October 27, 2009Black Velvet 62 Out Now: The Used, Steel Panther, Phil Collen, Spinnerette, Propagandhi, Saving Aimee, After Midnight Project & more
Issue 62 of Black Velvet is out now and includes: Interviews with The Used, Steel Panther, Keri Kelli (Alice Cooper), Man Raze (Phil Collen - Def Leppard), Spinnerette (Brody Dalle), Hardcore Superstar, Saving Aimee, Propagandhi, After Midnight Project, V For Volume. Concert reviews of Lostprophets, The Used, Steel Panther, New Found Glory/Kids In Glass Houses/International Superheroes Of Hardcore, Spinnerette, Taking Back Sunday, Buckcherry, Saving Aimee and Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros Tons of album, single and demo reviews of the likes of Not Advised, Spinnerette, Orange, Four Year Strong, Pound, Johnny Lima, New Generation Superstars, Research Turtles. The Used, Funeral For A Friend, All Time Low, Bullets And Octane, An Ocean Between Us, Bowling For Soup, Steel Panther, Buckcherry, AFI, Flyleaf, Gunfire 76, Memphis May Fire, Carolina Liar, Symphony Cult, Dame Fortune, Glass Spires and more. 'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV' this issue features Pulin Modi of peta2. 'Over In The East' - our column from Japanese correspondant Ando Terumi All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, Book Reviews, Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Full Scream Ahead, Forgotten Roots and Sparks The Rescue). Advertisers this issue are: Rock City Memphis, Two Side Moon Promotions, Margate, S-a-n PR, Pound, Orius, Product Recall, Her:Enemy & Oz Knozz Order online from: UK: www.fourdogsmusic.co.uk www.ethicalwares.com www.punkrockshop.co.uk www.beeunique.co.uk Or from retail stores such as: UK: Banbury Record Savings USA: Baltimore, MD Atomic Books AUSTRALIA Sydney Waterfront Records More info is at www.blackvelvetmagazine.com
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July 28, 2009Black Velvet 61: We The Kings, Madina Lake, Billy Talent, Black Stone Cherry, Warped Tour, Duff McKagan, Download festival & more
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April 22, 2009Black Velvet 60 Out Now - Metro Station, Seether, Madina Lake, Hey Monday, Papa Roach, Steadlur & more
Metro Station chat about how they make music for the kids, how you have to choose wisely who to have around you, how Trace is shy to go up and talk to girls and how they like anything edible with sugar in. Madina Lake’s Nathan Leone discusses how they’ve incorporated fan letters into the new album artwork, how they were a little defensive the first time around, how thinking about your past or your future is a disease and how they’d rather be hated for who they are than loved for who they’re not. Hey Monday’s Mike Gentile chats about growing up, bucking broncos, liking Bon Jovi and baby powdered snare drums. Papa Roach’s Tobin Esperance tells us how they’ve learned so much as people, how they’ve had to figure out how they could do things better, how they’ll survive anything and how Motley Crue’s Mick Mars is a really sweet guy. Seether’s Shaun Morgan chats about how some old school fans thought they’d sold out, how he began to appreciate music again, how no-one’s changed the world just because they’re pretty and how he respects George Michael for being in the music business for so long. My Passion’s Laurence René talks about which day he wished had never happened, which day he was most glad to be himself, when his last great day of inspiration was and if he could spend a day with anyone who he’d most like to spend it with. Steadlur’s Philip Steadlur tells us how he wanted to make nasty guitar sounds as a kid, how they frequently drive off and leave bandmember Daniel at the gas station, how he once woke up with toilet paper covering a big gash in his knee and how he still doesn’t know where it came from and how he’s most proud of having their debut album finally done. Lights