Pee Zine #19– One of the large zines from Australia. This magazine is at the state of success due to the amazing writing and content contained within. This issue, from about six months, was able to catch Jimmy Eat World in an interview just before they totally came onto the mTV scene. Other pieces, with such established acts as dynamite boy, millencolin, and whippersnapper, all let the magazine progress with…
The premiere of the new album by Believe is just around the corner. The band’s second full-length album entitled “Yesterday Is A Friend†will be released by Metal Mind Productions on 19th May 2008 in Europe and 8th July 2008 in USA (via MVD). Just to give you a foretaste of the new material, Believe posted on their official Myspace site www.myspace.com/believeartrock excerpts of two songs: “Tumor†and “You And…
Moneen – It All Started With A Red Stripe / 2008 Vagrant / http://www.moneen.com / http://www.vagrant.com / Moneen said it all started with a red stripe. I have to disagree; it all started with a gray stripe (“Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now†was their first (and best) album). However, what did start with a red stripe was Moneen’s rapid rise to fame, and this documentary…
Nashville, TN, U.S.A. – MTV Networks’ LOGO Channel just announced their nominees for the 1st Annual NewNowNext Awards, which will air Saturday, June 7th at 9pm.  Ari Gold has been nominated for a ‘Because You Deserve An Award’ Award alongside fellow nominees Magaret Cho, Gossip Girl and more.  The NewNowNext Awards will be hosted by Candis Cayne and will feature many special guests and performers including Janet Jackson. You may…
Since releasing her first record in 2002 (Waking Hour, Virt Records), Vienna has toured much of the world as both a solo headliner and sharing the stage with the likes of Joan Baez, Duncan Sheik and Shawn Colvin. Beyond concert halls, Vienna has peformed on David Letterman, NPR, the CBS Early Show and many others. In 2006, Vienna signed with Zoe/Rounder Records and released Dreaming Through The Noise. Produced by…
On the 16th June 2008 Metal Mind Productions will release a new live DVD by Flotsam And Jetsam. The material entitled “Once in a Deathtime†features an extremely intense show the band gave at the Metalmania Festival 2008, offering metalheads everything Flotsam and Jetsam came to be respected for: brutal non-conformist sound, a slaughter of powerful, furious and perfectly executed thrash riffs, as well as excellent song-writing. With a great…
¼ Sized – 44 Total Pages. This is an excellent perzine that focuses in on a number of journal entries about this college-aged chica, Marcy Pieces. As well as being an excellent person to talk to, she writes an excellent narrative zine through her journal entries, detailing her love life in an excellent typewriter and c&p zine. The sheer amount of emotion showcased in this zine is enough to fill…
Expo of cutting-edge music and fashion features the debut of the Hiero Jeans clothing line In celebration of its 10th anniversary as an independent label and hip-hop collective, Hiero Imperium announced details for a massive North American tour that will span from mid-summer into fall, joining with Blue Scholars who have been lighting up the underground coming out of Seattle. As creators of classic music and trailblazers in the entertainment…
Doodlebops Live in Concert / 2008 Lionsgate / 75 Minutes / http://www.lionsgate.com / Despite the fact that this performance is less than an hour long, Doodlebops Live in Concert fits in 25 different performances into that time. With a price that is well below that of a normal DVD, parents should feel that this is a solid buy for their child. Factor in the fact that this DVD comes with…
Bella / 2008 Lionsgate / 91 Minutes / http://www.bellathemovie.com / http://www.lionsgate.com / Alejandro Gomez Monteverde introduced individuals to eir innovative style of film direction, and individuals have continually said that eir style is stellar; Bella was a winner of MovieGuide’s Best Picture, the Heartland Film Festival’s Grand Prize Award and was selected for the film festival at Austin’s own SXSW. The film features the story of a star soccer player…
Summertime Fun! / 2008 Fox / 57 Minutes / http://www.hitentertainment.com / I know that individuals like getting entire series of shows and typically look down when there are compilations of shows present on a DVD, but I really like what Hit Entertainment and Fox have done on Summertime Fun!. This is due to the fact that this DVD features five different shows – Barney, Angelina Ballerina, Bob The Builder, Thomas…
The Dandy Warhols are back and ushering in a rockin’ return to form with EARTH TO THE DANDY WARHOLS, the band’s debut album as masters of their own destiny. Pulling together the diverse sounds and influences that have always characterized their music, it’s quintessential Dandys, and it’s set to be self-released this summer via the Dandys’ newly minted Beat The World Records. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is…
David Gilmour has announced the release of Live In GdaÅ„sk in September, 2008 on Columbia Records. The album was recorded during the last concert of Gilmour‘s 2006 summer tour, which was held in front of 50,000 people at the shipyards in GdaÅ„sk, Poland. The concert was the only occasion on which Gilmour performed the tour material with an orchestra, using the 40-strong string section of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra,…
Paranoia #3 – All that I really need to say about this zine is that there is literally enough information crammed in this zine to provide a week’s worth of reading. With that, there are some problems with this zine, including the incredibly long interviews that Rachel sticks in, as well as the seemingly random pieces that are abound in this zine. Perhaps if some of those weak pieces were…
Wind-up Records, a subsidiary of Wind-up Entertainment, New York, has entered into an innovative, strategic partnership with Porter-Gentry Productions, a Nashville-based artist development company, to introduce Wind-up’s flagship country recording artist, Eric Durrance. 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…
With no distortion or digital effects tainting their sound, the dreamscapes project delivers music with nothing to hide. Raw and bare, the group brings a simple and honest sound to the table with an acoustic guitar, bass, two percussionists, and shimmering cello accompaniment. 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…
For those individuals that need to change currency into a number of different ways, including to sell e-gold for wmz. The web site has a very intuitive design that will ensure that individuals will be able to do whatever they would like, without getting lost in a number of pages or different functions. If you want to get wmz, then go to this site. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as…
Colorado’s own Rose Hill Drive announce co-headlining dates with The Whigs in June Rose Hill Drive sophomore release “Moon Is the New Earth” from Megaforce on 6.24 This Thursday with Tab the Band at Mercury Lounge. This is one LIVE show not to be missed. 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,…
Ex Reverie – The Door Into Summer / 2008 Language of Stone / 9 Tracks / http://www.exreverie.com / Gillian Chadwick is one of the key forces behind Ex Reverie. Chadwick was originally in Woodwose, and makes strides here to craft a fully unique sound. This means that tracks like “Clouds or Smoke†have a dissonant sound present, even as the different elements of the band create a harmony that weaves…
Mia Doi Todd – Gia / 2008 City Zen / 10 Tracks / http://www.miadoitodd.com / Mia Doi Todd has just passed eir first decade in the music industry. This is because eir first album, “the ewe and the eyeâ€, was first released in 1997. Todd has been prolific in the years that have followed. 1999 saw “come out of your mineâ€, 2001 saw “zerooneâ€, 2002 saw “The Golden Stateâ€; individuals…