Dave Patten – Pace of Change / 2008 Clark / 5 Tracks / http://www.davepatten.com In the last six months since the last time that we reviewed Dave Patten, he has really taken that first bold step forward. First, he released a cover of the current hit “Sweetest Girlâ€, which provided individuals with a version that is even more soulful and energetic, while still being very sad in message, than the…
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Bachelor Party 2 / 2008 Fox / 104 Minutes / http://www.fox.com /  Bachelor Party is a 1984 film that featured a young Tom Hanks, where Rick Gassko, a party animal, decides to actually settle down and marry eir girlfriend Debbie Thompson (Tawny Kitaen). As one can guess from the title, Rick’s friends decide to throw Rick one last party. Debbie, the insecure wife, believes that Rick cheats on eir,…
Freshtrends.com is one of the oldest sites that provides individuals with all of the different belly button rings, nose rings, and tongue rings that they could conceivably want. While a number of local places, whether it be Hot Topic, the local head shop, or some Claire’s in the mall may have an OK selection, Freshtrends.com provides individuals with countless different options.
Mark Brown & Micky Slim may not spring to mind as your perfect dance music tag team but for the next installment of Cr2’s Live & Direct series they have joined forces to bring you something a little different than the norm. Micky’s sets are all about the party and the bass, ensuring the dancefloor and atmosphere are electric and everyone is having the time of their life! Mark’s mix…
Live: A Pornographic Coloring Zine / :5 / $1.00 / 16S / Robin Hustle, C/O, Ruth O-R, 1334 W. Greenleaf, Apt. 3S, Chicago, IL 60626 / Pretty much what the title suggests, Live is a coloring book that incorporates adult themes to the typically children-led field of coloring book. While more revolutionary coloring books have been commonplace since “My Family, Your Family, Our Family†and “Girls Will Be Boys Will…
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Fresh off a tour with Saliva and Drowning Pool Atlanta rock foursome City Sleeps are showing no signs of slowing down with a new video directed by Darren Doane (Buckcherry, AFI/Atreyu/Deftones) and single for ‘Not An Angel’ (from the CD of the same name) that will impact the airwaves and video channels in late April. Look for the band to continue to criss-cross the country in support of their Trustkill…
Sing It Loud play a brand of emo that is a linkage between acts like Boys Like Girls and Amber Pacific. There is not quite as much in the way of synthesizers on a Sing It Loud track as there are during a Rocket Summer track, but the same infectious type of pop is similar in all three cases. “No One Can Touch Us” features Alex Gaskarth, of All Time…
Neus Subjex #57 + #58 / Free / 1 Full-Sized Sheet / theneussubjex@aol.com / PO Box 18051, Fairfield, OH 45018 / While I have heard about Neus Subjex even since before I started doing my own zines back in 1999, I hadn’t been able to procure a copy of the zine until now. With two copies in my hands, I was able to get some sense of what The Neus…
And to reward their devoted army of rabid fans, the band has announced that it will record the entire show for a live DVD that Warner Bros. Records will release later this year. The DVD will be directed by Core Entertainment’s Rafa Alcantra, who also worked on the band’s riotous 2007 road documentary All Excess. The DVD package will also include a CD of seven previously unreleased b-sides that were…
36 Crazyfists – The Tide and Its Takers / 2008 Ferret / 11 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/36crazyfists / http://www.ferretstyle.com / The first track on “The Tide And Its Takers†is “The All Night Lightsâ€, a track that shows that the very angular hardcore that 36 Crazyfists play can be modified by the inclusion of a more classic metal type of tint. This means that, while the track is definitely ready for…
Philadelphia, PA–Philly’s own premier “hip-rock†band All Crazy is an appealing crossover mixture of rock and hip-hop that is gaining momentum and pulling in a large audience with their charismatic performances along the east coast.
The Tripwire: “The Jealous Girlfriends are a Brooklyn quartet that sounds like Mazzy Star seducing the New Pornographers. It’s a mix of longing shoegaze and perfect pop, creating a lush and wonderful pallet of wonderful complimentary sounds…Summertime in the sun belongs to the Beach Boys, but when the sun goes down evenings in the summer now belong to The Jealous Girlfriends.†http://www.thetripwire.com/reviews/2008/3/4/the-jealous-girlfriends
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 6/ 2008 Lionsgate / 384 Minutes / http://www.lionsgatedvd.com / Practically anyone that was born between 1976 and 1990 had some love for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at some point during their childhood. I was born in 1983, and I know that, outside of Ghostbusters toys, TMNT toys (movies, cartoons, and anything else that could be sold to me) were the thing which I played…
Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned #4 / :30 / $1 / 16 Pages / Full Sized / PO Box 3050, Eureka, CA 95502 / Hey, Jacob’s written for NeuFutur before. This is a lot more coherent than what ey had put on paper for my zine, with the exception of the “Bush or Chimp†piece. Jacob, you have tons of amazing pieces in this issue, and yet you still have…
Los Angeles’ THE FUNERAL PYRE has posted a track from the band’s forthcoming record, ‘Wounds,’ online at the band’s MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/thefuneralpyre), entitled “Black Earth.†Scheduled for a May 27 release through Prosthetic Records, ‘Wounds’ is the follow-up to 2006’s ‘The Nature of Betrayal,’ which saw an early 2007 re-release through a distribution deal with Creator Destructor Records.
There’s clearly no stopping Ari Gold as he gears up to release the maxi-single for “Where The Music Takes You.” The infectious, feel-good song, written and produced by Gold and the production team >HitPlay, is the Overall Grand Prize Winner of the 12th Annual USA Songwriting Competition (as well as First Prize Winner in the Pop category). With a featured vocal by Sasha Allen (Camp, VH-1’s Born To Diva and…
You and a friend on a trip to Rome, Italy to catch Tokio Hotel at TH’s Open Air Show PLUS a chance to meet the band! It’s the ultimate vacation for a Tokio Hotel Fan!
Spin [4 Stars] : “…balancing craftmanship and raw emotion.” Rolling Stone : ” heads up, animal collective fans: this san francisco act whips up tribal-style grooves that are surprisingly cheery and layered for a band that consists of only two dudes playing acoustic instruments.” NY Times at SXSW (Jon Pareles) : “But some of my favorite bands at the festival were those that made their impact on the spot. ;…