Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: January 9, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Bury Your Dead Recording New Album with New Vocalist

Never ones to dwell on the past, Boston natives Bury Your Dead are forging ahead to the future with new vocalist Myke Terry (formerly of Cassius) in tow. The band has returned to Florida’s Audiohammer Studios, the exact studio where their previous release Beauty and the Breakdown was recorded. Bury Your Dead have also brought back producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, God Forbid), continuing with the theme of tradition. “Bury Your…

Posted on: January 9, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Conflagration #7

By the Goddess, I don’t know why it took me so long to read this magazine. I’ve had it since August of 2002 (it’s almost December), and while I have tried to read the zine before, the subject matter was just so personal that I couldn’t bring myself to read it. I am very glad that I actually was able to get through it tonight, as this issue deals with…

Posted on: January 8, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Insane Clown Posse – Jugganauts

Insane Clown Posse – Jugganauts / 2007 Island / 18 Tracks / http://www.insaneclownposse.com / http://www.islandrecords.com / The Insane Clown Posse split off from Island Records a few years back to create their own record label. However, Island maintains the rights to all of the ICP’s albums up to a certain point, so it’s not that surprising to see a greatest hits album not come out from Psychopathic Records. In regards…

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BENNY SINGS “Benny …at home” released by Sonar Kollektiv

The first radio-single of the album “Let me in” is accompanied by a superb videoclip, available on April, 10th Let Me In is the first release of the new digital only label Digital Kollektiv founded by Sonar Kollektiv. The BENNY SINGS album was co-produced by BART SUÈR. JAZZANOVA already collaborated with him during the North Sea Jazz Festival on the Tribute to Charles Stepney BENNY SINGS has been remixed, among…

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Complete Control #11

Complete Control #11 / $2 / 7 by 8.5 / 32 Pages / PO Box 5021, Richmond, VA 23220 / Usually, I tend to zone out when I am reading recollections or tour diaries, but Greg’s extended narrative is written in such a way to hold my interest for the entirety of the 32 pages. While Operation: Cliff Clavin was long defunct by the time I had started getting into…

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V.A. Ten Years Who Cares? To Be Released By Sonar Kollektiv

This year Sonar Kollektiv is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a double CD compilation! mixed and compiled by the label founders JAZZANOVA! The double CD is available for the price of only one!!! CD1 is packed full of 20 musical pearls while CD2 is an exclusive DJ mix by JAZZANOVA, showing the club orientated aspects. Compilation features: FORSS, MICATONE, JOE DUKIE, OUTLINES, DIMLITE, THIEF, JAZZANOVA as well as BENNY SINGS,…

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Paul McCartney – The McCartney Years

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…

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Alpha “The Sky Is Mine” To Be Released On Cat’ n Roof Rec.

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’.

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Committed to the Custody of the Attorney General

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,…