This zine was another one in which I picked up from a record store in Columbus, and while this issue makes a little more sense than Stranger, it is by no means a coherent read. Mainly a lot of blurry images and sloppily drawn comics, this zine tries to construct a story, I’m guessing. I would even go as far to say that the editor of this magazine may actually…
Hoodwink’s sound has been classified as Laurel and hardy punk metal. Combining aspects of primus’ bass style with funk drums, crunchy guitars and speeding vocals.
Hills Rolling – Sweet Tea / 2007 Whiskey Child / 9 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/hillsrolling / Hills Rolling is the latest project of Trey McGriff. Individuals may not be immediately familiar with McGriff’s work, but chances are good that they have heard McGriff’s music in the past. This is because McGriff’s music has been played in some capacity on The Real World – Denver, XM Satellite Radio, and different shows created…
Memphis, Tennessee’s own EGYPT CENTRAL proudly return home to the Hard Rock Café (315 Beale St, Memphis) on February 16. This EGYPT CENTRAL show will be FREE to the public, so Memphis should come out to celebrate 10 years of the Hard Rock Café rockin’ Beale Street!  The last time EGYPT CENTRAL performed in their hometown was November 21, 2007, in front of a sell–out crowd at the Daisy Theatre.…
Charles Laster II and Silvia Pratesi – Journey of Life / 2007 Self / 11 Tracks / http://www.charleslasterministries.com / Charles Laster II has been around the gospel scene for a number of years, but even before that, was crafting jingles for Ford Motors and songs for the Detroit Pistons. The other half of this act, Silvia Pratesi, cam to composing music much later – in 2007, but by the time…
Instrumentation Dave Laracuente – Vocals, Guitars, Keys, Songwriter Del Aitchison – Vocals, Bass, Keyboards,Songwriter Jose Lorenzo – Drums, Percussion, Vocals Joe Caro – Percussion, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Joanna Rose – Vocals Summer Pfieffer – Vocals
Counting Crows – You Can’t Count On Me / 2008 Geffen / 1 Tracks / http://www.countingcrows.com / http://www.geffen.com / It has been 6 years since Counting Crows came out with their last album, “Hard Candyâ€.  The band last charted for their contribution to the Shrek 2 soundtrack, “Accidentally in Loveâ€. “You Can’t Count On Me†has a tremendously different sound from practically anything else that the Counting Crows have released…
Coming off the success of his acclaimed debut One by One, LA songwriter Robert Francis prepares for an upcoming February residency at LA’s own Silverlake Lounge [2906 W Sunset Blvd, (323) 663-9636]. Robert was recently nominated for The Shortlist Music Prize in 2007. The Shortlist Music Prize is a music award given annually to an album released in the United States within the last year, as chosen by a panel…
The Fool #3 / Half Sized / 16 Pages / Free? / [email protected] A small zine, which still remarkably tells me a lot about the author, The Fool #3 shows someone that is still working everything out in eir’s life. While ey is against uses of gay and retarded to describe things (showing a somewhat enlightened outlook), ey still uses the terms good and bad guy. While individuals may say…
Filter Mini #12 / Free / :20 / 36S / http://www.filtermini.com / Reviewed 10 August 2006 Filter Mini is amazingly enough a miniature version of the larger Filter magazine. I am so happy that Filter has moved away from covering the bands that it publicity arm were focusing their energies on at the time. This issue sees features with a number of British acts that are tearing up the charts…
