Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: January 25, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Dispatch To Release Concert Documentary, Zimbabwe: Live at MSG

  Boston-based band, Dispatch, will release to DVD “Dispatch: Zimbabwe – Live at Madison Square Garden”, a concert film exploring the trio’s on-going efforts to raise money for the frightening situation in Zimbabwe. Set for a January 29, 2008 DVD release through self-owned Bomber Records (in partnership with AEG Network Live and VDI Entertainment), “Dispatch: Zimbabwe – Live at Madison Square Garden“ was directed by renowned photographer Danny Clinch and…

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Posted on: January 25, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Introducing: SLINGSHOT DAKOTA – And You Can Stream The New Full-Length Now!

* Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Is The Golden Ghost streaming at ThePunkSite.com * 6-week U.S. Tour routed for March – April Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Is The Golden Ghost, the new record from Brooklyn N.Y. / Easton, P.A. duo Slingshot Dakota is now streaming at ThePunkSite.com. The full-album stream will only be available through January 27th; go here to check it out.

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Posted on: January 25, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Pierce The Veil Begin Touring In Support of Album

  PIERCE THE VEIL wrapped up a year of constant touring in 2007 and show no signs of slowing down as they kick off 2008 with tour plans that extend through the end of the summer.  With a workload like this, it’s easy to see why Alternative Press has recently named PIERCE THE VEIL one of the 100 Bands To Know In ’08.

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Posted on: January 25, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Fall of Convention #1

The Fall of Convention #1/ $1 / 5.25 by 7 / 12 Pages / [email protected] / 2020 Nicollet Ave. So. #227, Minneapolis, MN 55404 /  This was the other piece of material that I received from Gerald at AMC 2003, and this is even less substantive than Afunctional #1. This does not mean it is bad, just really short on content. With this issue, which seems to point to being…

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Posted on: January 25, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Aiden Tours Through Early Part of ’08

                                                   The boys from Seattle have announced their first dates of 2008.  The band wrapped up 2007 after dazzling audiences worldwide on the International Taste Of Chaos tour, and are set to return to the States headlining “The World By Storm” Tour.  Promoting their latest hit album, Conviction, AIDEN promises to deliver and astounding live set that is sure to assault all the senses.  Joining the assault…

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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Stobo – S/T

Stobo – S/T / 2007 Fork Tongue / 12 Tracks / http://www.stobo.info / Stobo starts off this album with a smoking introduction. The band is smart when it comes to the creation of a certain tension hat will have individuals clamoring for some sort of release. This release comes with an intense blend of guitars and drums, while keeping the vocals out of the equation. The banfd has more than…

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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

LML Music Announces the Release of ‘Our Story,’ the New Album From Acclaimed Folk/Cabaret Artist D.C. Anderson; in Stores March 11, 2008

Among the most prolific and engaging artists of today’s folk and cabaret genres, singer/songwriter D.C. Anderson liberates a new collection of unique and compelling tales from his gray matter with the release of “Our Story,” online and in stores March 11, 2008 on the LML Music Label. This, his eighth album since his debut release in 1993, offers 15 new original songs that playfully and poignantly challenge traditional notions of…

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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Kate Nash – Made of Bricks

Kate Nash – Made of Bricks / 2007 Polydor / 12 Tracks / http://www.katenash.co.uk / Kate Nash has been all the rage in the United Kingdom for over a year now. It is only now that Nash is trying to break it big in America, and with the works on this album, the chance that Nash breaks it big in America is considerable. The opening track on the disc is…

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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Tristan Prettyman Works With G-Love/Special Sauce, Tours

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tristan Prettyman will hit the road in February along with G. Love & Special Sauce in support of her new album entitled Hello.  The album will be released April 15, 2008, on Virgin Records and is an appealing portrait of this freewheeling San Diego, CA, native as she narrates stories about her life, loves, and heartbreaks. “I really wanted the album to be a reflection of me,”…

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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Maritime – Heresy and the Hotel Choir

Maritime – Heresy and the Hotel Choir / 2007 Flameshovel / 12 Tracks / http://www.flameshovel.com / For those individuals that do not know who Maritime is, the band consists of members from both The Dismemberment Plan and the Promise Ring. They released their first full length “Glass Floor” in 2004, and followed that up with a 2006 release in “We, the Vehicles”. This, their third album, shows a very mature…

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