For viewers that may not have had the chance to see I Love New York in the past, it is a spin off show from Flavor of Love that features Tiffany Pollard, who was rebounding off a tempestuous relationship with Flavor Flav. This DVD box set focuses on the second season of the show, which leads from the premise that Pollard has been dumped by the winner of the first…
In the latest volume of the Radium series, Pleasure Productions starlet Tera Wray travels the country to interview todayÂ’s hottest metal acts and bring you some serious head bashing music videos. Radium Volume 2 includes exclusive interviews with major label bands In This Moment and Ill Nino. Tera also joins Society 1 bassist, Dirt, for a bass lesson and travels to Houston to attend Matt Zane’s guitar solo suspension.
As the years pass since the media circle that surrounded around Jeffrey Dahmer and all of the crimes that ey committed (for those that were not around or were not cognizant at the time, Dahmer killed 15 (or 17) different men and male children over the course of 13 years. The premise of “Raising Jeffrey Dahmer†is to provide information about the growth of Jeffrey from child to adult, and…
After nearly a three year hiatus, the Los Angeles-based Hidden Beach Recordings has refreshed its popular and critically acclaimed Unwrappedâ„¢ collection. “It’s been years since we offered an addition to the series and the feeling inside was we had to do something new with a unified theme. The idea came up that southern rap has exploded into pop culture, why not offer Unwrappedâ„¢ recordings of these monster hits. At the…
A music performance at the Bayou Boogaloo & Cajun Food Festival by Boots Riley, the well-known front man for The Coup, ended abruptly with police charges of “abusive language.” Boots was charged with an obscure law even the police had difficulty finding; citing him with § 18.2-416. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-416. This law has never been applied to a performer. In this situation, Boots’ lyrics were only “provoking” a good time, as the…
Columbia Records released iCarly - Music From and Inspired by the Hit TV Show on June 10, 2008. iCarly - Music From and Inspired by the Hit TV Show will debut four original songs performed by iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove, including the iCarly theme song, “Leave It All to Me” (featuring Drake Bell), which recently charted on the Billboard Hot 100. The hit song currently averages a four-star rating with customers on iTunes, as well as…
“In the New Year”, the first available track from the New York band’s forthcoming fourth album, You and Me, is more giving and direct than most Walkmen songs, sending familiar themes– romance, the new year– billowing out to grander proportions through the force of the performance. The push-pull between drumless verses and loud, swaying, barstool singalong choruses helps make for one of the best Walkmen tracks since Bows and Arrows’…
This summer sees the return of UNKLE as they release their spectacularly beautiful End Titles…Stories for Film, a collection of eclectic recordings from UNKLE and various collaborators that were inspired by the moving image in the last two years since their last effort War Stories was recorded. End Titles…Stories For Film will be released in North America digitally July 15 and at retail September 2 on Surrender All–the all-encompassing label/studio/music…
In the beginning there was… the Munich Music Machine: when Giorgio Moroder entered the US billboard charts in 1977 with Donna Summers erotic epos titled, “I Feel Loveâ€, a new music style was born. A combination of influences from Motown & Philly Soul to German Electronica & Kraut Rock Giorgio Moroder helped shape a new sound, a sound that still can be considered as one of the blueprints for today’s…
Revolution (with a catch phrase): Collected Edition / $2 / :20 / pat_aulisio@yahoo.com / I missed out on Revolution (with a catch phrase) when the first issues came out. This collected edition is essential for anyone who wishes to get an idea of what the comic zine had to offer. RWACP has a fairly simplistic style which has interactions with reality (much like the pasting of celebrities’ heads on stock…
For fans of Code Lyoko, Fall of X.A.N.A. fits in to the story arc that was covered by the 4th season. The goal of players is to ensure that William is freed from being enthralled to the X.A.N.A. virus, and to also vanquish the Volcano Replika. The style of Code Lyoko : Fall of X.A.N.A. is a blend of RPG-styles that are more turn-based and Zelda-like in their application. The…
Fort Worth, TX natives, SKY EATS AIRPLANE, and Equal Vision Records have set a July 22, 2008 release date for their self-titled full length album. The 11-track set was recorded at the beginning of the year with producer, Brian McTernan (Circa Survive, Hot Water Music) at his studio in Baltimore. “Brian helped us out with a lot of great vocal ideas and definitely opened up new pathways we can take, 
Gustavo Assis-Brasil may not be well known outside of the very technically-based fans of jazz guitar. This is due to the fact that ey is seen as a founder of the hybrid picking technique for the guitar, which occurs when an individual uses both a pick and their fingers to play notes. If individuals are familiar with the works of masters such as Wayne Krantz, Dave Fiuczynski, and Mick Goodrick,…
Wall-E, the Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class, has been left on Earth for hundreds of years cleaning up the mess left by the inhabitants of the planet. Unfortunately, the amount of trash that was present on the planet was too great, the plan too ambitious, and the rest of the robots had been taken off line, which forced this Wall-E unit to complete eir task alone. Alone without any companionship…
I love the fact that there seems to be more horror movies on the market than there ever have, and I especially love the fact that Monarch Home Video sent The Lodge as their first film to be reviewed. The Lodge was brought forth by the Brothers Shamus, who have made their splash into the directing pool with this film. The general premise of The Lodge is that a couple…
Wikipedia puts G.G. Elvis and the TCP Band as a nardcore act. While I had no idea what nardcore was (essentially, it is a brand of punk rock that originally was present in acts from the Oxnard city of California. Saying that, the G.G. Elvis and the TCP Band is an all-star band in sorts, as it consists of members of Ill Repute, Aggression, Nofx, and the Bad Samaritans. The…
ItÂ’s about time. After the calculated hair band years, followed by dour grunge, then formulaic emo-screamo, true metal is back, led by a new generation of hard rockers, with Santa CruzÂ’s Archer at the forefront. Formed earlier this decade, this real deal power trio features singer-guitarist Dylan, bassist Isaiah and drummer Jimmy, unleashing full fury and cathartic celebration with raw gusto combined with ever-growing musicianship on stage.Â
Daniel Ahearn, of the electro-acoustic folk rock band Ill Lit, officially premiered his new video for “Down For The Count” today as part of Pastemagazine.com’s Video of the Day feature. The video was directed by Dion Labriola and Jerry Pyle. Watch it here! Daniel released his solo EP, Pray For Me By Name, on June 17, 2008 on Riparian Records. Late in 2007, Daniel was robbed. His electronics, his boom…
Best-selling Australian singer-songwriter Xavier Rudd is set to release his seventh album, Dark Shades of Blue, on August 19th. Confirmed appearances at the Jazz Aspen Snowmass and Bumbershoot festivals in August and the Austin City Limits festival in September will bookend a headlining tour that will find Xav bringing his world-renowned live performance to cities across the U.S.
Revolutionthrash #1 / :25 / $1 or trade / 36 Pages / revolutionthrash@yahoo.com / Revolution Thrash, 100 Beach Street Room A-716, Boston MA 02116 /Â The first zine done by Ryan is actually a hit. Crammed full of information, Revolutionthrash is still clean, clear, and concise. Not really comfortable fitting into any one genre of music or zine, Ryan goes a little interview heavy for this issue. Instead of having…