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0 PureGrainMedia Launches New Music Website Sax&Violins

  • December 5, 2019
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · puregrainaudio.com

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – December 3, 2019

PureGrainMedia Launches New Music Website Sax&Violins

High-Fidelity Classical, Jazz, Blues, Soul, and Folk-focused Music Journalism

Visit SaxViolins.com

PureGrainMedia, parent company of Canada’s revered Alternative Music and Pop Culture website PureGrainAudio.com (now approaching 15 years of operation), is proud to announce the launch of their new music-focused website, Sax&Violins (www.saxviolins.com).

Covering all things Classical, Jazz, Blues, Soul and Folk, Sax&Violins will feature the same top-quality news, reviews, interviews, features and photos followers of PureGrainAudio have already come to expect.

“When PureGrainMedia was founded in 2002, we quickly realised music would play a significant role in our scope of coverage. With a focus on quality, not quantity, PureGrainAudio launched in 2005 and would soon become a name synonymous with Alternative music news and features. We have grown, changed, and learned an incredible amount in the near fifteen years since, and it is with great pleasure that we are finally able to properly cover, and pay homage to, some of the very music which led to PureGrainAudio’s birth. With the same quality our readers have come to know and love, our new venture Sax&Violins.com will grow to be a name synonymous with high-fidelity Classical, Jazz, Blues, Soul, and Folk-focused music journalism.” says co-founder Chris Gonda.

About PureGrainMedia.com:

Founded in 2002, PureGrainMedia strives to publish poignant and purposeful content covering a variety of topics ranging from music and pop culture to socio-political commentary. With a focus on quality, not quantity, the content’s aim is to encourage reading, thought and refined personal opinion through self-education.


About PureGrainAudio.com:

Founded in 2005, PureGrainAudio has spent almost 15 years developing into Canada’s premiere source for all forms of Rock, Metal, Punk, Hardcore and Alternative music and Pop Culture. PureGrainAudio continues to grow and is supported by a global staff of 50+, with Managing Editors in Canada, the US, UK and South Africa.

For more info:
PureGrainAudio.com
1208-205 Frederick, Toronto, ON, M5A-4V3, Canada
(416) 723-3911
http://www.PureGrainMedia.com
gonda@puregrainmedia.com 

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0 PureGrainAudio.com Launches “Paltrocast” Podcast w/ Darren Paltrowitz; Episode #001 Featuring Comedian, Actor & Author Fred Stoller

  • July 16, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · puregrainaudio.com

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – July 16, 2018


PureGrainAudio.com Launches “Paltrocast” Podcast w/ Darren Paltrowitz

Episode #001 Featuring Comedian, Actor & Author Fred Stoller

Canadian-based music authority PureGrainAudio.com is proud to present the bi-weekly “Paltrocast” Podcast with Darren Paltrowitz, as featuring exclusive interviews with top entertainers and entrepreneurs. The podcast’s first episode introduces guest Fred Stoller, an acclaimed comedian, actor, and author. Paltrowitz had the pleasure of interviewing Stoller on August 6, 2017 at The Grove in Los Angeles, where many regard him to be “The Mayor.” Stoller’s latest book “Five Minutes to Kill” is an e-book based on HBO’s 1989 “Young Comedian Special,” on which Stoller appeared on alongside David Spade, Rob Schneider, Warren Thomas, Drake Sather, and Jann Karam. More info on Fred Stoller can be found online at www.fredstoller.net.

To listen to the podcast, please visit the following link on PureGrainAudio.com: http://puregrainaudio.com/paltrocast/paltrocast-with-darren-paltrowitz-episode-001-featuring-fred-stoller

About:

Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 15 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. In the years following, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren’s writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, and PureGrainAudio.

