Alex Winston – By The Roots / 2007 Pratdral Records / 6 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/AlexWinston / Alex Winston is trying to break it big. The first track on “By The Roots†is “Misunderestimate Meâ€, and it shows Winston as an individual that wants to go forth and fit right in with Avril Lavigne, Pink, and Christina Aguliera. There is virtually nothing that distinguishes Winston from these individuals, and this makes…
  January 16, 2008—National Product, named one of the ‘TOP 100 BANDS TO WATCH IN 2008’ in an upcoming issue of Alternative Press Magazine, will hit the road next month with Just Surrender and Lorene Drive. Dates for the two-week tour, kicking off February 7, will be announced shortly.
U.S Street Date:Â February 26th, 2008 In September 2006 Paul McCartney released his fourth full-
Eighty Six Magazine January 2006 / Free / :15 / 32M / http://www.86magazine.com / It is typically the case that these free magazines have way too many advertisements and not enough in the way of hard-hitting journalistic pieces. Eighty Six magazine does have its fair share of ads, but does attempt to try to throw in a little journalism into the mix. For example, the interview with Gang Green is…
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Hot on the heels of 2006’s profound and critically acclaimed solo journey From A Late Night High-Rise, ambient folk/rocker Matthew Ryan enjoys the company of longtime band Vs The Silver State for his eleventh release Matthew Ryan vs The Silver State (MRVSS), out April 1, 2008 on Brooklyn indie 00:02:59.
Expectations of Deterioration #2 / Fourth-Sized / 28 Pages / allscrapedup@yahoo.ca /Â The visual aspect of this zine, just its cover for example, is something that will make people want to check Expectations of Deterioration out. The copy I got had a hand-stitched binding, as well as a blue teardrop on the front. No name, no nothing until one gets on the third page, where a digitized picture of sunflower…
MP3: WHY? ” Close To Me” – http://www.anticon.com/anthill/WHY-close_to_me.mp3 MP3: WHY? “The Hollows” – http://www.anticon.com/pr/The_Hollows.mp3 2008 is the year of WHY?. The Oakland-based group will release its finest album to date, Alopecia, on March 11 and around the same time they’ll launch their biggest headlining tour to date, playing shows with pals like Br. Danielson, Cryptacize, Panther, YACHT, Mount Eerie and anticon labelmates Son Lux. WHY? will also be hitting up…
Los Angeles–Wednesday, January 16—Chicago rappers Crucial Conflict are back on point after a 9 year absence from the national music scene. You know the sound: hard driving, syncopated street literature presented “Rodeo Style.” You know the crew: Coldhard, Wildstyle, Kilo and Never. You know what they can do with smash hits like Hay, Ride the Rodeo and Scummy. The hit makers are back and they’re taking things to the next…
Nights Fall (Brooklyn, NY January 16th, 2008) Queens-based emcee and graphic artist Bisc1 will be releasing his first full length album, When Electric Nights Fall, this spring on March 11, 2008 via the Brooklyn-based indie hip-hop label, Embedded Music. Bisc1 recorded the majority of WENF in the evening hours, not only because of the demands of his day job as a graphic artist but also because this is when his…
New Release & Upcoming Shows for the CROWD!!! The TKO re-release of the CROWD’s “Letter Bomb” album is available NOW through our web store, and will be hitting record shops worldwide on January 11. A limited, deluxe LP version will follow shortly. The CROWD will be supporting SOCIAL DISTORTION later this month in Orange County and Los Angeles on make-up gigs for last month’s cancelled SD shows. Stay tuned…
Dusty One-Shot / Free / Fourth-Sized / 8 Pages / mandypoet@hotmail.com / One of the zines that just focuses on the lyrics for one song, just like my rendering of “Texas On My Mind†by Pat Green, albeit with a lot less in the way of backgrounds. This zine is fairly Spartan, with clip art adorning the pages along with a line or two from Dusty Springfield’s “Wishin’ and Hopin’â€,…
***Music Video for Group’s Debut Single Features Canada’s Largest Indoor Playground, 90’s Fly Dancers, and Time Travel*** Canadian progressive-metal newcomers, What’s He Building In There (WHBIT?), have announced more dates in support of their self-titled debut album, which was released earlier this year on Year of The Sun Records. The band will hit the road in late January with Metal Blade Recording Artist Epicurean for a string of tour dates.
The End of a Perfect Day #8 / $1 / 1:00 / 48M / http://www.microcosmpublishing.com / Joyce Leslie tells the story about eir trip down to Puerto Rico. This is pretty interesting, but there are a number of times during this issue where one can just tell that ey is looking for the right word or phrase and completely wiffs out on it. Phrases that are meant to be poetic…
It’s with lots of joy that we finally get to announce that A Whisper In The Noise‘s third album, Dry Land, will finally be released in the USA. Southern Records will be releasing it on February 25th. Some of you may already be familiar with this amazing band, but to most they are still rather anonymous. Here’s the bio: If you have ever wanted to make music before in your…
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 GROUP’S DEBUT FULL-LENGTH EFFORT TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 26th, 2008 HERO: “A legendary figure endowed with great strength or ability; who commits an act of remarkable bravery or who has shown an admirable quality such as great courage or strength of character; the central figures of a movement.” The “movement†in this case is to push the boundaries of the music we know and love.
Dunk and Piss #9 / 64 Pages / Forth-Sized / 11 Alger Dr, Rochester, NY 14624. Well, I was supposed to get this zine from Alex himself, and even sent him money, but I was a moron and forgot a letter in his street name. So, I bought this zine from Microcosm during AMC, and I am still glad. The excellent writing, the events that don’t really matter in the…
HOLLYWOOD , CA – Collin Herring returns to music after sifting through the wreckage of years of personal turmoil, with a penetrating document in the form of his new album, Past Life Crashing. Scheduled for release in March 2008, the 11 tracks convey certain urgency in its description of life – songs about disintegrating relationships, booze fueled laments and the search for emotional sobriety. Drenched in Herring’s marked reverb-laden guitar…
Sunday Drivers – Archetypes EP / 2007 Permanent / 4 Tracks / http://www.sundaydriversmusic.com / The cold, New Romantic style of Sunday Drivers during “The Sweetest Disguise†is meshed well with a little bit of dance punk and hints of emo music. This means that the style of music that the band crafts during the opening track is new and fresh, and allows for the act to create their own sound…
Release Date: April 1, Track listing Revealed “Naked and Red” mp3 Available For Download Oxford, MS gloominaries Colour Revolt are extremely excited for the release of their long-awaited full-length debut, Plunder, Beg, and Curse on new label home, Fat Possum. For this album, the band has collaborated once more with producer and friend Clay Jones (Modest Mouse, Elvis Costello) at Sweet Tea Recording studio in Oxford. Plunder is the followup…