For those of you who enjoy Bombay Bicycle Club, Two Door Cinema Club, The Maccabees or really any of the music that is coming out in the UK, this band is for you.

These lads are from London and have a unique sound about them; catchy guitar riffs, solid drums, and earthy vocals all make your feet tap, and head bob to the rhythm. What’s impressive is that the band is still in school working on their A-levels; junior or senior year in high school for most of us states-side kids. It’s impressive to see such mature music coming out of such young musicians. They have only released a couple EPs and singles however The Flashguns are already on the ears and minds of thousands of listeners. They have already toured with the likes of Pete and the Pirates and Bombay Bicycle Club. Keep an eye out for this band, they’re going somewhere.

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TrendRobot Rating: 8/10

Zooey Deschanel is one of those “dying breed” types.  Any Hollywood starlet would want to be a pop-star, and probably has the means to do so.  Deschanel, though, picks her roles well and her collaborators even better.  Classic, horridly adorable in that “cute and natural” sense, and endlessly talented, Deschanel didn’t aim for the pop route . . . she aimed for the classically-trained crooner path.  Along with solo-artiste/Monsters of Folk collaborator, M Ward, Zooey puts together a Dolly Parton act that is even more endearing than the songs of days’ past.  She & Him’s first album, Volume One, lay dormant on the shelf of many a cult-follower, but the new track, “In The Sun” shows off her songwriting abilities like never before.  Sultry, yet vulnerable, “In The Sun” is the prelude to more great music coming from this duo.

I just wonder when the Ben Gibbard (Deschanel’s husband) track will premiere.

TrendRobot Album Rating: 5/10

Maintaining a band for 20 years is more than impressive.  Making quality punk rock for 20-years is beyond comprehension.  In a time when all of the flag-bearers of our teenage angst have long-since retired, retracted, or are fading into the limelight, The Bouncing Souls continued to make fast, rebellious, catchy anthems that always made you feel like there was someone in your corner.  Unfortunately though, at some point, everyone has to grow up at least a little bit and it almost seems that one their 20^th anniversary, The Bouncing Souls are the ghosts walking the boardwalk and fading into the horizon.

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In this digital age music is constantly evolving as well as being shared. Tom Caruana has created a virtual timeless masterpiece bringing together the 4 lads of Liverpool, England and the Shaolin rappers of New York City. This album is a mash up of sorts, similar to that of Danger Mouse’s Grey Album, which was a blending of Jay-Z’s Black Album and The Beatles White Album. Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers uses samples from various Beatles songs with Wu-Tang’s various members rapping over the remixed beats. This album is far from your ordinary run of the mill mash up, it is incredibly well done and manages to stay true to both The Beatles and The Wu-Tang Clan. The 27 track album mash up was initially available via bandcamp.com, however it seems as though it is no longer posted. But if you are interested in swooping on this album it seems to be available from Tom Caruana’s record label website, Tea Sea Records.

TrendRobot is a crew of avid, AMATEUR photographers.  We’re also a team of avid, AMATEUR skateboarders (if even that).  Atiba Jefferson has reached legend status in all of the above.

Doing photo work for the NBA, Transworld Skate, The Skateboard Mag and many other, extremely credible outlets, Atiba Jefferson has reached a level that photogs can only dream of attaining.  Capturing moments from Koston, Reynolds, Carroll, and even Kobe and Shaq, not many people know that Atiba had humble beginnings nestled in the cove of Colorado Springs, CO.  He even worked at BC Surf & Sport in the Springs area.

Atiba has launched his own photo/portfolio site with images from his illustrious career.  Please, just don’t ask him to do your wedding . . .[Atibaphoto]

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