More info on the Paltrocast can be found at
www.paltrowitz.com
https://www.facebook.com/paltrowitz
https://twitter.com/paltrowitz
https://www.instagram.com/paltrowitz 

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For more info:

PureGrainAudio.com
1412-700 King St. W. Toronto, ON, M5V-2Y6, Canada
(416) 723-3911
http://www.PureGrainAudio.com
mail@puregrainaudio.com

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0 PureGrainAudio.com Launches Painted Movie Poster Art Series “Epilogue” by Damon Kardon

  • July 6, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · puregrainaudio.com

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – July 6, 2018

PureGrainAudio.com Launches Painted Movie Poster Art Series “Epilogue” by Damon Kardon

 

 

PureGrainAudio.com announces their new mixed-media art series “Epilogue” presented by artist Damon Kardon. The art series honors classic horror/sci-fi films and the creative promotional art that was presented to the public at the time of their premiere dates.  All of these films represented in this art series are celebrating a milestone anniversary of their release and the impact they have made in pop culture history. Artist Damon Kardon has chosen specific films that influenced him over the years through their distinct tone, cinematography and direction.  He is expressing his emotions felt from viewing each film through his art process of painting key images and colors that also represent the story of each film. Each poster design starts as a painting and then is manipulated in photoshop.

Kardon comments:

“As a kid who loved going to the movies and also enjoyed the classic painted poster designs of Drew Struzan, I dreamed of bringing my art style into the world of interpretive movie posters.  The term “Epilogue” in film represents the final scenes in which a recap or narrative of what happens to the characters is given. It can be represented in a montage, which is how I interpret these works I’m creating.”

Epilogue #1 will be a 35th anniversary movie poster design for “Christine” and can be viewed at the following link: http://puregrainaudio.com/reviews/epilogue-painted-movie-poster-art-series-feature-1-christine-35th-anniversary

For more info:
https://damonkardon.com 

About PureGrainAudio.com:

Founded in 2005 by Chris Gonda and Aaron Willschick, PureGrainAudio spent 12 years developing into Canada’s premiere source for all forms of Rock, Metal, Punk and Hardcore music. After a year of behind-the-scenes work, the website re-launched in early 2017 and expanded into other musical genres plus Pop Culture. Now in its 14th year of operation, PureGrainAudio boasts a global staff of 100+ with Managing Editors in Canada, the US, UK and South Africa.

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For more info:

PureGrainAudio.com
1412-700 King St. W. Toronto, ON, M5V-2Y6, Canada
(416) 723-3911
http://www.PureGrainAudio.com
mail@puregrainaudio.com

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0 PureGrainAudio.com Expands Into South Africa

  • June 18, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · puregrainaudio.com

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – June 18, 2018

PureGrainAudio.com Expands Into South Africa

Canadian-based music authority PureGrainAudio.com is proud to announce their expansion into South Africa with a new team of journalists and photographers headed up by their new Managing Editor, SA, Lav Nandlall.  Nandlall is no stranger to the metal scene and has worked for several magazines and digital platforms such as Heavy, Metal Obsession, Drum Perth and Metal As Fuck based in Australia, Broken Amp and ThisIsNotAScene based in the UK. She’s also penned for lifestyle and entertainment magazines such as Heat and TVPLUS based in South Africa under the Naspers media group. In addition to entertainment, the 29-year-old has covered vintage and burlesque news stories for Vintage.com and recently began working as a content strategist for a financial corporation.

Nandlall comments:

“There’s no place like South Africa! It’s a melting pot of cultures, languages, people and history. All of those factors push musicians to stand-up and stand-out when creating music – especially in the alternative and heavy spaces. Over the past few years, the quality of local alternative and metal bands have progressed, blurring the lines between international and local acts. There’s no lack of talent in the country, that’s for sure! And joining PureGrainAudio, I can’t wait to showcase that talent as well as that visceral fire that burns in every South African’s soul.”

