Justice of the Unicorns – Angels With Uzis / 2008 Little Lamb / 13 Tracks / http://www.justiceoftheunicorns.com / After Justice of the Unicorns introduce their listeners to the band with “Angels Descendâ€, the first actual track that confronts listeners is “Malibu Is High Endâ€. “Malibu Is High End†is a very odd track due to the warbly vocals that confront listeners. There are hints of Neil Young in these vocals,…
Fear Factory members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) are proud to announce the debut album of their new group, ARKAEA. The band also features one of metal’s hungriest young singers, Jon Howard (Threat Signal).
Limited Delivery Area #1 ($1, Vermicious Knid, PO Box 543, Accokeek MD 20607) For those in the know, Limited Delivery Area (the term) deals with the delivery mainly of pizzas. Well, Vermicious here is a pizza delivery guy for dominos, and this zine is one of the first to detail the much-maligned life of a pizza guy. While the zine is short (half-sized, 16 pages), and the text really big,…
Medusa’s Spite was born in 1996 with the meeting of Stefano and Paolo Daniele and Antonello Aprea. They started a thorough research within the field of electronic music moving towards a mixture of different genres such us techno and hardcore.
MLB ‘08: The Show (PS3) / 2008 Sony / http://www.us.playstation.com / Individuals that wish to have the most realistic experience that they could conceivably have playing baseball on the PS3 would be well to purchase MLB 08: The Show. This is due to the fact that Sony has made great strides to create a simulation that at points would rival that of actually playing baseball. In the years since I…
With the release of Shannon Noll’s third album, Turn It Up, the charismatic singer, who in a few short years has become one of Australia’s most successful, iconic and loved performers is set to turn it up in every way…at every level. “It’s a great title for many reasons,†says Shannon. “But for me it means I’m turning up the heat on my careerâ€. After two multi platinum selling albums,…
Music fans logged on in record numbers to vote and help determine what special content, album title and artwork should be used for country music star Dierks Bentley’s first greatest hits collection, due in stores May 6, 2008 on Capitol Nashville. In an online town hall meeting last night, Bentley announced the final results to over 2,000 fans interacting live via video chat on www.dierks.com. The fans voted and the…
Moonlight Chronicles #36 / :40 / 104S / $5US/$6 Can/ $7 World / Dan Price, Box 109, Joseph OR 97846 / All handwritten, this zine is tops in having Atom and His Package-like drawings and the perfect pen to capture all the events that happens to one Dan. 36 issues is always an incredible amount to complete, and this zine is still fresh, still a fun read. While I do…
Massachusetts’ THE ACACIA STRAIN have posted a pre-production song entitled “Dr. Doom†from the band’s forthcoming record ‘Continent’ on the band’s MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/theacaciastrain). Currently scheduled for release later this year, the band headed into the studio April 13 with producer Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, Municipal Waste) at Planet Z studio. Pre-production for ‘Continent’ has been completed and THE ACACIA STRAIN has again tapped artist Paul Romano (Mastodon, The Red…
Emily Saxe – Keeping You In Mind / 2007 P.S. Classics / 12 Tracks / http://www.emilysaxe.com / Even though most individuals are not as of yet familiar with who Emily Saxe is and what ey is looking to do with “Keeping You In Mindâ€, chances are that individuals will be familiar with some parts of eir pedigree. This is because eir grandfather worked with Johnny Mercer in the creation of…
 The Cadillac Tramps & MIA w/Jello Biafra & Kevin Seconds also performing! SideOneDummy is proud to be involved with organizing “Beautiful Noise.” A benefit concert for the family of Mike Conley will take place Monday, April 28 at the Anaheim House of Blues. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm. Performers include a special acoustic guest appearance from Social Distortion as well as The Cadillac Tramps…
This zine reminded me a lot of Ker-bloom, without all the overblown papers and stamps and everything. Detailing her early life, the zine talks about the first American address that she had (she’s from Canada), and the emotionality of her early years, culminating in a move after her brother died. The narrative hops in years from when she moves to America to when she moves to the second California address…
Silverhawk The Densmore Bros. (Sam and John), lead Silverhawk a Psychedelic/Americana/Rock n Roll Family Circus from Portland, Oregon. “Indie Rock for a new generation. And that’s a very good thing indeed.†Aiding and Abetting, 2004 Tar-black humor hangs in the air onstage as the Densmore Bros trade guitar, bass and lead vocal duties. Never missing a beat, they harmonize over adventurous sonic landscapes swollen by Anthony Cotham and Rob Allisons’s…
Conchita’s Collective – So It Goes / 2008 Self / 7 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/conchitascollective / Conchita’s Collective plays a style of pop music that draws heavily on the dominant styles of the late nineties. It is not a surprise ten that “Just Time†is a track that slowly slinks around, sunny in disposition, while the vocals touch slightly at an early Nelly Furtado type of sound. The energy picks up…
Mirror-Mirror / :10 / 8L / freeohio@worldnet.att.net / 83 Charlotte St, Akron Ohio 44303 / I do not know where I have seen this style before: Mirror-Mirror is a collection of comic strips by Chrid Pelrine, and manage to tell a snippet of a story even considering the fact that they are contained on one page. The style in which Chris captures eir subjects is interesting to say they least:…
Upon returning from more than a month touring Europe on their new album The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull, Seattle’s masters of Americana-style drone Earth begin waves of US touring. Beginning this month they’ll hit the Midwest and South a bit then travel up the East Coast. More waves of dates will be announced over the coming months as the band confirms more regional touring.Â
Get fired up and ready to laugh-out-loud as Salient Media brings the hilarious stoner comedy Totally Baked to DVD on April 22nd.
Joan of Arc – Boo Human / 2008 Polyvinyl / 14 Tracks / http://www.polyvinylrecords.com / It has been a while since we heard anything from Polyvinyl Records. We gradually drifted apart after The Red Hot Valentines disintegrated, and while there were a few more albums we received, nothing seemed to really capture our attention as much as an RHV album did. The stunning vocals that are the focal point to…
On October 2 Lost Highway will release Mescalito, the label debut album from Texas singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham. Mescalito contains 14 songs written by Bingham, following in the tradition of some of the great Texas songwriters such as Towns Van Zant. Mescalito was produced by former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford, who also plays on the album. Bingham’s music, as well as his live performances have already made fans of acclaimed…
Life In A Glass House #2 / 52 Pages / Fourth-Sized / $3 / Madison Eliza, PO Box 261, Westerville, OH 43086-0261 / http://www.andwedrown.com / Madison is a shy individual who typically has a problem talking to random people. Now, ey really gets a kick out of putting out this zine, which obviously goes to a number of different stranger. And ey really doesn’t mind, saying that “when I do…