Mêlée's got their new album, The Masquerade out today, October 5th, 2010 at digital and retail outlets.
They've also been selected as the iTunes Free Single of the Week, with their song "The Ballad of You and I," and the new album can be had for only $6.99 from the same place.

Mêlée is a pleasant mix of The Script meets Keane on a daytime movie set in LA. Sometimes their sound can be a bit too "Hollywood." However, The Masquerade is a solid effort that is full of meaning and purpose and I think this is an album that their fans are going to find to be their best yet. 

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Some of the major joys that I have experienced have come from music that I discover years after its original release date.  This is the music that was probably listened to by all hipsters of the time and then readily discarded a month later.  However, this is music that still deserves love today.  So I have decided to periodically update with a couple albums and brief reviews of something that you may have missed in the past.  Now, I know that some of you may already be familiar with what I share, but oh well - maybe I will show someone something they'll love!

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A while ago I had posted the news about The Smashing Pumpkins' new project entitled Teargarden by Kaleidyscope.  Instead of the traditional LP of 10-16 tracks, Billy Corgan has decided to split up the songs and releasing them over short amounts of time.  This was specifically engineered to cater to changing listener habits - which is ingenious.  This gives a them the potential of staying on listener's minds and ipods much more often.  Additionally, these songs are given gratis (free) - which I do not know where they are getting revenue from - but I applaud them for this gesture.

But I just don't get it...

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Now this is something everyone in north east Texas should be going to: The first ever OysterFest in Frisco (DFW), TX - 2 Stages, 20 Bands, 15 or 20 Bucks - Doors open at 10am, Bands start at 11am.



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R.E.M. today have announced that their 15th studio album is in the bag and due out in the Spring of 2011.

Produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party), who produced of 2008's Accelerate, R.E.M. have been recording in New Orleas at the Music Shed and in Berlin at the famed Hansa Studios, where several several legendary albums, including David Bowie’s Heroes, U2’s Achtung Baby, and Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life, were made.  Additional recording and mixing was done at the venerable Blackbird Studio in Nashville.

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