At a very early age Tony Berdych knew that music was to play a major role in his life. At four years old he made a guitar out of an old cigar box, a piece of wood and some rubber bands. During his childhood he frequently visited his neighbors house in Detroit to plunk out songs by ear on the piano. He bought his first Gibson guitar at 10 years…
Greenzine #12 Greenzine #12 – I’ve heard a lot about this zine, but I have never had the chance to read it before this review. This issue recounts Cristy’s trip across the United States and back, recounting the journey in a number of styles and expressions, from ultra-swanky prose to punk-as-hell comics. One, regardless if they have been on road trips or not, will find a common spirit with Cristy…
Pennywise–one of punk’s most credible and influential bands, who’ve sold over three million albums worldwide–have revealed the album title and track listing for their forthcoming CD, due out March 25 via MySpace Records. Beginning March 25, fans around the world will be able to obtain a high quality, DRM-free, 320kbps MP3 free download of the REASON TO BELIEVE CD from MySpace for a period of two weeks.
Iron Maiden – Live After Death / 2008 Universal / 240 Minutes / http://www.ironmaiden.com / “Live After Death†is a recording that has legs. Done during the band’s “Powerslave†tour in 1984-1985, this recording has been released on CD a number of times, and is only just being ported over to the DVD format this year. However, instead of going and just sticking a VHS tape on a DVD and…
Dustin O’Halloran, also known as one-half of the acclaimed duo Devics, has revealed himself as a highly individual musical virtuoso with his new collection of stunning instrumental piano sonatas, “Piano Solos vol. 2.” The classically-inspired pieces prompted Grammy-winning K.D. Lang to invite O’Halloran on tour with her this spring, beginning in Toronto, February 21.
OST: Juno / 2008 Rhino / 19 Tracks / http://www.foxsearchlight.com/juno / Juno was one of the most highly rated new movies on any movie-specific web site, and one of the major reasons why individuals were so into the movie was the fact that the music fit so well. This soundtrack, released by Rhino, captures all of the music in the movie, and expands the compositions from the clips played in…
Debut Single ‘Takin’ Off This Pain’ Topping Charts MCA Nashville will release Ashton Shepherd’s debut record “Sounds So Good,” produced by Buddy Cannon (Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire), March 4. Shepherd co-wrote 10 songs for the 11-track album, 7 of which she single-handedly penned, including the debut single “Takin’ Off This Pain.”
Eric Sardinas – Eric Sardinas & Big Motor / 2008 Favored Nations / 11 Tracks / http://www.ericsardinas.com / I know that I had not heard of Favored Nations before picking up the latest Eric Sardinas album. Apparently, Steve Vai owns Favored Nations. This album is Sardinas’ fourth and first since 2003’s “Black Pearlsâ€. Sardinas’s style is very dependent on eir influences; individuals can immediately hear the work of individuals like…
Upon returning home from wreaking havoc across European soil TOTAL CHAOS will unleash their brand new highly anticipated album Avoid All Sides to the masses on Tuesday March 11th. For just shy of two decades TOTAL CHAOS has solidified themselves as a staple at the forefront of the American punk scene with their brand of spiky, raucous punk rock. While the scene has constantly been in a state of flux,…
Go Metric #19 / $2 / 1:00 / 88M / 801 Eagles Ridge Rd, Brewster, NY 10509 /gogometric@yahoo.com /Â The zine provided me with some real problems when I tried to crack it open for the first time; the massive amount of windows system font-generated text really put me off. However, after the first piece (the typical letter by the editor), the quality of material really begins to take off.…
Houston’s SCALE THE SUMMIT have confirmed plans to tour from late this month into late March across the southern and eastern United States, playing with a handful of different bands along the way, including several shows with God Is An Astronaut and an appearance by the instrumental quartet at Austin, Texas’ South By Southwest music festival on March 14.
Paul McCartney – Ecce Cor Meum / 2008 EMI Classics / 67 Minutes / http://www.paulmccartney.com / http://www.emiclassics.com / This DVD features material about “Ecce Cor Meum†(Behold My Heart), McCartney’s fourth classically-oriented CD. For those individuals that are not familiar with what “Ecce Cor Meum†entailed, it is a composition, specifically an oratorio in four movements, that is sang in both Latin and English. The primary focus of this DVD…
THE SUN AND THE MOON COMPLETE SCHEDULED FOR RELAUNCH IN STORES MARCH 18th ( THE SUN, original 12-song album produced and mixed by Brendan O’Brien & THE MOON, album reimagined/re-worked by The Bravery) TV placements wild for Top 10 Modern Rock hit “Believe” and “Time Won’t Let Me Go” – on The Hills, Friday Night Lights, Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip Girl, Ugly Betty, and more!
Jaded in Chicago #16 / $2.00 / 40M / http://www.jadedinchicago.com / Jaded in Chicago, PO Box 330, Western Springs, IL 60558 / Jaded in Chicago has the feel of a major-print run publication, but the writing and price of a small, intimate ‘zine. There are a large number of advertisements for this issue, and I would put the ad/material ratio at about 1:1, but the fact is the material contained…
All Together has a new release date: May 6, 2008! “Pattern Is Movement deserve your worship.” –Stereogum Boulder-based Hometapes Records will release Pattern is Movement’s fourth album, the enigmatic and astounding album, All Together on May 6, 2008. Pattern is Movement is also kicking off a few months of touring with a show with pal St. Vincent.
Raised in the nuclear wilds of a small town in Eastern Washington,Sue started playing guitar after her teenaged sister abandoned it for other pursuits ( boys). She finally decided to get serious and make a band 3 years ago…Since then -there’s been no looking back:she has been featured in the prestigous “Rockgrrl” festival, performed in NYC’s famous “Bitter End”,featured in Comcast’s Bite Of Seattle and selected to be interviewed and…
Linda Eder – Greatest Hits / 2008 Rhino / 15 Tracks / http://www.lindaeder.com / http://www.rhino.com / Linda Eder is only 47, and at this point in eir career, has 11 different albums of material. Sure, there are Christmas albums and the Greatest Hits album in the mix, but one has to marvel at the sheer amount of music that Eder has created over the years. However, I know I was…
Available from Luaka Bop May 13th 2008 Continuing the trilogy of The Plus 2’s, Moreno/Domenico/Kassin+2, Futurismo nimbly threads the lyricism and playfulness of its predecessors Music Typewriter (2001) and Sincerely Hot (2004). The +2’s arrive on the scene again, this time alongside other bands from Brazil, like Bonde de Role and CSS, all of whom demonstrate that music from other places is no longer considered outside of the mainstream. The…
Check out Against Me!’s new acoustic performance clip of “New Wave†: tGfchlFAg-o . Against Me! Tour Dates: Feb 24, 2008 07:00 PM Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena 600 Civic Center Dr. Detroit, MI 48226 with Foo Fighters and Serj Tankian All Ages Show
Go Metric #17 / 8.5 x 7 / 48 Pages / gogometric@yahoo.com / I don’t really know what to say about Go Metric! besides that it is another zine that injects humor at every turn. Seemingly one of about thirty zines that Rev. Norb (Razorcake) works with, #17 really shows the longer-winded, less-interesting side of the Reverend. This issue of Go Metric! starts relatively slowly, beginning with a somewhat-dated piece…