Author: Sargeant

Posted on: October 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Re-release of two albums by the Italian power metal band Secret Sphere

For the last thirteen years, Secret Sphere have been successfully building their reputation of power metal heroes. Strongly influenced by such acts as Dream Theater, Savatage and Helloween, this Italian group managed to develop a style of their own, forging together fast aggressive riffs and bold symphonic elements. Now, with the re-issues of two of some of their finest albums – “Scent of Human Desire” (2003) and “Heart & Anger”…

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Posted on: October 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CHIMAIRA & THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE on the ‘Blue Collar Brawler Tour’ w/ Impending Doom and Daath:

11/24 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues 11/26 Columbus, OH @ AlRosa Villa 11/27 Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s Concert Theatre 11/28 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small’s Theatre 11/29 Toronto, ON @ Opera House 11/30 Montreal, QC @ Club Soda 12/01 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance 12/02 West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx 12/03 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock 12/04 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club CHIMAIRA CHRISTMAS 11: 12/30 Cleveland, OH @…

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Posted on: October 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NeuFutur.com and Jimmy Eat World Hook Up To Hand Out iPad

Invented, the sixth full-length album by Jimmy Eat World, contains the signature big hooks and sing-along melodies for which the band has become famous. Fans of the band’s older hits like “The Middle,” “Sweetness,” and “Pain” will find lots to grab onto…and those same fans will be happy to learn that Mark Trombino, who served as a producer on the band’s first three albums Static Prevails, Clarity and Bleed American,…

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Posted on: October 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Moonspell – Memorial (CD)

Moonspell still sounds as fresh and as intense as they did during “Wolfheart”, and the production during this album is solid enough that is allows every different sound that Moonspell places to the disc to be captured in its original glory. The band was one of the first acts to blend together styles of classical and metal, well before acts like Cradle of Filth even began to think of the…

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Posted on: October 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

LAST CHANCE TO REASON Sign To PROSTHETIC RECORDS

PROSTHETIC RECORDS is happy to announce the signing of the Augusta, Maine based, experimental prog-metal sextet, LAST CHANCE TO REASON. The band will be releasing their second full length, “Level 2,” in early 2011 and will be playing the MetalSucks/Metal Injection/1000 Knives’ joint showcase, at CMJ, this Wednesday night, at Europa, in Brooklyn NY. Teaming up with producer Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me, The Human Abstract), LAST CHANCE…

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Posted on: October 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Morello – Twelve Ways To Breathe (CD)

The energy that is first exerted by Morello during their opening to “Twelve Ways To Breathe” is without comparison. During this first track “Fade Out”, the band is able to make a compelling guitar line work with a set of vocals that moves between energetic and introspective. While this approach is interesting t say the least, it is not something that is commonly used by acts. The sheer newness of…

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Posted on: October 27, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Finn Riggins wraps up their epic year with a brief tour with Built To Spill!

10.27.10 – Solano Beach, CA @ Belly-Up Tavern w/ Built To Spill 10.28.10 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theather w/ Built To Spill 10.29.10 – San Francisco, CA @ the Fillmore w/ Built To Spill 10.30.10 – San Francisco, CA @ the Fillmore w/ Built To Spill 10.31.10 – Arcata, CA @ the Depot w/ Built To Spill What the press is saying: “Idaho’s Finn Riggins, on the…

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Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Monty Are I – Wall of People (CD)

About 10 seconds into Monty Are I’s “Wall of People, I fell in love. This disc is going to be in my stereo for months to come. Genius, only word for it really. But since I have to give you 400 words on it, allow me to try elaborating. It all started on track 1, “Between the Sheets”. This track comes right at you full force, an excellent opening. With…

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Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MATTHEW DEAR CONTINUES TOURING IN SUPPORT OF ‘BLACK CITY’

Depending on whom you ask, Matthew Dear is a DJ, a dance-music producer, an experimental pop artist, a bandleader. He co-founded both Ghostly International and its dancefloor offshoot, Spectral Sound. He’s had remixes commissioned by The XX, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Spoon, Hot Chip, The Postal Service, and Chemical Brothers; he’s made mixes for the Fabric mix series and Get Physical’s Body Language. He maintains four aliases (Audion, False, Jabberjaw, and Matthew…

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Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

FILTER ANNOUNCES NO LOVE TOUR

Oct 27 Little Rock, AR @ Rev Room Oct 29 Knoxville, TN @ Valarium Oct 31 Chattanooga, TN @ Rhythm & Brews Nov 1 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In Nov 2 Cleveland, Oh @ The Grog Shop Nov 4 Flint, MI @ Machine Shop Nov 5 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection Nov 6 Chicago, IL @ The Cubby Bear Nov 9 Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court Nov 11 Fargo,…

