Author: James

Posted on: December 19, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Michael Hurley Celebrates 20th Full Length Through Touring

Michael Hurley, the legendary rambler, cartoonist, and “outsider” folk singer, guitarist, is undertaking a second set of select U.S. tour dates in support of The Ancestral Swamp his 20th full length album and his label debut for Devendra Banhart and Andy Cabic’s Gnomonsong label. Immediately preceding the last set of dates he taped segments for NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday” and “World Café” as well as APR’s “American Routes” program. The…

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Posted on: December 19, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

A Beat Of Our Own #2

A Beat Of Our Own #2 / $2 / 40M / Jared, A Beat of Our Own, 123 B Park Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27605 / A Beat Of Our Own is a decent magazine. There are interviews with members of The Avengers, APPLE, Social Unrest, and Thought Crime, among others. This is pretty much the only thing that is in this issue of the magazine. For those individuals that are…

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Posted on: December 19, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Ayo Breaks It Big; “Live From Monte-Carlo” Presented on PBS

Ayo “Live from Monte-Carlo” will be presented on U.S. Public Television as both a one hour special and as a 90-minute fundraising special nation-wide. Like The three tenors, Andrea Bocelli, Sara Brightman, Michael Bubble, Josh Groban and many others, Ayo will be introduced to the American market on television through more than 300 pbs affiliates covering 99% of total U.S. households.

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Posted on: December 19, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 5

NeuFutur Magazine: Bullet For My Valentine Contest

NeuFutur Magazine and Total Assault band together to create a new contest. Bullet for My Valentine is getting ready to release their sophomore album, Scream Aim Fire, on January 29th. The band traveled to Texas to team up with renowned producer Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Funeral for A Friend) to create an album packed with aggressive tempos, insane guitar riffs and incredible lyrics. Bullet for My Valentine is comprised of…

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Posted on: December 18, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

OST: Enchanted

OST: Enchanted / 2007 Walt Disney / 15 Tracks / http://www.disneymusic.com / Alan Menken (“The Little Mermaid”, “Beauty and the Beast”, “Pocahontas”, and “Hercules”) hooked up with Stephen Schwartz (“Godspell”, “Rags”) to create this score, which is similar to what the two did during both “Pocahontas” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”. “Enchanted” is the latest Walt Disney movie, and it blends together live action film with animation, both in…

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Posted on: December 18, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Emerson Hart’s “I Wish The Best For You” Most Added

With his debut solo album, Cigarettes and Gasoline, in stores now, former Tonic singer/songwriter Emerson Hart has the most added single at radio this week with the unforgettable “I Wish The Best For You.” The song is the follow up to the “gracefully earnest, almost anthemic first single” (USA Today) “If You’re Gonna Leave,” a Top 20 Hot AC radio hit. The album has been met with waves of acclaim,…

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Posted on: December 18, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

A Beat Of Our Own #1

A Beat Of Our Own #1 / $1 / :20 / 32M / misenplace2@hotmail.com /  This is the introductory issue of A Beat of Our Own, and it is pretty evident. Jared’s opening to the zzine says that ey has done zines in the past, but this issue just does not seem to have much in the way of hooks to catch onto readers. The collage style of this magazine…

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Posted on: December 18, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

NOW That’s What I Call Christmas! Volumes 1 to 3 Out Now

The world’s best-selling multi-artist album series, NOW That’s What I Call Music!, rings in the holiday season with the digital release debut of two of its multi-platinum holiday collections, NOW That’s What I Call Christmas! Vol. 1 and NOW That’s What I Call Christmas! Vol. 2, and the digital return of last year’s NOW That’s What I Call Christmas! Vol. 3. All three of NOW’s festive 36-track holiday collections are…

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Posted on: December 18, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

V/A – Christmas Number Ones

V/A – Christmas Number Ones / 2007 Universal / 17 Tracks / http://www.ilovethatsong.com/numberones / As one can conceivably glean from this CD, these are the songs that have reached number 1 on the chart during the Christmas season. This means that there are tracks from Elton John, Dolly Parton, the Jackson 5, Louis Armstrong, and Bing Crosby on this album. To keep the cost down of the disc, the album…

