Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: November 9, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Giving Chase Give a Full-Length European Tour

Beginning tomorrow, GIVING CHASE will embark on a five week tour of Europe in support of A Cheap Print Of A Masterpiece. Released by Jump Start Records on June 19th, 2007, the Philadelphia band’s debut full-length was recorded by Nick Rotundo (Boy Sets Fire, None More Black) at Clay Creek Studios.

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Girl In A Coma – Both Before I’m Gone

Girl In A Coma – Both Before I’m Gone / 2007 Blackheart / 13 Tracks / http://www.girlinacoma.com / http://www.blackinacoma.com / I’m not sure if Girl in a Coma has changed the title of the Smiths classic for their own profit, but “Both Before I’m Gone” shows a band that is trying their hardest to create their own sound. Obviously, they have some pretty powerful supporters – no less than Joan…

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As Tall As Lions Announce Digital EP “Into The Flood” Out November 27th on Triple Crown/East West

As Tall As Lions are set to release a new digital EP entitled Into The Flood November 29th on Triple Crown/East West. The band recorded the EP with Mike Watts over a six day period in October at Vudu Studios in Long Island and are excited for their fans to get a taste of something new before they hibernate in early 2008 to record the follow up to 2006’s self…

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Plastikman – Sheet One [ADB]

I really like this album, because it is such a trip. No pun intended (The front cover in cut into little blotters,like acid). This band has done its homework on Teutonic Trance Music, taking a cue from Kraftwerk. It also draws heavily from the great beats of hip-hop and mixes them around into an amazing piece of art. This record is on Novamute Records, which is distributed by Tommy Boy…

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Rat Wakes Red’s “Energy Garage” EP/DVD follows the buzz from “Horizon Drops”

“An intriguing, totally new direction. . . like the particular later-’80s 4AD period when Ivo Watts Russell was fixated on Pixies and Throwing Muses, with loopy harsh guitar, beat, and cooed vocal. . . with a bit of what you liked about Weezer’s radio hits.” ­Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover NYC – Rat Wakes Red’s sad, soulful sound found its roots in James Raftery’s (the boy nicknamed Rat) solo living…

Posted on: November 8, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Blake Lewis – Break Anotha

Blake Lewis – Break Anotha / 2007 Sony / 1 Track / http://www.myspace.com/blakelewis / Anyone that knows me knows that I pretty much loathe American Idol. Sure, there have been one or two idol stars I could stand after the show (Clarkson and Aiken, primarily), but the vast majority of post-Idol albums have been drek. Blake Lewis, with eir single “Break Anotha”, is trying to change that. What Lewis trying…

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Georgie James recently filmed a video for “Need Your Needs” from the band’s Saddle Creek debut

Add the Y of multi-instrumentalist John Davis [drummer of D.C.’s defunct Q And Not U], the X of singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn, and their combined knack for evocative production, inventive songwriting, and multi-part harmonies, and you’re almost there. Mix in the duo’s passion for 60s & 70s pop music including The Kinks, Richard & Linda Thompson, The Jam, Simon & Garfunkel, and some “Shake Some Action”-era Flamin’ Groovies, and you’ve got…

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The Pissants – Nothing Looks Better Everyday [ADB]

1999 on sour records, with 12 songs. 4 piece hc band from Dunkirk NY. Extremely cool audible bass with super fast songs that are fucking perfect to mosh to. all the pieces sound great together with excellent guitars and bass. The drums aren’t half bad either. I haven’t heard something this fast being so good in a long time. These guys kick so much ass its not funny. WNY has…

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Love in October Releases Pontus, The Devil, and Me 1/08

Being known as just a “band” is too vague for the Midwest boys of Love in October, they would rather be known as “creators.” What they do is more than play fun, pop rock, dance music — they also have made a critically acclaimed music video, in addition to their funny, handmade clips that appear on their Web site from time to time creating an online following. Set to hit…

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Alix Lambert – Mastering The Melon: Projects By Alex Lambert

Alix Lambert – Mastering The Melon: Projects By Alex Lambert / 2006 Trilce / 121 Pages / Alix Lambert has done a lot of shit for not hitting the forty-year mark as of this point. This coffee table book is like a sampler into eir life. Each chapter seems to tell a different story through largely-visual (mainly pictoral) narratives. One of the most interesting segments in “Mastering the Melon” has…