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INCUBUS Wolverhampton [Live]

Incubus are a very under-rated band who have seemed to slip under the radar to many people, however, they have still sold millions of albums worldwide and sold out the Civic Hall comfortably >>>

76%

Christmas is just around the corner once again, and as usual the fight for the Christmas number 1 spot

has been announced. Reports have come in that Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ may bag the top spot. A Facebook Campaign has been set up and already has over 80 thousand “Likes” on the page. This obviously follows from the 2009 campaign for Rage Against The Machine to become number 1. This sounds like fun, but come on guys, give the pop stars a chance - they are useless as it is. 2012 festival headliners are starting to come out of the wood-work; Metallica have have been confirmed to headline Download Festival 2012 and intend to play

the whole self titled Black Album. Tickets for the festival go on sale very soon so be sure to get your mitts on them before they all go. Keeping with the Rock/Metal genre, we have a brilliant giveaway for fans of Massachusett rockers Staind. We have some promo copies available and a signed copy from all the band members. CLICK HERE TO ENTER. Have a flick through Issue 73 to see what else AltSounds has been up to. JACK STOVIN, EDITOR Follow me on Twitter @Jackstovin

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ALTSOUNDS STAFF SELECTION Album/Single/EP of the Month | October 2011

Introducing a brand new Altsounds feature, where our awesome mix of Staff will give us their best and worse

Albums/Singles/EP’s of the month >>>

FEATURES

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10 OF THE MOST FANTASHTIC MOUSTACHES IN MUSIC HITSORY Check out some of the best Movember tashes

ALTSOUNDS OUTLOOK Noel, Liam and some High Flying Gallagher Birds

In fact, Noel Gallagher remained silent for so long that people began to question what his next move would be, if any. >>>

THE X-FACTOR What the music industry thinks

Don’t just take my word for it, as an AltSounds Editor, I have my opinion, but what do the rest of the mu-sic industry think? I’ve spoken to 5 inspiring people

across the music industry that actually give the X-Factor the fuel it needs to succeed (because without the people that make the music industry work, there wouldn’t be an X-Factor) and they’ve been more than willing to let us know what they think. >>>

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CREAM OF THE CROP

REVIEWS

We Are AugustinesBook Of James - [Single] - 83%

Brooklyn trio, We Are Augustines, are sure-fire certainties to become the band your New Year’s Day Sunday supplement will be tipping for big things in 2012 >>>

OMARIt’s So... [Single]: 84%

Omar has experimented with a range of mu-sic genres, such as ska, reggae and dance to create a superb musical potion that makes you want to get up and shake your ass >>>

SAVES THE DAYDaybreak [Album]: 86%

And now three years after their last re-lease, the group have reached Daybreak - their seventh studio album and appar-ently what turns out to be the final chap-ter in a poignant trilogy >>>

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RISE AGAINST LIVE Birmingham O2 Academy November 7th - 86%

IN PICTURES

Chicago punk rockers Rise Against performed in front of an enthusiastic crowd at 02 Academy in Birmingham on 7th November 2011 >>>

YOUNG LEGIONNAIRE LIVE London Borderline September 29th - 81%

Young Legionnaire is the once side, now main project of Paul Mullen (The Automatic) and Gordon Moakes (Bloc Party). Their debut album Crisis Works was released in May and their most recent headline UK tour had

a stop at London’s The Borderline a couple of weeks ago >>>

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