“The Four Girls of Civet Have that Pretty-in-a-Dirty-Way Thing Going on Like They Own it†(Exclaim) Civet, a wicked Long Beach, CA foursome aptly self-described as “femme fatale punk rock,†has joined the Hellcat ranks, home to fellow agitators Tiger Army, HorrorPops and Rancid. “We are honored to join the Hellcat family and to be associated with the artists that continue to keep punk rock alive,†says the band.
The Staple Singers – The 25th Day of December / 2007 Concord / 12 Tracks / http://www.concordmusicgroup.com / I must admit that I was not that familiar with The Staple Singers before receiving this CD. For anyone that is too young to remember The Staple Singers, they were a gospel group that released albums for over twenty-five years. It took them about 12 years to actually break onto the charts;…
MAD Dragon Records, the student-run record label at Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts& Design, is pleased to announce the signing of the Philadelphia-based band, the Swimmers. Their self-produced album, Fighting Trees, is set for a March 4, 2008 release date with national distribution through Ryko/Warner.
I picked up this zine a long time ago at an infoshop in Lansing, Michigan (this would mean probably March of 2002). I finally read through it now, and the zine is okay, pretty much standard for a submission based magazine. Tons of poetry litter this publication, almost a 60/40 distribution, which makes this zine pretty hard to go through without getting tired with it. What really helps this magazine…
Frank Meyer, Editor, KNAC.COM, put it this way: “Lipstick, lace, leather, cheap booze, cheaper dames, low slung guitars, and hair…lots and lots of hair. This was the Sunset Strip music scene in the ‘80s. A poisonous cocktail of post-Mötley Crüe metal meets Van Halen influenced cock rock, served with a healthy dose of Hanoi Rocks pout and New York Dolls trash. The Hollywood, CA scene held a lot of weight,…
Pink Floyd – Piper At The Gates of Dawn / 2007 Capitol / 11 Tracks / http://www.capitolrecords.com / Any Pink Floyd fan knows that “Piper At The Gates of Dawn†was the first album created by Pink Floyd. Casual fans that just know Pink Floyd from “The Wall†and “Pulseâ€-era recordings will struggle to find commonality between those albums and “Piperâ€. 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the original release…
From producer John Singleton (Hustle and Flow, Four Brothers) comes the intense action-thriller about one Latino family’s quest for honor and revenge. When the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a young man and his mother turn the tables on the killers in this hard-hitting story fueled by deadly feuds and a lethally escalating game of cat and mouse.
An Australian Bike Dream Zine #1 / Free / Half-Sized / 44 Pages / [email protected] / Whenever I go down to Boxcar Books, I seem to pick up more than my fair share of biking and bike-related ‘zines. Not a bad thing, but an interesting phenomenon nonetheless. As the title may indicate, An Australian Bike Dream Zine is about one individual’s trek to and through a great amount of Australia.…
Joe Keithley and his Band of Rebels are now #5 on the National Earshot Loud Radio Chart! Band of Rebels is Keithley’s solo album, released this past summer that features many of Vancouver’s best musicians. Many of them will be performing at the CD release party, which is also Sudden Death Record’s Christmas party, DVD live recording event and a benefit for Cannabis Canada. The event will also include guest…
Bones Season Two / 2007 Fox / http://www.fox.com/bones / http://www.fox.com For individuals that do not know what Bones is about, it features David Boreanaz (Buffy, Angel) as a FBI agent that is partnered with Emily Deschanel’s character (Cold Mountain and Glory Road). The “buddy comedy†and “gross out crime†genres are married her in this show, and this DVD set collects all 21 episodes in this season, among ample extras.…
