Author: James McQuiston

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

edIT Announces North American Tour With The Glitch Mob

Certified Air Raid Material Dropping All Throughout the USA and Canada After finishing up his residency at LA’s already legendary Low End Theory club night, recently rocking the crowds of thousands at Burning Man (!) and Red Rocks, and completing his long-anticipated sophomore release Certified Air Raid Material; edIT is ready to shakes asses across the continent with the innovative crunk of The Glitch Mob in tow.

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

Testament – Live In London DVD

Testament – Live In London DVD / 2005 Eagle Rock / 14 Tracks / http://www.testamentlegions.com / http://www.spitfireregions.com / The interview on the Live In London DVD may just be the most informational in showing how Testament getting back together. With each of the members having a few minutes to show what happened over the twelve-year interval, the band’s music on Live In London is given even further of a boost.…

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

Vices Make My Life More Interesting

Vices Make My Life More Interesting / 16M / :25 / http://www.diatribemedia.com / Vices Make My Life More Interesting is a zine that not only discusses the editor’s (Aaron Cynic’s) dealing with different types of vices such as alcohol (“Pick Your Poison”), but rather eir time working at the local ACE Hardware, the “importance of machismo”, and even presents a scene missing (due to the author’s laziness). This zine is…

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

State and Madison Release “Consider this a Confession” EP

Chicago’s indie-rock sensation STATE AND MADISON have announced the release of their brand new EP CONSIDER THIS A CONFESSION, available now through CDBaby.com, with the digital release to follow on October 30 to download outlets including iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, and many others. The release follows the group’s 2006 effort Simplicity Is The Name Of The Game and showcases the organic musical growth and development of the four-piece through their non-stop…

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

SuicideGirls: The First Tour

SuicideGirls: The First Tour / 2005 Epitaph / http://www.suicidegirls.com / http://www.epitaph.com / There are a lot of good things about this DVD. First off, it has a more active view of the models of SuicideGirls (who mainly come out as static, owing to the fact that the only easy to find, free material are still pictures. The style of the DVD is interesting, to say the least. While the tone…

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

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster on new Tony Hawk Game and Hurley Comp

MAYLENE and the SONS of DISASTER FILM “DARKEST OF KIN” VIDEO; BAND’s MUSIC SLATED FOR HURLEY’s “SOUND & VISION VOL. 1” FILM, “TONY HAWK’s PROVING GROUND” GAME Dynamic, Birmingham, AL hard rock band MAYLENE and the SONS of DISASTER has completed work on the second music video from its critically acclaimed new album “Maylene and the Sons of Disaster: II”. The video — for the barnstorming MAYLENE track “Darkest of…

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

Monikers – Eat Your Young

Monikers – Eat Your Young / 2006 Kiss of Death / 5 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/monikers / http://www.kissofdeathrecords.com / “Eat Your Young” starts out with “Information”, a track that has a emotional blend of guitar and drums until the slightly snotty vocals of the band kick in in a very Fat Wreck type of style. The production of the disc seems to oppress the guitars and vocals while giving an accurate…

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

Monster in the Machine Launch U.S. Tour, Support “Butterfly Pinned”

Monster In The Machine is hitting the road starting September 26 to spread the word about their ethereal debut album, BUTTERFLY PINNED, which was released August 21 on Emotional Syphon Recordings (ADA Distribution), the independent label owned by Korn guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer. It was was mixed and recorded at the home studio of band mastermind and former Cellophane singer Shannon Crawford (vocals/keyboards/guitars) and at Henson Studios (formerly A&M Studios)…

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

Dusty Rhodes and the River Band supporting BLIND MELON on a run of dates through the midwest and east coast.

The band will kick off October with a CD release party for their debut album, First You Live, on Oct.2 at the Key Club in Hollywood then hook up with Blind Melon in Providence, RI on Oct.7. Dusty Rhodes was conceived between the band’s three primary songwriters – Dustin Apodaca, Kyle Divine and Edson Choi – the album’s diversity is its strongest suit. From delicate balladry to bold, stomping instrumentation…