While I have heard of a number of different technology and art projects that were done in the Steampunk style, I don’t believe I had heard of a Steampunk band until I had a chance to hear Abney Park’s latest album, “Lost Horizons: The Continuing Adventures of Abney Parkâ€. The album starts out with “Airship Pirateâ€, a track that ties together Depeche Mode, Apocalyptica, and even Sisters of Mercy into…
Widely hailed by critics as one of the best albums in Carly Simon’s solo career, “This Kind Of Love†sold 23,000 copies across all outlets in the U.S. in its debut week, landing the record in the top 20 of Billboard’s Top 200 chart at number 15. The CD continues to gain momentum across multiple radio formats including the AC and AAA Tracks Chart, and Carly and band were featured…
Singer/songwriter Mike Doughty has released a music video for his second single “Fort Hood†from his album Golden Delicious, which was released on February 19 by ATO Records. Fort Hood is the base in Texas that’s lost the most people in Iraq and Afghanistan. This song is based on Mike’s past experiences and his thoughts on war. Please read more below for Mike’s process in writing this song and also…
Razorcake #15 ($3,PO Box 42129, Los Angeles, CA 90042) With each passing issue, I get more and more attached to Razorcake. Having the pleasure to review the last few issues of it, I feel that this is probably the most cohesive that I’ve seen the crew at Razorcake. This issue finds them at a juncture between politics and the personal flair that they bring to each issue. The increased amount…
This re-release of Dennis Wilson’s “Pacific Ocean Blue†marks the 30th anniversary since the album was originally released, but does not just stop with placement of the original album on CD. Rather, the Legacy Edition has a number of additions and bonus features that very few, if any Beach Boys and Dennis Wilson fans were previously familiar with. The first disc features the album as it was originally released, from…
There has been a lot of interest in Joy Division, with two different films being released at about the same time – Joy Division and Control. This documentary provides individuals with the band’s unique history through first-hand interviews with the living band members, and their transformation later into one of dance’s most well known acts in New Order. The film itself is a little over an hour and a half,…
Check out Aaron in this weeks LA Weekly “People Issue” http://www.laweekly.com/special/la-people-2008/aaron-espinoza/18902/ If you missed any of their rousing performances of new material at SXSW, here’s another opportunity to check out Earlimart. TV continues to LOVE Earlimart playing their songs over and over. Listen for Music on Kyle XY, One Tree Hill and the Bionic Woman.
The List has a number of stars from a number of levels of notoriety; Chuck Carrington (JAG), Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, Star Trek: Generations), and Hilarie Burton (One Tree Hill) all lend their talents to this adaptation of a similarly titled book by Robert Whitlow (Deeper Water, The Sacrifice). The film centers around Renny Jacobson (played by Carrington) who is returning back to eir family’s house for eir father’s…
It’s rare that we get to promote seasoned musicians who have a pristine, new project. Thus is the case with The Revisionists – a Los Angeles headquartered trio that is a mix of pop and Hollywood’s past and present. Sam Jones, acclaimed director of the Wilco Documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, found himself in a glorious accident with two of his friends with which he’d never formed…
“Glistening Pleasure” (out July 15th on Team Swan Records). A most excellent choice for a band name, the music itself will probably exceed your expectations. Last year, the band was handpicked by Brazilian group Cansei de Ser Sexei to open for their Seattle show, and the local scene fell head over heels for these heroes.
 Razorcake #14 ($3, PO Box 42129, LA, CA 90042) A strong 108 pages this time, Razorcake ratchets up the entertainment value with continued excellence with Nardwuar reviewing Elijah Wood, revealing the secret that Wood was the kid in Back to the Future II that could not operate the nintendo machine. Norb’s piece about the fifty hottest rock and roll chicks is useful for a few minor bits of humor,…
David Ford is a force. He’s a substantive songwriter with an impressive command of the loop machine that allows him to build a song as he works through it to the point where you close your eyes and you’d swear this was not a solo act. On today’s installment of Sun Studio Sessions, Ford crushes “State of the Union.” Check it out! Link: http://blip.tv/file/911048
Mercury Nashville’s super duo Sugarland will release their third studio album entitled, LOVE ON THE INSIDE, July 22. Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush co-wrote all 13 tracks and have teamed up with Byron Gallimore again to produce.
Players of Kung Fu Panda are looking to become the Dragon Warrior and vanquish Po’s immortal foe, Tai Lung, and have to do so through becoming familiar with Po’s style, along with different moves from Crane, Mantis, Monkey, Tigress, and Viper.
Activision has done a great job in bringing the Wii’s unique control in line, ensuring that individuals will have to go and flail the Wii controller around to conduct any type of attack. Fortunately for these players, the control scheme is such that attacks are very intuitive and in many cases mirror exactly what the character will do on the screen. Activision has honed the scheme thus down to a…
The battle call has been raised! With their unstoppable new album Hammer Battalion, Sweden’s mighty Unleashed have forged the blood and spirit of their Viking ancestry into a modern weapon of Death Metal mastery. A true rallying cry for the dedicated metalhead legions around the globe, Unleashed has done what previously seemed impossible: raising the intensity level without losing their trademark skill of melding uncompromising brutality with extreme listenability. Experience…
It much the same way that the TNA Lockdown DVD was the first time that we had a chance to review something from TNA, ER: The Complete Ninth Season is the first shot that we at NeuFutur have had at reviewing something from Warner Home Video. This box set covers the episodes that were aired in the 2002-2003 season, and are 22 in number. Individuals would do well to have…
TNA Lockdown 2008 / 2008 Navarre | TNA Wrestling / 210 Minutes / http://www.tnawrestling.com / This DVD marks the first time that we here at NeuFutur covered an TNA (Total Nonstop Wreslting) event, and it also marks the first time that we have reviewed a DVD from each of the three major promotions in the United States (TNA, WWE, and ROH). The events on this DVD were originally broadcast on…
Kicking off Earsplit’s cooperation with Italy’s Supernatural Cat Records, the label formed by the amazing, worldwide-known poster art collective known as Malleus. The first release of this new alliance will be Ufomammut’s phenomenal new full-length Idolum, available now for coverage. The band will be traveling to the US for a full tour later this year in support of the album, and will also be joined by the Malleus collective on this trip; more info will follow shortly.…
$3/ No Trade / Full Size / 100 Pages/ http://www.razorcake.com / sean@razorcake.com Razorcake, PO Box 42129, Los Angeles, CA 90042 Razorcake #11 – For a zine that seems to be one that fits into the Maximumrocknroll/Flipside mold, Razorcake has content that will let you read and read without getting tired. The material in the magazine has so much more personality and flavor than any of the other major zines, with…