Alternative CDs

Personnel: Ben Harper (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, dobro); Suzie Katayama (cello); Richard Cook (Uillean pipes); John McKnight (accordion, bass); Gail Deadrick (piano); Rock Deadrick (drums, percussion, background vocals); Jelani Jones, Kevin Williams, Clyde Allen, Clarence Butler, Clabe...

Common Existence is the fifth full-length album from post-hardcore band Thursday. The album includes "As He Climbed The Dark Mountain," which previously appeared on the band's split EP with Japanese hardcore band Envy.

Tomahawk’s third album ‘Anonymous’, links the band with the Native American culture that bore its name. A thirteentrack album that explores and reinterprets the darker, more recessed ancestral music created by North America’s indigenous people. The title reflects the countles...

Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor. On his 2007 full-length studio follow-up to WITH TEETH, Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor steps away from the relatively straight-ahead rock aesthetic of that record, opting instead for an intentionally abrasive sound lined with sharp shards of noise and stati...

SHENANIGANS compiles b-sides, an import-only release, and vinyl single cuts recorded during sessions for the band's studio albums. It also contains one previously unreleased song. Green Day: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar); Mike Dirnt (vocals, bass); Tre Cool (drums). Compilation producers: Rob Ca...

Marilyn Manson: Marilyn Manson (vocals, guitar, pan flute); Twiggy Ramirez (acoustic & electric guitars, bass); Zim Zum (guitar); M.W. Gacy (keyboards); Ginger Fish (drums, programming).Additional personnel includes: Trent Reznor (guitar, Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, programming); Dave "Rave" Ogilvie (...

After R.E.M. ignited the blogosphere on September 21 with the news they had decided to “call it a day as a band” via a statement on their website, the beloved band have announced that they will release their final album, R.E.M., PART LIES, PART HEART, PART TRUTH, PART GARBAGE, 1982 – 2011, on Warner...

Already armed with a swag of accolades including the 2010 JJJ Unearthed award, Rolling Stone's 'Artist to Watch' award and a top 5 inclusion in the JJJ Hottest 100, Boy & Bear found themselves perfectly placed to take things to the next level for their debut full-length effort, 'Moonfire'. 'Moonf...

Liam Howlett of The Prodigy delivers his earth shattering mix for 'Back To Mine'!   Finding time out from touring their 'Greatest Hits' album, Liam has delivered one of the best albums to grace the 'Back To Mine' decks, from the balls out rock of Queens of the Stone Age to the 2 Tone beat of Th...

The Airborne Toxic Event is an American indie rock band from Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California. It consists of Mikel Jollett (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Chen (guitar, keyboards), Noah Harmon (electric bass, upright bass, backing vocals), Daren Taylor (drums) and Anna Bulbrook (viola, keyboa...

Soundgarden has sold an estimated twenty million records worldwide. “Telephantasm” features the first new Soundgarden recording in 13 years - “Black Rain.” Features 5 previously unreleased tracks. Spans from first commercial release “All Your Lies” from t...

Fall Out Boy's first ever Greatest Hits Collection 'Believers Never Die - Greatest Hits'. 18 track collection featuring two rarities and two new songs including a new single 'Alpha Dog'. No sooner had multi-platinum group Fall Out Boy wrapped up their North American tour with their reunited pals ...

From the opening title track, an anthemic rocker that recalls U2 circa Boy and October, New Again shows off the band's broad scope. Throughout the record, the band displays its expanded musical boundaries, bounding from the heavy vocal stylings on the rocking “Catholic Knees,” to the eng...

Order this and be in the draw to win one of 3 exclusive LP versions of the album! In a hostile sea of disposable, throwaway singles, BEN HARPER AND RELENTLESS7 have made a true album. White Lies For Dark Times is a timeless rock record, with a cohesive collection of music that is as raw, unrelent...

Snow Patrol are one of the biggest selling UK bands this decade and A Hundred Million Suns follows up the 2006 Number One, seven-times platinum phenomenon Eyes Open which sold 2.1 million copies in the UK and over 1 million in the US. Eyes Open achieved platinum awards across the world from the US a...

Janes Addiction: Perry Farrell (vocals); Dave Navarro (guitar); Eric Avery (bass); Stephen Perkins (drums, percussion).Additional personnel: Charlie Bisharat (acoustic & electric violins); John Philip Shenale (strings); Geoff Stradling (piano); Ronnie S. Champagne (bass).All tracks have been digital...

The Clean includes: David Kilgour, Hamish Kilgour, Robert Scott, Peter Gutteridge. What the critics say... Spin (3/03, p.120) - 8 out of 10 - "...New Zealand's the Clean played surf rock like it was a winter sport, expanding jangle pop into boundless exotica..." Entertainment Weekly...

The Strokes: Julian Casablancas (vocals); Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond, Jr. (guitar); Nikolai Fraiture (bass); Fab Moretti (drums).Recorded at TMF Studios, New York, New York.After the hype--and subsequent backlash--over the Strokes' debut album, IS THIS IT, many fans and skeptics alike came to real...

U2: Bono (vocals); The Edge (guitar); Adam Clayton (bass guitar); Larry Mullen Jr. (drums, percussion). Recording information: 2004. Much in the manner of their previous album, ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND, U2 largely strips down the stadium-sized approach of years past on the provocatively...

