Yoni Gordon And The Goods – a Boston favorite who outgrew the basements of the DIY scene not by attitude but sheer talent and explosive word-of-mouth. From the same city that breeds the likes of Drug Rug and Protokoll, Yoni Gordon & Co. wax nostalgic on the finer points of Bruce Springsteen or Ted Leo in a more updated, underground manner and a plethora of personal twists.
I’ve been waiting for this zine for months, and this was one amazing read. Saying that, this was probably the longest I’ve ever taken on doing a review on a zine. The zine is remarkably small, being forth sized but eighty tightly packed pages. Amber, the editor, shrinks all of the pages, presumably originally taking up an entire 8.5 by 11 page, and provides a read that is extremely worth…
Bon Iver’s “For Emma, Forever Ago” is being heralded as a masterpiece of a debut and an early contender for King of the Hill in 2008. And it hasn’t even been released. Well, mark your calendars, Jagjaguwar has an official release date for the album: February 19th, 2008. The icy artwork reflects the cold winter months Bon Iver spent recording the album in rural Wisconsin.
John Coltrane – Interplay / 2007 Prestige / 34 Tracks / http://www.concordmusicgroup.com / This 5 CD set covers a 3 year period in John Coltrane’s career, when ey played with the Prestige Group; these fifty-year old recordings are given a 24-bit remastering from the original tapes. This remastering allows the recordings, feature also feature Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers, and Red Garland, to shine in a way that they…
Hopeless/Sub City Records has chosen non-profit organization Do Something as the official charity for their 2008 Take Action Tour. Sharing a common mission to help young people make a positive difference in the world, Take Action and Do Something are set to kick off the 7th annual tour in February of 2008.
Cornelia Cartoonz #3 / $1 / 20 Pages / half sized / Kel Crum, 32 W. Goodman Dr. Apt 23, Fairborn, OH 45324/ [email protected] One of the faster reads of zines I’ve had the experience to pick up from the free table at UPC/AMC, Cornelia Cartoonz reads (at times) like a mixture of the Boondocks and Doonsbury, and at other times like Dilbert mounting Cathy. Yes, folks, Cornelia Cartoonz is…
Newly Expanded Deluxe Edition of Multi-Platinum Grammy-Winning Album With New & Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks Including Remixes By Akon, will.i.am & Kanye West + Bonus DVD Featuring Digitally Restored Short Films & Michael Jackson’s Historic Breakout Performance From “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever” Television Broadcast
D.O.A. – The Black Spot / 2007 Sudden Death / 16 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/doapunk / http://www.suddendeath.com / While there are a number of fans of the music that D.O.A. has put out for the last twenty years, few individuals are familiar with the band’s work on “The Black Spotâ€. Originally released in 1995, this album marks a tempestuous time in D.O.A.’s life. This was due to the fact that this…
Never ones to dwell on the past, Boston natives Bury Your Dead are forging ahead to the future with new vocalist Myke Terry (formerly of Cassius) in tow. The band has returned to Florida’s Audiohammer Studios, the exact studio where their previous release Beauty and the Breakdown was recorded. Bury Your Dead have also brought back producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, God Forbid), continuing with the theme of tradition. “Bury Your…
By the Goddess, I don’t know why it took me so long to read this magazine. I’ve had it since August of 2002 (it’s almost December), and while I have tried to read the zine before, the subject matter was just so personal that I couldn’t bring myself to read it. I am very glad that I actually was able to get through it tonight, as this issue deals with…
