Music Under Fire

This week has lots of heavy hitters and perhaps a few groups you have never heard of. First and foremost, Snow Patrol, one of MUF's longest well-liked Irish/Scottish bands (this goes back to Songs for Polarbears, folks), are out with their well-anticipated fifth album, A Hundred Million Suns. Kaiser Chiefs also have their little spot in our ears as their latest, Off With Their Heads is out today as well!

The rising indie stars, Deerhunter are out with their new album, Microcastle. The Twang, our UK pick for this week are out with their Love It When I Feel Like This album which is available in the US this week. These guys won the Phillip Hall Radar Award at the 2007 NME awards (Glasvegas won it this year).

Not to be forgotten are up-and-comers, Ruth with their album, Anorak, the band's second full-length album. We're not usually fond of Christian rock, but these guys do it right. Eagles of Death Metal release their latest. You can still enter our contest to win some great stuff from the band right here before it ends at the end of this month.

If there is anything else worth mentioning that we missed this week, be sure to email us: musicunderfire @ yahoo dot com.

MP3: Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts (buy)
MP3: Deerhunter - Game of Diamonds (buy)
MP3: The Twang - Either Way (buy)
MP3: Lovedrug - The Dirtiest Queen (buy)

12 Summers Old - This Could Get Dangerous (Official) (MySpace)
A Day to Remember - Old Record (Official) (MySpace)
Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me (Official) (MySpace)
Before Their Eyes - The Dawn of My Death (Official) (MySpace)
caUSE co-MOTION! - It's Time! (Official) (MySpace)
Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night (Official) (MySpace)
Cynic - Traced On Air (Official) (MySpace)
Dead to Me - Little Brother (Official) (MySpace)
Deerhunter - Microcastle (Official) (MySpace)
Down for the Count - Battle Royale (Official) (MySpace)
Dragonette - Galore (Official) (MySpace)
Driver Side Impact - Lion (Official) (MySpace)
Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On (Official) (MySpace)
Emery - While Broken Hearts Prevail (Official) (MySpace)
Fear Before - Fear Before (Official) (MySpace)
Fight Bite - Emerald Eyes (Official) (MySpace)
Forgive Durden - Razia's Shadow: A Musical (Official) (MySpace)
Fredrik - Na Na Ni (Official) (MySpace)
Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads (Official) (MySpace)
Lovedrug - The Sucker Punch Show (Official) (MySpace)
Mathew Dear - Body Language Vol. 7 (Official) (MySpace)
Matthew Herbert - When There's Me and There's You (Official) (MySpace)
O'Death - Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin (Official) (MySpace)
Red Eyed Legends - Wake Up, Legend (Official) (MySpace)
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Live in Japan (Official) (MySpace)
Ruth - Anorak (Official) (MySpace)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology (Official) (MySpace)
School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms (Official) (MySpace)
SCSI-9 - Easy as Down (Official) (MySpace)
Settle The Sky - Now That We're Waiting (Official) (MySpace)
Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns (Official) (MySpace)
Starflyer 59 - Dial M (Official) (MySpace)
Tension - Failing Crazy (Official) (MySpace)
The Cure - Dream 4.13 (Official) (MySpace)
The Promise Hero - Wait For The Sun (Official) (MySpace)
The Twang - Love It When I Feel Like This (Official) (MySpace)
Tom Gabel - Heart Burns EP (Official) (MySpace)
Various Artists Perfect as Cats: A Tribute To The Cure (Official) (MySpace)
Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power and the Amorphous Strums - Dark Developments (Official) (MySpace)
William Control - Hate Culture (Official) (MySpace)