Michael Einziger, guitarist from the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum rock band Incubus enters a new realm with the debut of his first original orchestral composition, “End.>vacuum,†at UCLA’s famed Royce Hall on August 23.
As previously announced, Metal Mind Productions will release the first DVD of the outstanding art-rock act Believe. The band, formed by the guitarist Mirek Gil (the former leader and composer of Polish prog-rock legend Collage), recently released their second studio album “Yesterday Is A Friend†(May 2008) which is receiving fantastic reviews in worldwide media. For example, the influential progressive website Progarchives.com wrote: “Believe have succeed in blending together strong…
Boulder power trio Rose Hill Drive are back for a second time around with their new studio album Moon Is the New Earth! The 12-song stunner was written, recorded, produced and mixed by Rose Hill Drive—the boys got their hands all over this one! Rose Hill Drive will do a sting of co-headlining dates with The Whigs all across the South and Mid-West in July.
Ride On #7 / $2 / 64 Pages / Half-Sized / jimstraub@riseup.net / 2112 Rose Ave, Richmond VA 23222 / A personal zine that actually has some ties to the outside world, Ride On discusses three main points in Jim’s life, whether it be in high school, Mexico, or Richmond. Jim goes into detail about eir’s surroundings, being informative as well as emotive. Covering topics as wide as the history…
Tu Fawning is the new project of Joe Haege and Corrina Repp. Both Haege and Repp have been playing in Portland and abroad for many years now. However, a mutual desire to achieve something outside the bounds of their other projects, 31knots (Haege) and Corrina Repp (Repp), lead both of them to begin collaboration on each other’s albums last year. One look at the liner notes finds Haege all over…
Progressive rock band Osada Vida returns with a follow-up to the highly acclaimed album „Three Seats Behind A Triangleâ€. New material entitled “The Body Parts Party” is a concept album which describes people’s feelings and emotions – the negative as well as the positive ones. It’s also about thoughts and reflections on a human’s ordinary day-to-day existence. All this is symbolized and described by means of different body parts and…
Janet Jackson, who has undeniably influenced pop culture with over a 100 million album sold, countless hit singles, awards and accolades, announced the launch of her Rock Witchu tour on the Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday. This is Jackson’s first tour in over seven years and is expected to feature the hit songs and innovative dance routines that have made her one of the most celebrated artists in history.
“Terminate on Sight†was produced by 50 Cent, and one would be pretty dense if they did not hear eir distinct style permeating every pore of this album. The disc starts out with “Straight Outta Southsideâ€, and as one can expect, the track pays homage to the N.W.A. classic “Straight Outta Comptonâ€. The track would be better if it did not follow forth from one of the best rap songs…
Vantage Point is an odd type of whodunit. The movie starts off with a shooting – at a televised event, the President of the United States is shot by an assassin’s bullet at a counter-terrorism conference. Eight different individuals have a clear view of what they feel to be the truth about the assassin, but their stories are all different. What viewers will begin to understand is that no one…
Night Ranger has always seemed to be a band that never got to that highest level of popularity, despite having such hair metal classics as “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me†and “Sister Christianâ€. “Hole In The Sun†showcases the band’s ability to create good hard rock. This is first evidenced during the introductory track to “Hole In The Sunâ€, “Tell Your Visionâ€. The grit and grind that is present…
I think, out of all the flavored alcohols that we have had a chance to drink, that Cruzan Guava Rum is the only one that has a fruit flavor with which I’ve not previously had the fruit of. Regardless, the Guava Rum is by far the best flavored high-alcoholic product that we have had the chance to review. Where the previous flavored rums that we have reviewed – the Black…
I know as a child, I loved anything to do with black cherry. The one bad thing was that pretty much any company that did black cherry soda were those at the discount grocery store; there was not a high class brand of black cherry soda to be had. I feel that a number of individuals in the United States felt the same way, and that the black cherry taste…
While there have been a number of different flavored alcohols that have pervaded the markets in the last few years, a key problem that has surrounded all of them has been a strong fake flavor of whatever type of fruit that the alcohol is supposed to have included. Thus, an orange flavoring would put the alcoholic drink perilously close to a cough syrup type of flavor. However, the latest offerings…
Set at $34.99 for a 750ml bottle (a 1.75 L bottle is available as well), Cruzan Single Barrel Estate Rum would normally be a little out of our price range. However, we were provided with a sample of the rum, and after getting a number of opinions and thought about the overall taste, mouthfeel, and bouquet, we here at NeuFutur felt that an individual that actually purchased a bottle of…
Metal Mind Productions presents the first official release of Pyorrhoea‘s second full-length album. Rhythmical intensity mixed with massive guitar riffing and powerful growling! “The Eleventh: Thou Shalt Be My Slave” surely will not disappoint any extreme death grind maniac. The band was founded in the middle of 2001 by two friends: Cyprian and Andy Blakk. After a couple of months, Daray and Analripper joined the band. In June 2002, Pyorrhoea…
When we think of the term Pop Music there are two distinct thoughts that come to our minds, it makes you want to dance (and is a guilty pleasure that lives in your iPod) or it has a powerful meaning that tends to live and radiate with us for the majority of our lives. Is it possible to saddle these two different trains of thought and marry the two into…
Rick Of Ages #1 / 12 Pages / Free / Rick, 2158 Jacocks Ln., Fort Worth TX 76115 / Released March 2003 / Well, in my short time reviewing comics, I’ve gotten a lot of shit and a very few decent comics. Even though Rick would like you to think that this is the worst comic you’ve ever read, I really have to say that this comic isn’t half-bad. Imagine…
Adam Levy is best known for his tenure as the featured guitarist in Norah Jones’ Handsome Band. He played on Norah’s Come Away with Me, Feels Like Home, and her latest disc Not Too Late. Adam also wrote “In the Morning” from Feels Like Home. Adam has accompanied onstage and/or in the studio various musical luminaries like Rosanne Cash, Amos Lee, M. Ward, and Tracy Chapman.
While there are a number of police drama shows that are on the air in the United States at this current moment, I feel that there just is not a better one to be found than The Closer. The amount of viewersd on any given week further gives that claim credence: the episodes from this season were the highest rated of any other ad-supported, fictional show of all time. Kyra…