¼ Sized – 44 Total Pages. This is an excellent perzine that focuses in on a number of journal entries about this college-aged chica, Marcy Pieces. As well as being an excellent person to talk to, she writes an excellent narrative zine through her journal entries, detailing her love life in an excellent typewriter and c&p zine. The sheer amount of emotion showcased in this zine is enough to fill…
Expo of cutting-edge music and fashion features the debut of the Hiero Jeans clothing line In celebration of its 10th anniversary as an independent label and hip-hop collective, Hiero Imperium announced details for a massive North American tour that will span from mid-summer into fall, joining with Blue Scholars who have been lighting up the underground coming out of Seattle. As creators of classic music and trailblazers in the entertainment…
Doodlebops Live in Concert / 2008 Lionsgate / 75 Minutes / http://www.lionsgate.com / Despite the fact that this performance is less than an hour long, Doodlebops Live in Concert fits in 25 different performances into that time. With a price that is well below that of a normal DVD, parents should feel that this is a solid buy for their child. Factor in the fact that this DVD comes with…
Bella / 2008 Lionsgate / 91 Minutes / http://www.bellathemovie.com / http://www.lionsgate.com / Alejandro Gomez Monteverde introduced individuals to eir innovative style of film direction, and individuals have continually said that eir style is stellar; Bella was a winner of MovieGuide’s Best Picture, the Heartland Film Festival’s Grand Prize Award and was selected for the film festival at Austin’s own SXSW. The film features the story of a star soccer player…
Summertime Fun! / 2008 Fox / 57 Minutes / http://www.hitentertainment.com / I know that individuals like getting entire series of shows and typically look down when there are compilations of shows present on a DVD, but I really like what Hit Entertainment and Fox have done on Summertime Fun!. This is due to the fact that this DVD features five different shows – Barney, Angelina Ballerina, Bob The Builder, Thomas…
The Dandy Warhols are back and ushering in a rockin’ return to form with EARTH TO THE DANDY WARHOLS, the band’s debut album as masters of their own destiny. Pulling together the diverse sounds and influences that have always characterized their music, it’s quintessential Dandys, and it’s set to be self-released this summer via the Dandys’ newly minted Beat The World Records.
David Gilmour has announced the release of Live In GdaÅ„sk in September, 2008 on Columbia Records. The album was recorded during the last concert of Gilmour‘s 2006 summer tour, which was held in front of 50,000 people at the shipyards in GdaÅ„sk, Poland. The concert was the only occasion on which Gilmour performed the tour material with an orchestra, using the 40-strong string section of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra,…
Paranoia #3 – All that I really need to say about this zine is that there is literally enough information crammed in this zine to provide a week’s worth of reading. With that, there are some problems with this zine, including the incredibly long interviews that Rachel sticks in, as well as the seemingly random pieces that are abound in this zine. Perhaps if some of those weak pieces were…
Wind-up Records, a subsidiary of Wind-up Entertainment, New York, has entered into an innovative, strategic partnership with Porter-Gentry Productions, a Nashville-based artist development company, to introduce Wind-up’s flagship country recording artist, Eric Durrance.
With no distortion or digital effects tainting their sound, the dreamscapes project delivers music with nothing to hide. Raw and bare, the group brings a simple and honest sound to the table with an acoustic guitar, bass, two percussionists, and shimmering cello accompaniment.
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Colorado’s own Rose Hill Drive announce co-headlining dates with The Whigs in June Rose Hill Drive sophomore release “Moon Is the New Earth” from Megaforce on 6.24 This Thursday with Tab the Band at Mercury Lounge. This is one LIVE show not to be missed.
Ex Reverie – The Door Into Summer / 2008 Language of Stone / 9 Tracks / http://www.exreverie.com / Gillian Chadwick is one of the key forces behind Ex Reverie. Chadwick was originally in Woodwose, and makes strides here to craft a fully unique sound. This means that tracks like “Clouds or Smoke†have a dissonant sound present, even as the different elements of the band create a harmony that weaves…
Mia Doi Todd – Gia / 2008 City Zen / 10 Tracks / http://www.miadoitodd.com / Mia Doi Todd has just passed eir first decade in the music industry. This is because eir first album, “the ewe and the eyeâ€, was first released in 1997. Todd has been prolific in the years that have followed. 1999 saw “come out of your mineâ€, 2001 saw “zerooneâ€, 2002 saw “The Golden Stateâ€; individuals…
Opals are a very interesting material. I know that I do not wear too much in the way of jewelry, but Koroit Opal is such an interesting material that I just may go and get a ring or a necklace made of that. Koroit Opal is a very dark mineral, but the number of variations in each rock make each piece of jewelry unique, stunning, and out of this world.…
With an uncanny ability to always land on their feet, notorious Vegas rock group Escape the Fate have begun writing and recording with a spectacular new singer and a superstar producer. With John Feldmann (the Used, Story of the Year) lending his talents as both producer and songwriter, and with the addition of singer Craig Mabbit, formerly of Bless the Fall, Escape the Fate are on track to make an…
OMGWTF #1 / Free / Half-Sized / 28 Pages / http://ska.ca/omgwtf / justin@sxe.ca / killer@sxe.ca / This was one of the most novel approaches to doing a zine that I’ve ever heard: Killer and Justin both have a pile of material, and do their own version of the zine. So, Canadians get Justin’s copy and Americans get Killer’s copy. Pretty much all of the material in the first issue is…
All Music Guide – “If you distilled Dark Side of the Moon, Pet Sounds, and Revolver into a glass and poured it over the California surf, it would probably sound like this… Classic sounds make for a classic album, which is precisely what Ghost Notes is.”
George Strait – Troubadour / 2008 MCA Nashville / 12 Tracks / http://www.georgestrait.com / George Strait has been around a hell of a long time. Ey has 38 hit albums, starting off with 1981’s “Strait Countryâ€, moving to 1990’s “Livin’ It Upâ€, 2000’s self-titled release, and 2008’s “Troubadourâ€. “I Saw God Today†is one of many hits on this album, which contains duets with both Dean Dillon (known for “I’m…
Drew Hastings – Irked & Miffed / 2008 Image Entertainment / 14 Tracks / http://www.image-entertainment.com / Drew Hastings has been on a number of major-level comedy outlets. This means that ey has been present on both Comedy Central and the Bob and Tom Show, even if “the man†thinks ey is not popular enough for a Wikipedia site. The skits that are present from “Irked & Miffed†are those that…