Author: Sargeant

Posted on: August 25, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SUSPYRE sign to Sensory Records – band auditions going on now

Sensory Records is proud to announce the signing of New Jersey’s up-and-coming prog metal all-stars Suspyre. Formed in 2001, these talented, young musicians have discovered an energetic and gifted way of combining progressive rock and symphonic metal with classical and jazz fusion. The bands’ new album When Time Fades… will be released September 30, 2008. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine,…

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Posted on: August 25, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

JOLIE HOLLAND TAKES THE LIVING AND THE DEAD ON TOUR IN US

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Jolie Holland has announced a North American tour beginning October 12th in San Diego CA. Jolie will be traveling from one side of the country to the other in support of her October 7th release, the Living and the Dead. She will be supported on the tour by French anti-folk duo Herman Dune, who have shared the stage with the likes of Arcade Fire, Kimya Dawson and Of…

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Posted on: August 25, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Darker My Love provides DIRECT SUPPORT FOR DANDY WARHOLS

September 9 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ First Avenue September 10 – Madison, Wisc. @ Barrymore Theatre September 12 – Chicago, Ill. @ Vic Theatre September 13 – Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus 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…

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Posted on: August 25, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

O PIONEERS!!! – U.S. Tour Update

* Tour begins next Tuesday (Aug 26 – Sep 29) * Shows with The Gaslight Anthem, Polar Bear Club, Samiam and American Steel * Finishing up new full-length for Asian Man Records 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…

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Posted on: August 25, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Dandy Warhols Announce Fall North American Tour

With their brand-new album, Earth To The Dandy Warhols, which hit stores in North America on August 19, the Dandy Warhols are bringing their extraordinary live show to fans across the US and Canada. The band will be supported by LA pysch-rockers Darker My Love for most of the fall tour, as well as their newly-signed labelmates the Upsidedown on all dates. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is…

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Posted on: August 25, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Street Drum Corps Extend Tour Past Projekt Revolution!

From John Bonham to Clyde Stubblefield to ?uestlove, the drum has always been the backbone of any successful group. Hell, go further back in time, when drums were at the center of any tribal ritual. It’s carnal. Primeval. A good song hits you in the head. A good beat nails you in the stomach. So in an era of squeaky-clean, technologically-enhanced and polished production, Los Angeles’ Street Drum Corps (SDC)…

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Posted on: August 25, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Standing Behind Me #5

Standing Behind Me #5 / :25 / $1 / Trade / 20 Pages / 1537 West Augusta Blvd #1, Chicago IL 60622 / tunazine@beetfarm.org / http://www.beeffarm.org /  Another set of anecdotes by Dave, Standing Behind Me is a little longer in narration than Sebrakakku. Dave pulls from events beyond just the current, and as such, paints a wide swath of information about who ey is ad why ey is currently…

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Posted on: August 25, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Unearth Begin Work on New Album

Influential metal quintet UNEARTH has begun work on its new album. The follow up to the band’s acclaimed 2006 release III: In the Eyes of Fire is scheduled to drop this October via Metal Blade Records. 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…

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Posted on: August 25, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Clare & The Reasons Tour, Release Obama-luvin’ Video

As the world enjoys the last days of summer, Clare & the Reasons are headed back to the UK for a tour that is still adding dates. The tour includes stops at landmark UK festivals, such as Fringe, Connect and End of the Road. The group will join up with My Brightest Diamond halfway through for a co-headlining European leg. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder…

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Posted on: August 24, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Fox Home Entertainment Presents A Terrifying Trilogy Of Terror, Debuting On September 9th Just In Time For Halloween

Unearthed from the vaults, three of Hollywoods finest and scariest movies are unleashed for the first time on DVD from Fox Home Entertainment on September 9th as part of the lauded Fox Cinema Classics Collection. Featuring performances from menacing horror icons Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price, plus the smoldering Gene Tierney, among others, the Fox Horror Classics Volume Two three-disc DVD set includes three terrifying films Chandu The Magician, Dr.…

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Posted on: August 24, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

ESTRADASPHERE offers update on upcoming projects

Seattle’s ESTRADASPHERE have provided the following update on their upcoming projects for 2008 and beyond. “The post-Palace of Mirrors psychic explosion that Estradasphere has endured is frying all manners of new synapses… 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…

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Posted on: August 24, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

Amy Rigby on Wreckless Eric and vice versa – new album coming late Fall – US tour Aug. – Oct.

Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby is a beautifully raw and touching album: vocal harmonies, crackling, buzzing atmospheres and the upbeat/downbeat lyrics of a couple that have been one too many times around the dance floor. There are no other musicians involved here, just Eric on guitars, bass guitar and organ, Amy on guitars and piano, plus the odd sample, some well placed percussion and an old bossa nova beatbox. This…

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Posted on: August 24, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Blixa Bargeld releases liner notes to NEW Einsturzende Neubauten CD – “Jewels”

The bold history written by Einstürzende Neubauten over the last 28 years now has a dramatic new chapter with the release of their new album The Jewels which is being released  on their own Potomak label, distributed in the U.S. by Ryko Distribution. Working outside normal record business market mechanisms, Einstürzende Neubauten recorded the CD in their own studio funded by their world-wide network of subscribing Supporters via www.neubauten.org. Also…

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Posted on: August 24, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Karma To Burn – re-issue of the second album out in September

Metal Mind Productions presents re-issue of the second full-length album by Karma To Burn – “Wild Wonderful Purgatory” (1999). Karma to Burn was a desert rock/psychedelic rock band from Morgantown, West Virginia (US) comprised of guitarist William Mecum, bassist Rich Mullins and drummer Nathan Limbaugh (later to be replaced by Rob Oswald for Wild, Wonderful Purgatory). Some early reports on Karma To Burn stated that the band had “vocalist problems”.…

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Posted on: August 24, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Stainless Steel Lens #1

Stainless Steel Lens #1 / $1 / 7 by 14 (about) / 24 Pages / Love Bunni Press, 2641 Euclid Heights #3, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106 This is probably the third photo zine I have ever gotten in my hands for review in NF/IS. The first was by an Albertan, and I believe it was named Dystopia (Dysphoria). It was a tiny zine that I managed to lose, like Pomegranate…

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Posted on: August 24, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Modern rock by Evidence One Set For a 9/2 Release Date

Evidence One is one of the most talented groups on the contemporary melodic rock scene, paying homage to traditional hard rock while in the same time sharpening it with a hard metal edge. “Tattooed Heart” is their second full-length release and one of their best – it contains all the elements that make a band worth your attention: great musicianship, passionate vocals and a powerful message. If you think that…

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Posted on: August 23, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NeuFutur Magazine Introduces Starfucker, As Well

Extremely psyched to bring you a preview from the debut self-titled full length of one of Portland’s most talked about new bands. Starfucker is a name that is not so much a rejection of the seriousness in the music industry, but a commitment to the playful spirit of their music; an understanding between three multi-instrumentalists in a ethereal galaxy of drums, drum machines, keyboards, guitars, turntablism, and a live performance…

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Posted on: August 23, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Eminem – “Slaughtahouse” Remix

Eminem remixes classic Masta Ace record for Delicious Vinyl Eminem emerges from the shadows to rework Masta Ace’s classic “Slaughtahouse” for Delicious Vinyl’s RMXXOLOGY. Originally released on 1993’s Slaughtahouse, the track called for a “death to the wack MC’s” and the gangsta rap era. The original video featured Masta Ace and crew rhyming in an actual slaughterhouse. Dressed in white butcher suits, drenched in blood, and with axes in their…

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Posted on: August 23, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NeuFutur Magazine Introduces Jon Sonnenberg

New record features acoustic versions of formerly electronic compositions! For more than a decade, Jon Sonnenberg has charmed listeners with an unparalleled ability to blend intricate sounds and textures with pleasant melodies. Whether creating sounds electronically, electrically, or acoustically, the layers and quality of Sonnenberg’s work enables one’s imagination to see beyond the confines of commercial music. His new album, Acoustic Selections, features reconfigured and rerecorded versions of his previous…

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Posted on: August 23, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Shugo Tokumaru to bring “Exit” stateside on September 2nd, 2008 on Almost Gold Recordings

With its dazzling colors and magnificent arrangements, listening to Japanese singer-songwriter Shugo Tokumaru’s forthcoming release “Exit” is like being one of the tiny shards inside a kaleidoscope. And just like a kaleidoscope, the individual pieces weave into a grand spectacle. “Exit” changes with every turn of Shugo’s hand. Its universally compelling blend of pop, folk and new music draws inspiration from such diverse artists as Brian Wilson and Sun Ra.…

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