California Indie Band Great Northern Tour
Great Northern, California-born indie-rock band, receive accolade and tour. Yahoo! Music has selected California foursome Great Northern to participate in their Who’s Next? promotion.
Author: James McQuiston
Steve Lieberman Interview
This is an interview that James McQuiston conducted with Steve Lieberman. Lieberman, the “Gangsta Rabbi”, released eir “Melancholia Falling” a few months back. Check out eir website at http://www.gangstarabbi.com . When and why did you first get into creating music? In 1968 I wrote something for clarinet and trumpet and played bass in some successful local rock bands til 1978.. the ‘modern age’ started in 1981 when i put the…
Evans Blue Give Us A Look at the Creative Process
Evans Blue provide individual fans unprecedented access into their life.
Taiwanese Metal Masters Chthonic Tour, Re-issue Classics
Check out this bit of information about Chthonic, perhaps Taiwan’s most well-known metal act.
Punk Core Bands Go On Tour
Straight from the Punk Core PR machine, here is information about the current and upcoming tours of Punk Core bands.
Galahad – Live In Poland
Galahad – Live In Poland / 2006 MVD / 200 Minutes / http://www.musicvideodistributors.com / Galahad has been around for over a quarter century, and for some reason, I’ve completely missed their contributions to the larger music scene. Apparently, I’m about the only one, as there are literally tens of thousands of websites chronicling their work over the past few decades. The band comes down in the progressive rock side of…
OST: 300 Soundtrack
OST: 300 / 2007 WB / 25 Tracks / http://www.300themovie.warnerbros.com / Pretty much everyone has seen 300 at this point. It is the story of the valiant Spartan army against the evil Persians; what individuals may not be immediately familiar with is the work of Tyler Bates. Bates, who composed the score to this movie, is best known for creating the soundtrack to movies like Dawn of the Dead and…
Videohippos – Unbeast The Leash
Videohippos – Unbeast The Leash / 2007 Monitor / 12 Tracks / http://www.videohippos.com / http://www.monitorrecords.com / The electro-indie rock of Videohippos reminds me of a coked-out reinterpretation of Neil Young’s Trans album. There is an earthy, natural progression to the track even as the synthesizer and electronic fuzz seem to paint a picture opposed to that. “Tooth Sub†is the first track on the disc, and the band’s only fault…
Amber Pacific – Truth In Sincerity
Amber Pacific – Truth In Sincerity / 2007 Hopeless / 12 Tracks / http://www.amberpacific.com / http://www.hopelessrecords.com / For a few years back when I first started the magazine, The Red Hot Valentines were the band that could do no wrong. Through four or five releases, everything they did was golden. They broke p a few years back, but it did not take me too terribly long to find another band…
Baby Boy Da Prince – Across The Water
Baby Boy Da Prince – Across The Water / 2007 Republic / 18 Tracks / http://www.babyboydaprince.com / http://www.universalrepublic.com Baby Boy Da Prince is one of the few artists that I actually knew about before I received the disc. “The Way I Live†(featuring the up and coming Lil Boosie) has been played on all the local radio stations on high rotation, and “Naw Meen†is another track that has been…