WANDERlust is the provocative title for the intriguing first solo album by Gavin Rossdale – an inspired song cycle by the former leader of Bush that turns out to be a trip in its own right. “The wanderlust I’m talking about isn’t that desire to travel and see the world, Rossdale explains with a grin. “It’s my overwhelming desire to get out and play music for people. I feel like…
Check out Solange Knowles on tour with Raheem DeVaughn and Chrisette Michele now! Please let me know if you’d like to review one of the concert dates below. Geffen Records presents the sophomore release from Solange Knowles, SoL-AngeL and The Hadley Street Dreams due for release on August 26th. In anticipation for Solange’s CD release on August 26th I have audio streams of the first single, “I Decidedâ€, and other…
Where do you get your wisdom? In a cup of tea. San Francisco, California-based writer Todd Walton didn’t imagine he’d ever be considered for his wisdom and inspiration. Yet the astounding and simple stories he tells in this new book might make you think that there is in fact an amazing guru walking the streets of our world. Buddha in a Teacup: Tales of Enlightenment contains forty-two astounding short and…
Recluse Zine #7 – Issue by issue, this zine has gotten better and better. The pieces all mesh together with the proper mix of personality and politics. Highlights of this issue include the detailing of the 2002 incarnation of the Underground Publishing Conference, as well as enlightening the masses about the atrocities committed in the name of entertainment at the circus. Jill and Chris are even talent enough to do…
Metal Mind Productions presents the first official release of “Self-Proclaimed Existence†by Sammath Naur. The album was originally released in December 2005 in conjunction with Polish magazine – Thrash’em All. The music is faster and far more aggressive then on the band’s first two demos. The style of creating music by merging various musical genres, first attempted on “The Forever War†demo, was explored more deeply on this album. The assimilation…
First things first, thanks have to go out to Ubisoft for supplying us with My Fashion Studio. My Fashion Studio is rated for everyone, and gives players the possibility to pick out models, dress them in the latest types of fashions, and even get things up to a point where their unique styles are present in fashion magazines. There sheer amount of possibilities available to players when it comes to…
At $20, individuals have learned not to expect much from whatever they buy. This is not the case with Trainz – The Complete Collection. This is due to the fact that Paradox has crammed “The Complete Collection†full of materials and added programs to make sure that the experience of building, driving, and dispatching trains. Two versions of the Trainz Railroad Simulator are present – the 2004 and 2006 versions…
It’s been a long, strange trip for Motley Crue. They have been dead, doing their own things, blasted to their gills on panoply on drugs, and have made some of the most memorable hard rock ever. So, with all four original members back, what the hell type of music are they capable of? “Face Down In The Dirt†is the first song on “Saints of Los Angelesâ€, and it starts…
2008 is shaping up to be a very successful year for Pop Evil which has steadily built a grassroots following since forming in November of 2001. Leigh Kakaty (lead vocals), Dave Grahs (Guitar), and Dylan Allison formed the early stages of the band in Grand Rapids, Michigan that has recently signed to upstart record Label Pazzo Music run by 25 year music veterans George Cappellini and Charlie Brusco. After continually…
Jethro Tull’s “Jack In The Green’ DVD showcases memorable footage from all the times that they had performed Live in Germany, from a period a few years after their founding (1970) all the way to 1993. Perhaps the strongest footage that is present on “Jack In The Green†has to be the rare footage that was dug up from their performance at the Beat Club (from the 1970-1971) period, where…
Practically any wrestling fan of the last thirty years will have Ric Flair as one of their top ten favorite wrestlers, whether it be the Ric Flair that wrestled through the territories in the seventies, the Ric Flair of the “Four Horsemenâ€, the crazy Ric Flair of the “Magnificent Seven†angle in late WCW or the wizened veteran that played against Mr. McMahon, headed up Evolution, or brought one of…
Grateful Dead drummer and percussionist Mickey Hart will launch a 20 city tour this summer including appearances at many of the nationÂ’s premiere music festivals. The outing comes on the heels of the Shout! Factory releases of The Mickey Hart Collection and the Rhythm Devils Concert Experience DVDs due this summer. The Mickey Hart Band will feature Steve Kimock on guitar, George Porter Jr on bass, Jen Durkin on vocals,…
Spencer Seim, the man/creature who serves as the feral axe shredder of Hella and the skins man of The Advantage, will be dropping his new album on August 19th under the nom de guerre of sBACH entitled sBACH on Suicide Squeeze. After being backed up into a corner, Mr. Seim concurred to leaking three tracks from this soon to be renowned opus on his MySpace page, www.myspace.com/sbachband
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 late this Summer on Language of Stone, a new imprint of heralded indie label Drag City. Working with noted engineer-producer and…
NEW STUDIO ALBUM, ‘THAT LUCKY OLD SUN,’ TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2 ON CD, DELUXE CD/DVD, LIMITED EDITION VINYL & DIGITALLY ‘You don’t have to climb the Capitol tower, or play the Hollywood Bowl, if there’s a roll in your heart, and a rock in your soul…’ (lyrics from That Lucky Old Sun’s ‘California Role’) He is one of popular music’s most deeply revered figures, a legendary writer, producer, arranger…
There are two distinct styles that are struggling for dominance during the early reaches of “Orange Days On Lemon Streetâ€. There is a folk sound that reaches out to fans of Vetiver and Devendra Banhart, but there is a decidedly pop influence here that plays on female artists that range from Natalie Imbruglia to Alanis Morrisette and Tori Amos, even touching a little on Amy Winehouse before the track ends.…
For fans of the theatrical release or the original book (by Steven Gould), the special edition of Jumper focuses on David Rice (Hayden Christensen), a Jumper. Jumpers are individuals that are able to teleport themselves wherever they would like. Having this ability, David is able to have a pretty fulfilling life, really living easily through eir early years. However, things take a turn for the worse when Rice realizes that…
Fox has decided to go forth and drastically change up their DVD presentation of City Slickers. What results is the “City Slickers Collector’s Editionâ€, which provides individuals with the end-all, be-all of matters concerning City Slickers. For those readers that do not remember or did not watch the film when it first came out or when it was first issued on DVD (2002), City Slickers deals with Mitch (Billy Crystal)…
Aimee Mann has many exciting things going on surrounding the release of her 7th solo release, @#%&! Smilers. She has teamed up with visual artist Gary Taxali for the artwork on the album, which will be released on June 3, 2008 on her own SuperEgo Records. More information about this in addition to Mann’s newly confirmed US tour dates listed below!
Resurgent indie-pop label Slumberland Records (Velocity Girl, The Swirlies, Hood, and many, many more) is pleased to bring Leeds pop dynamos The Lodger‘s highly anticipated second album, Life Is Sweet, to American fans of ringing, catchy English pop. Drawing on influences like the Go-Betweens and Orange Juice, Life Is Sweet (driven by amazing first single “The Good Old Days”) saw release this May!