Eclectic and ambitious as ever, Mason Proper returns from the trenches with their sophomore full-length LP, Olly Oxen Free, due September 23 via Dovecote Records (Ed Harcourt, Tim Williams). Like the childhood phrase it’s named after, the LP sparkles with a youthful exuberance but never veers too far from the band’s trademark territory of the dark and deranged.
Australia’s finest symphonic death-doom ensemble, VIRGIN BLACK, have been tapped to join OPETH for their early September Australian tour. Later, the band will join AMORPHIS, LEAVES’ EYES, and SAMAEL for dates in North America. VIRGIN BLACK with OPETH – 2008 Australian Dates: 09/02/08 Tue @ Metro City – Perth, Australia 09/04/08 Thu @ Thebarton Theatre – Adelaide, Australia 09/05/08 Fri @ Palace Theatre – Melbourne, Australia 09/06/08 Sat @ The…
Freshkills – yes, one word – are a five-piece tour guide to the lives, awkward conversations and head games that play out deep into the night in New York City’s dark bars and messy bedrooms. Each protagonist is motivated by sordid appetites, like moths attracted to blackness. Each song has the sound and feel of a mini-apocalypse.
Producer and Platinum writer OD Hunte who is the production half of the band Ten Days Till with singer/songwriter Lifford is toasting the recent success and placement of Get Them Hands Hi in the smash US movie series American Pie.
Skeptic Vol. 12 No.2 / $5.95 / 2:00 / 100M / http://www.skeptic.com /Â I picked this magazine up from the 2006 American Atheist conference, and while it is a pretty glossy and large circulation magazine, it is not something that the average reader of NeuFutur would be familiar with. This is a magazine that will take listeners a good chunk of time to finish; the overall theme of the magazine…
The legendary Justo Almario was also featured on the recently released documentary Cachao: Uno Mas & talks about his friendship with Israel Lopez “Cachao” an unforgettable story. This summer keep your ears open, as International Colombian saxophonist Justo Almario can be heard in Kung Fu Panda’s (Dreamworks) upbeat and epic-like original musical score.
