The songs focus on fate, the end of the world, the death of an ideal, and the comfort from the dying to the loved ones they leave behind. 

"Death" is an interesting EP of alternative and melodic rock tracks with a slight U2ish vibe, all delivered with great passion.

Each of the five songs (+ intro) is an element of a dark, soulful, hypnotic soundscape: a mesmerizing experience indeed, and a record that grows on you after repeated listenings.

According to Quinn, the companion EP "Rebirth", to be released on August 8, 2011, is the exact opposite of "Death": upbeat, percussive and a bit electronic. I'll talk to you about it later. Meanwhile, head on to Afterlife Parade bandcamp site, enjoy their music and become a friend of the group through their facebook page!

The Goo Goo Dolls will release a new EP called "iTunes Live from SoHo" next Tuesday, July 19th.

It's a recording of six songs the band performed live last December at the NYC Apple Store.

The EP will be available only on iTunes at this address and includes the following songs: "Slide", "Now I Hear", "As I Am", "Something For The Rest Of Us", "Home", "Notbroken".

Do you want a very cool and amusing powerpop album for your summer? Do you want catchy songs and anthemic refrains? So let me suggest you the third studio record of floridian band We The Kings.

"Sunshine State Of Mind" has been released a few days ago through S-Curve Records, with the production team S*A*M & Sluggo (Cobra Starship, Metro Station, The Academy Is..., Hey Monday, Coheed and Cambria, Katy Perry) at the consolle.

The video on the left is about the single "Friday Is Forever", a song co-written by Robert Coppola Schwartzman of the pop rock band Rooney.

For further infos and tour dates, head on to the We The Kings' website at wethekingsmusic.com.

I want to signal a couple of very good interviews to Justin Furstenfeld, frontman of Blue October. The first (and the best) is on 102.1 The Edge, the second is on ultimateGuitar.com and the third is on 97X online.

So, if you wanna know everything about the new album "Any Man In America" (out next month), Justin's custody battles, bipolar disorder, guitars and guitar players, you know what to do.

A little extract from one of the interviews: "I've been on the rock scene for quite a while and I love the rock scene but I just don't like all the rock bands. I love Nickelback but you've got to write a new song, bro; I've heard the same one 50 times. If you wanna be a rich band and that's what you want out of life that's cool; I'm in it for the art. I don't need to be rich; I just need to put diapers on my baby and make sure my girlfriend's cool and I'm straight."

This is a very nice fan-made, stop motion music video of the song "Fire Escape", included in Sounds Under Radio's album, "Where My Communist Heart Meets My Capitalist Mind".

According to the creator of the video, Will Hoffman, the band's manager, asked him if he wanted to make a clip for the song "Fire Escape", and what you can see on the left is the finished product.

Released last May 3rd through The Musebox (with distribution via EMI) "Where My Communist Heart Meets My Capitalist Mind" is the second album for the alternative rock band from Austin, Texas.

For further info and some other good Sounds Under Radio music, visit their website at surmusic.com.

Manic Street Preachers have released a 4-tracks EP containing "Faster", "Autumn Song", "Life Becoming A Landslide" and "The Everlasting" recorded live at the iTunes Festival 2011 last July, 3rd.

You can buy the EP here. Remember that you can watch the complete performances of all the bands of the festival at the iTunes site. Tonight: White Lies!

For further info on Manic Street Preachers, head over their website or their facebook page.

AWOLNATION have just released a live video of their lucky single "Sail", shot during a recent performance at La Zona Rosa in Austin, Texas.

For those who don't know them, they're the solo project of Aaron Bruno, formerly of Under the Influence of Giants and Hometown Hero.

AWOLNATION released their first full-length album "Megalithic Symphony" last March via Red Bull Records. Their music blends various influences together -synth pop, indie rock, hip-hop, punk rock and a lot more- and, oddly enough, all this merging of styles really works.

Judge by yourselves listening to some more music at their website or at their facebook page.

Today is the day: "Arrows & Anchors", the new album by alternative prog rockers Fair To Midland is finally out!

If you're still uncertain about a purchase (why in the hell?!), you can preview the full cd on the AOL Music website.

For what I heard so far, this is another gem of an album from the mighty texans. We'll talk about it again very soon. But now it's time to listen. Enjoy!