Top Down - Rough Roads - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bands of all time PiL's music and vision earned them 5 UK Top 20 Singles and 5 UK Top 20 Albums. With a shifting line-up and unique sound John Lydon guided the band from their debut album FIRST ISSUE in 1978 through to 1992's THAT WHAT IS NOT, before a 17 year hiatus. Now after 20 years yet another new and unique chapter is set to unfold in the shape of new PiL material. THIS IS PIL contains 12 new PiL tracks and will be released on PiLs own tag PiL Official.

It's time! 90's rock is back for good and it's legacy lives on through the Swedish alternative rock band ROOF DOWN from Stockholm! Legendary mastering engineer Dave Cooley (Stone Temple Pilots, Jimmy Eats World) from Elysian Masters in LA have left his mark on this fourth full length-album DEVIL'S MACHINE. The songs are based on groovy well thought through riffs with a clever mix of energy and melancholy. No unnecessary debauchery needed. This is once again Roof Down at their best!

Australian jangle pop legends Ups and Downs are back with a brand new EP - their first new music for over 10 years! Radio Is Dead opens with the sing-a-long angst of the title track, which emerges from the static, hooks you in with a killer chorus and trips out in a psychedelic haze. Then it's straight into the shimmering groove of the single Out Of Thin Air, where the band conjure pure guitar pop with a summery melody and classic harmonies that appear suddenly and stay with you forever. This is Ups and Downs at their sparkling best! Elsewhere, Earth's Still Spinning is driving interstellar pop where the vocals trade hooks with massive power chords, Haunted House keeps it's secrets until it's violin-led crescendo, and the EP finishes with the life-affirming instrumental swirls of In My End Is My Beginning - a fitting tribute to Ups and Downs' 40 years in the business of making great guitar pop. And the front cover of the EP keeps the radio theme going, with a striking photo of the Atkinson brother's father, Geoff, a one-time popular radio announcer in the band's hometown of Brisbane. Tune in to Radio Is Dead - it will put a smile on your dial!