Resolve’s Matt Reich talks about challenges, sacrifices, criticism and how he sweats like a monkey on stage. Theory Of A Deadman’s Tyler Connolly discusses how their hard work has paid off, how he tries to do something romantic for his wife every Christmas, how he’s been a bad boyfriend in the past and how he’d love to open his own no-kill animal shelter. TGL’s Zack Stewart talks about how they consider their fans their friends, how he feels like he has two hometowns, how a UK tour would be a dream come true and how they’ve had some strange people in the crowd at their shows. Heaps of concert reviews including Fall Out Boy, Jon Bon Jovi, Boys Like Girls/Metro Station/Every Avenue, Staind/Seether and Shinedown, Alkaline Trio, The All-American Rejects/Oh No Not Stereo and Rise Against/Anti-Flag. A Q&A with Download Festival promoter Andy Copping. 'Can You Hear Me Now?' Column by Marko 72 of Sugarcult 'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV'. If you have a music related job you get to tell us what you do and why you do it. This issue featuring Define The Meaning zine editor Karen Mitchell. Tons of album, single and demo reviews including Madina Lake, Steadlur, Papa Roach, Faster Faster, That Was Something, Falling Red, Remedy, Theory Of A Deadman, Bruce Springsteen, Eyelash, Space Cretins, Crucified Barbara, The Pussybats, Backyard Babies, Skatch, Lauren Harris, Young Guns, Voodoo Johnson & heaps more. All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, Books & DVD reviews & Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Famous and From Jupiter). Advertisers this issue are: Famous, Bristol Vegan Fayre 09 , My Son The Bum, Brand Your Band, Oort Records, Crop Circle & RecyclingCDs Visit www.blackvelvetmagazine.com for more info or order directly online from: (UK) www.fourdogsmusic.co.uk www.ethicalwares.com www.punkrockshop.co.uk www.word-power.co.uk www.beeunique.co.uk (USA) www.atomicbooks.com www.quimbys.com www.theeshop.com (AUSTRALIA) www.waterfrontrecords.com Retail shops that stock Black Velvet include: Banbury Record Savings, Birmingham Dale News (by Birmingham Academy), Brighton Ampwitch Emporium , Bromsgrove MSB Recording Studios, Cardiff Spillers, Dudley ST Records, Edinburgh Word Power, Leeds Jumbo Records, Redditch Train Station Newsagents , Sheffield Rocky Horrors, Southampton October Books, Baltimore, MD Atomic Books, Charlotte, NC Joseph Beth, Chicago, IL Quimbys Bookstore, Cincinnati, OH Joseph Beth, Melbourne, FL Thee Shop, Lexington, KY Joseph Beth, Lyndhurst, OH Joseph Beth, Memphis TN Davis Kidd, Nashville, TN Davis Kidd, Pittsburgh, PA Joseph Beth. More info is at www.blackvelvetmagazine.com
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February 4, 2009Black Velvet 59 - Boys Like Girls, Anberlin, Simple Plan, AAR, The Pink Spiders... Issue 59 of Black Velvet Zine is out now and includes: Boys Like Girls’ Martin Johnson tells us what they most need, worry about, have fought for and don’t want to forget. Anberlin’s Stephen Christian and Nathan Young discuss humanitarian work, songs that urge people to think and do something, conquering homelessness and Faceless International. Simple Plan’s Pierre Bouvier tells us when he’s felt the most humbled, what he’s most grateful for, what he’d still most like to experience and if he’s ever wanted to quit. The All-American Rejects’ Tyson Ritter tells us how it took a lot of effort to get ‘When The World Comes Down’ out of them, how he feels like a different person to the one he was two years ago, how their new backing singers are really rad and have great pitch and how it would be amazing to support Bon Jovi on a stadium tour in Europe. You Me At Six’s Josh Franceschi tells us how you can tell who is the real
deal, how Matt Barnes drinks excessive amounts of alcohol, how there are always
going to be people who don’t like you and how he’d most like to be in Jim
Adkins’ shoes.
