OST: Lust, Caution / 2007 Decca / 24 Tracks / http://www.decca.com / Lust, Caution is not a movie that has gotten as wide of a publicity campaign as director Ang Lee’s previous movies (specifically, The Hulk). The movie itself deals with the exploits of Wang Jiazhi, and especially how Wang interacts with Mr. Yee. While the action takes place during World War II, there is a quite current sound to…
O PIONEERS!!! are on the road in support of an endless string of new releases, most of which are vinyl and will inevitably contribute to Team Science Records mogul Aaron Danger’s increasingly frightening obsession with the format. The band’s recent announcement that they will be joining Asian Man and releasing a 7″ in February will undoubtedly push Danger into a vinyl-induced coma.
This album has 11 songs, and it was released in 1998 on KMG Records. This is Christian Ska, with six members in the band. “Jigsaw” , The opening track has a really good sound, being a pseudo-ska ballad. They can be reached at www.theinsyderz.com or emailed at insyders@ix.netcom.com. “What happened to Joe” is a Ska/Punk speed song. “Paradise” is an extremely tame, slower, and more reggaeish song. It is pretty…
Following the recent UK release of its second album, Citrus, and a rapturously received debut tour in Europe earlier this year, Asobi Seksu will release a brand new single, “Strawberriesâ€, on One Little Indian Records. The single is lifted from Citrus and comes in three commercial formats, featuring the original version of the title track plus remixes by CSS, The Whip and Ulrich Schnauss. The single will be available on…
Midnight – Beautiful Pearl / 2006 Self / 10 Tracks / http://www.midnightfalling.com / “Comfort Me” shows Midnight as a band that is tremendously influenced by the deep-down blues of a Kenny Wayne Shepherd and the progressive rock of a Rush. Throw in a little Every Mother’s Nightmare and “Dog Eat Dog”-era Warrant, and individuals have an idea how Midnight starts off their “Beautiful Pearl”. There is an unpolished appeal to…
Progressive-Rock Super-Group The Sound Of Animals Fighting Have Signed With Epitaph Records With Plans To Release New Album In 2008 Experimental prog-rock collective known as The Sound of Animals Fighting have signed with the iconic Southern California based Epitaph Records. This mysterious cooperative effort features members whose identities are the subject of intriguing anonymity and speculation and who are only known by their respective animal names.
The album has 12 songs, and it was released in 1998 by Pine Creek Entertainment. This is the first release by Pine Creek, and boy is it a good one. Indigenous can be reached at www.indigenousrocks.com.They are a 4 members band, and all the members are related (3 brothers and 1 sister). They play a style of blues rock that is updated for the 1990’s. They are very talented guitar…
DiCristina Stairbuilders will be releasing a 2 CD set of singer/songwriter Vashti Bunyan’s PRE “Just Another Diamond Day” recordings, comprising all her work with Rolling Stones manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham as well as the solo recordings she did that yielded her original demo tape. I’m very much hoping you’ll consider covering this marvelous artist and release via feature or CD review. She is anxious to talk about her experiences in…
Band: Lost Eden – Cycle Repeats / 2007 Candlelight / 10 Tracks / http://www.lost-eden.com / http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com / Lost Eden is a dynamic metal band straight out of Japan. They have recently signed to Candlelight Records and for good reason, they are one of the most melodic metal bands to hit the scene. With tracks like “Squeezeâ€, “Forsaken Lastâ€, and “Time Damages Me†they keep you tapping along and longing for…
The 42nd annual Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards presented by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand and held last night in Auckland, NZ awarded Tim Finn “Best Male Solo Artistâ€. Founding member of the band Split Enz and former member of Crowded House, Tim Finn has spent the past year touring worldwide in support of his critically-acclaimed solo release IMAGINARY KINGDOM (EMI/Manhattan).
This band is simply great sounding. They are fast old style punk, with obvious influences of Surf music and Oi! Punk. The recording is a little rough, but their talent really shows through. All of the pieces of the album fit together to make a very cohesive sounding band that should be able to get somewhere, provided that they stay around for more then a month. I really wish that…
Oooh, another compilation. For those that do not know, compilations are CDs with a lot of bands that are really cheap, for those punks that don’t have the money. How considerate. That shows that all record labels aren’t stuffed suit bastards trying to gain a buck. Well, enough with the personal commentary. This album is from Kyan Records, and it features the 2 bands on the record label, and 8…
BLACK TIDE burst onto the metal scene with a month-long stint opening up the main stage of Ozzfest. It’s no coincidence that at the young ages of 14 (Gabe-vocals, guitar) 18, (Zakk- bass and Alex-lead guitar) and 19 (Steven- drums), Black Tide already has an Ozzfest notch on their belt and are getting ready for their major label debut. The February release, Light From Above, is a heavy hitting, heart…
Anyu – Reasons / 2007 Axent / 10 Tracks / http://www.anyu.net / Anyu has been around the music scene for quite a few years. Individuals that were on the West Coast and listening to alternative music may remember his earlier act The First Thought. The First Thought opened up for acts as wide and varied as UB-40 and Thomas Dolby. After a few years away from the independent music scene,…
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.
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…
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.”
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…
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 
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…