Author: Sargeant

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

Debut on Language of Stone from NYC’s Silver Summit – a collision of heaven and earth

Much like the mystical illustration found on their self-titled debut album, Silver Summit is a collision of heaven and earth, fire and water; both bewitching and beautiful. The Brooklyn-based group is a song-writing partnership between longtime friends and multi-instrumentalists, Sondra Sun-Odeon and David Shawn Bosler. Their captivating entrance appears late this Summer on Language of Stone, a new imprint of heralded indie label Drag City. Working with noted engineer-producer and…

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

Brian Wilson Returns to Capitol Records / EMI, His Original Label Home

NEW STUDIO ALBUM, ‘THAT LUCKY OLD SUN,’ TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2 ON CD, DELUXE CD/DVD, LIMITED EDITION VINYL & DIGITALLY ‘You don’t have to climb the Capitol tower, or play the Hollywood Bowl, if there’s a roll in your heart, and a rock in your soul…’ (lyrics from That Lucky Old Sun’s ‘California Role’) He is one of popular music’s most deeply revered figures, a legendary writer, producer, arranger…

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

Lex Land – Orange Days On Lemon Street (CD)

There are two distinct styles that are struggling for dominance during the early reaches of “Orange Days On Lemon Street”. There is a folk sound that reaches out to fans of Vetiver and Devendra Banhart, but there is a decidedly pop influence here that plays on female artists that range from Natalie Imbruglia to Alanis Morrisette and Tori Amos, even touching a little on Amy Winehouse before the track ends.…

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

Jumper (DVD)

For fans of the theatrical release or the original book (by Steven Gould), the special edition of Jumper focuses on David Rice (Hayden Christensen), a Jumper. Jumpers are individuals that are able to teleport themselves wherever they would like. Having this ability, David is able to have a pretty fulfilling life, really living easily through eir early years. However, things take a turn for the worse when Rice realizes that…

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

City Slickers Collector’s Edition (DVD)

Fox has decided to go forth and drastically change up their DVD presentation of City Slickers. What results is the “City Slickers Collector’s Edition”, which provides individuals with the end-all, be-all of matters concerning City Slickers. For those readers that do not remember or did not watch the film when it first came out or when it was first issued on DVD (2002), City Slickers deals with Mitch (Billy Crystal)…

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Posted on: June 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Aimee Mann Tours In Support of Eir @#%&! Smilers, Released 6/3

Aimee Mann has many exciting things going on surrounding the release of her 7th solo release, @#%&! Smilers. She has teamed up with visual artist Gary Taxali for the artwork on the album, which will be released on June 3, 2008 on her own SuperEgo Records. More information about this in addition to Mann’s newly confirmed US tour dates listed below!

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Posted on: June 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Team Clermont Artist Of The Week: The Lodger!

Resurgent indie-pop label Slumberland Records (Velocity Girl, The Swirlies, Hood, and many, many more) is pleased to bring Leeds pop dynamos The Lodger‘s highly anticipated second album, Life Is Sweet, to American fans of ringing, catchy English pop.  Drawing on influences like the Go-Betweens and Orange Juice, Life Is Sweet (driven by amazing first single “The Good Old Days”) saw release this May!

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Posted on: June 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Step Into Liquid (Blu-Ray)

Where Cloverfield was really the first time that we here at NeuFutur had a chance to review a Blu-Ray release, Lionsgate’s releasing of Step Into Liquid marks the first time that we have received an older film that has been brought to Blu-Ray. This 2003 film (done by Dana Brown, of The Endless Summer Revisited, Dust to Glory, and Highwater) shows a variety of surfers, exotic locals, and tries to…

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Posted on: June 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Mad Men – Season One (DVD Set)

Matthew Weiner (who may be known most for eir work on The Sopranos) is the creator of Mad Men, an AMC-ran show that is set in 1960’s New York, and features the tensions, dizzying heights and perilous lows associated with the advertising scene in that period. The DVD box set (also available in Blu-Ray) showcases the first season of the show, capturing all 13 episodes of the first season. The…

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Posted on: June 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Meho Plaza Self-Titled Album To Be Released On Better Looking Records

