Author: Sargeant

Posted on: December 1, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Pat Baer Make The Best of It Single Review

Make The Best of It is the latest single from New Jersey’s Pat Baer. This cut is a timeless track that builds off of the mid-nineties alternative and later emotive rock styles to create something that is tender and emotionally intense, with a wonderful rising and falling action that will have listeners on the edges of their seat. Baer’s vocals are hopeful and sunny, pulling double duty as they tell…

Posted on: November 30, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Thriller (Green Man Brewery)

Thriller is Asheville, North Carolina’s Green Man Brewery’s blood orange saison, part of the brewery’s high gravity series. This saison is an effort that has a vibrant reddish-brown to ruby red color and a good amount of beige head that dissipates in short order. Hints of yeast and malt are married to more barnyard (grassy, hay) elements. The 7.7% ABV of the brew is hidden perfectly among the distinctive flavor…

Posted on: November 30, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

WhiTeNoySe Interviewed

We’re sitting down with WhiTeNoySe. Let’s get right to it – What’s your story? I’m Errol Egerson, I’m from Brisbane Australia. I just make music I like to listen to. Maybe its right, maybe it aint….

Posted on: November 30, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 2

Smoked Peach Short Weisse (Smuttynose)

The Smoked Peach Short Weisse from Smuttynose ($6 from the brewery directly, available through normal distribution) is the latest release from the Smuttlabs line, available in 16.9 ounce bottle. The beer pours with a goldenrod coloration and nothing in the way of head or lacing. The peach nose is intense here and is matched well during the initial quaff. Equally present during this early segment of Smuttynose’s Smoked Peach Short…

Posted on: November 29, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Stupid Stout 2015 (Coronado Brewing Company)

California’s Coronado Brewing Company has just released their Stupid Stout for the year. The 2015 iteration of Stupid Stout is one of the most rock-solid imperial stouts that we have reviewed at NeuFutur. When one pours into a goblet or glass, they will be greeted with a black color that is dark as night with a good amount of tan heads that is slow to dissipate.  The effort comes in…

Posted on: November 29, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Old Jubilation Ale (Avery)

Avery’s Old Jubilation Ale pours with a dark brown and a very small amount of tannish, off-white head. There is a good amount of effervescence to this effort, which immediately invites with a nose that links together dark fruit with just a hint of alcohol. When one begins to sip the beer, they will be greeted with a good amount of toasted malt, nuttiness, and a bit of coffee. The…

Posted on: November 28, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Chuggington: Traintastic Adventures (DVD)

Chuggington: Traintastic Adventures is a DVD release that captures some of the most well-liked Chuggington episodes into one handy DVD release. The Brewster Booster, Koko’s New Look, Stunt Brewster, Hodge and the Chugnav, Lights Camera Action Chugger, and Wilson and the Steam Team comprise the episodes presented here. There are a few additions present in this DVD. Our favorite of these additions have to be the Traintastic Adventures cards and…

Posted on: November 26, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Peace Killers Release Debut Album 1/22

Svart Records sets January 22nd, 2016 as the international release date for Peace Killers’ self-titled debut album, to be released on vinyl, CD, and digital formats. Svart signed Peace Killers to a deal in 2014, and the Sacramento-based band recorded Peace Killers in the summer of 2014 at Earth Tone Studios with the help of local record producer Pat Hills, a force in Sacramento’s strong and proud local music scene.

Posted on: November 26, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

John Malkovich Release Like a Puppet Show 11/27

Like A Puppet Show is a vinyl-only release slated for fall’s Record Store Day tomorrow, Friday November 27. In advance of the release, the trio has now shared the newest single, “Cryocarbon 14C” which was mixed by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). Of the experience OMD said, “It was fascinating, totally unexpected, an honour and a great challenge to take John Malkovich’s distinctive vocal and cut/paste/twist/distort/edit/repeat it to create…

Posted on: November 26, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Native Construct premieres new video for “Mute”

Currently on tour with Between The Buried And Me, Enslaved, and Intronaut, progressive metal outfit Native Construct has released a new video for the track “Mute”, from their recently released debut, Quiet World. Directed by David S. Brodsky, the video can be viewed now below.

Posted on: November 25, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Specyal T C.A.K.E. EP Review

Toronto’s Specyal T has just released her C.A.K.E. EP, a five-track effort that will provide listeners with a full array of styles, influences, and sounds upon which to familiarize themselves with this inimitable performer. The EP begins with Stay With Me, an effort that is a down and dirty club track. The deep and sultry sounds issuing forth here are matched well with intelligent wordplay.

Posted on: November 24, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Most Common Sources of Renewable Energy

By the year 2020, renewable sources of energy are expected to account for at least one quarter of global energy production. We’ve listed the five most common sources of renewable energy today which are only expected to become more and more popular.

Posted on: November 23, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Alchymie Interview

Today, we are speaking with Alchymie. Can you give us a little background information about yourself? Pretty basic beginning….started piano at the age of 6. I studied the piano through my school years under classical training and eventually realized that music had chosen me rather than the other way around. My mother played piano in the house when I was very little, the radio was always on in the house…

Posted on: November 22, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Union Series: Old Blaggard Barleywine

St. Paul’s Summit Brewing Company has created a delectable barleywine that is the perfect thing to stay warm through the increasingly-colder end of autumn. This ruby / dark brown colored-effort hits imbibers over the head with a strong malt backbone, to which dark fruits, a decent alcohol burn, and sugar (Caramel, toffee) elements can all be discerned. There is a decent amount of off-white head that sticks around as one…

Posted on: November 21, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Kiss That Took A Trip Electroforest (By Night) CD Review

The Kiss That Took A Trip released Electroforest in 2014, creating a unique sound that touched upon atmospheric, electronic, and ambient styles. During the recording of these songs, there were a few tracks did were crafted that did not make it onto the full-length album. Fast-forward a few months and these tracks have been collected into a comprehensive EP.  Bad heavens is a fuzzy bit of electro-pop that includes a…

Posted on: November 21, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

M. Del Carpio L.P. Single Review

L.P. by New York’s Martin Del Carpio is a powerful atmospheric track that deftly blends together electronic and organic elements into an effort that provides listeners with incredible depth. The tender compositions of L.P. ebb and flow, with minor shifts and changes in the output providing more than enough fodder to replay the track and hear something wholly new.

Posted on: November 21, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Valley Shine LOCA EP Review

Los Angeles’ Valley Shine has just released their LOCA EP; the release begins with Sugar Dream. Sugar Dream is a poppy rock track that glitters with hints of alt-country, folk, and a sunny disposition. While this track works in the current period, there is a timeless sound to this track that ensures listeners will find something that they can appreciate.

Posted on: November 21, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Mr. Ray No Room For Bullies CD Review

The titular single from No Room For Bullies is a track that meshes together a wide array of different music styles, with hints of Macklemore, Linkin Park, and Bon Jovi. The narrative weaved through this introductory track has a positive message; one should be empowered by their experience rather than be hurt by bullies.

Posted on: November 20, 2015 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

A Pale Mosaic (Hops & Grain)

A Pale Mosaic is an India Pale Ale (IPA) from Austin, TX’s Hops & Grain brewery. The beer pours with a hazy yellow to goldenrod coloration. The nose of A Pale Mosaic is floral with hints of grass and citrus elements. There is a spotty lacing that makes an appearance variously in one’s glass. With the initial sip, imbibers will be hit with strong pine and lemony, orange-heavy flavors.