Funny story. I got this CD totally out of the blue in the mail a few days after I slammed this twelve-year old’s grandfather’s CD. Eir grandfather, Len Guardino, created an absolutely mediocre disc that supported sexism and all the things wrong with the music and the actions of the 1950s and 1960s. From the title of this single, I can only think that Len imbued these values on eir…
Peelander-Z, the Japanese action comic punk band based in New York City, recently wrapped up two-plus-months of US touring that saw the band playing to the biggest crowds of its career including a performance at Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest that will continue to be talked about next year. Known for its manic, high energy show, Peelander-Z has been touring in support of its new P-TV-Z album attracting the attention…
You can now preview another track from The Elves Of Heaven, “Hard Times On 34th Street” which isn’t your father’s happy Christmas song, rather taking a not from the pages of The Pogues’ Christmas classic “Fairytale Of New York”. The group’s frontman Martin Clancy describes the track: “Father Christmas disillusioned, unemployed, a crack head…just another bum for the cops to move on…now there are hard times on 34th street. Inspired…
Lissie has announced a new North American headlining tour in late 2010 and early 2011. Following a three-date stretch in the Pacific Northwest that begins December 29th at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver, BC, the tour will continue on January 15th at the Music Box in Los Angeles, CA, and run through February 10th at Antone’s Nightclub in Austin, TX. These dates include shows in Denver, Davenport (IA), Minneapolis, Chicago,…
The 101 starts out “Green Street” with a more sedate version of the Replacements with their “Never In”. However, the three-piece ensures that when music is being played on this disc, all parts are immediately noticeable – especially Ben’s bass, which sounds are timeless and fresh as “When I Reach For My Revolver”. “Wolf” uses the same omnipresent nature of each instrument to further Eric’s Michael Stipe meets Phil Collins…
12/16 – Bronson Centre – Ottowa, ON % 12/17 – Bronson Centre – Ottowa, ON % 12/18 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC% 12/19 – Theatre Imperial – Quebec, QC% % w/ Broken Social Scene More dates to be announced shortly “… the woodshedded feel of Pigeons is a good look for the band. Here We Go Magic are doing something more interesting– something weirder; they’re trying out takes on jittery…
While the beginning of “The Harvest” sounds as if The One AM Radio is not doing anything that the stars of AM radio did over thirty years ago, the ambient instrumentation that becomes the norm for the track gives them a style different from anyone else on the market today. This tender sound is something that is present as well during “In The Time We’ve Got”. The band sounds here…
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) are pleased to announce that bassist, vocalist and composer Esperanza Spalding, in response to the Diversity and Innovation Fund Request for Proposals, has been asked to host Find The Beat, a progressive new television show on PBS. Find The Beat, a new program that promotes diversity, features Spalding joining with a group, a band or solo musician to…
The opening to Marykate O’Neil’s “1-800-BANKRUPT” album is pretty middle of the road, which the style of music that ey plays not too much different from Jill Sobule, who produced this album. The track could make it onto alternative radio, but there is little more that will endear listeners beyond that small scope. “Stay” is much of the same type of music, although O’Neil has more of a Suzanne Vega…
Formed in 2010, MAKE OUT consists of New York native Hennessey on vocals, Jesper Mortensen (formerly of Junior Senior, aka Junior) on back-up vocals and guitar, Anders Christiansen on bass and Olivia Alminiana behind the drums. Playing fast, manic, condensed pop songs, the group eschews the fuzzed-out sounds its contemporaries are churning out. Instead, MAKE OUT explodes with anthems like “I Don’t Want Anybody That Wants Me”, the group’s first…
Recently, the cover of the Sydney Morning Herald entertainment guide declared … ‘Move Over Powderfinger – Birds Of Tokyo Are The New Face Of Rock.’ With an ARIA Award winning, self-titled album that surpassed Platinum sales, plus a platinum single (“Plans”) and forthcoming appearance on the Big Day Out, the claim is not quite as far fetched as it may sound. At the 2010 ARIA Awards, Birds Of Tokyo not…
With the scent of fresh paint in the air after a brand new launch of, well, just about everything, it seems we may have a brilliant newcomer to the Canadian pop music scene. Ontario-raised and Montreal-residing Ben Wilkins released his new EP, “Back Of My Head” just last week to an unsuspecting global online audience. While Wilkins brings a certain degree of familiarity in this piano-based pop delight, there is…
Ohn plays an electronic brand of pop-rock that comes out sounding like it is from a different period of music, especially during tracks like “Dear Prudence”. With hints of Alanis Morrissette and Natalie Imbruglia during this track, Ohn makes a ploy to ensnare listeners of that genre. While the music has been heard in similar ways before, Ohn incorporates newer approaches and styles to turn the track into something relevant…
We have two copies of Billy Joel’s The Hits to offer all for giveaway. Just contact us via email ( editor at neufutur dot com ) or comment this post for a chance to win. No special things – just hit us up and you are in the running for a copy of Billy Joel’s The Hits. Hurry, though – this contest ends by December 10th. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on…
12/10 – Auckland, New Zealand @ ASB Showgrounds 12/12 – Perth, Australia @ Arena Joondalup 12/15 – Adelaide, Australia @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre 12/17 – Melbourne, Australia @ Melbourne Showgrounds 12/18 – Sydney, Australia @ The Entertainment Quarter Moore Park 12/19 – Brisbane, Australia @ RNA Showgrounds AFTER XMAS DATES 12/26 – New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater 12/27 – So. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground 12/28 – New…
After coming into O’Halloran’s work after listening to different rock and metal CDs, I Have to say that this is a sea change. Even calling this album that is still something of an understatement. What O’Halloran does here is create classical influenced but modern piano solos, of the quality one would expect foor a movie or television shows. Where individuals that are used to lyrical content in music may be…
Toronto, Ontario’s CANCER BATS have added more U.S. tour dates to their upcoming winter tour! The band will be supporting MADBALL and COMEBACK KID from January 14th through January 19th, taking the band into Texas, Arizona, and Nevada prior to their upcoming run with DEVILDRIVER and BAPTIZED IN BLOOD. The latter section of the tour begins on January 20th in Oakland, CA, and comes to a close in Albuquerque, NM…
The jangly guitar work that starts off “Bye Bye Beautiful” is reminiscent of the work that late eighties Cure would release on their album. However, during tracks like “Through the Waves and Stars”, a blend of Blur, Muse, and Oasis is much more the course of the day than anything else. In much of the same way, The October come up with a sound that is very radio friendly. Te…
Masterminds of found sound, the Books, have announced the reissue of their entire full length catalog. Re-mastered from the original mixes by Nick Zammuto of the Books, CD and LP version will be released on Temporary Residence Ltd. The albums will be released in chronological order starting with Thought for Food on January 25, continuing with The Lemon of Pink on February 22, and finishing with Lost and Safe on…
Hello, T.J., thank you for spending some time answering our questions. What got you into playing and creating music? I moved every three years starting in my first year so I went from Cleveland, OH at 6 mo. To Rochester, NY, Syracuse, NY, Detroit, MI, Garden City, MI, to Ossining, NY by the 4th grade. This gave me a different perspective than some with always being the new kid in…