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Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NeuFutur.com Introduces Gabi Epstein

An immensely talented actress, Epstein’s love of performing and art simply cannot be contained. Having studied Voice at McGill University and completing her Bachelor of Music, Gabi has performed at renowned venues including The Pantages Hotel, Trane Studio, The Toronto Centre for the Arts, and The Algonquin Hotel in New York City. But Gabi decided she needed to take her cabaret career one step further. Teaming up with Alcorn allowed…

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Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Pastitsio Restaurant Review (3716 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201)

Myself and the wife like Greek food. While we have some love for the gyro or the generic Mediterranean food shop (check out South Side 6 in Bowling Green, Ohio or Continental Grill in Kent, Ohio), pure Greek food is hard to get. Pure Greek food that is actually well-made and cheap is even harder to get.

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Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Monsters Are Waiting – Fascination (CD)

Monsters Are Waiting play a brand of music on their “Fascination” that bounces through quite a few styles even as the music is fairly straight-forward and possessing of few styles. At some point, there is a girl group (from the sixties) like feel to songs like “Monsters”, but there is something new and fresh and pervades the sound of the band. However, during tracks like “Nobody”, Monsters Are Waiting take…

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Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

WITHERED’s TOUR TEARING THROUGH AMERICA

WITHERED will be supporting DANZIG on this fall’s installment of his “Blackest of the Black Tour” and doing off dates with MARDUK, who are also on the tour. They will then joining up with label mates SKELETONWITCH and LANDMINE MARATHON for the “North American Skullsplitter 2010 Tour.” Their confirmed dates are: 10/26 Oklahoma City, OK- The Conservatory * 10/27 Little Rock, AR- The Village # 10/29 San Antonio, TX- San…

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Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Ectopic Ents is proud to announce the release of the long awaited new studio album by Foetus, entitled HIDE

HIDE features ten new compositions by JG Thirlwell, who describes it as a “neo-symphonic avant-psychedelic concept album informed by the culture of fear”. Kicking off with a nine minute operatic opus featuring the guest vocal talents of opera singer Abby Fischer, HIDE is an immersive album infused with strands of progressive and contemporary classical, from symphonic psychedelia to musiq concrete, as well as Thirlwell’s twisting cinematic journeys, bombast and sombre…

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Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Monster Movie – All Lost (CD)

“Behm” is an electronic track that still sounds very natural and organic. The repetition seems to show more of a growing process rather than an act that does not know where to go with their next track. There is a snowball track present on this song that is foreboding. Individuals that have just started this disc have no idea where Monster Movie will go with the rest of the tracks…

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Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Last Rites Tattoo Theatre presents its Creep-In Day on Halloween weekend!

Last Rites Tattoo Theatre is celebrating the Halloween season by showing a return of support to all Last Rites friends, family and fans. With the second annual Creep In Day, dedicated tattoo enthusiasts will receive a rare opportunity to be tattooed convention style -spontaneously and without an appointment- by the world renowned tattoo artists of Last Rites, including Paul Booth himself, who’s waiting list is over 3 years long. Operating…

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Posted on: October 26, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Jeremih – All About You (CD)

Jeremih had a number of tracks that captured listeners throughout most of 2009, especially the oft-heard “Birthday Sex”. While there were other tracks on eir first album that really expanded eir range as a performer, I feel that Jeremih’s new album, “All About You” is something that should solidify eir as a performer in the likes of R. Kelly. The disc itself begins with the self-titled track, a song that…

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Posted on: October 25, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Monsieur Leroc – I’m Not Young But I Need The Money (CD)

There is a laid back feel to this disc that first manifests itself during “Cooley McCoolsen”. This sound is reminiscent of some of the ambient music of the mid to late nineties, and what differentiates it from that style has to be the inclusion of a funk laden backing beat. The flow changes considerably for “Alles Fur Die Cuts”, a track that maintains the somewhat downtempo flow but jazzes it…

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Posted on: October 25, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Ebo Taylor Sings About Love And Death

Strut link up with one of the true greats of Ghanaian music, Ebo Taylor, for his first internationally released new studio album in over 20 years. Following the wartime big band highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Taylor became a major figure in Ghanaian highlife during the 1950s and ’60s as highlife exploded. Cutting his teeth with leading big bands like Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band, Ebo Taylor quickly rose through…

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