Author: Sargeant

Posted on: August 31, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Spindrift To Release The West on Beat The World November 11, On Tour Now

Already widely recognized as a touring force, a tireless group that frequently crosses the country, Spindrift recorded The West, their first “official” full-length, over a period of three years, in that rare time between shows. The album is, in the words of frontman Kirpatrick Thomas, a “pastiche,” music that pulls from earlier eras, from the Spaghetti Western, Eastern European klezmer, the sea shanty, Spanish flamenco, and American blues, but ties…

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Posted on: August 31, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Devendra bassist releases second album with the Viking Moses late Fall

The Parts That Showed is the sophomore album release by the Viking Moses an outfit that was initiated by Southern Missourian Brendon Massei in 2003. Their latest album was recorded on the Oldham family farm in central Kentucky by Paul Oldham, featuring the talent of Spencer Kingman (of Spenking), John McCauley III (of Deer Tick), Cody Brant and Jacob Soto (of Flaspar) and Evelyn Weston. The Parts That Showed is…

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Posted on: August 31, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Starlit Fireball #4

Yet another issue of this fabulous zine put out by Brittanie. I understand that I’ve been reviewing these issues in a weird order, but I do hae some sort of system when it comes to reviewing. You see, I have a pile of zines sitting on my floor, and the new issues are thrown on the top. Whenever I grap a zine, it is probably going to be the newest…

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Posted on: August 31, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Elton John – Rocket Man: Number Ones (CD)

Individuals know who exactly Elton John is. There is no use describing eir career or the trials and tribulations that marked the music or the style that created the music. Rather, individuals need to know that there are seventeen of John’s hits on the CD, with “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”, “Bennie and the Jets”, and “Crocodile Rock” as three of the first four songs that individuals hear. There are other…

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Posted on: August 31, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Introducing … East Village Opera Company!

Borrowing melodies from well-known opera masterpieces, “the group imagines classical opera- with its over-the-top plots- as if staged today” (Boston Globe). The results have been a hit across the board, with Time Out New York hailing their “grandiose yet genuinely touching operatic pomp” and AM New York praising their “special brand of rocked-up arias… a unique mash-up of old and new.” Fans and newcomers to the band will have a…

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Posted on: August 30, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Oasis Play Exclusive NYC show

Oasis is pleased to announce a rare club show in New York prior to the release of their upcoming album. This intimate show will take place at Manhattan’s Terminal 5 on Friday September 12th.

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Posted on: August 30, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Award-Winning Film Director Joel Schumacher Directs Scars on Broadway’s New Music Video

Scars on Broadway has added more dates to their first-ever North American tour, including one in their hometown of Los Angeles. Guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, joined by guitarist Franky Perez, keyboardist Danny Shamoun and bassist Dominic Cifarelli, will headline L.A.’s Avalon Ballroom on Tuesday, November 18, followed by the House of Blues in Anaheim on Wednesday, November 19, and then the House of Blues in San Diego…

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Posted on: August 30, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Starlit Fireball #3

This is what I believe is the last issue of Starlit Fireball that I had to review. This issue, the one that started my love for the zine, seems so far back in my memory that I just had to read it again. Really, folks, this zine is bare bones compared to what the zine has become, especially in response to #5. This issue of Starlit Fireball is really just…

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Posted on: August 30, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Point One – Unlucky Stars (CD)

“Unlucky Stars” is the first track on the album, and it paints Point One as a newer type of rock act that blends together hints of Good Charlotte with the slightly harder sounds of a Korn, White Zombie, or Ministry. What results is something that is immediately ready for popular radio, and this same type of sound is present in droves during the disc’s second track, “Oxygen”. The band decides…

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Posted on: August 30, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Underoath Set To Release “Lost In The Sound…” 9/2

Coming off their gold-certified Define The Great Line disc, UNDERØATH–who’ve built their career on being both heavy and experimental–return September 2 with the succinct and resolute LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, their fourth album on Seattle’s Tooth & Nail/Solid State Records.

