Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: September 15, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Phosphorescent Announces “Pride”, Offers Free MP3, Tours U.S. in October

Musicians often head to New York – it’s a familiar story. But something magical happened when Matthew Houck picked up stakes halfway through making his new Phosphorescent record, “Pride”, and moved to Brooklyn from Athens, Georgia. “Pride” is something different. While it’s not without the moments of sheer abandon that have made Phosphorescent’s work unmistakable-“At Death, A Proclamation” thunders into familiar territory-mostly gone are the messy marching bands and evangelical…

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Posted on: September 15, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Amish Drive By / 10 A Day Weekend

Hey everyone, JMcQ from NeuFutur again. I just wanted to let everyone know that 9/15 is my birthday (the post date of this update is my birthdate; I have no clue exactly what time during the day/night I was born, but whatever). I’m going to give every reader to NeuFutur a gift – 10 updates a day for the 15th, 16th, and 17th – and also start the transference of…

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Posted on: September 14, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Hooked

Hooked / 2006 MVD / http://www.hookedmovie.com / http://www.musicvideodistributors.com / Being a member of the GLBT community, it never really startled me that so much of a large section of the movement’s life was spent on gay.com and other GLBT-oriented chatrooms. I would go on and troll, but it was never for actual companionship. To be truthful, a number of the individuals that are interviewed in “Hooked” really make much more…

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Posted on: September 14, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Marlene Tholl – Kore

Marlene Tholl – Kore / 2006 Self / 11 tracks / http://www.marelenetholl.com World music is an inexplicably tough genre in which to attain popularity . This can be assumed, of course, with any genre of music, but world music is constantly thrown into a category with classical or orchestral. I had some hope in World music, especially with more mainstream bands like Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly infusing Irish beats…

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Posted on: September 14, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

First To Leave Move To Wednesday Records; Announce Release Date And Track List For “Forging A Future”

The Bay Area’s First to Leave have moved from Lobster Records to Wednesday Records. First to Leave’s new album “Forging a Future” will be nationally released by Wednesday on October 9, 2007. The album was produced by J. Robbins (The Promise Ring, Paint It Black, Against Me!) at Magpie Cage studios in Baltimore. The record will be available for pre-sale in the Wednesday Records’ on-line store beginning September 6th. All…

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Posted on: September 14, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Hip Hop Life

Hip Hop Life / 2007 Universal / 79 Minutes / http://www.universal.com / I like rap battle DVDs. That much is true. Hip Hop Life has a rap battle in it, but one has to wonder why exactly they picked the judges that they picked. Jadakiss for all intensive purposes was a two-hit wonder (“Why” and “U Make Me Wanna”), MC Lyte hasn’t been relevant since 1997, and Freeway hasn’t hit…

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Posted on: September 14, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Pygmalion Music Festival Invades Champaign-Urbana 9/19-9/22

The lineup for the Pygmalion Music Festival, taking place this year from Sept 19th-22nd in Champaign-Urbana, IL, has been announced. This year will feature over 70 national and regional independent artists from the US and Canada. The festival will be headlined by the eclectic violinist virtuoso Andrew Bird, as well as by critical darlings Okkervil River. The festival will be curated yet again by the Nicodemus Agency with the help…

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Posted on: September 14, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Heavy Arillery Signs Swedish Band Enforcer

  Launching their latest campaign in the war against false metal, HEAVY ARTILLERY is proud to announce the addition of Swedish speed metal powerhouse ENFORCER to their growing arsenal of bands. Regarded highly within the thriving international metal community, ENFORCER have carved their niche with a unique combination of sounds from New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the manic riffing of early American speed metal. The three ENFORCER tracks…

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