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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

LML Music Announces the Release of ‘Our Story,’ the New Album From Acclaimed Folk/Cabaret Artist D.C. Anderson; in Stores March 11, 2008

Among the most prolific and engaging artists of today’s folk and cabaret genres, singer/songwriter D.C. Anderson liberates a new collection of unique and compelling tales from his gray matter with the release of “Our Story,” online and in stores March 11, 2008 on the LML Music Label. This, his eighth album since his debut release in 1993, offers 15 new original songs that playfully and poignantly challenge traditional notions of…

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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Kate Nash – Made of Bricks

Kate Nash – Made of Bricks / 2007 Polydor / 12 Tracks / http://www.katenash.co.uk / Kate Nash has been all the rage in the United Kingdom for over a year now. It is only now that Nash is trying to break it big in America, and with the works on this album, the chance that Nash breaks it big in America is considerable. The opening track on the disc is…

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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Tristan Prettyman Works With G-Love/Special Sauce, Tours

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tristan Prettyman will hit the road in February along with G. Love & Special Sauce in support of her new album entitled Hello.  The album will be released April 15, 2008, on Virgin Records and is an appealing portrait of this freewheeling San Diego, CA, native as she narrates stories about her life, loves, and heartbreaks. “I really wanted the album to be a reflection of me,”…

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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Maritime – Heresy and the Hotel Choir

Maritime – Heresy and the Hotel Choir / 2007 Flameshovel / 12 Tracks / http://www.flameshovel.com / For those individuals that do not know who Maritime is, the band consists of members from both The Dismemberment Plan and the Promise Ring. They released their first full length “Glass Floor” in 2004, and followed that up with a 2006 release in “We, the Vehicles”. This, their third album, shows a very mature…

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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 1

MMP Set to Re-release Macabre Albums

Metal Mind Productions presents a re-release of the album “Sinister Slaughter” by Macabre. While metal music often tends to seek inspiration in the horror genre, Macabre goes a step further and transforms horror into music – the Chicago trio have developed their own unique musical style which they named murder metal. The name speaks for itself and Macabre make sure that each of their releases lives up to it. “Sinister…

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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Kristi’s Zine

This is yet another zinester hailing from the Canton/Akron area, and again, I am surprised at the quality of this zine. Mind you, it is very short, sweet, and to the point (fourth size, 20 pages), but the mixture of artistic styles that she used to create this zine is simply amazing. From something like writing on her hand and taking a picture of it to doing the tried and…

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Posted on: January 24, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Metal Mind Productions Re-releases Number of Mortification Albums

Mortification, Australia’s most successful extreme metal band, now in their 18th year, is breaking into the metal scene in Europe once again. Under the license from Nuclear Blast Records, Metal Mind Productions will be re-issuing 9 Mortification titles in a deluxe digipak format. The list include following albums: “Scrolls of The Megilloth”, “Post Momentary Affliction”, “Blood Wold”, “Primitive Rhythm Machine”, “Envision Evangelene”, “Triumph of Mercy”, “Hammer Of God”, “The Silver…

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Posted on: January 23, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Last American Buffalo – Marquis For The Debutante

Last American Buffalo – Marquis For The Debutante / 2007 Self / 11 Tracks / http://www.virb.com/lastamericanbuffalo / The first track on “Marquis For The Debutante” is “Breaking Up Mine”, and it shows Last American Buffalo as an act that has a style that blends together Chris Cornell’s solo work with hints of The Wallflowers and Queens of the Stone Age. “Breaking Up Mine”’s walking bass line that is present during…

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Posted on: January 23, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Mower Announces Search For New Guitarist And Drummer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mower Re-Caps 2007 and Announces Search For New Guitarist And Drummer *** Mower’s “Road Rage” Continues To Heat Up Sirius Devil’s Dozen San Diego, CA’s Mower, who just recently completed a tour supporting Diecast, has checked in with the following re-cap of 2007: The group is currently searching for new members to fill the drummer and guitarist positions.

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Posted on: January 23, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 1

TAB the Band – Pulling Out Just Enough To Win

TAB the Band – Pulling Out Just Enough To Win / 2007 Self / 11 Tracks / http://www.tabtheband.com / “Le Colonelle” is the first track on “Pulling Out Just Enough To Win”, and what results is something that generally follows the retro rock sound of acts like 38 Special and The Rolling Stones. The band plays to the current period at times, but it feels much more often as if…

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Posted on: January 23, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Severe Torture – Sworn Vengeance

Severe Torture – Sworn Vengeance / 2007 Earache / 10 Tracks / http://www.severetorture.com / http://www.earache.com / Severe Torture has their influences all down, as the limited edition first pressing of “Sworn Vengeance’ has the band’s covers of Cro-Mags and Entombed classics. The first track on “Sworn Vengeance” is “Dismal Perception”, which paints the act as one that can play their brand of speed metal as fast as humanely possible without…

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Posted on: January 23, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Paragon Release Information for January 2008

After a five year absence, France’s Celestia return with their long awaited sophomore album entitled Frigidiis Apotheosia: Abstinencia Genesiis, due out in January via Paragon Recs in America, and Apparitia Recordings in Europe. This follow up to 2002’s Apparitia: Sumptuous Spectre will continue on in Celestia’s tradition of dark romantic and melancholic Black Metal. This time enhanced with a more intellectual and personal approach. The track listing for Frigidiis Apotheosia:…

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Posted on: January 23, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Eleven Hundred Miles Close

Eleven Hundred Miles Close / Forth-Sized / 28 Pages / sarah@killerhandsprojects.com /  The cover of this zine didn’t make me want to read this zine at all, being only the title in a generic type of font. However, when I started reading Eleven Hundred Miles Close, I was given an extremely in-depth view about a relationship turned friendship between two people that are over 1100 miles away. Taking place in…

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Posted on: January 23, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Introducing: Pretendo

Ever notice how bands try to avoid comparison, or take as much focus away from their influences as possible? Rock, punk, and all forms of guitar-drums-bass ensembles that are looking to establish themselves often try to set themselves apart to further convince the public that their sound is entirely unique. Style becomes so much more than substance. “It’s necessary for individuals to classify, but we have always tried to work…

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Posted on: January 22, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Alex Winston – By The Roots

Alex Winston – By The Roots / 2007 Pratdral Records / 6 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/AlexWinston / Alex Winston is trying to break it big. The first track on “By The Roots” is “Misunderestimate Me”, and it shows Winston as an individual that wants to go forth and fit right in with Avril Lavigne, Pink, and Christina Aguliera. There is virtually nothing that distinguishes Winston from these individuals, and this makes…

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Posted on: January 22, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

National Product To Tour With Just Surrender, Lorene Drive

    January 16, 2008—National Product, named one of the ‘TOP 100 BANDS TO WATCH IN 2008’ in an upcoming issue of Alternative Press Magazine, will hit the road next month with Just Surrender and Lorene Drive. Dates for the two-week tour, kicking off February 7, will be announced shortly.

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Posted on: January 22, 2008 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Eighty Six Magazine January 2006

Eighty Six Magazine January 2006 / Free / :15 / 32M / http://www.86magazine.com / It is typically the case that these free magazines have way too many advertisements and not enough in the way of hard-hitting journalistic pieces. Eighty Six magazine does have its fair share of ads, but does attempt to try to throw in a little journalism into the mix. For example, the interview with Gang Green is…

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