The Brian Jonestown Massacre – My Bloody Underground / 2008 A Records / 14 Tracks / http://www.brianjonestownmassacre.com / Before receiving “My Bloody Undergroundâ€, I had heard a lot about The Brian Jonestown Massacre but I had not had the chance to familiarize myself with their sound. The act has been around since the early 1990s, and their first album, Methodrone, set the band onto a run that (as of this…
Your Vegas – A Town And Two Cities / 2008 Universal Republic / 10 Tracks / http://www.yourvegasmusic.com / Your Vegas came to their current lineup with Mark Heaton in 2004, and released two singles – a self-titled song and “Flybuzzâ€. While the band had broke it big in their home country of England, they did not attract the attention of the American music market until 2006, when Universal Republic signed…
There are a number of places where individuals can get paid for their blogging. However, a number of those web sites simply don’t pan out when it comes down to it. There is one site – blogpayz.com – that provides individuals with the opportunities that will create contacts as well as give individuals the money needed to keep their web sites going and their staff members paid. It is true…
Following a two year absence since their last long-player, Vetiver return with a new album, Thing Of The Past. A set of cover versions of songs by some of band-leader Andy Cabic’s favourite artists, the album offers a joyful and intriguing insight into some of the music that has inspired and informed the band, whilst remaking the songs very much in their own image and existing as a stunning and…
Obscurity Unlimited #17 I got this magazine because my #7 was reviewed in it. Still, I don’t know how the editors of this magazine got this issue. Nevertheless, this magazine does wonders for the small press person, including a great number of helpful reviews, interviews with fellow small press creators, and even goes as far to go and include listings of the various small press syndicates. The magazine has been…
The new full-length album from Los Angeles indie rock quintet You Me & Iowa is now available online; released digitally at iTunes, Amazon, and all major online distributors as well as physically through the band’s official site & Myspace. The Adventures Of You Me & Iowa is the band’s sophomore release and features the tracks ‘Dress The Stage’ and ‘Tommy Hall’ which have been in rotation at Indie 103.1 in…
I know that I am currently on GoDaddy, but before I was on GoDaddy, I was looking through a number of hosting companies in the hope that I would find the perfect one for me. Unfortunately, I had no clue that Web Hosting Reviews were present on the web. Whether individuals are looking for a Hostgator Review or a Startlogic Review, top14webhosts.com has what individuals are looking for. Beyond that,…
On “Take Control,” Fat Ray & Black Milk do what they do best: create catchy, well-written hip-hop that is cerebral and yet still rattles your trunk. Fat and Black take one turn each to lay down verses that illustrate the essence of their being; they’re committed to taking control of every facet of their music, from the business to the creative. First Black Milk spits, “From the rhymes to the…
A free .mp3 download of a live version of The Kooks‘ new single, “Always Where I Need to Be” at London’s Astoria is available
Rev Theory is revving up to release Light It Up on June 10th. The Brian Howes (Hinder, Puddle of Mudd) and Josh Abraham (Velvet Revolver, Korn) produced album features the raucous single “Hell Yeah” and Wrestle Mania XXIV theme song “Light it Up.”
The Last Detective, Series 4 / 2008 Acorn Media / 342 Minutes / http://www.acornmedia.com / The Last Detective originally started as a mystery/drama show on ITV, before being shown at different times on different channels in different countries. The series is centered around Constable “Dangerous Daviesâ€, and takes a great deal of influence from the similarly named set of novels by Leslie Thomas. Peter Davison (fifth Doctor Who, All Creatures…
Tommy Emmanuel – Center Stage / 2008 Favored Nations / 24 Tracks / http://www.tommyemmanuel.com / Tommy is from Australia. Furthermore, ey is a two-time Grammy nominee. “Center Stage†is a live album, and was recorded at the Sierra Nevada Brewery (Chico, CA). While individuals may not be familiar with the solo recordings of an Emmanuel, ey cut eir teeth in the John Farnham band. If one can remember back to…
Hilary McRae – Through These Walls / 2008 Concord / 12 Tracks / http://www.hilarymcrae.com / “Through These Walls†starts off with “Every Day (When Will You Be Mine)â€, a track that has a timeless nature to it. That means that the brass that backs up the vocals and the rest of the normal instrumentation (drums) provides hints of the seventies, while McRae’s vocals on this track are very current and…
Obscene Emission #2 / $? / :45 / 64M / 109 Arnold Avenue, Cranston, Rhode Island 02905 / This is the first crust-punk zine that I can honestly say I’ve had the pleasure to read. As I should have guessed, there is not much in the way of white space in this issue, with inverted-color paragraphs (black backdrop with white text), and surprisingly, the quality of writing in this issue…
Massachusetts’ THE ACACIA STRAIN have confirmed a return trip to Europe with support from Annotations of An Autopsy and Knights of the Abyss, including a show with Converge, Inegrity and Coliseum in Germany. Heading across the pond in July and August, this marks the band’s first return after offering direct support to Hatebreed in April of 2007 and first set of tour dates after THE ACACIA STRAIN’s plans to headlining…
NPR “The Felice Brothers: ‘Young, Broke, and American’ – They are so much the real deal.” The LA Times “More than delivered on that initial promise…. always ragged but right, it was the way this sort of thing is meant to be, though all-too-rarely actually is.”
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 3 / 2008 Paramount / 660 Minutes / http://www.paramount.com / With the new Indiana Jones movie coming out very soon, it makes tremendously good business set to release the final installment of the “The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones†box sets. What individuals may not know that, while this boxed set closes out the episodes that were actually aired, that George Lucas had…
I know that we here at NeuFutur talk about www.lifelock.com a decent amount, but I just love the fact that their advertising has an individual putting out their social security number (SSN) for everyone to see. I’m so sick of individuals thinking that their SSN is a magical tool where individuals can just immediately take away their livelihood. I mean, they could conceivably do that, but it would be a…
I’d like to introduce you to singer/songwriter/slack key guitarist, Makana. An innovative artist who transcends labels, Makana takes the centuries-old Hawaiian music tradition and blasts it into the 21st century.
Heralded Indianapolis, IN doom metal masters THE GATES OF SLUMBER have completed work on their new album, entitled Conqueror. Conqueror will see a May 27, 2008 North American release date via Profound Lore Records. Weaned on Black Sabbath, Saint Vitus, the melodic might of Iron Maiden and a host of classic bands from Thin Lizzy to Rainbow to Mercyful Fate, THE GATES OF SLUMBER draws deep from heavy metal’s most…