1)Can everyone give me their names, and what instrument that they play. Also, describe to me the current happenings surrounding The Hissyfits. If you could give me a little information about the latest album and the current tour, it would be excellent.
The Good Life Interview, Part I On a cold day, January 19th to be specific, I conducted an interview with emo-rock wunderkinds The Good Life. The resulting interview was so massive, I had to split it up into three seperate parts. Without further adieu, here is The Good Life !
Buffalo, New York based rockers EVERY TIME I DIE have recently released the second track off of their upcoming release The Big Dirty, September 4th on Ferret Music.
Girl Talk Interview Conducted by JMcQ How do you come up with all of the samples for the tracks on Night Ripper? Do you plan out a swarm of song ideas or how do you get the creative process going?
The Weakerthans will launch a U.S. trek on September 25th in Minneapolis. That same day, Reunion Tour – its fourth studio album and strongest song-cycle yet – will be released via Anti-.
Emocapella Interview Conducted by JMcQSimple opening question – we can ease into the harder questions after this. Who are Emocapella currently, and what exactly does Emocapella try to do with live performances, your new album (I’m Sorry) and the like?
“Squelching guitars and drawn-out rhythms evoke everyone from Can to Glass Candy” Creative Loafing (Atlanta) – Bands to Watch
Cruci-Fetus Interview Conducted by JMcQ Joe (J) and Neumaier (Numan) represent Cruci-Fetus in this interview, conducted by JMcQ . How did the current version of Cruci-Fetus come to be? What bands were people in before joining Cruci-Fetus?
Digipack edition coming in August on Alive Naturalsound records Remixed, remastered, with bonus track and Quicktime video “It sounds a bit more natural, more to the way we were sounding at the time.” – Adam & Tyson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8SbsUa4sqA
DRAG CITY INCORPORATED is pleased to announce the launch of the Language Of Stone label, helmed by Greg and Jessica Weeks (Espers, Woodwose, et al). The label is based in Philadelphia with manufacturing and distribution handled by DragCity.
Cheap Sex Interview with Mike Virus [Conducted by JMcQ, 05 August 2006] What does the band’s name, “Cheap Sexâ€, mean? Why was it chosen? Mike – The name Cheap Sex doesn’t have any meaning behind it. We were looking for a name that had some humor that would grab attention on a flyer. I mentioned the name ‘Cheap Sex’ and we just decided to go with it.
At the Mountain View, Calif. stop of the Ozzfest tour last month, National Public Radio affiliate KQED-FM interviewed the Taiwanese band ChthoniC, the first-ever Asian extreme metal act to take part in hard rock’s longest-running annual tour. The interview, which first aired on KQED’s nationally syndicated weekly “Pacific Time” program on Aug. 2, can be streamed on the station’s website.
Did you ever want to get some swords, self defense tools, or other fun little toys but did not have a Waterbeds & Stuff store around? I stumbled upon King of Swords a few nights ago, and found literally hundreds of dollars of stuff that I actually wanted. Essentially, what King of Swords is is one of those stores at the county fair, albeit expanded a hundredfold. If you want…
Joemca – Jum+Ka / 2006 One Stone / 5 Tracks / http://www.joemcamusic.com / Joemca is someone that I was not familiar with before picking up this EP. The very Depeche Mode style to the vocals during the first track “Strangers†make it seem like Joemca is influenced tremendously by the New Romantic style. Unlike a number of the acts from that era, there seems to be a high amount of…
FROM THE NOT SO DISTANT PAST TO THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, KLAXONS PREPARE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SCI-FI FUTURE LOVE ACROSS THE USA WITH MAGICK, MYSTERY JETS
Elizabeth / 2007 Hachette Book Group / 678M / 5:00 / http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com / Elizabeth was written by J. Randy Taraborrelli. Taraborrelli may best be known for all of eir other biographies, which include those about Diana Ross, Carol Burnett, Michael Jackson, Cher, Frank Sinatra, Madonna, and the work about the females linked to the Kennedy clan, ‘Jackie, Ethel, and Joan’. This book is about Elizabeth Taylor, and goes in a…
The FADER.com “The band Drug Rug out of Cambridge, Massachusetts with a self-titled album coming in September on Black and Greene kind of sound like a dirty, shredded baja sweater, so we congratulate them on their self-awareness and funky jams and we present you with this song called “Day I Die.”http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2007/07/10/audio-drug-rug-day-i-die
The Horrifics – Now Fear This / 2006 1031 / 17 Tracks / http://www.thehorrifics.net / http://www.1031records.com / I must admit that I did not expect a hard type of punk music looking at the band. One member of the band has hair like Wayne Static and yet another looks like ey would be perfect in Union Underground. However, what The Horrifics sound like is nothing like how they look. “Uzumaki 
Daylight Dies – Dismantling Devotion / 2007 Candlelight / 8 Tracks / http://www.daylightdies.com / http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com / Daylight Dies has a very subtly stated introduction to “Dismantling Devotion†that gives the resulting section of “Life Less Lived†that much more gravity. There is nothing in the way of vocals during the opening minutes of “Dismantling Devotionâ€, but this does not hinder Daylight Dies in the creation of a solid bit of…
Los Angeles, CA: Sunset Strip rock darlings Poets & Pornstars today announced that they will open for Tesla on the remainder of their U.S. Tour. More than four decades after its countercultural beginnings, Los Angeles’ famed stretch of live-music venues continues to draw bands cranking out what band member Hal Ozsan calls “down-and-dirty three-chord rock.” “Poets & Pornstars” is a particularly spectacular example of the form, demonstrated by their eponymous…