usounds October 3rd, 2005
the Clap, as we call them around the office, will be hitting the roads of the US, UK, and Iceland this Fall and Winter. Don’t miss ‘em!
CYHSY Tour Dates:
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usounds September 26th, 2005

Mt. Egypt, purveyors of the slow and soulful, have a new record coming out tomorrow called “Perspectives” which we hear is pretty great. They’ve got mp3s of their other albums up on their website, where you can also stream the new one.
Downloads:
St. Augustine’s Road mp3
When at Night mp3
Strange Sad Air
Stream the new album here
Tour Dates:
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usounds September 23rd, 2005

Diamond Nights are going out into the world to fuzz out the entire population. Catch the young dudes at a venue near you, or download these tracks and rock out this weekend with some good friends and fine wines.
Downloads:
The Girl’s Attractive
Download Destination Diamonds mp3
Diamond Nights Tour Dates:
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usounds September 22nd, 2005
M83 will be touring American lands this Fall, and it’s not too late for you to jump on the bandwagon!
09-23 Austin, TX - Emo’s
09-24 Denton, TX - Hailey’s
09-25 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
09-27 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
09-28 Los Angeles, CA - Ground Zero (USC)
09-29 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
09-30 Portland, OR - Berbati’s Pan
10-01 Seattle, WA - Neumo’s
Don’t miss our explosive M83 interview…
usounds September 8th, 2005

Dungen has announced a tour to support the breakout success of their album, “ta det lugnt” in the USA. The record was tearing up CD players and IPODs all over the world before it was even officially released, but if you haven’t heard it yet, here’s an mp3 of the very first song on the album:
Panda by Dungen mp3
US Tour Dates
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usounds August 17th, 2005
Maximo Park’s album is one of our favorites of the year, and they’re coming to the USA so get ready by watching this video and then getting tix to their show in your town.
Maximo Park Video Stream
Tour Dates:
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usounds August 5th, 2005
If you (Angelenos) missed them at the Bowl with Basement Jaxx, you missed one of the performances of the year. They’ll be back in September, and will hit several other North American cities as well…
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usounds July 29th, 2005

We gave Innaway a good review during a pretentious rock round-up, now you can hear them for yourself– either with an mp3, or live in concert this August.
Download Threathawk from Innaway
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usounds July 27th, 2005

BRMC are back with a powerful new album, Howl, which is out August 23, and a Fall tour.
First, check out the audio for album track, “Ain’t No Easy Way”:
Download:
Ain’t No Easy Way mp3
Listen:
Windows Media
Quicktime
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usounds July 14th, 2005


If you’re in Southern California this weekend, you don’t want to miss Planet Electronica. This Sunday (July 17), the legendery Hollywood Bowl will be hosting USOUNDS favorites Basement Jaxx, Röyksopp, and Bossacucanova. KCRW’s Jason Bentley will host. The night weather is supposed to be warm, you’ll be outside, and some of the world’s best electronic artists will be on stage… how could you go wrong?
More info and tix available on the Hwood Bowl site