Paul McCartney – The McCartney Years / 2007 Rhino / 180 Minutes / http://www.paulmccartney.com / http://www.rhino.com / For anyone that wondered exactly what all Paul McCartney did after leaving The Beatles need to pick up this DVD set, released by Rhino. This 3 DVD set collects an exhaustive amount of music videos, live performances, and even interviews with McCartney eirself to piece together the nearly forty year period since ey…
Alpha were the first signings to Massive Attack’s label Melankolic back in 1997. They released their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Come From Heaven’, followed by ‘The Impossible Thrill’. Alpha have been constantly busy in the past 10 years having released three instrumental albums ‘Lost In the garden of clouds part 1 and 2, Made In Space, ‘Stargazing’ and last year ‘Without Some Help’.
Committed to the Custody of the Attorney General (Seth M. Ferranti, 18205-083 Box 420 B-Left , Fairton, NJ 08320) This is probably the second zine that I’ve ever had the chance to review by a prisoner, and this one is much different in tone and style than the other one I reviewed. Completely deconstructing the inane laws of the judicial society in poetry, in pieces of art, and other prose,…
Add to this dark, trippy atmospherics and the result is a coherent body of quality electronic music. Moving from the understated minimal house of ‘Black Rain’ and subtle menace of ‘Running Systems’, the album slips into the uplifting, dream-like state of ‘A Thousand Nights’ and ‘Painkiller’, the latter reminiscent of deep, mid-nineties prog-house/electronica.
Dodgy #1 I just want to say that the editor of this magazine is a very cool guy, as he set me along a mix CD and placed the copy of his zine in this awesome homemade envelope. He seems very knowledgeable about zines even though this is his first zine, even going as far as picking out an odd-sized paper for his zine and hand-binding each issue! Wow! I…
NeuFutur Magazine and On Target Media Group have entered into a contest for the new Ringo Starr album, “Liverpool 8”. Two lucky winners will win a copy of “Liverpool 8”, and all you need to do to win is read on (and sign up) All that individuals need to do to enter themselves into this contest is to either post on this thread, email editor@neufutur.com , or contact NeuFutur on…
Ophir “Kutiman” Kutiel is a 25 year old musician, composer and producer from Tel Aviv. He plays drums, keyboards, guitar and bass. His music draws influences from afro beat, psychedelic rock, funk and reggae but in different way than most disciples of Fela and Mr. Brown have done before him. Clever heads may even spot some Special AKA, Chocolate Watchband or the pre-historic drum-machine Sly Stone introduced on “There’s A…
Comixville #8 / .50 / :10 / 28S / PO Box 697, Portland, OR 97207 / There aren’t too many zines that will review comics. It just always has seen as if there has been an artificial wall between the two, and when something like The Assassin and the Whiner, Out of the Blue or Comixville mixes the two genres I couldn’t be happier. There is a focus on Ben…
DIY punk group Time Again will release their second studio album, Darker Days, on February 19th via Hellcat Records. A follow-up to their debut, The Stories Are True, the new album erupts with emotional suspense and angst driven intensity for one of the best street punk records of 2008.
Doctor Arcane #4 / $3.25 / 36M / http://www.heroicpub.com / I must admit that I do not know the intricacies of all sorts of independent comic producers, but Heroic Publishing sent over this zine. The comic style blends together current DC comics (Superman) with the work of the Cartoon Network (Teen Titans, Legion of Super-Heroes). The story starts pretty cold, allowing individuals to pick up this issue without needing much…
Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley will release a fourth single “Trying To Stop Your Leaving” off his critically acclaimed album LONG TRIP ALONE on January 28, 2008. Written by Bentley, Jim Beavers and Brett Beavers, “Trying To Stop Your Leaving” showcases the consistent strength and continued growth of the country music star’s voice, along with his innate ability to deliver authentic emotion in every performance.
Comix Current #1 / Free / 16M / comixcurrent@hotmail.com / sylkates@yahoo.com / The first piece in Comix Current is an explanation about the history of comics and comic strips. I had no clue that the art form had such a long history, but apparently it can be followed all the way back to the 17th century. The piece is relatively short but does not leave anything out in the way…
Independent singer Allen Watty has just taken controversy to another level. Watty is best known as the singer of the “Hurricane Song,” which won rave national reviews from ABC News, MSNBC.com, and CNN. Now, he’s back with another tune called “Sometimes I Wish I Was White.” In the song, Watty reveals that he’s not at all ashamed of being Black — but that he has learned that you have to…
Eric Clapton – Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 / 2007 Rhino / 240 Minutes / http://www.ericclapton.com / http://www.rhino.com / This DVD features the events that occurred during the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival, an event set up by Eric Clapton to help the Crossroads Center in Antigua. While all the tags on the DVD point to this being a Clapton-only DVD, there are performances captured by a number of other individuals. For…
Clamor Magazine #34 / $4.50 / :45 / 76M / http://www.clamormagazine.com / Clamor Magazine is always an interesting read, and this issues theme, “Academia Under Attack†is no exception. To be honest, there is maybe a little too heavy of a focus on traditional academia; this focus is merited but seems to be a little dry at times barring the cover piece about Ward Churchill). This piece creates two distinct…
Danish born, Los Angeles based pop-punk trio HorrorPops will unveil their hotly anticipated third album, Kiss Kiss Kill Kill, on February 5th courtesy of Hellcat Records. Inspired by thematic elements from vintage films and classic soundtracks, the noir-influenced release emphasizes the band’s unique ability to intermingle a variety of influences ranging from punk, rockabilly, new wave and surf.
Doug Neumann – Does Decaydance / 2007 Decaydance / 14 Tracks / http://www.dougdoes.com / Do you remember all of those lounge singers that would go and put their own spin on popular songs? Well, Doug does that with a number of Decaydance artists, which means that “Does Decaydance†has Doug’s interpretation of Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Cobra Starship, Panic! at the Disco, and more. Educated at the Berklee…
Mike Watt is a underground rock institution; he’s nothing short of national treasure. beloved by all who know him or have ever worked with him and multitudes that have only seen and/or heard him play with the seminal art punks minutemen, fIREHOSE, and since that redoubtable combos ending — as a solo artist frontman for many amazing ensembles and “sidemouse” for many more including Iggy & The Stooges, banyan, hellride.…
This is another of my friends’ zines, this time done by Dan from Breaking World Records. This zine is very spastic in the choice of pieces, and I personally feel that I am missing out by not having a chance to read the other issues of this magazine. Some pieces I just personally can’t get into, including the two formal pieces about Hitchcock movies. The deconstructionalist poetry is always fun…
Metal Mind Productions presents “End Of The Weakness†– Archeon’s debut album. Influenced by Jan Sebastian Bach as well as In Flames, Archeon creates songs which are heavy but, at the same time, melodic, diversified and easy to listen. The band perform with great precision and technique and their music wins them very positive feedback of the audiences from Europe and North America.