Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: December 11, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Torpedo Boyz “Cum On Feel The Boyz” Released on Sounds From The Roof

„Gimme A Bassline!“, their funky and infectious first single with an incredible dancefloor action effect, scored a # 5 position in the German Club Charts (DCC) while hitting top DJ playlist around the globe. Ursula 1000 put this track on his “Ursuladelic” compilation, en vogue producers Fort Knox Five from Washington D.C. offered their remix services and PUMA featured the song on their MTV commercial. In no time their hit…

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Posted on: December 11, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Anarchism and Violence: Selections From Anarchist Writings, 1896-1925

Anarchism and Violence: Selections From Anarchist Writings, 1896-1925 / :30 / Free / ICC, PO Box 712191, Los Angeles, CA 90071 / I really hate philosophy. However, I like the free reproduction of ideas, and especially from anarchist scholars that I’ve never previously even heard of (except from other zinesters copping Malatesta’s name. To be honest, the writing style of Malatesta is much more accessible than most philosophers, and there…

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Various Artists, the “Maiden Voyage” Released on Compost

Back in 1993 Munich’s Into Somethin’ crew started a clubnight entitled ‘Maiden Voyage’. The idea behind it was simple: while the successful weekly Into Somethin’ sessions set up by Michael Reinboth, Florian Keller and Theo Thoennessen in 1989 kept on providing a take on the current state of dancemusic from a Jazz DJ’s point of view the guys wanted to establish another night dedicated strictly to the classics. Jazz, Soul,…

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Posted on: December 10, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

OST: Feel The Noise

OST: Feel The Noise / 2007 Sony / 10 Tracks / http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/feelthenoise/index.html / Feel The Noise was the movie that featured Omarion and discusses the evolution of a young male that has to flee from gang violence to Puerto Rico, becoming taken up in the musical culture of Reggaeton. The character eventually strives to be a Reggaeton star, leading up to their performance at New York’s Puerto Rican Day Parade.…

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Fredda “Toutes Mes Aventures” Released On Le Pop Musik

10 great songs with sparse arrangements, touching genres like New Orleans Dixie and Jazz. For fans of Feist, Pascal Parisot, Benjamin Biolay, Camille Debut album of Fredda who already stirred waves with her contributions to the successful Le Pop Musik compilations “Le Pop En Duo” and “Le Pop 3”. Produced by nouvelle chanson star Pascal Parisot. who happens to be her husband. 10 great songs with sparse arrangements, touching genres…

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Kate Nash’s US Release Date Finally Comes to Fruition

A lovable 20 year old got rejected from acting school, fell down the stairs, broke her foot and wrote an album. That album, ‘Made of Bricks’, found its way into our ears in much the same way, minus the acting school and breaking of bones. That is to say, we heard Kate Nash on a chance trip to Latitude festival in Suffolk this Summer and haven’t been able to get…

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American Dream: Free Enterprise

American Dream: Free Enterprise / :10 / 28M / http://www.prisonerlife.com / Seth M. Ferranti, 18205-083 Box 420 B-left, FCI Fairton NJ 08640 / This is an very interesting way of telling a story. Where one starts off the piece as Seth sets up eir own story, the action jumps back and forth between what had happened in the events leading up to eir arrest and the real life of Seth’s…

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The Sword and Witchcraft Get Together for 12″

Dynamic, Austin, TX based quartet THE SWORD and respected Swedish rock band WITCHCRAFT have teamed up to issue a very special, limited edition 12″ LP / EP. Simply titled THE SWORD / WITCHCRAFT Split 12″, the vinyl-only release is available via diverse NYC label Kemado Records and is in stores now. Inarguably two of the most exciting new bands to have formed in the last decade, THE SWORD and WITCHCRAFT…

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Michael Gira (Young God Records) on Fire on Fire

I’m damned pleased to be able to announced the release of a special YGR website-only 5 song EP by the fantastic group of singers/players called Fire On Fire. They used to be the art-punk-prog-chaos collective Cerberus Shoal, but they ditched their electric instruments, went into hiding for a while, and now play all acoustic-stand up bass, mandolin, banjo, harmonium, accordion, acoustic guitar, dobro etc etc, and they all sing and…

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Nuremburg: The Nazis Facing Their Crimes

Nuremburg: The Nazis Facing Their Crimes / 2007 Lionsgate / 210 Minutes / For many individuals, World War II is an interesting subject. I personally prefer later US history, but still appreciate what got the United States to the later history. “Nuremburg: The Nazis Facing Their Crimes” provides a lot of that information, and provides it in a way that is much more in depth and focused than any History…

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