Author: James McQuiston

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

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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I Didn’t Know Keith Sweat Was Still Around, But…

Keith Sweat, the celebrated master of the slow jam, unwraps his first-ever holiday music collection, proving there’s no one better qualified to deliver a Yuletide disc titled A Christmas Of Love. The R&B and soul superstar’s new album of newly recorded contemporary Christmas songs is available now. The disc was released on November 20.

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Altar #7

Altar #7 / $4 / 1:00 / 68M / http://www.altarmagazine.com / Altar Magazine is ending with this issue. The magazine is joining forces with Clamor, which will be a great thing considering that Altar and Clamor both had issues with previous issues that the other magazine could conceivably work well with. This is one of the most solid endings that a magazine can have. The writing in this issue is…

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Mark Ronson Contest

NeuFutur and Cornerstone Promotion are providing one lucky winner with the one copy of “Version” and one runner up will receive a “Stop Me” single? This is one of the most simple contests that we have ran at NeuFutur – just post a response to this story or email [email protected] and you will be entered. Contest ends on Friday, so be quick! Information about Mark Ronson can be found here:

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Corporate Punishment Podcast Interviews Wayne Static from Static-X

The Corporate Punishment Podcast has posted an interview with Static-X’s Wayne Static at the following location http://www.corporatepunishment.libsyn.com/ During the interview, Wayne discusses the writing process of the group’s new album, Cannibal, his vegetarian lifestyle and the state of the recording industry.

Posted on: December 9, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Doris #23

Doris #23 / $1.50 / 1:00 / 36M / Cindy, POB 1734, Asheville, NC 28802 / http://www.microcosmpublishing.com /  This is the first issue of Doris that I’ve ever been able to read. I’ve heard so many things about the zine, and it ranked really high when I put together the zine ranking system a fewyears back. I can understand why so many individuals liked it. Doris is a blend of…