Author: Sargeant

Posted on: July 7, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Another gift from Electrocute

Electrocute is giving you another free song from their EP “On The Beat” titled ‘Saturn Rings’. Head over to their Myspace to download the track but while you are there enter to their video contest! You can win a huge gilttery package of special Electrocute merchandise including the rare 7″ vinyl single and new EP signed. All you have to do is lip synch, dance, or whatever to the song…

Posted on: July 7, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Ruby Slippers #5

This zine’s review will also be a very short one, as I have already did a review for this zine that was eaten by the move back to the first server and also because of the fact that is a completely music-related magazine. This zine reads like Rhythm and Booze but with less of a scene-specific styling, focusing on more of the English music scene, pretty much constantly bashing the…

Posted on: July 7, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Rev. Bubba D Liverance & the Cornhole Prophets — Saviours of Rock n Soul

Hailing from Auburn, Alabama and whipping up a storm anywhere they take to a stage, Rev. Bubba D. Liverance & the Cornhole Prophets are here to preach the good word of real music. Don’t need your money. Don’t want your fame Hailing from Auburn, Alabama and whipping up a storm anywhere they take to a stage, Rev. Bubba D. Liverance & the Cornhole Prophets are here to preach the good…

Posted on: July 7, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

‘A Band with a Plan’ Takes Fansourcing to New Levels

NYC group Telling on Trixie devises a tailor-made crowd-sourcing plan heavy on audience participation at www.abandwithaplan.com. Following an exceptionally successful first year as an indie band, Telling on Trixie is calling themselves “A Band with a Plan,” as they have devised a twelve-month plan to raise $50,000 for the creation and promotion of their next album and music video. Telling on Trixie fans and music lovers will serve important parts…

Posted on: July 6, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Symbolyc One Releases New 12″ Single “Mash”

Member of Erykah Badu’s funk Group, The Cannabinoids, releases solo album “Music Box” in stores July 22. Texas’s soulful hip hop producer/performer Symbolyc One, aka S1, releases the first 12″ single, Mash from his upcoming solo album Strange Fruit Project Presents: S1 Music Box, on Spilt Milk Da Label/Traffic Entertainment.

Posted on: July 6, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Pop Sensation Leah DeVon Donates Music to the Troops

KAZ Records recording artist Leah DeVon has been selected to be a featured artist for Music For Troops. Leah has made available free music downloads from her current album Come Over. “To give the gift of music to our men and women in uniform is an honor.” — Leah DeVon

Posted on: July 6, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SPITFIRE – Cult Fiction available now

After turning the world on fire in early 2006 with Self-Help, their first new album in over five years, SPITFIRE return nearly two years to the day with Cult Fiction and with it redefine what heavy is all about. Recorded at Trax East Studios in New Jersey by noted producer Eric Rachel (The Dillinger Escape Plan, God Forbid, Burnt By The Sun) and mastered by Alan Douches (you name it,…

Posted on: July 6, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SAM CHAMPION’s Sophomore LP HEAVENLY BENDER Out This August On North Street Records

Can you see the stars where you are? We can’t see ’em in New York. Let me tell you this is a damn good rock band at the height of their Byzantine powers. Jack Dolgen’s bass rumbles and bounces like it should. Sean Bones’ guitar can’t miss a note, except, of course when that note is supposed to be missed. And you can hear those pounding drums. And on top…

Posted on: July 5, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Kansas – Two For The Show (CD)

Kansas’s “Two For The Show” was originally released in 1978, and Sony Legacy has decided to re-release the CD right, adding an entire disc of new tracks – 9 in number – that were originally recorded for the album but were ultimately dropped due to time constraints. Of course, the classic live sound of Kansas comes through on the original tracks, whether the band is going through their hits (“Carry…

Posted on: July 5, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Mega Man Starforce 2 : Zerker X Saurian (DS)

Individuals will likely know that Mega Man Starforce 2: Zerker X Saurian follows forth from the Battle Network line of games, but few will know that this game marks the eighth installment in that series. The game starts out with the player taking the role of Geo Stelar, a child that is in the 20XX world. Stelar links up with Omega-Xis, an alien, ultimately turning eirself into one of the…

