New years demand fresh tactics. So when Jake the Snake moved to New York this year to pen his new release, When in Rome, he shed his skin and emerged from underground a tougher, more enlightened J the S. 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.…
National Lampoon Presents Cattle Call / 2008 Lionsgate / 87 Minutes / http://www.lionsgate.com / “Cattle Call†is a film where Sherman (Andrew Katos, a relative newcomer to acting) and Glenn (Diedrich Baker, from The Drew Carey Show) attempt to find the girl of their dreams – their wet dreams. By creating a fake casting company, they are able to find a number of females that will hopefully fulfill their desires.…
Dream Pinball 3D (Wii) / 2008 SouthPeak / http://www.southpeakgames.com / One of the first games that I remembered playing on a Windows box had to be “3D Pinballâ€. While the graphics were more than decent for the time, they suffer considerably in the current period. Similarly, the last pinball game that I played on a console had to be Sonic Pinball, and who knows how long ago that game was…
Tristan Prettyman – Hello…x / 2008 Virgin / 12 Tracks / http://www.tristanprettyman.com / Tristan Prettyman is still a pretty new force to popular music. Eir first album, “t w e n t y t h r e e†rocketed up the Heatseekers chart before ultimately peaking at #24. If individuals did not have the chance to pick up eir first album, they may also be familiar with Prettyman’s work on…
Gladys Hardy – I Love Jesus But I Drink A Little / 2008 WEA / 25 Tracks / http://www.gladyshardy.com / Individuals may not immediately know who Gladys Hardy is, but if they have seen the Ellen Degeneres show in the last few months, chances are good that they heard a call from Hardy. If you don’t watch the Ellen show (I know I don’t), Gladys Hardy also calls in to…
Song of the Siren…Isul Kim (vox, guitar) – A Korean-American girl with a Harvard degree raised on classical piano in New York City, Anthony Petrocchi (drums) – a native Californian with a Red Hot Chili Peppers tattoo, harnessing his ADD energy by playing drums nonstop and Steve Muscatell (guitar) – a metal-screamo-hardcore musician and ex-model from southern Oregon. Song of the Siren was realized in the summer of 2007 in…
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 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 publishing experience, he has written thousands of hands-on game…
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.” 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…
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…