 

Facebook: Lav Nandlall https://www.facebook.com/LavNandlall

Twitter: @LavNandlall https://twitter.com/lavnandlall

Instagram: @metalduchess

Founded in 2005 by Chris Gonda and Aaron Willschick, PureGrainAudio spent 12 years developing into Canada’s premiere source for all forms of Rock, Metal, Punk and Hardcore music. After a year of behind-the-scenes work, the website re-launched in early 2017 and expanded into other musical genres plus Pop Culture. Now in its 14th year of operation, PureGrainAudio boasts a global staff of 100+ with Managing Editors in Canada, the US, UK and South Africa.

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For more info:

PureGrainAudio.com
1412-700 King St. W. Toronto, ON, M5V-2Y6, Canada
(416) 723-3911
http://www.PureGrainAudio.com
mail@puregrainaudio.com

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0 NEWS: PureGrainAudio.com Features ELECTRIC WIZARD In Volume #2 of Exclusive Horror Series “Music Hell”; Written By Author Michael Aronovitz & Illustrated By Nick McIvor

  • January 25, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · puregrainaudio.com

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – January 25, 2018


PureGrainAudio.com Features ELECTRIC WIZARD In Volume #2 of Exclusive Horror Series “Music Hell”

Written By Author Michael Aronovitz & Illustrated By Nick McIvor

Canadian-based music authority PUREGRAINAUDIO.COM is proud to present Volume #2 “The Hiss of The Eliminator” featuring ELECTRIC WIZARD as part of their new online horror series entitled “Music Hell”.  In this second story from author Michael Aronovitz and illustrator Nick McIvor, ELECTRIC WIZARD find themselves in a deadly game with “The Eliminator”.

“Music Hell” is advised to be read with extreme caution. For every action there is a reaction, and because music has reached such an unprecedented level of artistry, the evil in the belly of the world has crept to the surface. PureGrainAudio is warning fans, that the stories may contain horrific imagery and extreme violence.

The full story can be read at https://goo.gl/dBZKq8


Volume #1 featuring TRIVIUM, can be read at https://goo.gl/WGZUmb

About Music Hell:

Presented by PureGrainaudio.com, each month, a different super-star band will be cursed, haunted, stalked, and terrorized by vicious serial killers, demented miscreants, blood-sucking zombies, and hideous demon-spirits as part of Music Hell‘s 13 planned horror-themed short stories by published author Michael Aronovitz and illustrator Nick McIvor. Each story will focus on one band and their most current release.

About The Author:

Michael Aronovitz is a published author of (very) dark horror fiction. His first novel, Alice Walks, is available in newly released E-book form through Cemetery Dance Publications: http://tinyurl.com/y9fkxjhv. He has published two other terrifying novels (The Witch of the Wood and Phantom Effect) and two frightening collections (Seven Deadly Pleasures and The Voices in Our Heads), as well as writing a number of in-depth rock reviews for Hellnotes, Goblet of Shock, Metal Heads Forever, and Heavy Music Headquarters. In 2014 he had a short story featured in the renowned anthology Searchers After Horror, and has upcoming fiction coming in Ghostlight, Nemesis, and Apostles of the Weird. In 2011, his story “How Bria Died” was featured in The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Prime Books. Michael is a college professor of English and lives in Pennsylvania.

MichaelAronovitz.com

About The Illustrator:

Nick McIvor is an illustrator and comic creator from Australia. He studied Animation at the Queensland college of art, and has been working as a freelance artist ever since. His favourite things to draw are probably cats and goblins, and his preferred colour to design with is probably all of them. He moved to Canada to pursue comics, and to pursue little adventure, and he hasn’t been disappointed yet. You can often see him at one of Toronto’s many underground comic festivals – he’ll be the Australian one, you can’t miss him. Nick is excited to be working with Pure Grain Audio for this project, and he hopes to bring the fire.

