Apparently the Arcade Fire is getting close to releasing their follow up to Neon Bible in the next few weeks.   If you check their website they have a neat flash player that lets you preview two new songs "Suburbs" and "Month of May."  I am hoping that the wait will end soon. 

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The Deftones have released their sixth studio album since their forming in 1988 entitled Diamond Eyes on May 4th.  With four years of input, they have brought together since 2006's Saturday Night Wrist - this was due to the fact they their bassist, Chi Cheng, fell into a coma after a serious car accident.  I must say, I am not impressed with this album.  I have listened to the album in order and out of sequence and it is not up to par (minus a song or two). 

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Band of Horses releases their third full-length LP today entitled Infinite Arms.  The big boys have apparently gotten their hands on them as they have switched labels from Subpop to Columbia.  However, this album does follow suit with the stuff they have produced in the past - a folkish sound with a modern spice to it.  Overall the album is a little too chill for my taste and I would prefer for them to incorporate a little more energy like they did in their previous album.  Yet for those of you who just want to chill out and listen to some good music, this is for you. 

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I know that this has been out for a while, however all of my music savvy friends say that they have never heard of this.  Therefore I would like to show this to you just in case you missed it last October.  It is the second album from Forgive Durden but it is really different from most things bands put out there.  Over the course of the year this has become one of my favorite albums.

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So the Smashing Pumpkins have been in the works for a while now.  Supposidly by the end of October they will begin to release their series of 11 - 4 track Ep's entitled Teargarden by Kaleidyscope.

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