“Sunderland’s post-punks: now better than ever†**** – Q MAGAZINE This Is Not The World (or as we know it now) might be the The Futureheads message to us all during these uncertain times in the business. No longer are bands and management willing to wait around for labels to bite and provide the support to get the music out there to the fans and across the globe; it now…
DVDs Arrive/Arrived June 3rd And June 17th, Respectively, As Part Of The Miriam Collection From The Weinstein Company And Genius Products SANTA MONICA, CA – Zeroing in on one of the first bands to go beyond punk music with its dark and gloomy sound, the award winning biopic CONTROL and documentary JOY DIVISION rock onto DVD June 3rd and June 17th, respectively, from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company under…
The time for Soccer MomÂ’s gone Drug DealerÂ’s has returned to TV! With season 4 of Weeds gearing to premiere in a few weeks, the kind folks at Showtime & Lionsgate Records have decided include the Page France track, Chariot on the soundtrack for Season 3, which comes out on June 3 via Lionsgate Records. Now you can revisit your favorite tunes from last season all in the comforts of…
JVC Mobile Entertainment (www.mobile.jvc.com), a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated mobile, audio, and video products, announces their 2008 “TURN ME ON” campaign to promote the El Kameleon-KD-AVX44 DVD/CD in-dash receiver. The campaign will feature an online viral video, billboard in Times Square, print ads, online banner ads, and a summer tour partnership with Crüe Fest.
Raw / Half / 18 Pages / Half Size / $1 / Vermicious Knid / Lupine Ladies Press, PO Box 543, Accokeek MD 20607. This is another zine done by Vermicious Knid, where ey talks about a very personal experience in being raped; the writing, not quite prose nor poetry, really embodies the disconnected, disjointed thought ey has on the matter. The title of the zine really just does more…
Fern Knight is the eponymous third full-length release from this fixture on North Philadelphia’s internationally renowned musical community. As the primary cover for Margaret Wienk’s singing and songwriting, this record fully unleashes her style of melding acoustic and electronic sounds, her careful orchestration alongside the improvisational strengths of the quartet, well-placed strings and crystalline vocals. Displaying her classical roots and psychedelic leanings,Fern Knight is now released into the world by…
The Cure are getting a ton of buzz for the two singles that they have released off of their latest, as of yet untitled, double-disc. “The Only One†was the first track, and “Freakshow†is the second. The Cure have come out with a very different sound than they have in the last few years, tying together the punk style that they first started off with in the late seventies…
We here at NeuFutur have not had the chance to review much in the way of racing games, but jumped at the chance to review NASCAR 09 for the Xbox 360. For those individuals that aren’t familiar with the series, NASCAR 09 marks the tenth installment of the game, and was released on the Playstation 2, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360. What players immediate will see with the game is…
LOL (DS) / 2008 Agetec / http://www.agetec.com / As the front of the game’s box plainly shows, this is a pure multi-player game only. It originally took Japan by storm last year, and made its American debut late last month (May, 2008). If you don’t have any friends (or any friends that own a Nintendo DS), find a way to go and search out people that have a Nintendo DS…
I really think that the horror films that are picked up by Lionsgate surpass those coming out of any other company in this day and age. Face it, movies in the horror genre are largely gash, and they rehash old stories and plots without getting individuals properly engrossed into the film. Stephen Goetsch is still relatively new in the field of directly, having been linked to Scar (2005) as a…
This summer public television stations nationwide will launch the definitive series on the perennial human longing: “What Does It All Mean?†Robert Lawrence Kuhn, executive producer and series creator, has put together a spellbinding 39-episode foray into the meaning of the universe and human awareness. The visually stunning HD experience focuses 13 compelling episodes on each of three vast and interconnected fields: “Cosmos,†“Consciousness,†and “God.†Each episode guides viewers…
Caramel has a similar style to Barbershop, and before I get deluged with a number of angry individuals on both sides of the aisle, let me explain why. In both cases, the movie focuses in one a place of meeting where something aesthetically-related is being done. In both, there are different generations of individuals that discuss and talk, with the older generations providing information and knowledge to the younger generations.…
Features behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Red Carpet Massacre + Justin Timberlake and Timbaland in the studio Duran Duran has created an exclusive video podcast series that gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the band’s latest album Red Carpet Massacre, as well as a glimpse of the creative process surrounding the video “Falling Down.” In-studio footage with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland launches this week and will…
One of the most moving and politically charged writers, Michael Franti and his band Spearhead, return with their eagerly-awaited album, All Rebel Rockers, on September 9, via Anti-Records. Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, with reggae’s most prolific production teams, Sly & Robbie (No Doubt, Alicia Keys, Sean Paul, Bob Dylan), this new release deviates from Franti’s previous sound and comprises a hybrid dub-infused soul flavor with some hard-hitting dub rock production.…
Rated Rookie (Vol.2, #4, 562 Park Place, #3, Brooklyn, NY 11238) Can you say white space? I’m sure you all can, and I especially know that the editors of Rated Rookie are very familiar with the concept. Where many zines will stick background images or textures to break up the tedium of the whiteness, Rated Rookie is bold in the sense that they don’t let anything besides very-sharp pictures detract…
Great American Country’s (GAC) “Master Series” has joined forces with multi-Grammy winning country and pop music artist, Ronnie Milsap for his 2008 “#1 Hits Tour,” booked exclusively by Buddy Lee Attractions.
With the impending release of his 9th solo album REAL ANIMAL, Alejandro Escovedo will hit the road as the opening act for the Dave Matthews Band beginning June 9th (see dates below). Alejandro will perform with his full band which consists of:Â David Pulkingham (guitar), Josh Gravelin (bass), Hector Munoz (drums), Susan Voelz (violin) and Brian Standefer (cello).
3 Doors Down announced today their plans for a full headline summer tour in celebration of the upcoming self-titled Universal Republic Records release, 3 Doors Down, to be made available everywhere on May 20th. 3 Doors Down promises the shows will be one of the summer concert season’s more rocking bills, tearing it up live across the US with two of the most invincible road warrior bands, Boston-based Staind and…
San Diego, CA’s Mower have entered a Los Angeles, CA recording studio with producer Eddie Wohl (Anthrax, Ill Nino, 36 Crazyfists, Dry Kill Logic). The album will be a split effort with six brand new Mower songs and six songs from the group’s jazz alter ego Slower. Slower is comprised of the Mower band members performing jazz and lounge versions of Mower songs.
Random Life in Progress #2 / :25 / 40M / $1 or trade / Alicia Dorr, 3729 N. Halsted, Apt. 3N, Chicago, IL 60613 / randomlifeinprogress@hotmail.com / Able to put eir’s own personal bubbliness into each piece in Random Life in Progress, Alicia creates for eir’s readers an incredibly compelling zine. Starting out a piece with a comparison about how “Middle Eastern people are as crazy as…usâ€, Alicia quickly moved…