Month: March 2008

Posted on: March 2, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Solow13 Set To Release New Album 3/25

Underground Mexican hip-hop artist/entrepreneur, SOLOW13, breaks the music game wide open by establishing his own label, TRUTH LOVES LA WFAMILIA, LLC or simply LAWFAMILIA, LLC. The new imprint is a collaborative partnership between SOLOW13 and famed West Coast label, Latin Thug Records—best known for being founded by Cypress Hill’s Sen Dog and home to the Reyes Brothers, B Real’s “Gunslinger” albums and many other notable releases. “Solow brings a lot…

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Posted on: March 2, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

HBKX #2

HBKX #2 / $1 / 7.5 by 6 / 32 Pages / Trade / [email protected] This zine simply has a lot of reading. If HBKX was $3 dollars, I would still have to classify it as a hell of a deal just because the fonts in the magazine are so small, the pages so big, and the amount of pages so astonishing that it makes reading this magazine feel like…

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Posted on: March 2, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Loft Set To Release Live and Rareties Collection

After releasing a full-length album, a live CD and two EPs, Nashville rock band The Loft is back in the studio with Grammy winning producer Joe West (Emmylou Harris, Warren Zevon, Dropping Daylight) and planning to release a new album later this year. Meanwhile, in order to keep their fans appeased, the band and archivist Nick Graham have sifted through the recordings of over 100 shows and are releasing a…

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Posted on: March 1, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

NeuFutur Magazine Introduces Anuradha Sharma

There is a remarkable blend of Arts and Technology which is molding the career of recent artists and musicians of the 21st century. The debut album “Acroiris” by Anuradha Sharma spins a new captivating sound which echoes an unconscious familiarity in its milieu. Each track on this album is an invitation to soft contemplation while enthused by its jovial rhythmic section which, inclines towards a mood of light hearted distraction.…

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Posted on: March 1, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Hobson’s Choice #4

Hobson’s Choice #4 / $2 / :35 / 32M / http://www.hobsonschoicezine.com / Hobson’s Choice is a very philosophically-oriented magazine. While it runs for about 32 pages, the effective content of the magazine is much more than that. There are pictures and other breaks from the text, but the vast majority of articles in this issue of Hobson’s Choice are without anything more than white backgrounds with black text placed over…

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Posted on: March 1, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Alternative Tentacles Signs Triclops; To Release Album This MOnth

Proggy Acid Punks Triclops! Sign To Alternative Tentacles; Prep First LP Out Of Africa The Bay Area’s most explosive live act to release anticipated debut on March 25th, 2008 Science fiction authors forewarn the dangers of gene-splicing and its freakish byproduct, but in an Alternative Tentacles tome, “freakish” is a desirable trait. Triclops! (“!” is part of the name) is one such result of SF Bay Area inter-band splicing (featuring…

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Posted on: March 1, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Rose of Jericho – These City Lights

Rose of Jericho – These City Lights / 2008 Self / 9 Tracks / http://www.roseofjericho.com / The Rose of Jericho is a plant that is found in the Middle East; imagine a tumbleweed that can come back to life a number of times. The band Rose of Jericho is a band that has been around since 2002; 2003 saw their debut album, “Applause of Wings”, released. “These City Lights” originally…

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Posted on: March 1, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 1

Victims of Circumstance – Do It Yourself

Victims of Circumstance – Do It Yourself / 2007 Financial / 13 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/victimsofcircumstance / Victims of Circumstance play a blend of ska/punk that has not really been heard much since the late years of the nineties. This means that the act blends together equal parts The Vandals and Less Than Jake. Despite the fact that the band plays a style of music that is not that common anymore,…

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Posted on: March 1, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 1

Crisis in Hollywood – Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea

Crisis in Hollywood – Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea / 2008 Financial / 13 Tracks / http://www.crisisinhollywood.com / Crisis in Hollywood consists of a number of members from acts that have all gained some sort of notoriety in their respective region’s music scenes. This means that there are members that spent time in From Adam to Atom, Timebomb, Ask Me Later, and The Staredown. While each of…

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Posted on: March 1, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Redcast – S/T EP

Redcast – S/T EP / 2007 Self / 5 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/redcast / This Oregon band teases fans with only five tracks on their self-titled EP. The disc’s opening salvo is “Besides Myself”, a track which links together the style of early sixties pop with a contemporary brand of alternative rock. The linkage of these two styles seems odd at first, but Redcast are able to make this union work.…

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