Stone Gods’ Richie Edwards talks about how ‘Silver Spoon And Broken Bones’ will always hold a special place in his heart, how British louts have messed up beautiful places, how you’re not more of a music fan in you’re technically minded and how ignorance is bliss. My American Heart’s Larry Soliman discusses how he shouldn’t judge anyone, how ‘Yellow’ by Coldplay is one of the greatest songs ever written, how he wishes there was a camera in their van sometimes and how he gets picked on because he listens to music no-one else in the band listens to. The Pink Spiders’ Matt Friction chats about how being a better guitarist means he can write better songs, how they get lumped into a genre that they don’t belong to, how the band feels like the unruly stepchild that’s out of control and how the band is in some ways being taken hostage. Oh No Not Stereo’s Sky Nielsen and Mykul Lee talk about how they sold their soul for their band, how they feel like four peas in a pod with Airin Older and Jussi Karvinen on board, how addiction can be so powerful it’s almost impossible for inspiration to change your actions and how a near death experience gave Sky new appreciation for life. Sherwood tell us how they won’t stop until the UK and Ireland are their servants and devoted diciples, how they want to show people that there’s more variety in music, how it’s off-putting when bands get political and how Nate is very visually talented. Underride’s Rev talks about eating glass and drinking shots, how he’s a ‘fuck-tard from Cleveland’, how they play hair metal songs to raise money for animals and how he’s going to play music until he dies – or until he gets a chrome plated cod piece. Heaps of concert reviews including Fall Out Boy/Boys Like Girls/You Me At Six, Kill Hannah, Hanoi Rocks, Disturbed/Shinedown, Go:Audio, Less Than Jake, Army Of Freshmen, Simple Plan, Funeral For A Friend, Attack Attack and Elliot Minor/Anberlin Tons of album, single and demo reviews including
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'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV'. If you have a music related job you get to tell us what you do and why you do it. This issue featuring press officer Ian Cheek. Competition to win Oh No Not Stereo CDs, T-Shirts, Badges & Stickers All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, DVDs & Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Mako, Rosematter and Car Crash TV). Advertisers this issue are: My Son The Bum, Brand Your Band, Oort Records, Falling Red, Underride, X-ception Alternative Accessories & Damien Zygote. How To Get Your Copy Of Black Velvet 59: IN PERSON: Go to one of the shops that stock Black Velvet. Visit www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/shops.htm for a list of shops that stock Black Velvet MAIL ORDER FROM BLACK VELVET: UK £2.50. USA $8 cash, Canada $9 cash, New Zealand $10 cash, Europe 5 Euro cash. All other countries please send either US$8 or 7 Euro cash. P&P/shipping included. UK only make cheques payable to Black Velvet. Black Velvet can ship anywhere, so no matter where you live, you can get Black Velvet delivered to your house. TO: BLACK VELVET, 336 BIRCHFIELD ROAD, WEBHEATH, REDDITCH, WORCS. B974NG. ENGLAND CREDIT CARD/CHEQUE: You can order Black Velvet online at: (UK)
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October 31, 2008Black Velvet 58 Out Now: Goldfinger, The Academy Is..., All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Shinedown, Staind, Anti-Flag & more Issue 58 of Black Velvet is out now and includes:
Interviews with Goldfinger, Anti-Flag, The Academy Is..., All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Staind, Shinedown, Scars On Broadway, Go:Audio, The Maine & Templeton Pek An Army Of Freshmen Q&A
Heaps of concert reviews including Lostprophets, Nickelback, Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Brigade, The Academy Is/We The Kings/The Maine, Nickelback/Staind & Go:Audio
Tons of album, single and demo reviews including The Bad Luck Charms, Gavin Rossdale, K.O.Kaine, Wonderfools, To Catch A Thief, Heave, Alice Cooper, Cute Is What We Aim For, Finger Eleven, Verra Cruz, I Hate Kate, Regurgitator, Sound And Fury, Zebrahead, Army Of Freshmen, The Gaslight Anthem, Twin Atlantic, The Humour, The Automatic, Alternine & more
'Can You Hear Me Now?' - a column by Marko 72 of Sugarcult
'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV' featuring rock author (& journalist) Neil Daniels
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July 27, 2008Black Velvet 57 Out Now - City Sleeps, Cute Is What We Aim For, Cobra Starship, Kill Hannah, The Color Fred & more Issue 57 of Black Velvet is out now and includes:
Interviews with: City Sleeps (Ely Dye), Cute Is What We Aim For (Shaant Hacikyan), Cobra Starship (Gabe Saporta and Alex Suarez), Kill Hannah (Jonny Radtke and Dan Wiese), Story Of The Year (Dan Marsala), The Color Fred (Fred Mascherino), Four Year Strong (Dan O’Connor), Beat Union (Davey Warsop), Broadway Calls (Ty Vaughn), Wednesday 13 and Secret Lives! Of The Freemasons (Brien Worsham).
Heaps of concert reviews including Simple Plan, Aiden/Kill Hannah/Brigade, Finch, Dashboard Confessional, Slaves To Gravity, Mindless Self Indulgence/Templeton Pek, Kill Hannah, Give It A Name Introduces feat. Mayday Parade, The Color Fred, Meg & Dia & Four Year Strong, Boys Like Girls/Cute Is What We Aim For & a Bon Jovi Lost Highway UK tour round-up.
