Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: February 20, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Barry Manilow: Songs From The Seventies

Barry Manilow: Songs From The Seventies / 2008 Rhino / 75 Minutes / http://www.rhino.com / Individuals that watch a lot of PBS likely saw the special that this DVD set chronicles. However, this DVD set has a great deal of material that never got off the cutting room floor. Three distinct tracks were excised due to time and other constraints: “Who’s Been Sleeping In My Bed?”, “The Way We Were…

Posted on: February 20, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

NeuFutur Magazine Introduces Pie Boys Flat

Pie Boys Flat hit the NYC music scene in 2003 with their unique blend of Reggae, Blues, and Funk. Their writing shows influences ranging from Bob Marley to Jack Johnson to Sublime to Paul Simon and has melded into a form of ethnic Rhythm and Blues that sits firmly in the pocket of a style all its own. Laced with soaring three-part harmonies, their music is the manifestation of a…

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Chili Jackson – S/T

Chili Jackson – S/T / 2007 Conscious / 3 Tracks / http://www.consciousrecordsmusic.com / The soulful, slow style of rock that Chili Jackson plays does not have an easy set of influences to decipher. The style of music that Jackson opens up this self-titled disc, during “Why”, is something that individuals have heard before but cannot pin down. The track is catchy and even sounds a little on the happy side…

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Sensory North American Signings (and Releases)

Sensory Records is proud to unleash a trio of epic new releases all licensed for North America from various European labels. Nation Beyond’s album The Aftermath Odyssey is licensed from Burning Star Records (Greece) and hits the streets March 11th. Dark Suns’ album Grave Human Genuine is licensed from Prophecy Productions (Germany) and comes out March 25th, alongside Kingfisher Sky’s album Hallway of Dreams is licensed from Suburban Records (Netherlands).

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The Aristocats: Special Edition

The Aristocats: Special Edition / 2007 Buena Vista / 79 Minutes / http://www.disneydvd.com / I still remember that time when Disney VHS copies of certain movies were going for well over $100. It seems as if Disney is a little more generous when it comes to releasing more material from their value, judging from this copy of “The Aristocats”. Instead of just being the same exact movie without anything in…

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Sic Osyrus is certified by YoRaps.com as their NEXT 2 BLOW unsigned feature.

Not even 1 month out the gate of 2008 and Sic Osyrus is certified by YoRaps.com as their NEXT 2 BLOW unsigned feature. Sic Osyrus is getting ready to lace the world with the follow up Mixtape Album ‘Sic O Nomics’ Volume 2 (Hosted by Bedtyme357, Remy Ma’s Official DJ and 2007 JUST Underground DJ of The Year award Nominee) with Original Production from Drawzilla (Remy Ma, Chrisette Michele, Capone…

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Get the Strap #3

Get the Strap #3 A5/16 pages-$1/trade. The third issue in a zine that always maintains to crack me the fuck-up, Get the Strap #3 is in actuality a stronger issue then the 2nd one. From the cover picture being that of Kris Kross, to the end article detailing the entirety of the Rocky movies, Mike and Jay shit out another amazing issue. I must admit, I actually learned something of…

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NeuFutur Magazine Introduces John Temmerman

Chicago jazzman John Temmerman’s got numbers on the brain, but music in the blood. While many part-time musicians divide their time between career and art, Temmerman carries his passion for jazz into work on Monday and weaves his knowledge of numbers in the night club air on Friday nights. As the saxophonist and leader of the John Temmerman Jazz Obsession Quartet, Temmerman successfully demonstrates the inadequacy of the term “moonlighting”…

Posted on: February 19, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Steve Lieberman – Shake The Missile Base

Steve Lieberman – Shake The Missile Base / 2007 Self / 22 Tracks / http://www.gangstarabbi.com / Despite the fact that I already know most of the ongs that Lieberman puts on eir “cover” albums, I rather prefer the albums that have a large amount of unique material on them. This gives me more of a sense of what Lieberman wants to do with music, rather than having eir constrained by…