Polyvinyl is pleased to announce the release of Closer to Closed, Braid’s highly anticipated, long-awaited follow up 1998’s seminal Frame and Canvas. Closer to Closed is the first collection of new Braid material in over a decade and will be available August 16th on limited edition 180-gram white vinyl, CD, and digital formats. All pre-orders will include an instant MP3 download, making the new music available for fans to listen…
There are few bands currently creating music that are able to imbue their own unique sound with the atmospheric feel of where they live. Other Lives do that with “Tamer Animals”, their latest release on TBD records. “As I Lay My Head Down” creates tremendous soundscapes full of open spaces and lonely feelings. The title speaks not only to sleep but to tremendous emotion, a thread that is continued throughout…
Scarlet Season is the stage name of Aileen Paron, a self-taught pianist whose desire for autonomy and passion for learning all things musical inspired her to take the DIY approach to recording, programming, and composing. Paron produced the Scarlet Season debut album The Taxidermist herself with co-production by Matt Frickelton of The Fading Collection. Critics are already praising the album’s swirling synths, pretty pianos, nasty bass, and moody electronic elements…
Individuals are very apt to believe that there is little that can typically go wrong or differ between the different types of medicine balls. However, there are quite a few ways in which quality can vary. For example, the rubber outer shell can begin to split or leave residue on an individual’s hands. We received a 10 pound medicine ball for review from fitness company Valeo, and after a few…
There will always be limitation with the source material that an older film is pulled from. However, in transferring 1961’s The Hustler from its original reel, Fox has imbued a sharpness to it that is hard to deny. With the crisp video print and corresponding sharp audio track, I cannot help but imagine that this is what moviegoers saw back in 1961. The film stars Paul Newman as a pool…
The new, as yet untitled album from The Devil Wears Prada, one of the brightest rising stars in the metalcore world, has been completed and is set for a September 13 release (Ferret). This will be the band’s first full-length album since 2009’s critically-acclaimed With Roots Above and Branches Below; TDWP’s most recent release, last summer’s 5-track conceptual Zombie EP (called the band’s “best release to date” by one media…
I am pretty surprised that I missed out on Party Animals when it first aired, on BBC Two in 2007. The show, which featured Matt Smith, Andrew Buchan and Shelley Conn, was only greenlit for the course of one season. However, BFS Entertainment has found it and has given it a new lease on life with this DVD set release. Party Animals showcases the sometimes hard to believe lives of…
After Monk ended its run, I really did not think that USA was going to have any sort of show to fill the void. After watching the first season of White Collar, I believe that I was wrong – White Collar shows that there are cable shows that (at the very least) can approach the quality of writing and acting of network shows. Lead actor Matt Bomer (Neal Caffrey) still…
In a period where the visual is key and a band gains followers based on the sound that they generate, creating a behind the scenes book for your project does not necessarily seem to be the most prudent course of action. However, Lamb of God has done just that with “The Making of New American Gospel”, a full tome of information, tabs, and even further education about the nuanced playing…
7/13 Belly Up – San Diego, CA 7/15 Grand Performances – Los Angeles, CA 7/16 Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA 7/17 Reggae On The River – Garberville, CA 7/20 Artown – Reno, NV 7/22 Celebrate Brooklyn – Brooklyn, NY 7/23 Grassroots Festival – Trumansburg, NY 7/24 Hillside Festival – Guelph, ON 7/29 Manuel Artime Theater – Miami, FL 7/30 Floydfest – Floyd, VA SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as…
This DVD captures the final season of the Stagate phenomenon, and was the final season broadcasted of Stargate Universe. The show was stuck between a rock and a hard place, though – it broke free of the limitations that previous seasons of Stargate had placed on itself while keeping things fresh. Where there was a shift to a more character-driven (rather than storyline-driven) episodes, the show seemed to contain some…
“Telescope” was a tremendous effort by Steve Dawson, and is an album that still finds its way into my CD player every month or so. I was surprised to learn that ey came out with a new album, “Nightshade”, that looks to top even the lofty example of the aforementioned title. The album begins with “Torn and Frayed”, which creates over the course of four minutes a Cliff’s Notes to…
June 11 Indianapolis, IN @ The Emerson Theater June 12 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge June 16 Wilmore, KY @ Ichthus Farm June 17 Jacksonville, NC @ Hooligan’s Music Hall June 18 Fayetteville, NC @ The Rock Shop June 19 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In June 21 Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco June 22 Jackson, MS @ Fire Club June 24 Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop June 25 Ionia, MI @ Big…
Forest of the Soul’s – Restless in Flight Digipak CD is NOW AVAILABLE! $11 PPD in N. America! Featuring Aaron Carey and Andrew Della Cagna of Nechochwen, FotS is a hard band to pigeonhole, for they encompass the fluidity of classical acoustic instrumentation, rock, folk, and an undeniable Appalachian Country spirit that stirs with the eclectic soul of their homeland. Unclassifiable and amazingly beautiful, Restless in Flight is Forest of…
We had tremendous luck when we used K-OTIC the first time around, and wanted to make it a point to include it in our workout regimen over the course of three months. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of continuous digital publishing…
Adua & Her Friends (DVD) / 2011 Rarovideo / 129 Minutes / http://www.rarovideo.com I had thought with the advent of the Blu-Ray, that DVD-making companies would gradually die off. However, there are some companies that are putting out some impressive DVD-only content. Rarovideo is one of these companies, and Adua & Her Friends (Adua e le compagne) is an example of one of these films. The film is only one…
6/11 MEREDITH, NH LACONIA HARLEY 6/24 SANDWICH, IL MONGOS ON MAIN 6/25 DES MOINES, IA WATERWORKS PARK 6/30 MILWAUKEE, WI SUMMERFEST 7/01 HAZEL GREEN, WI SANDY HOOK TAVERN 7/03 EL PASO, TX SPEAKING ROCK ENTERTAINMENT CENTER 7/04 SAN ANTONIO, TX BACKSTAGE LIVE 7/08 MUSKEGON, MI MUSKEGON SUMMER CELEBRATION 7/09 FARMER CITY, IL FARMER CITY RACEWAY 7/12 SAUGET, IL POP’S 7/13 NASHVILLE, TX EXIT / IN 7/14 LEXINGTON, KY BUSTER’S BILLIARD’S…
Shady Nate & DJ Fresh collaborated a few years ago on Based on a True Story, which was loosely formatted in the style of Fresh’s long-running and classic Tonight Show series. The project earned both the rapper and DJ/producer high praise and strong sales, and now, the original CD album will be re-packaged and accompanied by Nate’s and Fresh’s latest collaborative effort, Still Based On A True Story, with the…
I love the fact that, after about twenty years of having an intimate connection with Japan and the different anime showing there, that Section 23 can dig up such a great title. Ghost Sweeper Mikami is a show that originally aired from April of 1993 until March of 1994, with 45 episodes (and 1 hour-long film) that aired soon after. The show itself has an interesting premise – the rapid…
The art of Storytelling is as ancient and universal as humanity itself. Here begins 3:33’s own tale of Creation. Throughout history, our need to understand where we come from has been evidenced in hieroglyphics, mythology, fairy tales, folklore, and religion. With The First Thousand Days, 3:33 explores this mystery of existence and leads us down its enchanted yet haunting path. If EP-1 was an introduction to 3;33, this is the…