Gazillions of album, single and demo reviews including CDs by Seether, Offspring, All Time Low, Mayday Parade, Sebastian Bach, Disarm, Beat Union, Broadway Calls, Kids In Glass Houses, Lazy Bums, Razorwire, Templeton Pek, Wednesday 13, Story Of The Year, Animal Alpha, Alkaline Trio, Stone Gods, Elliot Minor, Tonight Is Goodbye, Fandangle, Mindless Self Indulgence, New Found Glory and more.
Rockin' America - A column by Black Velvet's east coast USA correspondant Suzanne T.
Black Velvet's newest section - 'Me, Me, Me & My Rock Cv'. If you have a music related job you get to tell us what you do and why you do it. This issue featuring Liam Shepherd of GUILTYxDESIGN Productions.
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April 24, 2008Black Velvet 56 Out Now - The Audition, Flyleaf, Simple Plan, JEW, Goldfinger, City Sleeps & more
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January 27, 2008Black Velvet Issue 55 Out Now - feat. Madina Lake, Mindless Self Indulgence, Say Anything & more
Issue 55 of Black Velvet is out now and includes: Interviews with Madina Lake, Motion City Soundtrack, Mindless Self Indulgence, Fightstar, Say Anything, My American Heart, You Me At Six, TheSTART, June, Holy Ghost Revival & a Q&A with Ortega
Heaps of concert reviews including My Chemical Romance, Alice Cooper, Taste Of Chaos featuring The Used, Rise Against, Aiden, Gallows and The Blackout, Bowling For Soup's Get Happy Tour, Sugarcult's 'Christmas In California', Elliot Minor, Neurosonic, You Me At Six, Pitchshifter, Hellogoodbye/Say Anything, Funeral For A Friend and Steriogram
Gazillions of album, single and demo reviews including CDs by The Color Fred, Blow Up Betty, Caffeine Kill, Pet Genius, Fell Far Behind, Envy On The Coast, Soraia, Caffeine Kill, Skindred, Serj Tankian, Victory Pill, Simple Plan, Say Anything, City Sleeps, Johnny Panic, Donnie Vie, Ted Poley, Kid Rock, Stevie Klasson, Avenged Sevenfold, Richie Kotzen, Powderfinger, The Lonely H, Chiodos, Moros Eros & Hundred Reasons
Rockin' America - column by Black Velvet's east coast USA correspondant Suzanne T.
Black Velvet's newest section - 'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV'. You get to tell us what you do and why you do it. This issue featuring Luisa Mirabilio of Waterfront Records
All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, Books & Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Love And A .45, The Electric Diorama and Dive).
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October 23, 2007Black Velvet 54 Out Now feat. Paramore, Tokio Hotel, Halifax, Self Against City, Sugarcult & more Issue 54 of Black Velvet Zine is out now and includes:
Paramore tell us how they’re uncertain where the next year’s heading, how even people who look happy can feel pain, how they’ve been given everything from dolls to a scooter to a trampoline from fans, and how Jeremy’s beard is the highlight of everyone’s life.
Tokio Hotel’s Bill and Tom Kaulitz chat about translating songs into English, how human rights are something everyone should have, how what you see is what you get with them and Bill pleads that you don’t go and search online for their old band, Devilish.
Halifax’s Chris Brandt talks about bringing his best friend from childhood into the band, how you shouldn’t make bands compete, how the next Halifax album is really rockin’ and how he wants to pick the Nikki Sixx Sixx:A.M. ‘Heroin Diaries’ book up.
Sugarcult’s Airin Older talks about producing music outside of Sugarcult, how Darkhuevo is an ongoing recording project that changes names every time a new baby is born, how he learned to play everything from the didjeridoo to afro-cuban percussion and how he likes to take energy from the universe and transform it into something else.
Elliot Minor discuss how allowing unsigned bands in the charts gives everyone more of a chance, how you shouldn’t let everything out in one go, how they’re still trying to gain confidence and how they discovered an ‘Elliot Minor are gay’ video on youtube.
Zico Chain’s Chris Glithero and Ollie Middleton tell us how they like the fact they’ve had the balls to upset the scene a bit, how homeless guys with guns scare them, how they love chatting to fans at their merch table and how they want to be wheeled out onto the stage with a Zimmer-frame when they’re old.
Self Against City tell us how they’re constantly evolving, how you’ve got to have faith to succeed, how Axl Rose owned (but he doesn’t anymore) and how if you love something, there’s no need for anything else.