"Beautiful Day" won the 2001 Grammy Awards for Record Of The Year, for Song Of The Year and for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. "Walk On" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Record Of ...

U2: The Edge (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Bono (vocals, guitar); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen Jr. (drums). Additional personnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Brian Eno (keyboards); Tom Petty, Benmont Tench, The Memphis Horns, Bob Dylan, The New Voices Of Freedom. Recorded live during the J...

Personnel: Marilyn Manson (vocals, guitar, saxophone, Mellotron, synthesizer, bass, drums, loops); John (guitar, strings, piano); Tim Skold (guitar, accordion, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, programming); MW Gacy (keyboards, synthesizer, loops); Ginger Fish (drums).Producers: Marilyn Manson, Tim Skol...

Blink 182: Tom DeLonge (vocals, guitar); Mark Hoppus (bass guitar); Scott Raynor, Travis Barker (drums). In early 2005, SoCal pop-punk act Blink 182 announced that it was going on "indefinite hiatus," and this 17-track retrospective followed later that year. The disc charts the trio's c...

Strangeland is the upcoming fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Keane. It will be released from 4 May 2012 through Island Records. It is their first full length album since Perfect Symmetry (2008), as well as the first to feature bassist Jesse Quin as a permanent official member.

Vulnerable is the fifth studio album by The Used, released on March 26 2012, under their new record label, Hopeless Records. The album was produced by John Feldmann, who also produced the band's first three albums.

While Noctourniquet was, in typical Mars Volta fashion, written by Omar RodriguezLopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala and produced by Rodriguez-Lopez, the 13-track album explores musical territories previously uncharted in the duo's 20 or so years of creating music together. The spectrum of musical and e...

2011 debut album from the Indie rockers. Produced by Paul Epworth (Adele/Florence and the Machine), Rich Costey (Muse/Interpol), and Greg Kurstin (Beck/Red Hot Chili Peppers), Torches delivers on both the promise of their breakthrough chart-topping single 'Pumped Up Kicks' and the promise of this yo...

Since 2004, Alesana have earned a reputation for their energetic and memorable live shows, and the raw, honest intensity of their albums. In 2005, Alesana was the first band to join Tragic Hero Records and soon released their breakthrough album On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax. With a musical s...

DVD info' tbc... Tori Amos marks her debut album for Deutsche Grammophon, the world's most celebrated classical music record label with Night of Hunters, set for release this September. The iconic, platinum-selling singer-songwriter continues her legacy of ground-breaking recordings with this 21s...

Tori Amos marks her debut album for Deutsche Grammophon, the world's most celebrated classical music record label with Night of Hunters, set for release this September. The iconic, platinum-selling singer-songwriter continues her legacy of ground-breaking recordings with this 21st century song cycle...

The Evanescence Deluxe version includes 4 extra songs and a DVD that includes the studio b-roll and tour and a interview with Amy. It's been nearly four years since Evanescence finished touring in support of their “The Open Door” album, but now they are officially back with a roaring new single ...

Following on from the ARIA award-winning album 'Cruel Guards' comes the brilliant new album from The Panics 'Rain On The Humming Wire'. At once their most dynamic and electric album, it's also their most tender and poetic. Recorded in upstate New York at the acclaimed Dreamland Studios located just ...

In Circles, the debut album from award winning producer Jeremy Toy (his accolades include Producer of the year/Best Hip Hop Song amongst others) as She's So Rad, is one expansive affair. Drifting between gorgeously bruised, camouflaged pop songs coated with layers of washed out guitars and effects, ...

The Sami Sisters are Madeleine, Anji and Priya Sami. Three singing, Guitar playing, coffee coloured songstresses of Irish and Indian descent born and bred in Auckland, New Zealand. After nearly two years in the making, recorded in bedrooms and lounges, between studios and day jobs, The Sami Siste...

In The Name Of / Columbia Records announce the self-tilted, full-length debut from enigmatic, pop duo Cults. The album will be released June 10th (New Zealand) and includes some of the bands most coveted, first released tracks: “Go Outside,” “Most Wanted,” and “Oh My Go...

Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers will release their upcoming tenth studio album, I’m With You, on Warner Bros. Records on August 29, 2011. Recorded at East West In Los Angeles and Shangri-la in Malibu, CA, I’m With You was produced by Rick Rubin, who has produced ...

This very specially priced 5-CD set contains the albums 'A Slight Case of Overbombing', 'Some Girls Wander by Mistake', 'First and Last and Always', 'Floodland', and 'Vision Thing'. Check out the 2nd image for the track listings to all 5 albums.

Spunk Records is proud to present  “Some Were Meant For Sea”, the debut album from Tiny Ruins. Its songs, composed  & performed by  Hollie Fullbrook, follow a year spent collaborating & performing internationally in which the young artist’s  worldly voic...

All info' and tracklisting TBC: Collapse into Now is the upcoming fifteenth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., scheduled to be released on March 7, 2011, in Europe and March 8, 2011, in North America. The album is produced by Jacknife Lee and R.E.M.. R.E.M. recorded t...

Following on from their highly acclaimed debut album How To Lose My Life, White Lies will release their second album Ritual on 24th January. 2009 was quite a year for White Lies – the single To Lose My Life entered the UK charts at number one and went on to sell well over 750,000 ...