Volume 1 News

Not even warm summer rain, coupled with lightning flashes that lit up The Gulch's looming condo skeletons like million-dollar X-rays, could dampen the enthusiasm of the folks lined up last night outside the ...

The MEATMEN have some upcoming shows: August 21 The Khyber in Philly w/ YDI August 22 Europa in Brooklyn NY August 23 The Middle East Cambridge Mass w/ The Queers, Unatural Axe Meatmen - The Devil's In The ...

We review the latest releases, including albums by She & Him, The Hold Steady and Liam Finn.

As genre names go, computer music is one of the most off-putting: It suggests a legion of white male academics fiddling around with bi-quad filters in the service of making "tone-poems" with less funk than a ...

Various Artists Underground Sound, Volume One a collection of Christian pop/rock artists similar to the WOW series, except focusing on up-and-coming independent artists.

Judge Clark Douglas is attempting to form a tabloid tag for this unlikely pair. Richidoo? Scoobyrich? Nah.

This is going to sound strange, but it was a very odd episode of musical confluence. via The Age

The first of a two-book graphic novel mini-series tells the story of a teen boy's summer with two serial killers.

'Based on a true story,' Shawn Granger's Family Bones (King Tractor Press) recounts one teenage boy's horrendous summer in the American heartland. Dumped with his grandparents by his bickering parents, young would-be punk Sean is quickly shunted off to an aunt and uncle's farm after his grandfather gets hospitalized in a... Read more

Jim Noir is the Manchester, England, pop whiz with a Pet Sounds predilection first heard from in 2006 when his delightfully infectious "Eeny Meanie" was used in an Adidas commercial that was in heavy rotation ... via Philly.com

HOME GAMES Plays with Lickin' Good Fried, Saturday with the Rizdales at the Canadian Corps Hall . via Now Toronto

HOME GAMES Eric Chenaux and the Reveries release their CD Matchmakers, Volume 1: The Music Of Willie Nelson, Saturday at the Tranzac . via Now Toronto

JULIAN: Easygoing singer-songwriter deserves a second look. The maniacal Youngstown-based dance/indie-rock outfit Gil Mantera's Party Dream must be seen to be believed. via Free Times

DVD Features: Region 1 2-Disc Set Widescreen - 1.78 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English Subtitles - English - Spanish - Optional Disc 1: BIONIC WOMAN: VOLUME 1 Additional Release Material: Audio ... via Tower Records

“I Will Survive") and some early classics such as "Big Spender.”

RANDY JACKSON "Music Club: Volume One" Sixteen years after this gangsta avatar dropped his G-funk classic "Gin n' Juice," rap icon/TV father Snoop Dogg proves he's as much a gangster of love as he is Cali's ... via The Modesto Bee

“What can you do with a sentimental heart?”

On Tuesday, new releases are scheduled to hit stores from She & Him and the Matches. via The Herald

Meet the Eels: Essential Eels 1996-2006, Volume 1 spans the first decade of the band led by the man called " E " . Beginning with perhaps their best-known hit, "Novocaine for the Soul," the compilation includes ... via JamBase

There was a time when you'd say "power trio," and every rock fan knew what you were talking about: bands like Cream and ZZ Top, which used the basic setup of guitar, bass, and drums, added a splash of blues, ... via Scene Weekly

From the stage to the speakers: The New Music Collective's artistic director Nathan Koci and his colleagues aim high on their new project Molly Hayes "Improvisation for Horn and Amplified Cardboard Tube" from ... via Charleston City Paper

Decatur's Wordsmiths Books inaugurates a new literary/music series Wed., JAN. 23, called BABYGOTBOOKS READING SERIES VOLUME 1 . The event is the brainchild of the bookworm bloggers at BabyGotBooks.com . Volume ... via Creative Loafing

“Greatest Hits, Volume 1 - The Singles”

This has been the year of compilations: The Killers, Thursday, Matchbox Twenty, Anberlin and numerous others have released 'best of' collections, B-sides ad rarities. via Home News Tribune