Spleen United is a band. And their name is not what you think it means.

The word “spleen” is borrowed from French modernist poet Charles Baudelaire, who popularized the term in reference to a melancholic state of mind, one that he explains, can only be momentarily forgotten by escaping reality through drink, drugs, sex and passion. Spleen United is the collective who share the same mindset.

This somber name is a far cry from the Danish exports’ explosive electro-rock assault, as witnessed by 50k+ adoring fans at last year’s Roskilde Festival (Denmark’s premiere annual music festival). Having conquered their homeland, decorated with a bevy of awards and #1 hits, the fivesome is making their way stateside to parade their unique musical collage. The synthesizers that replace bass and guitar inject a bounce into their melodious rock songs, which occasionally veer into atmospheric grooves … only to climax in a burst of raw energy magnified tenfold on stage.

Dead Snares is Jeffrey Cain, a surrealist composer, reclusive audio archivist, and a reluctant rock guitar player. Born in America in 1972, Cain now lives, writes and records in Birmingham, Alabama in a house filled with ancient machines and a piano. He has released his dark fractured music since the age of 15, and is best known for the recordings of his childhood band Remy Zero and his work with Steve Kilbey of The Church under the name Isidore. Acoustic Guitars, Walls of feedback, tambourines, and drum machines sleep side by side throughout his music. Shifting from 3 minute pop songs to 15 minute ambient trips , all things are possible. Outside the realm of rock music he has collaborated in the electronic world with artist such as Tricky, Afrobots, O+S, and The Engine Room (penning the theme to Nip/Tuck and being remixed by Gabriel and Dresden).

But where does the name Dead Snares come from? The term 'dead snares' is a musical term used in recording of a particular sound of a snare drum. The sound that is elicited is a kind of thud, not a bright sounding snare but one which is trapped. "I like the idea of the snare being a negated trap," Cain says, "a trap that didn't work."

The sense of being trapped, as it were, binds Speak The Language together in haunting, sonically-empassioned pleas. Dead Snares examines, with an insighful depth, the lengths to which we will go to find connectivity to the world around us. The unifying thread of this collection is ultimately a reflection on the desire for communication with the people to whom we are bonded, taking an empathetic look at the people in our lives and how we speak to one another. If this Dead Snares album has a manifesto, it is to purposefully take a bird's eye view of the city, channeling the unsorted energy of the millions running around in darkness.

“One hundred days” was the commitment made after four twenty-somethings met in the San Francisco in 2005. And, for 100 days the four young musicians - that would later name their band by the same name - spent night and day locked in the same house discovering and perfecting their sound into what has become a collection of critically-acclaimed indie-rock gems that are as catchy as they are clever and sonically arresting.

With driving rhythms, soaring guitars, textural keyboards and powerful vocal melodies, The Hundred Days push indie/alt. rock in new directions. Drawing from a variety of influences (post punk, alternative, britpop), the band’s familiar yet intrinsically unique sound has been compared to The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen and Radiohead as well as contemporary rockers Franz Ferdinand, The Bravery and The Killers. A moody, dynamic indie rock band, The Hundred Days showcase tight musicianship complemented by razor-sharp pop writing capabilities with both sophistication and urgency. The band always hit the right notes, but still keep you guessing.

The Morlocks are the most mysterious, respected, and legendary American garage punk band to ever grace the scene. They were missing for years from the stages. Due to an article printed in Spin Magazine people thought front man
Leighton Koizumi was dead. The Morlocks legendary front man is incredibly still alive and back with more energy, attitude, and showmanship than ever. The current lineup of The Morlocks rock just as hard as their predecessors and while they do play a few of The Morlocks old songs they’ve got a new, invigorating spark. This band is not a resurrection of ‘The Morlocks’ but a renewal. With the reissuing of there 1985 debut Emerge in Europe on Area Pirata and current release of Easy Listening For The Underachiever on popantipop The Morlocks are planing world conquest in the near future with plans of touring Europe, China, Australia, Japan and Mexico in 2009. Check for songs from The Morlocks currently in movies such as Dead Girl, the new tv series Knight Rider, and the video game Destroy All Humans 2 When these guys rock, they roll, effortlessly taking cues from one and other, melding together in a way only few bands have in the course of rock and roll history.