Sisters of Mercy is one of my favorite acts, but I feel that their influence on gothic rock has been largely ignored. Frostbite’s approach on Valentine and Other Stories of Hope builds off of the early work of acts like SoM, 45 Grave, and even flirts with ambient and darkwave music. Where there is a desire for a great many goth-related acts to be pigeonholed into a much too…
White Rabbits are an act that have been riding a wide of success from It’s Frightening. Milk Famous is the band’s latest title, and is one that sends the White Rabbits in a bold new direction. Heavy Metal is the first track on the album, and it immediately breaks ties with the conceptions that listeners may have about the band. The track is the longest on the album –…
Few performers that have been in the music industry as long as Chris Klimecky would be able to break free of their influences and create an innovative album like This Journey. However, each cut on This Journey provides listeners with something catchy, familiar, and utterly unique. The style of alternative rock that Klimecky includes here is based on the work of acts like Fuel, Incubus, and the Foo Fighters;…
Miami, FL newcomers, Abiotic, have become the newest addition to Metal Blade’s roster with a newly signed, worldwide, multi-album deal. Abiotic stormed onto the underground metal scene with the release of their A Universal Plague EP in September of 2011. Since then, through word-of-mouth on-line and steady gigging in the South East, Abiotic has become one of the top bands to watch. Their music video for Vermosapien was released in…
There is such a narrow sound that is being fostered in electronic music, and Francis Bowie has released an EP that looks to redefine what the genre is and can be. The EP begins with Endlessly, a track that touches upon a number of electronic-influenced genres. Whether it be new wave, nineties dance, or the current electronic scene, hints of each can be heard weaved through this introductory track.…
Force Factor Body Rush / Pre-workout / http://www.forcefactor.com We have reviewed a number of different pre-workouts for NeuFutur. However, I believe that there has been a gauntlet thrown down by Force Factor. Their latest effort is Body Rush, a pre-workout that will provide individuals with the energy that they need to increase their weights, duration, and decrease recovery time. The formulation of Body Rush takes advantage of the latest research…
The song is one of several tracks that the singer and songwriter has been recording with Rob Cavallo for his debut album, due from Warner Bros. Records later this year. Here’s what Toka has to say about the video: “Consumerism and the ugliness of capitalism ruined this country and brainwashed its people into believing that the American Dream is something we’re entitled to as opposed to something we have…
The thrash metal genre has been spinning its wheels for a few years. However, Venezula’s Overhate adds some much-needed polish to the style. Relentless is Our Strength is their latest album, and it pushes the boundaries about what metal (and thrash specifically) can be. The disc begins with When Nothing Is Mine, an utterly relentless sort of track. Each member of Overhate gives it their all, meaning that the…
Unreal is a perfect bit of punk meets metal. With an arrangement that immediately recalls early Misfits and Strike Anywhere, the band is able to craft a cross-over hit. No Blitz has a catchy style to their arrangements that will appease fans of Shrinky Dinx and The Offspring. My Life is the longest track on Never Satisfied, but the band crams enough material in the five-plus minute runtime to keep…
Bass Drum of Death is a two piece band from Mississippi composed of John Barrett on guitar and vocals and Colin Sneed on drums. Together they make blown-out, blazing songs. Their debut LP was released last spring on Fat Possum Records. John wrote and recorded the whole record himself using drums, a guitar, a USB microphone, and a computer before teaching Sneed to play drums for the live show and…
Wages of Hope is a track that attempts to redefine what folk is as a genre. While many listeners would associate this song with traditional artists like Elliott Smith and Devendra Banhart, I feel that there is a robustness and livelier feel achieved by this track. Folk usually fades into the background, while Murdock’s work on Brand New Widow will draw listeners in by innovative arrangements and masterful production.…
Justin Stang and Jim Elenteny have known each other since childhood; the music that results from this friendship is some of the most pure and complimentary that we have heard. The duo is a platonic couple; where a husband and wife can complete each other’s sentences, these two finish lines and arrangements. It is this cohesive sound that makes Science! into one of the few acts that we have…
Few musicians come forth with a definitive message on their recordings, but George Cahill ties in hard-edged political themes to each of Relevant’s 9 songs. Nuclear Fallout is the introductory track on Relevant, and is focused on the “perfect storm” of tsunami and meltdown that hit Japan last year. Sucking on Weed has a psychedelic approach that soars on the back of Santana-esque guitar lines; Cahill’s vocals provide listeners…
Los Angeles psychedelic prog-rock band ANCESTORS will release its new album In Dreams and Time on April 10 via Tee Pee Records. Recorded in east LA’s Infrasonic Sound (Queens of the Stone Age, Best Coast, Xasthur), the record showcases the band’s most accomplished music to date and a creative sound that morphs from thunderous cacophony to soul-searching peaks and valleys as towering riffs collide with bleak beauty and deep wells of light and…
Lissy Trullie is an individual that we have not had the chance to review in the past. We received a copy of eir latest, a 2012-released (and self-titled) LP. I believe that what ey does on this title is imbue a number of distinct music genres with eir unique style. Rules We Obey is a strong track and provides listeners with some semblance of who Trullie is and what…
Shouts of Joy continues exactly where its predecessor, the “Back Home” EP, has left off after staying at #1 of the German Alternative Charts for a full eight weeks. Being a big “Thank You” to the fans both lyrically and musically, Shouts Of Joy is sometimes quite reminiscent of ’80s Tears For Fears harmonies, yet modern, danceable and somehow brute at the same time. Be careful – it might infest…
London River focuses its narrative in 2005, right after the massive terrorist attacks happened in London. The story that is weaved through this film focuses on two individuals – Elizabeth (Brenda Blethyn) and Ousmane (Sotigui Kouyate, in eir last role). Both individuals are on the hunt for their children. While Elizabeth is the typical British inhabitant, Ousmane has come over from France to find any information about what has…
Vancouver hard rock outfit, The Veer Union, has teamed up with Music Choice to premiere the music video for the single, “Bitter End,” taken from the band’s sophomore album, Divide The Blackened Sky. Check out the new video, directed by Aaron Veale and produced by Kevin Rigney of Assembly Productions, this week exclusively on Music Choice On Demand: http://www.musicchoice.com/WatchVideos.aspx?assetID=126814&assetImage=/mcbroadband/images/videothumbs/TheVeerUnion_BitterEnd_126814-86×57.jpg. “The video for Bitter End is awesome,” said Josh Gabriele, Manager of Videos on…
There are few bands out that create rock music. Sure, there are rock radio stations, but I feel that a number of their playlists exclusively deal with metal and more heavy forms of rock. The Villains look to recall the days of Whitesnake, Every Mother’s Nightmare and .38 Special. While the band usually ends up taking the stage with country acts (Montgomery Gentry and Keith Urban, to name a…
Phoenix-based grindcore act, LANDMINE MARATHON has been announced on select California dates to open for Nasum’s upcoming Farewell Tour. The band will be playing three shows starting on May 28th and concluding on May 30th. The band will be supporting their latest release, “Gallows”.which came out in September in North America and in January in Europe. “Gallows” was produced by guitarist Ryan Butler and features artwork by British artist Rob “Mid”…