Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: October 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Witchcraft Tours throughout the United States

Red hot Swedish rock band WITCHCRAFT has announced a U.S. headlining tour in support of its highly-anticipated new album, The Alchemist. Referred to as “the coolest band in Sweden right now” by a popular UK monthly, WITCHCRAFT will kick off its U.S. tour on October 18 in NYC.

Posted on: October 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Floratone – S/T

Floratone – S/T / 2007 Blue Note / 11 Tracks / http://www.floratone.com / http://www.bluenote.com / Floratone is as close of an “all star” act that one can get in jazz and free-form experimental music. The two main components of Floratone are Bill Frisell and Matt Chamberlain. For those not in the know, those two individuals together have combined to work with this list of stars: Tori Amos, Morrissey, Stevie Nicks,…

Posted on: October 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

White Rabbits Announce New Tour Dates

NPR Song of the Day “The Plot” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10254991 The Village Voice – “Exuberant Brooklyn rock with no fuzzy distance, either sonic or ironic” http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0721,westhoff,76711,22.html

Posted on: October 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

By Divine Right – Bless This Mess [ADB]

It was released in 1999 on Nettwerk records, and it had 13 songs. It cost me nothing. They are Canadian power-pop with a 70’s feel, like Sloan. They are a 4 piece band that have toured with such big bands like the Tragically Hip. BDR play excellent guitars with well written songs and catchy hooks. BDR strays away from the normal style of guitar playing, adding all sorts of effects…

Posted on: October 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Escape the Fate’s “Situations” has 200K plays on Youtube

Escape the Fate has landed the #1 Most Viewed Music Video on Youtube and is headed towards 200,000+ views in 24 hours with their provocative new video for “Situations” (Los Angeles, CA) Skyrockeed by the sudden success of Escape the Fate’s hit video “Situations,” a modern take on the classic Van Halen video, “Hot for Teacher,” the Epitaph YouTube channel is the 10th most viewed today, according to the YouTube…

Posted on: October 12, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Soular System – Big Bang

Soular System – Big Bang / 2007 Self / 16 Tracks / http://www.soularsystem.com Soular System consists of individuals that have been around the music industry for a number of years. Different members of the band have played with or have otherwise been involved with acts as large as Meatloaf, Pete Seeger, Vox Populi, and Sly and the Family Stone. “Big Bang” is a track that shows that Soular System are…

Posted on: October 12, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Buford Highway – Instant Sound [ADB]

Wow this is a fucked up tape. Noises, reversed records, sped up records, different instruments at different speeds, it has everything . Except for song breaks. I had no clue which song was which on the tape, so i listened very very closely to the tape. Its ok for a tape of total noise, and that makes it a good industrial tape, which i don’t think there are many of…

Posted on: October 12, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Elliott Carlson Botero – Parasite: A Love Story

Elliott Carlson Botero – Parasite: A Love Story / 2007 Self / 15 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/ecbmusic / Elliott Carlson Botero has been around a long time. With a couple of discs under his belt, “Parasite: A Love Story” marks his musical magnum opus. “Plastic Bag Tree” is a track that subjugates a number of different styles and approaches into a coherent style. The heavy bass line, the Goo Goo Dolls-like…

Posted on: October 12, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Say Anything Co-headlines Myspace Music Tour

Say Anything, led by creative mastermind and lyrical genius Max Bemis, will be co-headlining the “MySpace Music Tour,” a new series of MySpace produced and branded concert events in support of their upcoming sophomore album IN DEFENSE OF THE GENRE (J Records) on October 23rd. The tour will kick off Oct. 16 in Seattle, WA, and Say Anything will be joined by co-headliner hellogoodbye, along with Young Love, MySpace Records…