Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: January 21, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Graphic artist for Aesop Rock, The Perceptionists, C-Rayz-Walz, Murs, and El-P Drops first full length

Nights Fall (Brooklyn, NY January 16th, 2008) Queens-based emcee and graphic artist Bisc1 will be releasing his first full length album, When Electric Nights Fall, this spring on March 11, 2008 via the Brooklyn-based indie hip-hop label, Embedded Music. Bisc1 recorded the majority of WENF in the evening hours, not only because of the demands of his day job as a graphic artist but also because this is when his…

Posted on: January 21, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

TKO Records News

  New Release & Upcoming Shows for the CROWD!!! The TKO re-release of the CROWD’s “Letter Bomb” album is available NOW through our web store, and will be hitting record shops worldwide on January 11. A limited, deluxe LP version will follow shortly. The CROWD will be supporting SOCIAL DISTORTION later this month in Orange County and Los Angeles on make-up gigs for last month’s cancelled SD shows. Stay tuned…

Posted on: January 21, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 1

Dusty One-Shot

Dusty One-Shot / Free / Fourth-Sized / 8 Pages / [email protected] /  One of the zines that just focuses on the lyrics for one song, just like my rendering of “Texas On My Mind” by Pat Green, albeit with a lot less in the way of backgrounds. This zine is fairly Spartan, with clip art adorning the pages along with a line or two from Dusty Springfield’s “Wishin’ and Hopin’”,…

Posted on: January 21, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 1

Progressive Metal Band What’s He Building In There Announce Canadian Dates With Epicurean (Metal Blade)

***Music Video for Group’s Debut Single Features Canada’s Largest Indoor Playground, 90’s Fly Dancers, and Time Travel*** Canadian progressive-metal newcomers, What’s He Building In There (WHBIT?), have announced more dates in support of their self-titled debut album, which was released earlier this year on Year of The Sun Records. The band will hit the road in late January with Metal Blade Recording Artist Epicurean for a string of tour dates.

Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The End of a Perfect Day #8

The End of a Perfect Day #8 / $1 / 1:00 / 48M / http://www.microcosmpublishing.com / Joyce Leslie tells the story about eir trip down to Puerto Rico. This is pretty interesting, but there are a number of times during this issue where one can just tell that ey is looking for the right word or phrase and completely wiffs out on it. Phrases that are meant to be poetic…

Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

A Whisper In The Noise will release their third album on February 25th

It’s with lots of joy that we finally get to announce that A Whisper In The Noise‘s third album, Dry Land, will finally be released in the USA. Southern Records will be releasing it on February 25th. Some of you may already be familiar with this amazing band, but to most they are still rather anonymous. Here’s the bio: If you have ever wanted to make music before in your…

Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Web Audio Ads

With each passing year, there seems to be different methods that individuals that own web sites can use to either earn from every visitor or to earn as an affiliate. One of the latest methods that individuals could conceivably use is Audio Ad Hosting, which is a business that puts audio advertisements from some major companies onto your web site.

Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Hero Releases Debut on 2/26/08; E-Dot Spits Hot Fire

  GROUP’S DEBUT FULL-LENGTH EFFORT TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 26th, 2008 HERO: “A legendary figure endowed with great strength or ability; who commits an act of remarkable bravery or who has shown an admirable quality such as great courage or strength of character; the central figures of a movement.” The “movement” in this case is to push the boundaries of the music we know and love.

Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Dunk and Piss #9

Dunk and Piss #9 / 64 Pages / Forth-Sized / 11 Alger Dr, Rochester, NY 14624. Well, I was supposed to get this zine from Alex himself, and even sent him money, but I was a moron and forgot a letter in his street name. So, I bought this zine from Microcosm during AMC, and I am still glad. The excellent writing, the events that don’t really matter in the…

Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Collin Herring Set to Release “Past Life Crashing” Spring 2008

HOLLYWOOD , CA – Collin Herring returns to music after sifting through the wreckage of years of personal turmoil, with a penetrating document in the form of his new album, Past Life Crashing. Scheduled for release in March 2008, the 11 tracks convey certain urgency in its description of life – songs about disintegrating relationships, booze fueled laments and the search for emotional sobriety. Drenched in Herring’s marked reverb-laden guitar…