Author: Sargeant

Posted on: August 9, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Schoolyard Heroes Release New Album, Abominations

Don’t be afraid, embrace the inevitable end, because as Abomination proves, death can be one badass dance party.Schoolyard Heroes are NOT for the faint at heart. They’re a far cry from the guyliner-smudged, wallowing-in-self-pity emo bands you’ve been drowned by for the past two years. “We need to go out and destroy everything that is wrong with music right now” announces towering bassist Jonah Bergman. Schoolyard Heroes aren’t here to…

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Posted on: August 9, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Spin.com’s “Band of the Day” For 08/06 is The Lonely H

These Seattle throwback rockers booted out their first album, Kickin’ Upstairs, in 2006. Taut live shows swirled with swank three-part vocal harmonies and earned the band a ‘don’t miss this’ reputation in the region. This year, Mark Fredson (vocals), Eric Whitman (guitar), Johnny Whitman (bass), Ben Eyestone (drums), and Colin Field (guitar) all graduated from high school in June before sprouting forth the guitar-laden full-length Hair, out now via the…

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Posted on: August 9, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Hissyfits Interview

1)Can everyone give me their names, and what instrument that they play. Also, describe to me the current happenings surrounding The Hissyfits. If you could give me a little information about the latest album and the current tour, it would be excellent.

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The Good Life Interview, Part I

The Good Life Interview, Part I On a cold day, January 19th to be specific, I conducted an interview with emo-rock wunderkinds The Good Life. The resulting interview was so massive, I had to split it up into three seperate parts. Without further adieu, here is The Good Life !

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Posted on: August 8, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Girl Talk Interview

Girl Talk Interview Conducted by JMcQ How do you come up with all of the samples for the tracks on Night Ripper? Do you plan out a swarm of song ideas or how do you get the creative process going?

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The Weakerthans Release New Album, Tour

The Weakerthans will launch a U.S. trek on September 25th in Minneapolis. That same day, Reunion Tour – its fourth studio album and strongest song-cycle yet – will be released via Anti-.

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Emocapella Interview

Emocapella Interview Conducted by JMcQSimple opening question – we can ease into the harder questions after this. Who are Emocapella currently, and what exactly does Emocapella try to do with live performances, your new album (I’m Sorry) and the like?

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Cruci-Fetus Interview

Cruci-Fetus Interview Conducted by JMcQ Joe (J) and Neumaier (Numan) represent Cruci-Fetus in this interview, conducted by JMcQ . How did the current version of Cruci-Fetus come to be? What bands were people in before joining Cruci-Fetus?

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Two Gallants Release “The Throes” on Digipak.

Digipack edition coming in August on Alive Naturalsound records Remixed, remastered, with bonus track and Quicktime video “It sounds a bit more natural, more to the way we were sounding at the time.” – Adam & Tyson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8SbsUa4sqA

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Posted on: August 7, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Cheap Sex Interview with Mike Virus

Cheap Sex Interview with Mike Virus [Conducted by JMcQ, 05 August 2006] What does the band’s name, “Cheap Sex”, mean? Why was it chosen? Mike – The name Cheap Sex doesn’t have any meaning behind it. We were looking for a name that had some humor that would grab attention on a flyer. I mentioned the name ‘Cheap Sex’ and we just decided to go with it.

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Chthonic Covered by NPR, Sign Deal With Dunlop

At the Mountain View, Calif. stop of the Ozzfest tour last month, National Public Radio affiliate KQED-FM interviewed the Taiwanese band ChthoniC, the first-ever Asian extreme metal act to take part in hard rock’s longest-running annual tour. The interview, which first aired on KQED’s nationally syndicated weekly “Pacific Time” program on Aug. 2, can be streamed on the station’s website.

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King of Swords

Did you ever want to get some swords, self defense tools, or other fun little toys but did not have a Waterbeds & Stuff store around? I stumbled upon King of Swords a few nights ago, and found literally hundreds of dollars of stuff that I actually wanted. Essentially, what King of Swords is is one of those stores at the county fair, albeit expanded a hundredfold. If you want…

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Joemca – Jum+Ka

Joemca – Jum+Ka / 2006 One Stone / 5 Tracks / http://www.joemcamusic.com / Joemca is someone that I was not familiar with before picking up this EP. The very Depeche Mode style to the vocals during the first track “Strangers” make it seem like Joemca is influenced tremendously by the New Romantic style. Unlike a number of the acts from that era, there seems to be a high amount of…

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Elizabeth Book Review

Elizabeth / 2007 Hachette Book Group / 678M / 5:00 / http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com / Elizabeth was written by J. Randy Taraborrelli. Taraborrelli may best be known for all of eir other biographies, which include those about Diana Ross, Carol Burnett, Michael Jackson, Cher, Frank Sinatra, Madonna, and the work about the females linked to the Kennedy clan, ‘Jackie, Ethel, and Joan’. This book is about Elizabeth Taylor, and goes in a…

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Drug Rug Tour, Release Album in October

The FADER.com “The band Drug Rug out of Cambridge, Massachusetts with a self-titled album coming in September on Black and Greene kind of sound like a dirty, shredded baja sweater, so we congratulate them on their self-awareness and funky jams and we present you with this song called “Day I Die.”http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2007/07/10/audio-drug-rug-day-i-die

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The Horrifics – Now Fear This

The Horrifics – Now Fear This / 2006 1031 / 17 Tracks / http://www.thehorrifics.net / http://www.1031records.com / I must admit that I did not expect a hard type of punk music looking at the band. One member of the band has hair like Wayne Static and yet another looks like ey would be perfect in Union Underground. However, what The Horrifics sound like is nothing like how they look. “Uzumaki”…

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