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Posted on: December 18, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Rivers Cuomo – “Blast Off” from The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo out Dec 18th everywhere

“This is a CD of my favorite home demos from ’92 to ’07 featuring a lot of never heard before songs, a few covers, a few songs from my unfinished rock musical “ Songs From The Black Hole” and my original demo for “Buddy Holly” – Rivers Cuomo A true treasure chest for Weezer fans & fans of great modern rock songs – 18 songs in total. One last, but…

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Posted on: December 18, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Barbie War #2

I realize that this issue is old, and that Anne has a new issue out, but I felt that I should write another review of this zine to rteplace the one that was eaten when the host that I was placed on went down permanently. This zine is an excellent one, mainly related to body image and other feminist issues, and it just really is interesting to see how someone…

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Posted on: December 17, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Johnny Cash – Christmas 1976 | Johnny Cash – Christmas 1977

Johnny Cash – Christmas 1976 / 2007 Shout Factory / 50 Minutes / http://www.johnnycash.com / http://www.shoutfactory.com / I really have to applaud Shout! Factory for releasing something like this. Every time one of these television specials or long forgotten releases is given new light, that is one less item that will be lost to sands of time. Who knows how many different shows, performances, and similar materials have been lost…

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Posted on: December 17, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 9

NeuFutur Presents: Contest for Autographed Copy of Oakenfold’s “Greatest Hits”

FINISHED! Thanks all for entering. NeuFutur Magazine and Cornerstone Promotion have teamed up again, this time to give away a signed copy of Paul Oakenfold’s “Greatest Hits And Remixes” to the winner and a regular copy of “Greatest Hits And Remixes” for the runner up. The rules behind this contest are very simple – just either comment this post or email editor@neufutur.com with a contact or address and we will…

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Posted on: December 17, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

The Bacterial Mad-Scientist

The Bacterial Mad-Scientist / :5 / 8S / PO Box 24894, Detroit, MI 48224 / Throughout my time reviewing zines, I have gotten my fair share of small, poorly-drawn comics. Not to say that all of them are necessarily bad, and The Bacterial Mad Scientist is one of those examples in which the style can be childish, using stick figures and hand-written thought balloons to convey the story, but it…

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Posted on: December 17, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

James Taylor – One Man Band

James Taylor – One Man Band / 2007 Hear Music / 19 Tracks / http://www.jamestaylorweb.com / James Taylor has been in the music industry for nearly 40 years. It is no surprise, then, that the music that is present on “One Man Band” is some of the most mature and strong of eir career. What “One Man Band” is is not a new album, but is rather an audio and…

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Posted on: December 17, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Ice Nine Kills signs to Red Blue Records

If Brand New, As I lay Dying, and Les Miserables joined forces, Ice Nine Kills would be the shining result. With epic choruses, Jazz like interludes, and an unmatched sense for brutality, INK’s new CD “The Burning,” is set to raise the bar in the current post hardcore scene. myspace.com/iceninekills – Signed to Red Blue Records – #1 downloaded band on Purevolume.com in US

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Posted on: December 17, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Away With All Cars

Away With All Cars / $2 / :30 / 32M / B.M. Jed, London, WC1N 3XX / The first thing that is striking about the cover of “Away With All Cars” is that it has absolutely nothing to do with the content that Mr. Social Control writes about. I suppose one could stretch it into a commentary on the fetishization of automobiles in society, but like I said, it is…

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Posted on: December 17, 2007 Posted by: James Comments: 0

Early 2008 Releases For Southern Lord Records

EARTH – The Bee Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull – February 2008 Earth’s latest incarnation has arrived. After re faceting some old gems for greater illumination on Hibernaculum, the band returns one again to it’s continuing evolution. Where Hex… reveled in dark Satanic twang and austere American beauty, The Bee Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull finds Dylan Carlson and the band growing into a harder, more rock and…

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