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“Get on your dancing shoes..you little swine”

Arctic Monkeys is a great way to start off the 2006 music releases. It rocks, its raw, and people are going apeshit for them. Their album is releasing on Jan 26rd in Europe and Febuary 26th in the USA. After listening to an advanced copy and reading that they were selling out US and British shows I now will be bold and say you will be hearing more things about his band very soon. Tickets for a 7 British Pound ($12.30) sold out show were going on ebay for over a hundred a piece.

Rocking rifs and unique melody messed up with youth driven lyrics. I hate to even compare them to another band, but they are like what the White Stripe’s might have been if they were British and a four piece band. That might be a bad example as far as comparing them to another band but they have the same raw and new feel that the White Stripes had. These boys are tight, loud and soothing my fever with the only cure……..more cowbell.

Watch their two videos here I prefer “I bet you look good on the dance floor”

This continued flux of new music releases has fueled me to start a new hobby. When I get settled in St Louis I’m going to start work on a music review site. I find that I’ve been getting my hands on advanced copies of music for a few years now. Only the last few months I’ve been excited by the new music. I want to create a site that reviews new music releases. (alternative/college ones at least) Throwing my hand in the pot and giving mainstream affiliate marketing a go. Between itunes and Amazon I should be able to link to album purchase and make a commission. You’d be amazed at the numbers of people finding my album review on this blog alone. I might throw a little Google ad sense in the sidebar and see how that goes. Pitchforkmedia.com is a well oiled model of what I want to build. I would like the site to have the feel of someone that knows someone that receives press kits for bands. Like a site where you can feel like your getting a slight head start or “real time” view of the pulse of new music. If the site doesn’t generate enough money to self sustain itself then it will just be a cool place to get caught up on cool music.