They’re infectious, loved by Led Zeppelin, unabatedly Rock n Roll and hitting our shores with their throngs of British fans literally flying over to witness the buzz for their debut US Tour. These boys are going to be big. Coming straight off their storming UK tour releasing their stellar self-titled album and selling out 1200 capacity venues, as well as all copies of the album on the release date at…
It does feel as if some of the different British releasing companies tend to slack off when it comes to releasing various seasons of shows from the BBC and ITV. For example, there seems to be something a little off with a release like the sixth series of Foyle’s War. Whether it be a slightly muddy print or a lack of additional features, it just makes sense to bring over…
Toronto duo Bishop Morocco has remixed “Stay Lit,” the lead track off Holy Fuck’s Latin, released earlier this year. Fader premiered the remix, noting that Bishop Morocco has “scaled back some of the gradual epicness of the original and given it the Sonny Crockett-on-his-way-to-a-drug-bust treatment.” Bishop Morocco is Jake Fairley (aka Fairmont) and Jim Sayce (Tangiers, the Deadly Snakes). As Bishop Morocco, they fuse their different musical paths to create…
Listening to “Taco Blessing’s” first track “Zero Kid” really brings individuals back to the heydays of Gilman St; Modern Machines come through with the intensity of a band like early Descendents while still having a pop-punk edge a la Pinhead Gunpowder and “Blue Room-era” Unwritten Law. The recording might be a little fuzzy, but the sizzling guitars and catchy lyrics of the band still shine through as bright as day.…
Despite having been together for under a year, Pittsburgh duo Nic Snyder and Josh Sickels have already made waves in the UK this year, and now have just signed to Frenchkiss Records. They received rave reviews for a string of live UK shows in May, including The Great Escape festival & Club NME, which were closely followed by the release of their critically acclaimed Chess Club debut 7” ‘Going Away…
VCI Entertainment has created a number of DVD releases for films that have been forgotten about or otherwise slept on for a great period of time. Hell is Sold Out is one of these films; a 1951 film featuring Richard Attenborough, has been released under the company’s “Best of!” line. This Special Edition has been cleaned up from source prints, ensuring that video and audio quality is absolutely stunning considering…
Sounding at times like Yellowcard and all of those emo-rock bands that are continually charting in these late days of the genre, Moments in Grace create a palatable sound that yet has little in the way of substance. Jeremy’s voice is remarkably similar to Rivers Cuomo, and in tracks like “Broken Promises”, the guitars swirl around to give the entire track more of a Tool track. While everything seems to…
The group will be ‘geekin out’ at shows in November with ‘Bulletproof’ and ‘In For The Kill’ hit makers La Roux. Far East Movement combine electro and hip-hop music for a high-energy downtown Los Angeles loft party sound and lifestyle called ‘Free Wired.’ “We want fans at our shows to feel free to let loose and ‘geek out’ however they feel comfortable. Our music and lifestyle is about bringing the…
The wildly popular Italian duo of Bot and Phra, known more commonly to the world as Crookers, have announced their first North American tour! The We Love Animals tour starts October 21st in Denver and travels through the US and Canada, wrapping up the trip in early November in Toronto. Amongst the most in-demand acts in the dance music and remix scene, Crookers will leave audiences stunned by their ability…
Beginning “The Endless Retreat” with a straight-forward punk assault, albeit with more harmony than the early punk bands that influenced the track, the Modern Day Urban Barbarians spare no time into getting into fast melodies and ever more chaotic breakdowns. Moving from “T.V.” to “Waiting For A Break”, MDUB show over and over that their music is a direct descendent from the Stooges and the Velvet Underground, being strained through…
As previously announced Metal Mind Productions will release a brand new studio album of the legendary Tank entitled “War Machine” on October, 25th. The US release date is December, 7th (via MVD) and the Japanese release date is December, 22nd on King Records. TANK 2010 – photo by Tony Mottram 658Creative Tank – featuring Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans on guitar alongside ex-Rainbow/Yngwie Malmsteen frontman Doogie White, ex-Bruce Dickinson bassist…
For those that may have missed it, Video Games Live is a set of concerts that were created by long time video game music composers Tommy Tallerico and Jack Wall. A performance consists of the orchestra providing their own take on music from titles as famous as The Legend of Zelda, Silent Hill, and Sonic the Hedgehog along with slightly lesser-known titles like Headhunter and Advent Rising. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing…
10/21 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar 10/22 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Mixtape Cafe 10/23 – Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre 10/24 – West Dundee, IL @ Clearwater Theater 10/26 – Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose 10/27 – St. Paul, MN @ Station 4 10/28 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground 10/29 – Wichita, KS @ The Oz Cafe 10/30 – Wichita Falls, TX @ The Hangar…
Nov 11 Los Angeles, CA The Echo % Nov 12 Claremont, CA Pomona College Nov 13 Visalia, CA Cellar Door Nov 14 San Francisco, CA Hotel Utah Nov 16 Portland, OR Holocene Nov 17 Seattle, WA Crocodile Nov 24 Denver, CO Bluebird & Dec 02 New York, NY Terminal 5 * Dec 03 Washington DC 9:30 Club * * = w/ The Walkmen # = w/ Japandroids % = w/…
Many shows start to grind gears by the time they get to as many seasons as Two and a Half Men, but this DVD set should show that there is some gas left in the show’s tank. As evidence by the ratings it still generates, many people are familiar with the general premise of the show – Charlie Sheen’s womanizing Charles and the eternally mopey Alan, played by Jon Cryer…
On the heels of his success this summer at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where, almost “steal[ing] the show” (Independent), he proved himself a “thrilling Adorno” (Financial Times) opposite Plácido Domingo in Simon Boccanegra, Joseph Calleja begins the 2010-11 season with his Houston Grand Opera debut in a new, opening-night production of Madama Butterfly. Calleja sings B.F. Pinkerton opposite soprano Ana Maria Martinez, who makes her role debut as…
“Mini Mansions is the side project of Queens of the Stone Age bassist Michael Shuman, and as far as offshoots go, it ranks up there with Jack White’s The Dead Weather.” – Seattle Weekly “Are they a psych-cabaret act? Nightmare-fueled big top rockers? Sixties popsters run through a meat grinder? Their self-titled debut album, sways through it all as rubbery and fuzzy basslines bounce along with piano pounding, driving drums…
Captured in February of this year in Raleigh, North Carolina, “But I’m Not Wrong” really has Maher at eir very best. While some of this 80 minute show may seem to be treading bare ground, the skill of Maher’s craft is enough to have viewers focused in through the entirety of the DVD. It is not only eir voice that is a hit; facial mannerism and body language is linked…
12.01.10 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC 12.02.10 – New Brookland Tavern – West Columbia, SC 12.03.10 – The 567 – Macon, GA 12.04.10 – The Social – Orlando, FL 12.05.10 – The Orpheum – Tampa, FL www.BadBooksMusic.com www.facebook.com/BadBooksMusic www.twitter.com/BadBooksMusic www.myspace.com/BadBooksMusic 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…
It’s called the Peace, Love and Inspiration tour. And with Chris Assaad manning the musical wheel, there’s no doubt that fans will receive all three in spades. Bringing his feel-good brand of folk, roots and rock to the forefront, Assaad is ready to hit up a variety of venues to show his fans just how far a little musical love can travel. Discovery and moving forward has always been the…