Victory Pill’s Jim Davies chats about how he wanted to make an album he had total control of, how the press scaremonger to an unbelievable level, how he’s toying with the idea of doing an instrumental guitar album and how he likes being a thorn in some people’s sides.
Art Of Dying’s Jonny Hetherington tells us how every day is precious, how life is dark and life is light, how they have cute Canadian accents and how they want to hear from UK people with cold beer in their fridge and a floor to crash on.
Page 44’s Adam Vygus tells us what makes a good member of a band, how being annoyed with a guitar teacher helped them learn to play better, how they’d settle for making a living gigging almost every day and how appearing on Popworld made them more determined than ever.
Concert reviews of Self Against City, Shiny Toy Guns, Paramore, Kill Hannah, Anberlin, Elliot Minor and Madina Lake/Envy On The Coast/Halifax/My American Heart
Gazillions of album, single and demo reviews including CDs by Paramore, Sum 41, Bullets And Octane, Bleed The Dream, Sixx: A.M., The Living End, Bad Religion, June, Motion City Soundtrack, Aiden, Ari Shine, UXL, Atreyu, Johnny Panic, Meet Me In St Louis, Yogi, Foo Fighters, The Scare, Drugdealer Cheerleader, Smashing Pumpkins, InMe, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and more
Warped Tour report from Englishtown, NJ
Rockin' America - column by Black Velvet's east coast USA correspondant Suzanne T.
Bandcamp Banter - a column by our fave New Yorkers, Bandcamp. This issue it's drummer Kris' turn.
Column by Still Standing's Alex Zarzycki
Black Velvet's newest section - 'Me, Me, Me & My Rock Cv'. You get to tell us what you do and why you do it. This issue featuring Joelle Caputa.
Coldinwinter Clothing Competition
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July 25, 2007Black Velvet Issue 53 Out Now - feat. Good Charlotte, The Used, Madina Lake & more Issue 53 of Black Velvet Zine is out now and includes:
Good Charlotte’s Dean Butterworth tells Black Velvet how it feels to be an official member of Good Charlotte, how blown away he is by their fans, how bands that change music don’t usually set out to do that, and how Chic Coria may influence the next GC opus.
The Used’s Jeph Howard and Dan Whitesides chat about the band meaning everything to them, how the US is a scary place, how radioactive bullets are fucked up and Dan tells us he’s living a dream that he doesn’t want to end.
Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath talks about sweatshops, illegal immigration, concert volunteer work and Chris Chasse’s departure from the band (and Zack Blair’s subsequent arrival).
Head Automatica’s Daryl Palumbo and Jarvis Morgan Holden discuss online blogging, parental approval, their love of UK music and achieving success without being larger than life.
Madina Lake’s Nathan Leone tells us how he likes to hide in a song, how money and fame are the last thing on his mind, Mateo Camargo tells us how their previous bands were jealous of each other, and Dan Torelli tells us he’d rather hang a book from their fans on the wall rather than a platinum disc (although they don’t like using the word ‘fans’).
Kim Kline talks about everything happening for a reason, how she’d love to work with Stevie Nicks, how her parents’ support is the best feeling in the world and how record labels can calculate & formulate what they think is a hit song all day long, but it’s really the general public who’ll decide.
Lights.Action!’s Patrick Currier tells us how he’s wanted to make music since the age of seven, how he never judges a band until he’s seen them live, how they’re taking their time with their debut full-length release and how their aim is to be a classic rock band.
Concert reviews of 30 Seconds To Mars, Hinder, Fall Out Boy/Cobra Starship/Shiny Toy Guns, Madina Lake, Give It A Name Introducing... feat. Kill Hannah, Beat Union, Kids In Glass Houses & Hit The Lights, The Wildhearts, Rise Against, MC Lars/Wheatus/Army Of Freshmen/Punchline, Good Charlotte/Beat Union, Static-X/Victory Pill
Heaps of album, single and demo reviews from the likes of Bon Jovi, Bright Eyes, Johnny Monaco, The Wildhearts, CJ & The Satellites, Vatican DC, The Higher, Wolfgang Parker, The Deep Eynde, The Used, The High Court, Dope Stars Inc., The Junior Varsity, Queens Of The Stone Age, Poison, Manic Street Preachers, Kyrbgrinder, 3 Storeys High, Kensifella, Puck and more.
