Month: April 2009

Posted on: April 6, 2009 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Resistance: Retribution (Sony PSP)

For those players that are familiar with Resistance, Resistance: Retribution starts off immediately after the events that concluded 2006’s Resistance: Fall Of Man. Where individuals may prefer the single-player mode, I found myself continually coming back to the multi-player mode. The mode allows up to 8 people the opportunity to frag, shoot, or otherwise disembowel their opponents. Other modes are completely innovative in regard to what they allow players to…

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Posted on: April 5, 2009 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

The Kite Runner (Blu-Ray)

While I understand that there are thousands of movies that came out before The Kite Runner that should make it onto Blu-Ray (even some that never made the jump from VHS to DVD), The Kite Runner is one of the few films that I would have cut in line. The store, regarding the different paths taken by two children (which ultimately converge in some of the most emotional cinematography I’ve…

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Posted on: April 5, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Blake Rainey – Appetizer Sickness (CD)

Starting out with the same type of singer-songwriter vibe that numerous bands from Matthew West to The Majestic Twelve have, Blake Rainey goes through “Appetizer Sickness” with the same earthy tone that Brandon Patton was not able to completely tame. However, while Brandon tries to oversaturate the disc with a number of different instruments, Blake goes the other route and creates a Spartan atmosphere that really is not hospitable to…

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Posted on: April 5, 2009 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Karlsson’s Gold (80 Proof)

Very few vodkas are created with potatoes nowadays, with a number of companies merely using grain alcohol for their bite. Karlsson’s Gold is one of those few companies that are still using potatoes to create their vodka, and it is this attention to tradition that makes Karlsson’s Gold shine brightest of all “normal” vodkas. What individuals will first glean from Karlsson’s Gold is a bouquet that is much less harsh…

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Posted on: April 4, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Johnny J Blair – Treadmarks (CD)

The acoustic-heavy opening to “Treadmarks” is the “We Didn’t Start The Fire”-inspired “One Planet – One Utopia – One Helmet”. The phrasing of the lyrics during the track is at least as random as the aforementioned Billy Joel song, without the interesting piano work to divert a critical eye from this randomness. The guitar lines, while maintaining a certain cohesion tend to break down after tremendous repetition; Johnny J Blair…

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Posted on: April 4, 2009 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Rune Factory: Frontier (Wii)

Rune Factory: Frontier surrounds players building a farm, and for those that are not abreast with all of the intrigue and issues regarding development, export rights, and the like, is related to the Harvest Moon series. Previous iterations of the Rune Factory series have been released on the Nintendo DS: Frontier marks the first transition over to the Wii. While I had very limited experience with the previous games in…

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Posted on: April 4, 2009 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Say Hi – Oohs & Aahs (CD)

Six records into his career, Eric Elbogen (aka Say Hi) has just turned in his best album in an already respectably solid cannon. Oohs & Aahs is insanely catchy, from start to finish. Up until a couple of years ago, the band once known as Say Hi to Your Mom, used a home PC to record their lo-fi, indie pop albums.

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Posted on: April 3, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Black Tape For A Blue Girl – Sampler (CD)

4 songs on Projekt Records, which brings the total running time of the disc to 15:04, around 3:46 per song. “Remnants of Deeper Purity” has a richer collection of voices then “this lush garden within” but falls a little short in the instrumental department. This is not to say that the instrumentation is weak by any means, as a number of traditional instruments are played over a very fitting synth…

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Posted on: April 3, 2009 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Goosebumps: Return of the Mummy / The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight (DVD)

When I was still in elementary school, the Goosebumps books were originally released. The overwhelming popularity of the R.L. Stine titles made it a forgone conclusion that it would be transformed into a television show, and Nickelodeon brought it on board in the middle-to-late nineties. Fox recalls well the popularity of Goosebumps and has decided to release episode packs, two of which hit stores this March. Both “Return of the…

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Posted on: April 3, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Black Sunday – Tronic Blanc (CD)

Mixing together parts of The Doors, early nineties Goo Goo Dolls and Bauhaus, Alicja Trout starts off “Tronic Blanc” with a jangly goth-dance track that could honestly have been pulled out from the halcyon days of the form. However, complacency is no on the docket for this disc, as “Torture Torture” rips up any framework that was created with “The Picture Looks So Small” and uses seventies-punk guitar riffs to…

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