Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: November 23, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

As Tall As Lions Announce Tour Dates With Silverchair / TREOS

As Tall As Lions have announced some December tour dates with Silverchair and The Receiving End Of Sirens – All confirmed dates are below. The band will release a new digital EP entitled Into The Flood November 29th on Triple Crown/East West and Stereogum has debuted a new track “Into The Flood”

Posted on: November 23, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

V/A – Compilation Number One : Only When I Pee [ADB]

This tape is a great compilation of different Athens, Ohio bands. The only bad thing about it is that the tape was made in 1995, so most of the bands would no longer be around. This comp has almost every mainstream style of music, from punk to alternative to metal. Its a pretty good tape, and i only had to pay $3 for it in a music store down in…

Posted on: November 23, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Mike Ladd Releases “Nostalgialator” 1/08 on Def Jux

Through the years, Parisian-based Mike Ladd has fused a combination of genres, from hip hop to poetry to rock to electronic music, to form his own incredible incarnation of afro punk. Whether spitting searing freestyle polemics, rocking punked out jams or teaching at universities, this is an artist who knows very few bounds. And we’d have it no other way. Ladd’s music is equally fearless yet sensitive, raw yet sophisticated,…

Posted on: November 23, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Music Video Distributors

Music Video Distributors has been around since 1986, when it was founded by Tom Seaman, who had floated around the music industry for years before that. In the twenty-plus years since the company was founded, they have rapidly become one of the most premiere companies in producing and distributing band videos. 2006 saw the company grow even further, as MVD opened up a record label of sorts, making available albums…

Posted on: November 23, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Unwritten Law – Blue Room [ADB]

Nice guy punk rock with 5 members. This fits in perfectly with bands on Epitaph and Fat Wreck. They had some talent, but they sold their soul to Epic, was canned, and then signed to Interscope. None of the instruments stand out much because they are too clean sounding, so they mix together. Unwritten Law is not without its charm however, because the songs are not that bad sounding, but…

Posted on: November 23, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Emily Jane White Provides Gothic Blues on New Album

Emily Jane White Embarks On West Coast Tour; Haunted Debut “Dark Undercoat” Out Now Much anticipated California folk singer’s debut album out November 6th With California’s sunny new folk movement in full swing with recent releases by Devendra Banhart and Brightblack Morning Light, 26 year old California native Emily Jane White’s gothic blues are taking the movement down a darker path. Armed with little more than an acoustic guitar and…

Posted on: November 22, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Die Vol.3, No.1

The Die Vol.3, No.1 / :30 / 12L / Red Roach Press, PO Box 764, College Park, MD 20740 / [email protected] / The Die is the closest thing to a serious journal that I read, and yet it skillfully defies the tedium and dry writing of that form of art time and time again. This time, a few key subjects are broached: the removal of solitude in the age of…

Posted on: November 22, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

1-Up PRs Artist Roundup for November

Shalini – The Surface And The Shine – Shalini, formerly of San Francisco’s Vinyl Devotion, has been recording solo albums for the past few years and November 9th marked the release of her third solo album, The Surface and the Shine (Electric Devil). You can really hear all of Shalini’s influences on this one – especially power pop icons like Mitch Easter, Cheap Trick, and the Go-Gos. TSATS is definitely…

Posted on: November 22, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Unknown – Still Unknown [ADB]

12 song CD on jiffi pop records. Nice guy pop punk in the vein of $parechange of JFT with a little better guitar playing then the former. The bass is audible with well written lines. The guitarist isn’t afraid to some good wailing riffs .The vocals sound like a few other pop punk bands , and the lyrics usually deal with lost love. Some of the songs are actually different…