Born In The Echoes, complete with tracklisting. If you exclude a live album and a movie soundtrack, this will be the duo’s first album since 2010, so this is very exciting news. In fact, any news from these pioneers of electronic music is exciting news.
This album is going to be chock full of talented guest spots including a track featuring Q-Tip, and another featuring Beck, so it will not be lacking in diverity, either. The album is due out on July 17th via Astralwerks.
Check out the single and tracklisting after the jump.
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Show Review: Dance Gavin Dance @ Empire 4.26.15
–Written by Michael Hogan
Before I get started, this is a rather bittersweet review, because Empire, the Springfield, Virginia venue formerly known as Jaxx, is shutting down as of May 5th. To get things out of the way, that is a real shame, and the venue will be sorely missed. I have personally been going to shows at the venue for at least a decade now; back when it used to be Jaxx, I saw a few great metals bands like Shadows Fall and the like. It has since been remodeled into Empire and while it has remained the home of the majority of the good metal and post hardcore shows coming through the area, it has recently been putting on a handful of really good EDM shows as well, one of which I was fortunate enough to play back in February. I have a lot of history at Empire/Jaxx, and I know it will be missed by me, and many others that have called this venue home for years.
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AltFreq Weekend Planner (4/30/15-5/2/15)
–Written by Kevin Madert
It’s nearly impossible to keep track of all the events going on in the area, so we’re here to let you know what’s happening in live music over the next few days. Watch out on Sundays for our “Weekly Planner,” where we’ll cover the remaining four days of the week.
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News: Lineup Revealed For Camp Bisco 13
–Written by Kevin Madert
Camp Bisco continues to fire on all cylinders; after announcing their return a few days ago, then their new home at Scranton, PA’s Montage Mountain, the long-running festival has just released the lineup for the 2015 festival, slated for July 16-18. The bill – topped by The Disco Biscuits, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, STS9, Atmosphere, and Tipper – is varied enough to appeal to a wide audience and strong enough to make us entirely okay with last year’s hiatus.
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Review: Dayseeker – Origin
–Written by Michael Hogan
First off, I’d like to apologize, at this point I really must be sounding like a broken record. Blah, blah, blah, another good post-hardcore album, but I swear it’s been a remarkable year for the genre. And this is honestly a release that I didn’t see coming. Dayseeker is one of those bands that I have heard about time and time again, but I never took the time to listen to. I was sure they were going to be good, but of course, I was full of excuses; I was too busy, there were too many other things I wanted to listen to, and so on. Everyone I spoke to was excited about this album, and yet I never bothered to look up their previous work to figure out what I was in for. I’m almost glad I didn’t though, it gave me a clean slate with a remarkable album and an even more remarkable band. Earlier this month, when I had to review Dance Gavin Dance’s Instant Gratification, I knew I was holding it against Acceptance Speech, and I would be lying if I didn’t say that it introduced a not insignificant amount of subconscious bias into my perception of the album. I didn’t have that here, I listened to Origin in the freshest way possible. I had no preconceived notions of what to expect, I didn’t even have any idea what the band sounded like, and I feel like that helped make the experience all that more organic and honest.
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News: New Album From Ludovico Einaudi
This news may seem slightly unorthodox amidst talk of Andrew WK radio shows and a Camp Bisco announcement, but we have one simple premise at Alternate Frequency, and that is to cover good music, and this is quite possibly some of the best music out there. Italian composer, Ludovico Einaudi, has released a new album full of collaborative tracks called Taranta, which literally translated, means “tarantula” in Italian, but it is also used to describe the style of traditional folk music of southeastern Italy.
This album intends to take Einaudi, along with some of the best musicians in the world, and capture the energy of this traditional Italian music, while infusing elements from other folk music from cultures around the world. So we stayed true to our word, because this album is a really fascinating collection compiled by quite possibly the most widely recognized contemporary composer in the world right now.
Pick up the album from iTunes now.
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