Besides Desert City Soundtrack, Latterman might be Deep Elm’s best band ever. While they are not related in any way to Desert City Soundtrack beyond being on the same label, both bands share an intensity and impressive nature that cannot be removed from them. It only takes about a minute, and Latterman even bests acts like None More Black and Rise Against with a scratchy set of vocals that recalls…
The 2008 Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical In The Heights welcomes 19 Recordings/Jive Records platinum recording artist and 2007 “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks as Broadway’s new Nina Rosario. Making her Broadway debut in In The Heights Thursday, August 19, 2010, 20 year old Jordin Sparks will play a limited 12 week engagement through Sunday, November 14, 2010. Jordin Sparks has been performing from a young age and stands…
Tribeca Enterprises and New Video, a leading independent film and TV distributor, announced today that New Video is the exclusive DVD distributor for titles from Tribeca Film, a national distribution platform acquiring and releasing films year-round supported by Founding Partner American Express. The films range from award-winning dramas and revealing documentaries to uproarious comedies and stunning animated features; many of which premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival prior to…
When the Deep Elm press release said that this album was “classic”, I was a little bit skeptical. Sure, their last album “No Matter Where We Go” was one of the top ten albums released this year, but I assumed that it was created after a great deal of maturation by the band. No insult intended, but the music on “Turn Up The Punk” may just be a bit stronger…
Paradox Interactive announced today that development on its upcoming naval strategy title, Commander: Conquest of the Americas, has completed and the pre-order has started on leading digital distribution outlets. As an exclusive bonus, pre-orders for the game will receive three extra ships, three new resources, seven new historical Commanders (one for each nation) and three new historical naval battles. Developed by Nitro Games, Commander: Conquest of the Americas features elements…
Earlier this year, a journey was framed in the mind of Arthur Nasson. Not one for the road, but for the quarter inch reel tape. The resulting odyssey is Nasson’s low-fi, single album trilogy Echo Garden, out October 5, 2010 on Philistine Records. Nasson affirms the journey Echo Garden leads the listener through: “It feels like everything is different by the end of the album, as if we go through…
Lynch Mob is getting ready to embark on a summer tour in support of their current release “Smoke and Mirrors” on Frontiers Records. The band line-up for this tour consists of George Lynch (shred master), Oni Logan (vox), Michael Devin (bassologist) and Brian Tichy (time-keeper). After seventeen long years singer Oni Logan and guitar wizard George Lynch found their way back together and again show their amazing abilities in some…
Latterman has an indie-rock feel to them that one can never challenge, but when a track like “Yo, Get Into It” begins to play, one can only think of one of the shining stars of the independent music circuit, Against Me!. There are tracks that are really obtuse and individuals cannot do anything but wonder (the formless “Dear Boys” comes to mind). Latterman shows that Deep Elm is not a…
With a growing loyal fan base and a reputation for keeping the dance floor moving, The Streets on Fire has been rocking Chicago venues the Metro, Double Door, Debonair, and Empty Bottle and was recently featured on WLUW’s Razor and Die show as well as Q101’s Local 101 show. Their debut EP, 2009’s Hot Weekend, has gained rapid attention in the Chicago music scene. Referring to themselves as more of…
It is quite rare for an instrumental album to be this deep; from when LaTona puts forth the full sound of “Trinity Suite Part 1”, one can hear parts of Don Henley , jam bands, and Santana all in one. The reason why these tracks work so well without anything in the way of vocals is because of the ability that LaTona has in making the guitar sing with immense…
June 1st, 2010 marked the release of MOLLY HATCHET’S latest studio effort Justice. The album has been receiving rave reviews and the new songs are being heralded as instant classics. Guitarist and songwriter Bobby Ingram said the following about the current tour in support of Justice: “…..As we are on tour now and playing the new album “JUSTICE” in circulation in many countries we are seeing so many people, cultures…
Guy Penrod, the dominant voice of the Gaither Vocal Band for the last 14 years, embarks on his first solo international tour (July 31 – August 16), which encompasses six countries and a variety of venues, ranging from large theaters to intimate church settings. Penrod’s tour supports his debut country CD release, BREATHE DEEP, produced by Brent Rowan (Joe Nichols, Blake Shelton) for Servant Records/Gaither Music Group. The first single…
Each of the songs on “One Shot, One Kill” comes from a mixture of styles that include the Ramones and a number of the Irish punk bands (of which the best known has to be The Dropkick Murphies). “Don’t Shine Your Boots With A Half-Baked Will” is pushed to the end of what can be considered oi music, as “Don’t Shine Your Boots” is repeated no less than twenty times…
I received a copy of this album that had no album art. I had little idea what to expect from Last Conservative, especially considering that the last thing that I reviewed from Good Charamel was The Juliet Dagger single. When I heard the first track on “Pretty New Things” (“Distraction”), I began to understand that Last Conservative is for all intensive purposes a rock band. This is not to say…
The Jojo Burger Tempest is the new album from the UK’s finest electronic post-rock band Working For A Nuclear Free City, the follow-up to 2007’s Businessmen & Ghosts. And like that expansive debut, The Jojo Burger Tempest takes place across two discs, with 15 tracks on one and the 30-minute title track on the other. Everything about the album is epic. It was recorded over a period of 18 months…
NYC band Julius C doesn’t go on the kind of tour most bands go on. For the last several years, the band has spent the hot months touring summer camps. Band leader Jay Stollar developed the “Rock Star Camp” program to bring more arts activities to summer camps after spending his youth hoping for such an experience. Five years into the program, the band is now sponsored by the Crocs…
Rotting Corpse Records recording artists WHORRID were just added to the Central Illinois Metalfest, set to take place July 23rd and July 24th at the Canopy Club in Urbana, IL. They will be going on at 1:15 pm on Friday July 23rd. Doors open at 12 noon. Also appearing will be EMBRACE DAMNATION at 2:45 pm. Be sure to be there early so you don’t miss any of the great…
Knoxville, Tennessee doom metallers PLACE OF SKULLS are pleased to announce the upcoming release of their long-awaited fourth full-length entitled As A Dog Returns. The follow-up to 2006’s The Black Is Never Far was recorded at Lakeside Studios in Knoxville by Travis Wyrick and founding guitarist/vocalist Victor Griffin (Pentagram, Death Row, Cathedral, Joe Hasselvander) with drums recorded and engineered by Mike Dearing. Said Griffin of the band’s latest output: “The…
Andrew McAllister announces the release of Vanish Valley’s self-titled record debut. The album is being released on his own independent Hard Bark Records and will be available for sale through CD Baby, iTunes, and Amazon on July 27th, 2010. Andrew McAllister (formerly of Conrad Ford/Tarnished Records) has assembled a group of musicians for a song cycle titled, Vanish Valley. Blending elements of folk, country and psychedelic rock, the songs on…
From the band who brought you “You’re Going Down” and “Odd One”, Sick Puppies are releasing their next single “Maybe” and want YOU and a guest to be in the video! 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 experience,…