No Country For Old Men / 2008 Paramount Vantage / 122 Minutes / http://www.video.com / No Country For Old Men is a movie that has been lauded numerous times all throughout the media, and has been given four Academy Awards, among its other wins (British Academy of Film Awards, Golden Globes). The Coen Brothers (Blood Simple, Fargo) adapted the film from a similarly-named Cormac McCarthy novel. Â The film itself is…
More Said in Silence #3 / Half-Sized/ 16 Pages / gothiah@hotmail.com / Another interesting romp by Teresa, who in this issue mainly focuses on life in present. A minor intrusion into ey’s soul is the listing of ey’s purse, which has zines (like a good zinester), lip gloss, and deodorant. Moving onto a very odd story about an aspiring artist at KFC who, unbeknownst to Teresa, has painted eir’s portrait.…
Make A Rising will be releasing their second album Infinite Ellipse and Head with Open Fontanel , this Spring. The band resolved early on to have an ever-evolving sound. There are certain reference points in the music, but the band has never been limited itself into a specific genre. The concept of the band is that of Make A Rising as a “composition” group. The band writes music slightly out…
Suburban Shootout / 2008 Acorn Media / 171 Minutes / http://www.acornmedia.com /http://five.tv/suburbanshootout / It has been about two years since Suburban Shootout was first aired in the United States, but chances are that this comedy is not something that has been forgotten in the months since then. This set captures all eight of the episodes from the first series. It provides individuals with a great backdrop for the events that…
THE SWEAR Hotels Rooms and Heart Attacks (self-released) June 17, 2008 Produced by: Ted Niceley (Fugazi) Matt Goldman (Cartel, Underoath) Jeff Tomei (Smashing Pumpkins) Mixed by: Eli Janney (Girls Against Boys, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Garbage) The Swear is both a blessing and a curse – an outlet of artistic expression for four individuals as well as a project trying to stand out in one of the most difficult industries…
Limited Delivery Area #3 / 20 Pages / Half-Sized / vermicious_knid_21@yahoo.com / 111 W Archer Pl., Denver, CO 80223 / This zine is pretty much the only one that I can come up with that details with the editor’s job at Domino’s. Where there has been some material on why to not support Domino’s in other magazines, this is still the only place to go if you want to understand…
“The lovely and talented Sheila Sondergard will first capture you with her eyes, but listen, close your eyes and listen! She’s been a staple of the local San Diego music scene for a few years and has grown into a top notch songwriter and performer! Great songs, style and grace! She rock’s and seduces, that’s Sheila Sondergard…†Tim Pyles FM 94.9
The Moviegoers – Or The Gun / 2008 Mangoose / 6 Tracks / http://www.mangooserecords.com / The Moviegoers have been around in one form or another since 2004, when they were known as Your Future In Plastics. “Or The Gun†is the second EP by The Moviegoers, and it shows significant improvement over their previous EP, “The Code is Obviousâ€. “Or The Gun†starts off with “SS Vaselineâ€, a track that…
This is such an emotion-inducing magazine. I am practically left speechless and almost in tears. I have no clue why. I am not the person that has had this rough life. Teresa, the editor of the zine, writes about her experiences in the last few years of her life, starting out when she is kicked out of her parents’ house for having her head shaved, and her exploits with her…
PunkNews.com : I think I can safely say that I owe Morrissey thanks for getting the Dolls to regroup, as this show was incredible, and deserves no less than a 10/10
The Bangkok Five—-Frost (vocals), Sweeney (lead guitar), Coatez (bass), Blanco (drums), Bobby S. (guitar)—will be heading out on the U.S. concert trail with Bobaflex starting May 1 in New Port Richey, FL in support of their WE LOVE WHAT KILLS US sophomore album.
Rev Theory, just days away from heading out on the road with Seether and Flyleaf, have announced additional tour dates. The hard-rocking Rev Theory have added dates with Drowning Pool, 10 Years as well as several high-profile rock radio festivals.
The Willows – See You Next April / 2008 WillowRock / 11 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/thewillowsmusic / It is pretty much a proven fact that, as a band gets larger in number, the ability of the act to create something cohesive declines. However, The Willows (a six-piece act from the Boston area) have been able to destroy that conception with their album “See You Next Aprilâ€. This fact is made more…
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…