Author: Sargeant

Whistlefritz Releases CD of Spanish Songs for Kids

Award-Winning Producer of Spanish for Beginners DVD Series Releases Collection of Original and Traditional Spanish Songs for Children Glen Echo, Maryland-based Whistlefritz, producer of the Spanish for Beginners series of Spanish immersion DVDs for children, today announced the release of a new CD of Spanish songs called A Bailar! Let’s Dance!  A Bailar! Let’s Dance! is a collection of original and traditional Spanish music that makes learning Spanish simple and…

36 Crazyfists Stream New Album, Tour

Alaskan metalcore quartet 36 Crazyfists are giving fans a taste new album, The Tide and Its Takers, a FULL WEEK before it hits streets on May 27. The album is streaming in its entirety on the band’s official MySpace page. Fans can check out the hard-hitting new album at www.myspace.com/36crazyfists. Produced by guitarist Steve Holt, The Tide and Its Takers is the band’s Ferret Music debut. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on…

Birdmonster To Release “From The Mountain To The Sea” 8/5

New York, NY: FADER Label, the recording branch of The FADER, is pleased to announce From The Mountain To The Sea – the second full-length release by San Francisco indie rockers Birdmonster. FADER Label will unveil the much-anticipated follow up to 2006 ‘s No Midnight on August 5, 2008 through Sony/RED Distribution. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has…

SMC PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO KILLER MIKE & GRIND TIME OFFICIAL

Killer Mike and his Atlanta based label, Grind Time Official, have joined forces with Bay Area based record label, SMC Recordings. The first release from this dynamic partnership will be the continuation of Killer Mike’s critically acclaimed Pledge series and will be titled, I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind II, in stores July 8th. Killer Mike got his formal introduction when he first appeared on the Outkast single “The Whole…

BENEATH THE MASSACRE posts in-studio video, offers album update

Montreal’s BENEATH THE MASSACRE has posted the first in a series of in-studio videos featuring footage from Northern Studio in Quebec while the band was tracking material for its forthcoming album, ‘Dystopia,’ which is scheduled for an October release through Prosthetic Records. The clip can be seen here (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=37469005 and http://youtube.com/watch?v=ANNFAbeICtQ) and more clips should be expected shortly. Recorded again with Yannick St-Amand (Despised Icon, Ion Dissonance, Neuraxis) and featuring…

Eddie Vedder Embarks on Second Leg of Solo Tour

Eddie Vedder will embark on a month-long solo tour beginning August 1st in Boston and ending August 22nd in Chicago with select dates in Canada (full list of tour dates below). 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,…

All Time Low On Headlining Tour July 11-July 21

One of the year’s biggest success stories, Maryland’s All Time Low (www.myspace.com/alltimelow) has a busy summer ahead as the band embarks on a summer headline tour with special guests Hit The Lights, Valencia and There For Tomorrow, before heading out for the second half of the Vans Warped Tour on July 23. This will be followed by a stint on mtvU’s Video Music Awards Tour with Katy Perry and Boys…

Head Like A Kite Support “There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere”

Breaking down beats seems as natural to Head Like a Kite’s Dave Einmo as breaking down genre barriers. HLAK’s second full-length album, There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere, takes listeners on an aural road trip, mixing propelling hip hop drum beats with electronic Krautrock and indie pop peppered with field recordings captured while HLAK toured the United States. The result is a lush, party soundtrack with guests from Smoosh, The Long…

Black Ghosts Release S/T Debut on Iamsound 7/8

The past year has seen The Black Ghosts’ ethereal Electronic Soul building them a formidable reputation with the quiet confidence that befits the duo’s enigmatic style.  With the cold, steely riffs and floor-smashing beats of the much admired Theo Keating AKA Touché, ably augmented by erstwhile Simian vocalist Simon Lord, The Black Ghosts’ have begun to reveal their unique, electro-noir spirit through a brace of limited addition white-labels and their…

ATotal destruction by Raise Hell; Metal Mind Set to Re-release Raise Hell’s Discography

Sweden is often considered a cradle of European metal, housing hundreds of talented formations. Raise Hell could just as well be another Swedish metal band, if it wasn’t for one particular ability these guys have… it’s the ability to develop their own musical style into something entirely different than expected. For over ten years the group released four albums, each showcasing a brand new quality in metal music. Metal Mind…

Cavedoll’s No Vertigo, the latest of 10 releases due out in 2008 by this absurdly prolific group from Salt Lake City, Utah. NPR’s Second Stage featured the group’s song Decoder this month recognizing the bands ability to “serve up a hip-shaking burst of feel-good energy, inspired by ’80s synth pop, electronica and punk.” Hopefully this inspires you to dig Cavedoll’s No Vertigo out of the pile for a spin. SargeantJohn…

Hit The Lights Return With “Skip School, Start Fights” In Stores This Tuesday July 8th

Lima, Ohio pop punkers HIT THE LIGHTS will release their sophomore record Skip School, Start Fights July 8th on Triple Crown Records. Skip School, Start Fights is the follow up to 2006’s buzzworthy This Is A Stickup…Don’t Make It A Murder which put Hit The Lights on the map and saw them tour with New Found Glory, Paramore, Cute Is What We Aim For, Cartel and Boys Like Girls. The…