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Black Velvet 54 feat. Paramore, Tokio Hotel, Elliot Minor, Sugarcult

blackvelvetmagazine — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:27:18 +0000

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 of Planet Verge/Audio Crush PR.

Coldinwinter Clothing Competition

All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, Books & Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring The Dangerous Summer, Hell N' Diesel & New Generation Superstars).

Advertisers this issue are: Veggie Vision, Ari Shine, The Raw Chocolate Company, Darkwater, Victory Pill, Coldinwinter Clothing, Maniacal Plan & Spiral Archive

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Black Velvet 53 - Good Charlotte, The Used, Madina Lake & more

blackvelvetmagazine — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:36:52 +0000

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).

Advertisers this issue are: The Vegan Society, Not On Your Radio, Fury UK, Heretika Clothing, AmpedReviews.net and Andro Coulton

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You can also use Paypal to order from Black Velvet but we would prefer you to order from one of the online stores if you have Paypal. Support the independent stores as they support us by stocking Black Velvet.

Things You Can Do

blackvelvetmagazine — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:17:47 +0000

We want more readers involved in Black Velvet.

- Send us pix of you with bandmembers for The Star & I section

- Send us pix of you holding Black Velvet and we'll put the pic on Black Velvet's MySpace page

- Send nominations for Back Page Babe (whose pic do you want to see gracing the back page? Nominate him/her! Make sure you send your full name)

- From next issue we have a new section entitled 'Me Me Me & My Rock CV' which is another section just for YOU. Or it is if you are involved in the music biz or do something related to rock music, whether it be a full time job or just a hobby. We want you to answer the questions in the next issue and you'll get featured. We want to hear from promoters, clothing store owners, press officers, street team organisers, venue managers, photographers, independent label owners, and more, so we can find out what you do and why you do it.

Issue 53 will be out at the end of July and include interviews with The Used, Good Charlotte, Rise Against, Madina Lake, Head Automatica, Kim Kline & Lights.Action!

Go to www.blackvelvetmagazine.com for more info.

Wanna be in Black Velvet?

blackvelvetmagazine — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:21:46 +0000

Whether you send your CD for review or not... Whether you get interviewed or not... you can always buy some adspace!

It amazes me that not more people buy adspace when the rates are cheap - especially for a quarter page in full colour.

Black Velvet's ad rates are:

Colour A4 Full page - 297mm (height) x 210mm (width) - £100 / $175
Colour Half page - 210mm x 145mm or 297mm x 103mm - £50 / $90
Colour Quarter Page - 147mm (height) x 103mm (width) - £25 / $45

UK advertisers, make cheques payable to Black Velvet or send paypal. US and foreign advertisers, send securely sealed and hidden cash or paypal only. Send paypal payment to shari@blackvelvetmagazine.com

Advertisers names & links will also appear on the Black Velvet website (www.blackvelvetmagazine.com) in the contents section when that particular issue is on sale (ie. for three months), for no extra charge.Issue 53 will go to the printers around July 1st and be on sale from August 1st.

If you are interested in advertising, email editor@blackvelvetmagazine.com

TN, NC, KY, OH & PA

blackvelvetmagazine — Tue, 15 May 2007 09:59:48 +0000

As from next week, issue 52 of Black Velvet (that's
the zine I spend every second of my existence producing - incase you don't
know) will be on sale in 7 new stores in USA. (The stores aren't new but Black
Velvet is new to them)

DAVIS KIDD in:

Memphis, TN

Nashville, TN

JOSEPH BETH in:

Charlotte, NC

Lexington, KY

Cincinnati, OH

Lyndhurst, OH

Pittsburgh, PA

So if you're in any of those cities go and grab a copy.

Support these bookstores for supporting independent zines.

Black Velvet 52 Out Now

blackvelvetmagazine — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:58:32 +0000

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

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Black Velvet #51 Now Out

blackvelvetmagazine — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:38:46 +0000

Issue 51 of Black Velvet Zine was officially 'released' a week ago and I've been busy mailing them out to all the subscribers, stores, record companies, contributors etc. If you haven't order it then I think you'd better hurry!

Here's what it 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's 50th Issue

blackvelvetmagazine — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:24:26 +0000

Black Velvet's 50th issue came out in early November, but since we only just joined trig.com, I figured I'd post about it here for people who may not know.

The issue was the first ever full colour issue - to celebrate it also being issue 50.

Issue 50 includes:

Interviews with Sugarcult, The All-American Rejects, New Found Glory, Eighteen Visions, Allister, The Matches and Quietdrive

Concert 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.

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!)

'Rockin' America' - column by our US correspondent Suzanne T on the best gigs and other rockin' happenings recently in the US.

All the usuals such as Fanzine Reviews, Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring The Summer Obsession, Glitch, The Agreement & Bloodpit), Book Reviews, Bits N' Bobs & Playlists

Back Page Babe is Roger Manganelli (Less Than Jake).

You can order this issue online at:

UK:

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USA: