Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: November 27, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Alter Bridge Mini Vintage Chopper Contest

Ended. Following their certified gold album One Day Remains (2004), Alter Bridge just released their sophomore album Blackbird. Blackbird has been receiving critical acclaim since it’s October release and their hit single “Rise Today” is continuing to climb the charts. After trials and tribulations, Alter Bridge comes back on top with an epic record sure to satisfy with their melodic rock and intimate lyrics. Alter Bridge is currently on tour…

Posted on: November 27, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Devendra Banhart Gets Hella Good Reviews

When he began his performance Tuesday at the Roxy, Devendra Banhart sat, acoustic guitar in hand, plucking subdued singer-songwriter fare marked by a blissed-out delicacy. When he ended it nearly two hours later, he was stripped to the waist and practically spitting out his words as his band rolled and tumbled through the 12-bar blues pattern of “I Feel Just Like a Child.”

Posted on: November 26, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Phil Ramone – Making Records

Phil Ramone – Making Records / 2007 Borders / 14 Tracks / http://www.bordersstores.com / http://www.philramone.com / Phil Ramone has been around the record industry for an amazingly long period of time, starting producing and recording music for other individuals all the way back in 1959. Among the greats that Ramone has worked with in the enarly fifty year period since ey started are Burt Bacharach, Ray Charles, Chicago, Frank Sinatra,…

Posted on: November 26, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Brief HIM News

HIM is premiering their new music video for “Bleed Well,” off their new album Venus Doom, for the HIM fan club on Heartagram.com today. Imeem will be featuring the world premiere of the video on Tuesday, November 27th. The band filmed the live footage for the new video at their Los Angeles shows on November 14th and 15th at the Orpheum Theatre. The live footage from the shows will also…

Posted on: November 26, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Viciousphere – Terror Rising [ADB]

Now a huge band playing on Loud. Viciousphere was once a small band that kicked ass-11 songs in 1995. Really good metal with all sorts of influences, including Metallica, Slayer, Pantera and Alice Cooper. all of the great parts of a band are included here, with fast noticeable bass, fast clear, guitars and great vocals. this albums is depressing because the newest single by VS sounds like White Zombie. The…

Posted on: November 26, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Taylor Dayne Comes Back to Music 10 Years After Leaving

“SATISFIED”, the highly anticipated album from recording artist TAYLOR DAYNE, is set for release on February 5th, 2008. Dayne’s fifth studio album and first effort in ten years, “SATISFIED” delivers a powerful selection of 13 songs from acclaimed writers and producers including Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg, Mike Mangini, Peter Wade, and Richie Jones, among others. With “SATISFIED”, Dayne is poised to triumphantly return to the forefront of popular music.

Posted on: November 26, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Musab Cuts Video for “Hat & Shoes”

As far as videos go, Musab’s “Hat & Shoes” is about as much of a departure from his previous video, “Baaang,” as you could imagine from the smooth-talking mack. While “Baaang” was set in his hometown of Minneapolis, “Hat & Shoes” takes place in his newer haunt, Las Vegas. Instead of firing off heavy rhymes straight into the camera, we now have Sab flowing into a microphone in a dark…

Posted on: November 26, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

MMP Set to Release Satellite’s New Album

Satellite posted samples of the song taken from their new album “Into The Night”. They are available on their official MySpace profile: www.myspace.com/satellitepoland. “Into The Night” will be released by Metal Mind Productions on the 19th November 2007 in Europe and on the 22nd January 2008 in the USA (via MVD) in two versions: as a standard CD and as a digipack CD edtion including 2 bonus tracks.

Posted on: November 26, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Shalini – The Surface and The Shine

Shalini – The Surface and The Shine / 2007 Electric Devil / 11 Tracks / http://www.interbridge.com/shalini / If the name Shalini sounds familiar at all, it may be because ey was a leading member of the somewhat-famous San Francisco band, Vinyl Devotion, which was founded all the way back in 1990. The style of rock that Shalini starts off their “The Surface and The Shine” with is very non-descript.