Coming out of the gate with some impressive two part harmonies, especially during “Through the Width of a Straw”, The Kite-Eating Tree makes their own disc into an interesting journey. Mixing up a great deal of distortion with saccharine-sweet vocals, “Method: Fail, Repeat…” is an amalgam of two major stylistic genres: what is being called emo-rock (in the vein of Taking Back Sunday and Story of the Year) and an…
While he’s just finished “re-polishing” his old songs — the one’s he’ll release next month as Sky Sailing — Adam Young also has a whole batch of new songs in the hopper too that he’ll be releasing as Owl City, much to the delight of his rather fervent fanbase. “At the moment, I’m working on new Owl City stuff, and between now and the beginning of August, the plan is…
Hank and Cupcakes, Brooklyn’s buzz worthy drum and bass duo, rock out on their new self-titled EP with four rhythmically dense tracks and one video that showcase their innovative sound. When Hank & Cupcakes take the stage, their infectious energy dominates the room, generating a fierce groove that immediately has the crowd up and moving. First time fans may find themselves scrutinizing the stage, looking in vain for the guitar…
The sly sound of “Sillhouettes” mixes well with the light instrumentation that individuals are confronted with at the onset of this self-titled EP. In a sense, Kissing Cousins sound like “Horses”-era Patti Smith, mixed with a good serving of the Velvet Underground (when they still had Nico). It is during “Phone Call” that Kissing Cousins really get into something that more closely relates itself to punk music. However, this is…
Headlining the Warped Tour 2010, Andrew W.K. is proud to announce the inclusion of THE ANDREW W.K. PARTY HOUSE – a 20’ x 40’ circus tent – at every Warped Tour date this summer, as well as the unveiling of his overhauled Web site, AndrewWK.com. THE ANDREW W.K. PARTY HOUSE is an 800 sq. ft. air conditioned circus tent. It’s an unprecedented addition to this year’s Warped Tour, and a…
Kissing Cousins start off their second EP with a very Spartan arrangement for their “Deadline”. The confident guitars of the track are reminiscent of a Johynny Cash track seen through the eyes of early nineties “ironic” country like Christopher Isaak. The second track is marked with a very industrial backdrop on their “Live Without You”. The vocals do not seem to mesh well with the very cold and mechanical sound…
Ruiner has cemented a date for their final show in Baltimore, MD this Fall. Vocalist Rob Sullivan said, “the details for our final shows in October, the 5th and 9th, are still being ironed out but we want to make them very memorable for us and everyone planning to come out. Expect some of our friends from over the years to make some special appearances.” It has been confirmed that…
On Tuesday, June 29th, Orlando rockers THERE FOR TOMORROW will debut the video for their track “Deathbed” on MTV2 and mtvU. Catch the first airing at 6AM EST. The track is off their debut Hopeless Records release, A LITTLE FASTER. Make sure to stay tuned for more details including behind the scenes photos and videos. There For Tomorrow are currently out on the Rock Yourself To Sleep Tour along with…
Very few artists stick to their guns for twenty years. Keith Petty, mastermind behind Kirlian Aura, has done just that. Starting the act in 1988, a demo were released in 1991 and 2007 sees the release of this, arguably Kirlian Aura’s “magnum opus”. Twenty-three tracks adorn this album, which immediately rings warning bells in my head. As anyone that has experience movie soundtracks knows, it is tremendously hard to craft…
We have not had many chances to review cognac so far in NeuFutur, so it is quite fortunate that we were sent over a few samples from the Pierre Ferrand line. Our first coverage of this company’s spirits comes with their Ambre iteration, a similarly-colored cognac that has been casked for 10 years. The incredibly mild nose of the Ambre Cognac is a great introduction into something that will gradually…
British metal crew The Eyes Of A Traitor have made a new song available on the band’s official Myspace page: www.myspace.com/theeyesofatraitor THE EYES OF A TRAITOR’s “Breathless” will be released in North America later this year! COVERESHOP.jpg http://shop.listenable.net/ http://listenable.net http://www.myspace.com/listenable Tweets by Listenable http://facebook.com/listenable 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…
INTERMENT, the prime purveyors of putrid Swedish death metal featuring members of Demonical and the now-defunct Centinex, return with their much-anticipated and long-overdue debut full-length, Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy. Check out new track “Night Of The Undead” at the band’s official MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/intermenthorde Said the band of the song in a collective statement: “‘Night Of The Undead’ summarizes the album supremely and brings forth the dark and filthy…
“Here’s The Plan” sounds as if Billy Joel dropped eir piano and decided to pick up a guitar. That is to say that Michael Weston King plays a classic brand of pop music that will have individuals singing along no matter their age or musical tastes. The opening track to “A New Kind of Loneliness” may be over five minutes but King is enough of a storyteller to keep individuals…
DJ A-Trak and OBEY launch the official Dirty South Dance 2 Deluxe Pack, exclusive to www.obeygiant.com / www.obeyclothing.com and a handful of select shops worldwide. In addition to the mixtape’s CD release, the Dirty South Dance 2 Deluxe Pack includes a limited-edition T-Shirt and screen-printed poster featuring new visual packaging by OBEY’s Shepard Fairey. After the success of the first DSD installment in 2007 through OBEY Records, both A-Trak and…
King Elementary start off “Kudzu” with “For the Birds”, a track that shows a tremendous amount of the band’s influence coming from the psychedelic sixties (the guitar solo present on the track sound a hell of a lot like “Break On Through”). Other tracks, like “Thief of Hearts” maintains this earlier influence but really allows Morgan’s vocals to look at bands like the Von Bondies and The Strokes for form…
Classically-trained composer Son Lux (Ryan Lott) has kept busy in the wake of praise for his last album “At War With Walls & Mazes”. He just released his Weapons EP on anticon. and is working on his sophomore follow-up. Lott also recently spent a good deal of time working on the upcoming These New Puritans album arranging brass and woodwinds. In the spirit of collaboration, Son Lux has been commissioned…
Jeremy Denk’s summer reaches its acme in mid-August, when he appears at three of the season’s most prestigious U.S. festivals – Bard (Aug 13-15), Mostly Mozart (Aug 17-19), and Tanglewood (Aug 21) – to give six prominent performances in little over a week. In repertoire ranging from solo and chamber to orchestral, and from composers of the First Viennese School to those of the Second, the versatile pianist collaborates with…
It is very rare to get a chance to hear a musician that has been working on eir skills for 65 years; the resulting music on “Saw Mill Man” has a patience inherent in it that really shows this maturity. I would say that ey sounds like Johnny Cash, even though King is six years eir senior. There is little excess to this disc; every track essentially consists of King’s…
Featuring music from PEASANT, MIGHTY TIGER & MONSTER + live art by GREGORY SIFF “Paper Garden Records authentically releases music worthy of success based on its artistic merits, a quality rarely found in today’s music industry.” – Nate Welker, Saddle-Creek Records “Every once in a while, a label comes along that’s so good it’s untouchable in its musical discretion. Paper Garden Records is that label. With artists like Peasant, SAADI,…
It is very rare to see that a band has been together for such a long time. Barring the years that they were trying to get back together, Kill Van Kull has been a band since 1983. It is thus not surprising to hear such talent and ability come from each member of the band. The one thing that individuals might have worried about, the freshness of the style of…