Valencia return to the road with a week of headlining warm-up dates before embarking on this summer’s annual Vans Warped Tour, which kicks off June 20 in Southern California.
So This is It #2 / .50 / Fourth-Sized / 24 Pages / Eve, 4110 Hollybrook Ln, Houston, TX 77039 / This zine is purely a set of journal entries from the month around Christmas, and what happens to Eve during those time. We are slightly exposed to Eve’s friends and family, but pretty much only learn about the actions of the star person eirself. As for layout, the zine…
Portland’s System and Station deliver a fresh pop sound on upcoming fourth full-length, A Nation of Actors, plots upcoming tour. Fans of Built to Spill, Sunny Day Real Estate listen up.
“Team Genius makes great scratchy and nerdy indie-pop from the Midwest. These kids are making music fun again by making silly songs that are instantly catchy, yet filled with tons of heartfelt lyrics that soar in your ear all day long (check out “Handclaps In E Major†for the perfect example). With all of the large influx of bands trying too hard, it is good to hear a band having…
Toronto “instrumetal” thrash band Mastery has announced the addition of bassist Morgan Rider (Bolero) and drummer Kerry Saxena (Nocturnity) to their line-up. The band is currently writing the follow-up to Lethal Legacy with an early 2009 release scheduled.
Songs About Ghosts #2 / :20 / $1.00 / 64S / Jasmine Wagner, 252 Norman Ave., #203, Brooklyn, NY 11222 / http://www.songsaboutghosts.com / I only realized that the title of Jasmine’s zine wasn’t just a nice sounding collection of words after reading through the entirety of this issue. This time, Jasmine takes us back to a summertime camp, interspersing eir narrative with snippets of eir current life. Through this narrative,…
Candlebox have announced preliminary dates for a full US tour this summer; full list of confirmed shows are below with more to follow in the coming weeks. Candlebox’s new record, Into The Sun was out July 22nd on Silent Majority Group/ILG.
Fujiya & Miyagi To Illuminate The World This Fall With Their Highly Anticipated Sophomore LP “Lightbulbs” To Be Released September 16th On Deaf, Dumb + Blind Recordings Reveal Tracklisting & Commentary On The New Album / World Festival Tour Starts Today
Metal Mind Productions present re-release of Artillery’s debut album “Fear Of Tomorrow†in a new digipak edition limited to 2000 copies. Back in the 80’s they were one of the biggest European thrash sensations on the scene characterized by intense, energetic riffing and unique vocals of Flemming Ronsdorf, somewhat reminiscent of Slayer and Megadeth from the same era. Their debut LP and the follow-up “Terror Squad” have gained a legendary…
My Morning Jacket to Play New Year’s Eve Concert at the World’s Most Famous Arena! “My Morning Jacket have the power to stop time” LA Weekly, April 2008<!–more–> On December 31, 2008 My Morning Jacket will take the stage at New York City’s Madison Square Garden for what is sure to be an unforgettable New Year’s Eve concert. Hailed as one of the most important bands today by critics and…
Solid Café / :05 / ? / 12S / 2692 Madison Rd Ste N1, PMB 220, Cincinnati, OH 45209 / More of a thought than a zine, Solid Café discusses Da Malatesta’s desire that Che Guevara was a transgender individual than the bio-male that eir was during eir life. With a few words per page, I can’t honestly say that the read was a long one, but the desire expressed…
Debut LP A Place Where We Could Go Out Now On K Records “Alpha Rhythm†7†Single Out Next Week On K Records / Announces First Leg Of European Fall Tour
Much like the mystical illustration found on their self-titled debut album, Silver Summit is a collision of heaven and earth, fire and water; both bewitching and beautiful. The Brooklyn-based group is a song-writing partnership between longtime friends and multi-instrumentalists, Sondra Sun-Odeon and David Shawn Bosler. Their captivating entrance appears this Summer on Language of Stone, a new imprint of heralded indie label Drag City. Working with noted engineer-producer and folk…
(Great Society; August 19, 2008 – Vinyl/Digital) (Great Society; September 9, 2008 – CD) There are bands that sound good on stage, and there are bands that sound good on record, and then there are the fortunate ones that s ound good on both. With the full-length debut f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13, out September 9 (August 19 for vinyl and digital) on Great Society, the…
Matt Pryor (The New Amsterdams, ex-Get Up Kids) announces his first solo tour. The first dates are co-headliner’s with Chris Conley of Saves The Day, followed by headlining dates across the southern and eastern US with Kevin Devine.
Slug & Lettuce #89 / Free|Postage / :45 / 20M / chris1slug@hotmail.com / Slug & Lettuce is a magazine that I try to pick up each time I see it available. Sure, I do not know many of the bands that are covered, but Chris’ work in uniting solid zine and CD reviews with intellectual opinion piece is far beyond practically any other magazine out on the market. The zine…
Slug and Lettuce #77 / Full Sized / 20 Pages / Christine, PO Box 26632, Richmond, VA 23261-6632 / chris1slug@hotmail.com / Released Autumn 2003 / While Chris might have the tag for eir magazine be “A zine supporting the do-it-yourself ethics of the punk communityâ€, the simple fact here is that Slug & Lettuce is more than just a zine. After a lifetime of publication, literally (Slug & Lettuce is…
Produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival line-up includes Dianne Reeves, Terence Blanchard, Donal Fox, Christian Scott, Eddie Daniels, Mark O’Connor, Jane Monheit, Joe Locke, Eliane Elias and Edmar Castaneda, August 29-31.
Companion Book To Be Published By Rizzoli In August The Coral Sea, Live Album From Smith And My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields, Set For July 11th Release Palm Pictures has announced the theatrical release of acclaimed photographer Steven Sebring’s directorial debut, PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE. The film is set for release this September. The richly layered portrait of the legendary poet, artist, musician and activist won the Cinematography Award…
Pink Floyd-themed cruise will feature think Floyd USA; set to sail to the Bahamas in May 2009. Kiqstart Music, an entertainment company based in New York, NY and Think Floyd USA, the number one touring production of Pink Floyd in the country, announced plans to host the first Pink Floyd themed cruise aboard a Carnival Cruise Ship to the Bahamas. Dubbed “Great Gig in the Sea”, the cruise will allow…