The ultra modern singer/songwriter Melissa Trinchere has jokingly dubbed her brand of piano pop as “sad bastard music”. Based in Los Angeles and Sligo, Ireland Denise Squier of Indie-Music.com says, “Melissa Trinchere is a force to reckon with, and I will not be surprised to hear her voice on the radio soon.”
Carbon 14 #23($6, PO Box 29247, Phila. PA 19125) 120 pages that will have you at the magazine for at least six hours. Carbon 14 straddles the line between film and music coverage, with reviews of both film (Adult, Independent, and larger market movies) and music (Mainly much older bands – the editors of this magazine are husband/wife, and are considerably older than many of their readers). The pieces in…
Steven Kalas and his band, PaperCymbal play everything from driving pop-rock to tasty, acoustic folk guaranteed to hammer you with melody and take you apart with sheer poetry.
Five For Fighting – Back Country Special Edition / 2007 Aware / 15 Tracks / http://www.fiveforfighting.com / http://www.awarerecords.com / Wow, did you know that Five For Fighting only had one individual? All this time, I guess I just presumed that there were five individuals in this band. John Ondrasik, the face behind Five For Fighting, has released four full-length albums to this point, and tracks representing these four albums have…
Deluxe Five Hour Double Disc DVD Collection Presents Full Las Vegas Show Shot in Spectacular State-of-the-Art High Definition + Bonus Features Including Revelatory Behind-the-Scenes Footage & Highlights Drawn from the Historic Five Year Run of ‘A New Day’
This magazine was yet another one that I lost the review for during the moving of the website back to its original server. I have had actually two chances to read this magazine, so I feel myself a little bit better versed to write this review than I might have been if I had simply started reviewing during the firs read of it. Jazz does her zine like the style…
The world’s first guitar with robotic technology was available in stores this Friday, December 7, 2007 at 5pm EDT. Gibson Guitar, the world’s premier musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology will unveil the First Run Limited Edition Robot Guitar at select dealers. Dealers will only have 10 Robot Guitars per location.
Anna Ternheim – S/T / 2007 Decca / 6 Tracks / http://www.decca.com Anna Ternheim has been around for a few years, releasing eir first EP in 1996 (“Sovaâ€) and eir first LP in 2004 (“Somebody Outsideâ€). It is just this year (and March 2008, when eir latest full length is released) that individuals in the United States will be able to hear the ability and talent of Ternheim for themselves.…
Two COMEDY CENTRAL Records releases, Steven Wright’s “I Still Have a Pony” and George Lopez’ “America’s Mexican” have been nominated for Grammy® Awards in the category of “Best Comedy Album,” it was announced today by The Recording Academy. The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will be held February 10, 2008 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The Calvin and Hobbes Guide to Daily Life / :15 / 20M / [email protected] / Crimethinc, 2695 Rangewood Dr, Atlanta, GA 30345 / This guide is more of a perversion of Calvin and Hobbes to ultra-left propaganda or a paper for college than a normal zine. In fact, this zine is rife with the same type of knee-jerk leftism that really gives the movement a black eye. I understand if…