NicholasMcIvor.com
Instagram @ Nickmcivor_art

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For more info:

PureGrainAudio.com
1412-700 King St. W. Toronto, ON, M5V-2Y6, Canada
(416) 723-3911
http://www.PureGrainAudio.com
mail@puregrainaudio.com

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0 NEWS: PureGrainAudio.com Features TRIVIUM In Volume #1 of Exclusive Horror Series “Music Hell” Written By Author Michael Aronovitz & Illustrated By Nick McIvor

  • January 4, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · puregrainaudio.com

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – January 4, 2018

PureGrainAudio.com Features TRIVIUM In Volume #1 of Exclusive Horror Series “Music Hell”

Written By Author Michael Aronovitz & Illustrated By Nick McIvor

Canadian-based music authority  PUREGRAINAUDIO.COM announces the launch of their new horror series entitled “Music Hell”. The series will feature 13 Horror-themed short stories by published author Michael Aronovitz that will each focus on one band and their most current release and include exclusive artwork by illustrator Nick McIvor. PureGrainAudio is warning fans, that the stories may contain horrific imagery and extreme violence.

“Music Hell” is advised to be read with extreme caution. For every action there is a reaction, and because music has reached such an unprecedented level of artistry, the evil in the belly of the world has crept to the surface. Each month, a different super-star band will be cursed, haunted, stalked, and terrorized by vicious serial killers, demented miscreants, blood-sucking zombies, and hideous demon-spirits.

Author Michael Aronovitz comments:

“I got referred to PureGrainAudio by my friend Chris Poland: President of Eclipse Records. I was looking for review work, but Chris Gonda, the C.E.O. of PureGrainAudio took the conversation to another level altogether. He considered my hard-edged horror fiction and immediately came up with the idea that I could write short horror stories not only based on bands with newly released material, but starring them in the plot! Chris named the series “Music Hell” and gave me the press kit for one band’s new record. I wrote the story in two days, and neither Chris or I have looked back since!”

Illustrator Nick McIvor adds:

“I’m excited for Music Hell, because heavy music + horror stories = some spooky fun drawing sessions.”

PureGrainAudio‘s first Volume is called “The Sculptor” and is based on metal masters TRIVIUM and their latest release “The Sin And The Sentence” (Roadrunner).  The story follows the band into the depths of ……..

Continue your journey to Music Hell at the following link: https://goo.gl/WGZUmb and stay tuned for Volumes 2 & 3 featuring Electric Wizard and Asking Alexandria respectively. There will be a total of 13 Volumes released monthly throughout the year.

 

About The Author:

Michael Aronovitz is a published author of (very) dark horror fiction. His first novel, Alice Walks, is available in newly released E-book form through Cemetery Dance Publications: http://tinyurl.com/y9fkxjhv. He has published two other terrifying novels (The Witch of the Wood and Phantom Effect) and two frightening collections (Seven Deadly Pleasures and The Voices in Our Heads), as well as writing a number of in-depth rock reviews for Hellnotes, Goblet of Shock, Metal Heads Forever, and Heavy Music Headquarters. In 2014 he had a short story featured in the renowned anthology Searchers After Horror, and has upcoming fiction coming in Ghostlight, Nemesis, and Apostles of the Weird. In 2011, his story “How Bria Died” was featured in The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Prime Books. Michael is a college professor of English and lives in Pennsylvania.

MichaelAronovitz.com

About The Illustrator:

Nick McIvor is an illustrator and comic creator from Australia. He studied Animation at the Queensland college of art, and has been working as a freelance artist ever since. His favourite things to draw are probably cats and goblins, and his preferred colour to design with is probably all of them. He moved to Canada to pursue comics, and to pursue little adventure, and he hasn’t been disappointed yet. You can often see him at one of Toronto’s many underground comic festivals – he’ll be the Australian one, you can’t miss him. Nick is excited to be working with Pure Grain Audio for this project, and he hopes to bring the fire.

NicholasMcIvor.com
Instagram @ Nickmcivor_art

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For more info:

PureGrainAudio.com
1412-700 King St. W. Toronto, ON, M5V-2Y6, Canada
(416) 723-3911
http://www.PureGrainAudio.com
mail@puregrainaudio.com

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