Author: Sargeant

Posted on: January 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Platinum Rappers Crucial Conflict Back On Point; New Disc Planet Crucon In Stores January 29, 2008

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…

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Posted on: January 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Graphic artist for Aesop Rock, The Perceptionists, C-Rayz-Walz, Murs, and El-P Drops first full length

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…

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Posted on: January 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TKO Records News

  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…

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Posted on: January 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

Dusty One-Shot

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’”,…

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Posted on: January 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

Progressive Metal Band What’s He Building In There Announce Canadian Dates With Epicurean (Metal Blade)

***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.

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Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The End of a Perfect Day #8

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…

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Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

A Whisper In The Noise will release their third album on February 25th

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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Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Web Audio Ads

With each passing year, there seems to be different methods that individuals that own web sites can use to either earn from every visitor or to earn as an affiliate. One of the latest methods that individuals could conceivably use is Audio Ad Hosting, which is a business that puts audio advertisements from some major companies onto your web site.

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Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Hero Releases Debut on 2/26/08; E-Dot Spits Hot Fire

  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.

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Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Dunk and Piss #9

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…

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Posted on: January 20, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Collin Herring Set to Release “Past Life Crashing” Spring 2008

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…

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Posted on: January 19, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Sunday Drivers – Archetypes EP

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…

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Posted on: January 19, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Colour Revolt To Release Anticipated Full-Length Plunder, Beg and Curse on Fat Possum

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…

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Posted on: January 19, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Movie Star Kiss – Sunset Junction

Movie Star Kiss – Sunset Junction / 2007 Self / 6 Tracks / http://www.moviestarkiss.com / The tidiness with which Movie Star Kiss create their introductory track on “Sunset Junction”, “Just Can’t Have It All” virtually ensure some large fan base for the band. The band does not immediately link themselves to a specific set of bands and influences, but plays rock music with hints of emo music strewn throughout. “Just…

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Posted on: January 19, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Lifelock

In the current period, individuals have to be concerned that their identities will be stolen, their credit cards used for nefarious purposes, or some other horrible thing. However, there are a fewfirms that are trying to ensure that individuals will not have to worry about that problem. One of these places is LifeLock, and they ensure that individuals will not have the slightest amount of money or goods stolen from…

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Posted on: January 19, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

2008 Noise Pop Festival Slated To Add New Acts and Films

Exclusive Elliot Smith Photos By Acclaimed Photographer Autumn De Wilde Debut Films: WHAT WE DO IS SECRET, Starring Shane West and Bijou Phillips & Jamie Kennedy’s Comic Documentary HECKLER New Bands: The Walkmen, The Dodos, Helio Sequence, MSTRKRFT & Stellastarr* February 26 – March 2, 2008 San Francisco, CA The Noise Pop Festival takes over San Francisco February 26 to March 2. Over six nights, Noise Pop 16 will come…

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Posted on: January 19, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bring Me The Horizon Present – This Is What The Edge of Your Seat Was Made For

Bring Me The Horizon Present – This Is What The Edge of Your Seat Was Made For / 2007 Earache / 4 Tracks / http://www.earache.com / Bring Me The Horizon Present creates some of the noise-infused hardcore music that has been put forth by a number of acts in the current period. The first track on the disc is “Re: They Have No Reflections” does not give too much new…

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Posted on: January 19, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Evangelicals Announce Seven Week Tour with Headlights, Digital Single for “Skeleton Man”

Following the January 22nd release of “The Evening Descends,” Norman, OK’s Evangelicals are headed out on a seven week cross country trek with Headlights. Playing towns big and small, Evangelicals are bringing their unforgettable psychedelic joyride to a club near you very soon. Taking the prodigious musical skill and clever pop sensibility of their recorded work and pushing it into overdrive, Evangelicals live is not just something to listen to,…

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Posted on: January 19, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Drank Too Much In Milwaukee #2

Drank Too Much In Milwaukee #2 (Dug, iliketodrawpictures@hotmail.com , 414-372-4260– no other addy) The title of this zine (at least the first part) is probably the most truthful title of a zine that I have seen in my days of reviewing. Pretty much every little snippet of Dug’s journal entries deals with a serious amount of drinking, whether it be “I’m Thankful for Beer”, “Songs About Drinking”, or “Drinkin’ With…

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Posted on: January 19, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Say Anything Club Tour for Their In Defense

      Say Anything, led by creative mastermind and lyrical genius Max Bemis, will headline a nationwide club tour kicking off on March 13th in Hollywood, CA. The 28 city tour comes full circle when it concludes a little over a month later in Los Angeles, CA. The band will be joined on the road by Manchester Orchestra, Biffy Clyro and Weatherbox. Say Anything is touring in support of…

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