On the wake of announcing its music licensing agreement with ESPN a few weeks ago, Duck Down Records continues attacking the Cable TV programming world by inking a deal with the History Channel’s “Gangland Seriesâ€. In addition the label has signed a deal with YOUTUBE, joining their exclusive list of partnered clients, which will include their very own Duck Down Records channel.
Burn In Hell, Buddy #3 / Fourth-Sized / 16 Pages / Trade / Lupine Ladies Press, PO Box 543, Accokeek MD 20607 As many people have read my reviews of the first two issues of Burn In Hell, Buddy, I’m not really sure what to say about this zine that I haven’t already said. Done in the same geometric cut and paste style of the first two issues, this issue…
Explosive, Oakland, CA quartet SAVIOURS will unleash its sophomore full-length album Into Abaddon on January 22, 2008 via NYC’s Kemado Records. Episode two of an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the band’s new record has been posted online by Ground Control Magazine.
V/A – Change / 2007 Sub City / 38 Tracks / http://www.hopelessrecords.com / http://www.subcity.net / SubCity Records is an imprint of Hopeless Records. They have been creating samplers for about a decade now (give or take a year), and their funds have went to a number of good causes (anti-suicide charities, and they now have a more general mission – “to have an impact that goes beyond musicâ€. Change! is…
Why is it such a big deal that the Toadies are back? The band rose to fame in the 90’s when their debut album, Rubberneck, went platinum on the strength of two smash singles “Possum Kingdom†and “Tyler.†It then took a long seven years for their follow up album, Hell Below/Stars Above to be released. Shortly thereafter, bassist Lisa Umbarger quit the band. The remaining members played a few…
(The Incredibly True Adventures of a Kid and His Starship) #2 : The Reactionary Issue / Fourth-Sized / 16 Pages / Trade / Lupine Ladies Press, PO Box 543, Accokeek MD 20607 Jamez’ zines are always just so interesting that I feel that I am just babbling on for about 250 words or so just extolling ey’s virtues. But, if you go through all the layers, there is some actual…
Detroit post-punk trio SSM [Szymanski, Shettler, Morris] will be touring with the Von Bondies in January. The band has new album titled “Break Your Arm For Evolution” coming out on Alive after the holidays. Here is a link to a free MP3 download :
Teenage Bottlerocket! They have a new song posted on their myspace page called “Warning Device” . Greetings my fellow commie pinkos! I’ve been waiting for this day for a couple of years now. More like a brand new song from Red Scare’s flagship band, Teenage Bottlerocket. The song is called “In The Basement” and it comes from their upcoming LP, “Warning Device”, which is out January 8th. Happy days are…
Serena Ryder – Told You In A Whispered Song / 2007 Atlantic / 5 Tracks / http://www.serenaryder.com / http://www.atlanticrecords.com / For a while before looking it up, I was confusing Serena Ryder with Sarina Paris. Both are Canadians, but there’s quite a few years difference between the ending of Paris’ popular musical career and the beginning of Ryder’s popular phase. The tracks on “Told You In A Whispered Song†provide…
Wu-Tang Clan released 8 Diagrams, their eagerly awaited reunion album on December 11th, on Steve Rifkind’s revived Loud Records label through Universal Records in conjunction with SRC & Wu Music Group, marking a reunion between the legendary hip-hop group and the pioneering rap entrepreneur. The first single, “The Heart Gently Weeps†is an interpolation of George Harrison’s classic Beatles song, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,†Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison, Erykah…
