James Taylor – One Man Band / 2007 Hear Music / 19 Tracks / http://www.jamestaylorweb.com / James Taylor has been in the music industry for nearly 40 years. It is no surprise, then, that the music that is present on “One Man Band†is some of the most mature and strong of eir career. What “One Man Band†is is not a new album, but is rather an audio and…
If Brand New, As I lay Dying, and Les Miserables joined forces, Ice Nine Kills would be the shining result. With epic choruses, Jazz like interludes, and an unmatched sense for brutality, INK’s new CD “The Burning,” is set to raise the bar in the current post hardcore scene. myspace.com/iceninekills – Signed to Red Blue Records – #1 downloaded band on Purevolume.com in US
Away With All Cars / $2 / :30 / 32M / B.M. Jed, London, WC1N 3XX / The first thing that is striking about the cover of “Away With All Cars†is that it has absolutely nothing to do with the content that Mr. Social Control writes about. I suppose one could stretch it into a commentary on the fetishization of automobiles in society, but like I said, it is…
EARTH – The Bee Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull – February 2008 Earth’s latest incarnation has arrived. After re faceting some old gems for greater illumination on Hibernaculum, the band returns one again to it’s continuing evolution. Where Hex… reveled in dark Satanic twang and austere American beauty, The Bee Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull finds Dylan Carlson and the band growing into a harder, more rock and…
Alvin and the Chipmunks, the #1 kids musical act of all time, make their videogame debut this holiday with Alvin and the Chipmunks, boasting a soundtrack that will appeal to kids and kids at heart. Featuring a wide range of chart-topping hit songs originally written by Run-DMC, REM, Culture Club and Blink-182 and performed by the Grammy(R) Award winning Chipmunks in signature Chipmunk style.
Atrophy Zine #11 : Toystore Handcuffs (PO Box C-11, New Rochelle, NY 10804) One of the few personal zines in the pile to review for this time, Atrophy #11 is Colin’s look back at the earliest days of his love life. Starting off at the tender young age of 14, Colin goes point by point through all of his romances, and all of the journal entries that accompanied those times.…
Seminal Industrial ensemble, Germany’s Einsturzende Neubauten vaults 62 spots up the CMJ Top 200 national radio charts to #67; the strongest showing they’ve had in a decade. The new album, “Alles Wieder Offen” has been getting great press galore, another sampling of which I include below.
Champaign, IL trio Headlights will release its second album, Some Racing, Some Stopping on Feb. 19, 2008 on their hometown label, Polyvinyl Records. The band has built a devoted following by touring non-stop since the band formed in 2004. However, after all this touring, much of it just as a three-piece, the band members have learned that they cannot do it alone. This time they will be joined by Nick…
Lazuright – you may think, what the hell is that? Well, it’s just a band name. You may think they sound very American! But as a matter of fact, this band comes from the very heart of south Germany. To be precise from Tuttlingen – a small town in the middle of nowhere! In 2004 they record their first album. It’s a home recording session, far away from any studio…
/ :10 / $.50 / Trade / 24S / http://www.beetfarm.org/tunazine / Grilled Tuna Zines / 1357 West Augusta #1 / Chicago, Illinois / Even though Dave shrinks all of these pieces of notebook paper to an acceptable size to ft in the small format of the zine, the fact is that with just a few illustrations, a great deal of information is conveyed. The style is by no means at…
Devendra Banhart released his fifth album in September. Having concluded a mid-sized European tour, he did a lengthy U.S. tour and then a lengthy European tour, now concluded. The new album “Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon” continues to make headway on independent radio charts around the country and of course, the adulatory press continues, including the new samples In include below.
Anchors for Arms – Listen.React / 2007 Oort / 11 Tracks / http://www.anchorsforarms.com / http://www.ortrecords.com / “The Roots†is the first track on “Listen.Reactâ€, and it shows the approach that Oort is taking in signing a number of these independent emo bands to their label (for those that do no know, Oort is an imprint of Lobster Records). What I mean with that is that Oort is bringing back the…
LOSING TODAY “This EP is a glimpse of the essential storytelling that they have been working on which will form their debut album. As a taster it is outrageously good. It has classic and collector’s item flashing all over it. Papertrigger will soon be part of many peoples’ worlds…The term Band To Watch is much abused, Papertrigger are more like a Phenomenon About To Happen. Their local Philadelphia press rave,…
With the highly anticipated release of AVENGER OF BLOOD’s Death Brigade just around the corner, HEAVY ARTILLERY is previewing two tracks from the forthcoming album on their myspace profile. The previewed tracks, entitled “Sadistic Inquisitor” and “Poserslaughter” give a small glimpse of the full-blown thrash metal assault that is Death Brigade. Featuring cover artwork by the legendary Joe “Motorhead” Petagno, Death Brigade will be unleashed on December 23rd.
Oslo – The Rise and Fall of Love and Hate / 2007 Six Feet / 11 Tracks / http://www.osloband.com / I had a feeling that this was the case, but Oslo is a band from the United States. On “The Rise and Fallâ€s first track, “Slowdiveâ€, the band calls forth a very current, British sound to alternative rock. The track is catchy in the same neurotically-sung, neatly arranged style as…
Keali`i is more than a singer or performer, he is a cultural icon and ambassador for the Aloha State. In the words of Donne Dawson (Hawai`i State Film Commissioner) “For those beyond our shores, Keali’i provides an amazing window for the world to see why Hawai’i is a place like no other.” One of Hawai`i’s best known singers and kumu hula instructors, Keali`i and his Halau Ke`alaokamaile perform a musical…
NeuFutur Magazine and Cornerstone Promotions have joined together to give two lucky winners a prize packet for Rock Bandâ„¢. In these prize packs there are Rock Bandâ„¢ tshirts, drumsticks, and stickers. They’d make a great stocking stuffer for individuals, or can be an early holiday present for others. Contest winners this time around are: Jonathan Yue of Austin, Texas and Nathan Cernetic of Phoenix, Arizona. Thanks again for signing…
First off, no. The title is such a misnomer that it’s not funny. The writers of this magazine do not practice what they preach. And lordy, do they ever preach up a storm with this magazine. First off, this seems like your average zine, with an intro piece and a piece about going vegetarian, but bam bam bam, you have pieces about going up to people to convert them to…
With a balanced combination of energy, musical diversity, stage presence and a passion for music, YoungFlame of Wreckhouse Entertainment, took home the Hip Hop prize package by placing 1st in the SRC/ Universal sponsored industry showcase entitled ‘Faces In The Crowd’. This showcase has helped 4 artists get major record deals including Island Def Jam recording artist, Chrisette Michele (who was featured on both Jay Z and Nas singles, as…
Fresh from a 50 concert blitz through the wilds of North America with the shaman-rock of Old Time Relijun, frontman Arrington de Dionyso returns to his love of free improvisation with the bass clarinet and throatsinging, in duos with Japanese underground musician Katsura Yamauchi for a series of concerts in the Pacific Northwest. Arrington will perform bass clarinet and throatsinging, Katsura will perform on soprano and baritone saxophones. Katsura plays…