Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: October 24, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Ex-Sleep post-stoner-doomers Om continue to promote their third release Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage is the release that has showcased the drone-driven duo in their most daring hour to date. With a successful tour of the Midwest under their belts on the album and praise seeping in from both cult and mainstream press on the album, more dates have been slated, bringing this mantra-manipulating twosome back to the East Coast, followed by several dates in Israel and Europe with more to follow.

Posted on: October 24, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Hilljack – S/T [ADB]

Please notice that this band is regrettably no longer together, as they were great. What can I say about this band? This album is great. Good sounding vocals, and 70-s style guitar blend together in a formula that sounds like Ted Nugent meets Pantera. This album also includes a Motorhead cover: “Out of the Son” . This album also includes 3 songs in a row just about drinking “Too Damn…

Posted on: October 24, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Radio Rebellion Tour Starts Up, Features JFAC and Behemoth

The 2007 “Radio Rebellion” tour, featuring co-headliners JOB FOR A COWBOY and BEHEMOTH launched this Thursday, October 18. Presented by Hurley and Converse, the massive, twenty eight city North American trek will showcase the cream of the crop of heavy music’s rising stars from points across the globe and is already being called “the most ambitious heavy music tour of 2007.”

Posted on: October 24, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Richard Youngs Releases “Autumn Response”

We know this because the leaves in Indiana are turning many shades of awesome, and because there’s a new Richard Youngs album in the hopper, readymade to soundtrack your late mulled cider nights. The album is called “Autumn Response” (release 11/06/07), and it is a spartan folk-“pop” record filled with tinder-box intimacies. It is a singer-songwriter album, as Youngs’ fingers slip over the steel strings with little feet and whispery…

Posted on: October 24, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Dave Patten – Fly Away

Dave Patten – Fly Away / 2007 Self / 12 Tracks / http://www.davepatten.com / We here at NeuFutur reviewed Patten’s last album, “Too Close, Too Far” in late 2006. This is Dave Patten’s new album, and we were lucky enough to receive it a few days ago. Patten’s “Too Close, Too Far” was a solid album, and “Fly Away” immediately builds on the successes of that earlier album. “Fly Away”…

Posted on: October 24, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Hellhammer – Apocalyptic Raids 1990 AD

This is a 6 song EP out on Noise/Futurist Records. Hellhammer was formed in 1983, and lasted until 1984, when two members of Hellhammer left the band and formed Celtic Frost, which is one of the most popular metal bands out there today. Hellhammer is speed/death metal and the recording on this tape is really shitty. The only thing different about Hellhammer from all the other Speed metal bands is…

Posted on: October 24, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Telestrion release their debut self-titled LP

“Open the door to your mind and take a ride with Telestrion. Let their brand of heavy cosmic rock and roll take you on a journey to the deepest reaches of inner and outer space, singing a tune, clapping your hands and stomping your feet the whole way.” – Stonerrock.com

Posted on: October 24, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Scissors for Lefty Tour with Juliette and the Licks

Fresh from performing alongside The Killers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cat Power and MSTRKRFT at The Echo Project in Atlanta this weekend, San Francisco-based party starters Scissors For Lefty will join the rollicking Juliette and the Licks as main support for an extensive national tour. The band made a stop at the CMJ Music Marathon in N.Y. for a performance at the regional showcase SF @ CMJ at the…

Posted on: October 23, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Fiona Joy Hawkins – Angel Above My Piano

Fiona Joy Hawkins – Angel Above My Piano / 2006 Self / 13 Tracks / http://ww.fionajoyhawkins.com / Fiona Joy Hawkins is an award-nominated (MusicOz Awards) and award-winning (NAR Lifestyle Music Awards) pianist. “Angel Above My Piano” really starts going with “Flight of the Albatross”. This track presents a wide-open soundscape, one in which no vocals are needed. The rich lines laid down by Hawkins tell more of a story than…

Posted on: October 23, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Perez Hilton Cums over Magnum Boys

“Operator Please are the next big thing….if you like Beth Ditto and The Gossip you will love them. Operator Please fucking rules!” (Perez Hilton) “Imagine being stuck in a lift with a plugged-in B52’s, Bow Wow Wow, Haysi Fantazyzee and Yeah Yeah Yeahs: crashy, trashy, thrashy and gloriously good fun.” (The Sunday Times) “The. Song. Of. The. Summer. Operator Please are about to wrestle the crown of World’s Best Party…