Look Out For Sophomore LP In 2008 Sam Champion have just released ” Your Party Was Yesterday?” an exclusive MP3 for the new online record label RCRD LBL. “Your Party Was Yesterday?” is the debut single from the group’s SM CHMPN RCRD LBL EP. The EP, available for legal and free download only at RCRD LBL.com, will feature four songs, with a new track being released every month thru March.Fans…
Opeth – The Roundhouse Tapes / 2007 Peaceville / 9 Tracks / http://www.opeth.com / http://www.peaceville.com /  Opeth have been making intense metal music since 1990, and they have been doing just that with singer Mikael since 1992. Since then, they have provided fans with 8 full length albums and a smattering of other material. “The Roundhouse Tapes†are recordings that were captured from a live performance at (you guessed…
The ultra modern singer/songwriter Melissa Trinchere has jokingly dubbed her brand of piano pop as “sad bastard music”. Based in Los Angeles and Sligo, Ireland Denise Squier of Indie-Music.com says, “Melissa Trinchere is a force to reckon with, and I will not be surprised to hear her voice on the radio soon.”
Carbon 14 #23($6, PO Box 29247, Phila. PA 19125) 120 pages that will have you at the magazine for at least six hours. Carbon 14 straddles the line between film and music coverage, with reviews of both film (Adult, Independent, and larger market movies) and music (Mainly much older bands – the editors of this magazine are husband/wife, and are considerably older than many of their readers). The pieces in…
Steven Kalas and his band, PaperCymbal play everything from driving pop-rock to tasty, acoustic folk guaranteed to hammer you with melody and take you apart with sheer poetry.
Five For Fighting – Back Country Special Edition / 2007 Aware / 15 Tracks / http://www.fiveforfighting.com / http://www.awarerecords.com / Wow, did you know that Five For Fighting only had one individual? All this time, I guess I just presumed that there were five individuals in this band. John Ondrasik, the face behind Five For Fighting, has released four full-length albums to this point, and tracks representing these four albums have…
Deluxe Five Hour Double Disc DVD Collection Presents Full Las Vegas Show Shot in Spectacular State-of-the-Art High Definition + Bonus Features Including Revelatory Behind-the-Scenes Footage & Highlights Drawn from the Historic Five Year Run of ‘A New Day’
This magazine was yet another one that I lost the review for during the moving of the website back to its original server. I have had actually two chances to read this magazine, so I feel myself a little bit better versed to write this review than I might have been if I had simply started reviewing during the firs read of it. Jazz does her zine like the style…
The world’s first guitar with robotic technology was available in stores this Friday, December 7, 2007 at 5pm EDT. Gibson Guitar, the world’s premier musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology will unveil the First Run Limited Edition Robot Guitar at select dealers. Dealers will only have 10 Robot Guitars per location.
Anna Ternheim – S/T / 2007 Decca / 6 Tracks / http://www.decca.com Anna Ternheim has been around for a few years, releasing eir first EP in 1996 (“Sovaâ€) and eir first LP in 2004 (“Somebody Outsideâ€). It is just this year (and March 2008, when eir latest full length is released) that individuals in the United States will be able to hear the ability and talent of Ternheim for themselves.…
Two COMEDY CENTRAL Records releases, Steven Wright’s “I Still Have a Pony” and George Lopez’ “America’s Mexican” have been nominated for Grammy® Awards in the category of “Best Comedy Album,” it was announced today by The Recording Academy. The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will be held February 10, 2008 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The Calvin and Hobbes Guide to Daily Life / :15 / 20M / robinbanks@disinfo.net / Crimethinc, 2695 Rangewood Dr, Atlanta, GA 30345 / This guide is more of a perversion of Calvin and Hobbes to ultra-left propaganda or a paper for college than a normal zine. In fact, this zine is rife with the same type of knee-jerk leftism that really gives the movement a black eye. I understand if…
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE are already HOT at U.S. radio with “Scream Aim Fire,” the title track from their upcoming album, out January 29.
Dusty Rhodes and the River Band – First You Live / 2007 SideOneDummy / 13 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/dustyrhodes / http://www.sideonedummy.com / When I see the logo for SideOneDummy on a CD, I’m expecting some form of punk music to be assaulting my ears. This is not the desire of Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, as they provide a style of rock that is very linked into the overall sound…
Deep Elm Records is pleased to debut the new DARTZ! video for “Once, Twice, Again!”, one of 12 tracks off the band’s new album “This Is My Ship.” The video was directed by Marcus Diamond and James Harris in the UK.
Cake or Death #5 / :20 / 20L / $1 / Cake or Death, 917 Creamery Rd, Newtown, PA 18940 / http://cakeofdeath.cjb.net /Â This issue is the perfect example of what would happen when a bunch of high schoolers would get together and mesh all the oh-my-god desires with a strong style of writing and a great sense of humor. CoD is like the early issues of Glendale Boulevard or…
Fat Wreck is helping the music fan out by giving you a FREE ONLINE COMPILATION with tons of unreleased songs and a HUGE $5 CD SALE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF DECEMBER! Don’t forget to download the podcast of the online compilation to hear a special message from our Hasidic head honcho Fat Mike and his secular sidekick, Father Floyd. Shalom!!!
Michael Hurley – Ancestral Swamp / 2007 Gnomonsong / 11 Tracks / http://www.snockonews.net / http://www.gnomonsong.com / Michael Hurley is one of the most storied folk musicians that is still around today. Songs of eir have been covered by bands such as Cat Power (“Sweedeedee†and Troubled Waterâ€) and the Violent Femmes (“Werewolfâ€).  In the years since ey released eir first album “First Songâ€, ey has been prolific – “Ancestral Swamp 
JOURNEY–Neal Schon (guitar), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Ross Valory (bass), Deen Castronovo (drums)–is proud to introduce fans all over the world to their new lead singer, Arnel Pineda (“pin-eh-da”). He replaces Jeff Scott Soto, who parted ways with the band earlier this year after stepping in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave the band in 2006 for medical reasons.
Burn In Hell, Buddy #4 / :30 / 40M / Burn In Hell, Buddy has always been an excellent zine, and the stylistic change into somewhat of a journal-entry zine is done with care. In this issue, the main story arc revolves around VK and Kelly’s trip down south to Georgia, where they meet up with a band of youths that are camping. The entire experience feels surreal, as the…