Download festival and Give It A Name festival reports
Can You Hear Me Now? - Marko 72 (Sugarcult)'s regular column
Column by Sue Mansour of Soraia
Bandcamp Banter - this issue's column is written by Bandcamp's Matthew Bair
Rockin' America - column by Black Velvet's east coast USA correspondant Suzanne T.
New section - 'Me, Me, Me & My Rock Cv' - this issue featuring Neil Leyton of Fading Ways Records/Music Store
All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, Books & Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Slaves To Gravity, My Evolution, Last Winter, The Electric City and Rocket)
Back Page Babe is Bandcamp's Matt Bair (don't forget to send us your nominations for Back Page Babe).
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Posted on 07/25/2007 1:25 PM Comments (0)
May 3, 2007Black Velvet 52 Out Now Issue 52 of Black Velvet Zine is out now and includes:
Interviews with Bowling For Soup's Jaret Reddick, Wheatus' Brendan B. Brown, Son Of Dork's James Bourne and Army Of Freshmen's Chris Jay in our four frontmen cover story, Ash's Mark Hamilton, Towers Of London's Snell, Hellogoodbye, Senses Fail's Buddy Nielsen, The Academy Is...'s Michael Carden, Cute Is What We Aim For, Miss Conduct's Kim Waterson & Lynam. Heaps of gig reviews including 30 Seconds To Mars, Army Of Anyone/Neurosonic, Easykill, Bowling For Soup/Son Of Dork/Wheatus/Army Of Freshmen, Senses Fail, Shiny Toy Guns, Towers Of London/Bullet & My Chemical Romance 'Can You Hear Me Now?' Column by Sugarcult's Marko 72 'Rockin' America' - our US column by Suzanne T Column by Bandcamp's Sean Gould Heaps of album, single & demo reviews including The Used, Good Charlotte, Kid Down, The Hellphones, XisLoaded, ShowStripSilence, McQueen, The Receiving End Of Sirens, Soraia, Fixer, Olympia, Vanity Ink, Thoughts Collide, The Academy Is... Vert, The Ataris, Slideshow, Phinius Gage, Madina Lake, From Autumn To Ashes, Turku Romantic Movement, Miser, Enter Shikari, Boy Hits Car, Dustin Kensrue, None Of Us, Bright Eyes, 30 Seconds To Mars, Chariot Of Shame & more All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, Books, DVDs, The 'We've Ran Out Of Space & Have No More Room' Column, Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Maryslim, The Ruined & Idiot3) &The Star & I Back Page Babe is Rise Against's Tim McIlrath (don't forget to send us your nominations for Back Page Babe). Advertisers this issue are: New Life Parrot Rescue, The Captive Animals Protection Society, VIVA, Earth Star, Four Dogs Music, Arizona Down, YAK and Andro Coulton Order your copy from one of our online stockists: (UK) www.fwmusicstore.co.uk
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Posted on 05/03/2007 11:28 AM Comments (0)
January 29, 2007Black Velvet 51 Out NowIssue 51 of Black Velvet Zine is out now and includes:
Interviews with Bullets And Octane, AFI, Motion City Soundtrack, Paramore, Kill Hannah, Neurosonic, Bandcamp & Linchpin
Heaps of gig reviews including Bullets And Octane @ Birmingham Bar Academy, Seether/Engerina/Art Of Dying @ Birmingham Barfly, Fightstar/Oceansize/The Receiving End Of Sirens/Templeton Pek @ Birmingham Academy, Less Than Jake @ Birmingham Academy, My Chemical Romance @ Nottingham Rock City, Sugarcult @ Bethlehem, PA Moravian College in the Johnston Center, Lostprophets @ London Hammersmith Apollo & P!NK @ Birmingham NEC
Taste Of Chaos Birmingham UK Report
Report on the Backstage With Jon Bon Jovi FC Event @ London's Hard Rock Cafe in November
'Can You Hear Me Now?' Column by Sugarcult's Marko 72
'Rockin' America' - our US column by Suzanne T
Heaps of album, single & demo reviews including Handsome Devil, Alleycat Scratch, Art Of Dying, Skid Row, Evanescence, My Chemical Romance, The Lapdancers, Kill Hannah, MxPx, The Strays, The Finals, The Heart Attacks, Jonezetta and more
Back Page Babe is ALLiSTER's Kyle Lewis
All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, Books, DVDs, The 'We've Ran Out Of Space & Have No More Room' Column, Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Lynam, Ari Shine, Wired, Vains Of Jenna) & The Star & I.