Posted on: July 5, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Top Spin 3 (PS3)

Tennis is a sport that has been around for quite a while in the video game industry, if one considers the Atari 2600 game Tennis to be the beginning (and there could be a good case that Pong would fit the bill as a tennis game, considering it had a “tennis” option. Of course, we are over twenty-five years out from these first attempts at a tennis game, but it…

Posted on: July 5, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bret Michaels Tours in Support of “Rock My World”

Bret Michaels is, if nothing else, a true survivor.  He has survived a life long battle as an insulin dependent diabetic, a well publicized near fatal car crash in 1994 and the countless musical trends and fads of the last two decades. “As soon as I ever start to just go through the motions I’ll quit,” confessed the 44 year old singer, songwriter, producer, director and actor in a recent…

Posted on: July 5, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Khia, Singer of “My Neck, My Back” and Star of VH1’s Miss Rap Supreme, To Release Nasti Muzik

Khia, aka Thug Misses, is set to drop her latest album Nasti Muzik. Known for her infamous 2002 smash club hit single, “My Neck, My Back,” and her recent appearance on VH1’s Miss Rap Supreme, Khia has returned to bring her sexually-driven lyrical prowess and southern charisma to her latest album. Nasti Muzik will be released August 19, 2008 on Fat Cat Records and Tommy Boy Distribution.

Posted on: July 5, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Rocks and Blows #2

Rocks and Blows #2 / $1 / :20 / 36M / rocks_and_blows@yahoo.com /  Some of my best friends are drug addicts, but they never have gotten as deep into their lives and their addictions as David does in this issue of Rocks and Blows. Before getting into a rehab program using Methadone, David was a heroin addict. This issue shows the feelings of withdrawal and exactly how far an individual…

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Rong / DFA Records to Release Two 12 inch Singles by Free Blood

Free Blood is a marriage of opposing ends of a spectrum.  The group came to fruition when former !!! member John Pugh and fashion designer Madeline Davy found common ground  and much inspiration in a goal of uniting the divergent settings that host New York’s dance and indie music: the Manhattan club scene (or an idealized version of what once was a scene) and  the energized, anything-goes Brooklyn warehouse parties…

Posted on: July 5, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Future Is Unwritten – Joe Strummer (DVD)

There have been a number of documentaries and similar types of material to choose from over the last few decades revolving around Joe Strummer, whether it be as a part of The Clash, of the punk genre generally, or of the last few years of eir life. However, no film really goes into the detail that “The Future Is Unwritten” goes. This is due to the fact that there are…

Posted on: July 4, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Keith Sweat Continues To Be On Top of Billboard Chart

Keith Sweat’s new CD Just Me debuts this week at #10 on Billboard’s top 200 album chart and #2 on R&B chart. Rolling Out Magazine will be throwing Keith a release party on June 4 at 7PM at the Geisha House in Atlanta, let me know if you would be interested in attending. In support of Just Me Keith Sweat will be touring throughout the US this summer, tour dates…

Posted on: July 4, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Video link for Ascension Of The Watchers – touring as part of Ministry

Ascension of The Watchers was conceived as a creative journey for guitarist/vocalist Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory, G//Z/R) and keyboardist/programmer John Bechdel (False Icons, Fear Factory, Killing Joke, Prong, Ministry, and Murder Inc.); it is a vision born of life, love and spirituality. The band’s debut CD, Numinosum, was created by these friends with guitarist Edu Mussi (Still Life Decay) for Al Jourgensen’s 13th Planet Records. Bell’s writing and performance demonstrates…

Posted on: July 4, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Saving Grace Season One (DVD Set)

Saving Grace is one of the best performing shows that TNT currently has. The show itself is about Grace Hanadarko’s (Holly Hunter, whom individuals may know from eir role in The Piano) life, who has bottomed out pretty hard by the time that individuals first see eir on their screens, hitting and killing a pedestrian after a drunken journey through town Enter in Earl, an angel sent from Heaven in…