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Posted on: August 29, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CAW! CAW! specializes in cosmic pop songs for space explorers, time travelers, pill-popping lovers, miniature golfers and teenagers making out.

CAW! CAW! specializes in cosmic pop songs for space explorers, time travelers, pill-popping lovers, miniature golfers and teenagers making out. New EP set for release in September. “…a guitar-driven sound and tense vocals, akin to a harder version of Radiohead.” – The Daily Iowan

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Posted on: August 29, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Billy Ray Cyrus Shoots Video for “Somebody Said A Prayer”

Billy Ray Cyrus was recently in Tarzana, California to film the music video for his newly released single, “Somebody Said A Prayer.” The video is directed by Roman White and includes a cameo by Billy Ray’s son Trace, lead guitarist for the band Metro Station.

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Posted on: August 29, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM DEBUT AT #70 ON BILLBOARD’S TOP 200 CHART & GEAR UP FOR A HUGE FALL TOUR

The Gaslight Anthem’s new album “The ’59 Sound” entered the Billboard Top 200 chart this week with a debut at #70. The band is currently in the UK playing a string of shows following their Reading and Leeds performances. Their fall U.S. tour consists of Co-Headlining shows with American Steel and a support slot on the Rise Against, Alkaline Trio & Thrice tour.

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Posted on: August 29, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Starleen #3

This zine is pretty far off from the ones that I usually pick out. Not personal at all, the zine reads like a more serious version of READ magazine, with a number of political pieces (Arnold being governor, Solar housing, Palestine vs. Israel US spending), while throwing some other random pieces, including writing to McDonalds and reviewing Nickled and Dimed by Barbera Ehrenreich. The zine goes even more quickly than…

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Posted on: August 29, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Chelsea – Faster, Cheaper, and Better Looking (CD)

I like Chelsea. They were present on a number of different punk compilations that I have heard over the years. This album is a new one for the band, and it is important because it features the trio of James Stevenson, Chris Bashford, and Gene October. This trio was integral in creating the Chelsea sound, and they have not been together in the recording studio since 1979.

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Posted on: August 29, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The End Of The World Release “French Exit” This Fall/Sophomore LP Out November 11th On Flameshovel /Pretty Activity Records

Split Subs & Dubs 7″ Entitled “Someone Else’s Dollar” Out Now With Pretty Activity Label Mates The Subjects “Stefan Marolachakis delivers each line as though it were part of a speech that’s going to take a while to finish; when he pauses, you can almost hear him reaching for a glass of water. …and when Marolachakis weaves his woozy croon through the beat, You’re Making It Come Alive frequently lives…

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Posted on: August 29, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

G. Love and Special Sauce Custom Guitar Giveaway

Enter at http://www.totalassault.com/contests/id/01634/ for a chance to win the G. Love custom model guitar from Gretsch, along with a SIGNED harmonica and Shure 520DX “Green Bullet” Harmonica Microphone. You’ll see G. Love playing these instruments all summer long on his headline tour with John Butler Trio and Tristan Prettyman. Make sure you pick up a copy of his new album Superhero Brother before you head out to the show!

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Posted on: August 29, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Tape Op #50

Tape Op is one of those zines that really have a double life, informing individuals through letters and interviews but also through the ample advertisements that find their way into the magazine. What seems to be the best thing about Tape op is that interested individuals that are in the field can get a free subscription. I do not honestly know where individuals would have to pay $4.50 for a…

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Posted on: August 29, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Freshkills Release S/T Album 9/2

Freshkills – yes, one word – are a five-piece tour guide to the lives, awkward conversations and head games that play out deep into the night in New York City’s dark bars and messy bedrooms. Each protagonist is motivated by sordid appetites, like moths attracted to blackness. Each song has the sound and feel of a mini-apocalypse.

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Posted on: August 28, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Birdmonster “The Iditarod” video!

Check out Birdmonster’s great new video for “The Iditarod” from their album From the Mountain to the Sea, out 09/02 in stores and out NOW digitally from the FADER Label.

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