Advertisers this issue are: SARC, AnimalRightsMerchandise.com, EthicalWARES, Four Dogs Music, Bulletproof Cupid, Gypsy, Line Out Records and Tripped & Falling
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Black Velvet 51
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Posted on 01/29/2007 11:22 AM Comments (0)
November 2, 2006Black Velvet's 50th Issue - In Full Colour & Out NowBlack Velvet's 50th Issue Is Out Now!  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes.
And to celebrate reaching 50, not only does this issue feature some of the best bands around, but it's also comin' at ya in FULL COLOUR! Yep, for the first time ever, every single page of Black Velvet is in full colour. And it looks awesome.
But getting to the bands, and what's inside...
The wonderful SUGARCULT celebrate our 50th issue by taking over the front cover.
- Sugarcult's Tim Pagnotta tells us how the band want to show a different side with new album 'Lights Out', discusses people being famous for the sake of being famous, how certain website message board thread headers bum him out, and how we at Black Velvet should celebrate our 50th issue by going on a giant camping trip with all the bands we've ever interviewed.
- New Found Glory's Cyrus Bolooki tells us how the making of 'Coming Home' was special and different to previous albums, how new touring member Michael Bethancourt is a welcome addition to the band, how he's discovered good vegetarian food thanks to bandmate Ian being veggie, and how if he won an award he'd get the Dean's List award. - The All-American Rejects give us the A-Z of their band. They discuss achievements, fans, obstables, parents, setlists, videos, the worst part of being in a band and more, going from A right through to Z. - Allister's Tim Rogner, Scott Murphy and Kyle Lewis chat about conspiracy theories, reading books on long-haul flights, girls they write songs about and how appearing in the movie 'Sleepover' probably lowered the age of their audience level. - Eighteen Visions' Keith Barney tells us how the thought of not having the band scares him, how it's in James Hart's head that he's a rock star, how he did a couple of fanzines when he was younger and how he's intrigued by Marilyn Manson. - The Matches' Shawn Harris tells us how they watched animal rights footage before recording certain 'Decomposer' songs, how 'Little Maggots' with one string was for some of the Warped Tour acts they toured with, how their manager is a genius toy collector and how they hope new album 'Decomposer' sells well so they can pay back its producers. - Quietdrive's Droo Hastings tells us how he wants Quietdrive's songs to reach inside your soul and stir something, how hearing Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time' in K-Mart prompted the band to cover it, how they've evolved as human beings as well as musicians and how he can't wait to visit Scotland since his entire family's Scottish. There are heaps of gig reviews including Lostprophets @ Birmingham Academy & Blackpool Empress Ballroom, Billy Talent @ Cardiff Solus & Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall, Bon Jovi @ Foxboro Gillette Stadium, Sugarcult/Halifax/Bandcamp... @ NY Brookhaven Ampitheater, Taking Back Sunday @ Birmingham Barfly, Kill Hannah/Lostprophets/The Rasmus @ Lancaster, PA Chameleon, Motion City Soundtrack/OK Go/The Matches @ Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall & The All-American Rejects @ Birmingham Academy
Black Velvet goes to Warped Tour. Read our report of the Fitchburg, MA Warped Tour event.
Bulldog Bash 2006 Report. We like this festival. It's not far from home. We can travel back and forth every day. Thanks Laura for doing the driving!
'Rockin' America' - our US column by Suzanne T
New column by Bandcamp (this issue drummer Kris takes columnist duties)
Heaps of album, single & demo reviews of the likes of Drive By, 30 Seconds To Mars, Quietdrive, Teenage Casket Company, Eighteen Visions, Hellogoodbye, Slunt, Kitty And The Kowalskis, Mercy Killers, The Draft, Bandcamp, Papa Roach, Juliette & The Licks, Cute Is What We Aim For, Steriogram, James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, The Matches & more. 101 CD reviews in total (if anyone's counting!)
All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, Books, DVDs, Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring The Summer Obsession, The Agreement, Glitch and Bloodpit), The 'We've Ran Out Of Space & Have No More Room' Column & Back Page Babe (don't forget to send us your nominations).
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Posted on 11/02/2006 2:02 AM Comments (0)
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