“Go ahead and add noisy, frenetic, underground-rock bands to the list of things that define Los Angeles…With its self-titled full-length, Meho Plaza seems set to take its place next to No Age and HEALTH in a lineage that stretches back to older touchstones like the Minutemen and Fear.” – Prefix Magazine

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Posted on: June 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Rebel In Magenta #14

Rebel In Magenta #14 / Half Sized / 24 Pages / Trade/ $1 / rebelgirl89@hotmail.com / http://www.gurlpages.com/poppie-love / Melanie, 6270 St Rt 113 , Bellevue, OH 44811 This zine is almost completely laid out with computer-based programs (Word, etc), and it walks the thin line between cleanliness and needless sterility. Melanie goes and puts the text all out and does not allow for the variable handwritten text. This issue of…

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Posted on: June 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

We Are Scientists: American U.S. America Tour

Having racked up a UK top 15 hit with first single After Hours and having sent the album that birthed it, Brain Thrust Mastery, to #11 on the album charts (a position the band like to refer to as “the pole position” owing to “the shape of the numbers”), We Are Scientists were ready to hang up their hats, telling anyone in earshot that they were now “officially bigger than…

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Posted on: June 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Between The Trees – The Story and The Song (CD)

Between The Trees has been around since 2005, and despite their relatively new founding, each of the tracks during “The Story and The Song” showcase a maturity that few acts are able to bring forth to their music. The act smartly links together the electronic-pop of acts like The Red Hot Valentines with current emo acts like Coheed and Cambria and A Static Lullaby. “The Forward” is the first track…

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Posted on: June 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Jealous Girlfriends Celebrate Their Self Titled Debut With Three New York City Shows

The Tripwire: “The Jealous Girlfriends are a Brooklyn quartet that sounds like Mazzy Star seducing the New Pornographers. It’s a mix of longing shoegaze and perfect pop, creating a lush and wonderful pallet of wonderful complimentary sounds…Summertime in the sun belongs to the Beach Boys, but when the sun goes down evenings in the summer now belong to The Jealous Girlfriends.”  http://www.thetripwire.com/reviews/2008/3/4/the-jealous-girlfriends

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Posted on: June 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Burn Notice – Season One (DVD Set)

I love when shows have a tremendously short time from when the last episode of a specific season aired and the DVD set of that season was released. In this case, the last episode of the first season of Burn Notice aired on September 20th, and the box set was released on June 17th. Furthermore, the release of this boxed set ties in well with the release of the first…

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Posted on: June 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Early Edition – The First Season (DVD Set)

I know that there were a lot of fans of Early Edition, but I had no idea that there were 4 seasons and 90 episodes made of the show. This DVD set features 23 episodes that comprise the entirety of the first season of the show, educating viewers about Gary Hobson’s (played by Kyle Chandler) life. The premise of the show is that Hobson is a stockbroker that begins to…

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Posted on: June 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bajofondo Set To Release “Mar Dulce” 7/15

Decca and Surco Records are proud to announce the July 15, 2008 release of “Mar Dulce” (Sweet Sea) from Bajofondo, the Argentine-Uruguayan collective led by the two-time Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning composer of Brokeback Mountain and Babel, Gustavo Santaolalla. Bajofondo’s previous self-titled release sold over 300,00 copies and was awarded the Latin Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental in 2003.

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Posted on: June 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

As The Years Go By And The Rhymes Stay Fly… Today’s Hottest Talents Blast Classic Rap Into The Future!

Go back to the future with Delicious Vinyl RMXXOLOGY, an all-new, 15-track album featuring classic tracks by Young MC, The Pharcyde, Masta Ace, The Brand New Heavies, and Fatlip re-imagined by artists including Peaches, Hot Chip, and Eminem. The first two singles from the album are already embedded in the hearts and minds of DJs and party people worldwide: pioneering electro goddess Peaches’ sizzling update of Tone Loc’s immortal “Wild…

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Posted on: June 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Read #23

Read #23 / $3 / Full-Sized / 100 Pages / POB 3437, Astoria, NY 11103 / readmagazine@aol.com / http://www.readmag.com /  Another great issue. That is all I should say about it. With high points coming with two of the members of Reno 911 as well as an off-kilter interview with Lagwagon (ending with “Why did you interview me? Do you even like any of my bands.”), Read continues the high…

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