Author: Sargeant

Posted on: April 23, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Jealous Girlfriends Play Live Performance & Interview On MTV Canada

The Tripwire: “The Jealous Girlfriends are a Brooklyn quartet that sounds like Mazzy Star seducing the New Pornographers. It’s a mix of longing shoegaze and perfect pop, creating a lush and wonderful pallet of wonderful complimentary sounds…Summertime in the sun belongs to the Beach Boys, but when the sun goes down evenings in the summer now belong to The Jealous Girlfriends.” http://www.thetripwire.com/reviews/2008/3/4/the-jealous-girlfriends SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is…

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Posted on: April 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 6

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 6/ 2008 Lionsgate / 384 Minutes / http://www.lionsgatedvd.com / Practically anyone that was born between 1976 and 1990 had some love for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at some point during their childhood. I was born in 1983, and I know that, outside of Ghostbusters toys, TMNT toys (movies, cartoons, and anything else that could be sold to me) were the thing which I played…

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Posted on: April 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned #4

Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned #4 / :30 / $1 / 16 Pages / Full Sized / PO Box 3050, Eureka, CA 95502 / Hey, Jacob’s written for NeuFutur before. This is a lot more coherent than what ey had put on paper for my zine, with the exception of the “Bush or Chimp” piece. Jacob, you have tons of amazing pieces in this issue, and yet you still have…

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Posted on: April 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE FUNERAL PYRE debuts new music from forthcoming album

Los Angeles’ THE FUNERAL PYRE has posted a track from the band’s forthcoming record, ‘Wounds,’ online at the band’s MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/thefuneralpyre), entitled “Black Earth.” Scheduled for a May 27 release through Prosthetic Records, ‘Wounds’ is the follow-up to 2006’s ‘The Nature of Betrayal,’ which saw an early 2007 re-release through a distribution deal with Creator Destructor Records. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief…

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Posted on: April 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Ari Gold Releases Single For “Where The Music Takes You”

There’s clearly no stopping Ari Gold as he gears up to release the maxi-single for “Where The Music Takes You.”  The infectious, feel-good song, written and produced by Gold and the production team >HitPlay, is the Overall Grand Prize Winner of the 12th Annual USA Songwriting Competition (as well as First Prize Winner in the Pop category). With a featured vocal by Sasha Allen (Camp, VH-1’s Born To Diva and…

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Posted on: April 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 7

Tokio Hotel Contest – Fly to Italy, See TH in Rome!

You and a friend on a trip to Rome, Italy to catch Tokio Hotel at TH’s Open Air Show PLUS a chance to meet the band! It’s the ultimate vacation for a Tokio Hotel Fan! 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…

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Posted on: April 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Dodos On NPR Bryant Park Project and Featured On NPR Second Stage

Spin [4 Stars] : “…balancing craftmanship and raw emotion.” Rolling Stone : ” heads up, animal collective fans: this san francisco act whips up tribal-style grooves that are surprisingly cheery and layered for a band that consists of only two dudes playing acoustic instruments.” NY Times at SXSW (Jon Pareles) : “But some of my favorite bands at the festival were those that made their impact on the spot. ;…

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Posted on: April 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Claudine The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack To Be Reissued By Shout! Factory

On June 17, Shout! Factory will reissue the soundtracks to the original motion pictures Claudine and Pipe Dreams on one disc, celebrating both the films and the work of Gladys Knight & The Pips and Curtis Mayfield. 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…

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Posted on: April 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

Jillian Michaels – 30 Day Shred

Jillian Michaels – 30 Day Shred / 2008 Lionsgate / 60 Minutes / http://www.jillianmichaels.com / Continuing with the week of firsts, this is the first fitness DVD that we at NeuFutur have had the chance to review. The story line behind this is funny – I had originally thought that Jillian Michaels was Jillian Hall, performer for the WWE. While it would not be outside the realm of the possibility,…

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Posted on: April 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Jagjaguwar Recording Artists LADYHAWK To Embark On U.S. Tour In Support Of Acclaimed “Shots”; Free MP3 Of “S.T.H.D”

LADYHAWK have just released an album called “Shots” that Carrie Brownstein of NPR (and of Sleater-Kinney fame) listens to every day (see March 6 entry at http://www.npr.org/blogs/monitormix/). MOJO magazine gives the same album 4 stars and says that Ladyhawk recalls “Dinosaur Jr.’s drive as adroitly as some of Neil Young’s darker notions.” And their live show is renowned. The Vancouver band is coming off a sold-out romp through Canada with…

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Posted on: April 22, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Young Knives’ new album Superabundance will be released stateside Today on Rykodisc.

Oxford, UK’s Young Knives’ Hailed by Q Magazine as “a celebratoty affair – a hugely likeable and intelligent pop album that sings with human warmth, and ultimately, quiet defiance”, Superabundance is the follow up to 2006’s Voices of Animals and Men. 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…

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Posted on: April 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Dorothea #2

Dorothea #2 / $1.50 / 40M / gomek@comcast.net / Mike Baker has a tremendous amount of talent when it comes to telling stories. If individuals are into gruesome, slinky stories that keep individuals in the dark for long period of time, a ‘zine like Dorothea is perfect. Stories here largely, instead of dealing with sexual experiences like in “Lazy Boy”, deal with death and murder. This is not a zine…

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Posted on: April 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

My Fat Irish Ass! -#5

My Fat Irish Ass! -#5 / :10 / 36L / $2 / PO Box 65391, Washington, D.C. 20035 / Omellain@Starpower.net / By far, the first thing that strikes me about My Fat Irish Ass! is the very basic, early nineties layout that they have throughout the zine. Simple text boxes and Comic Sans MS font dominate the majority of the zine, and for MFIA, it actually works well in transferring…

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Posted on: April 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

White Denim – “Goldie Locks” on RCRD LBL Now, New Freaky Tour Video, UK tour on NOW, NME,

NME’s #5 Best Band at SXSW “the real winner of SXSW this year was the might wah-wah pedal, thanks mainly to White Denim’s growling psycho garage rock…..the spewing riot of “Paint Silver Gold” and the massive “Let’s Talk About It” are spelling out the future of dirt-rock in blood” SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music,…

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Posted on: April 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Emmure Set To Release “False Love in Real Life”, Featured on TNA Wrestling

Connecticut’s EMMURE have added the first track from their highly-anticipated new album The Respect Issue to their MySpace page. False Love In Real Life is available now on their re-designed page www.myspace.com/emmure, taken from the new album to be released on May 13, 2008. 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…

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Posted on: April 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Diplo & Don Rimini Announce “Bust A Move” RMXXS Out April 29th Delicious Vinyl RMXXOLOGY

As the years scroll by, some rhymes stay forever fly. Back in ’89, Young MC’s “Bust A Move” was a ubiquitous presence on the pop music landscape, the sort of inescapable rap hit that remains imprinted in the minds of a generation. Now, two decades later, “Bust A Move” has been refueled and retooled by two of today’s party-rocking superheroes — DIPLO and DON RIMINI — as part of Delicious…

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Posted on: April 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Slug #232

Slug #232 / Free / 84M / http://www.slugmag.com / After missing out on an issue for review (Stupid Spring Break and other commitments), we here at NeuFutur have another shot at reviewing this publication. As is usual, there is a Salt Lake City-heavy approach to the zine. The advertisement are large in number, but they contribute to the overall feeling of the issue, being for local events, record labels, bars,…

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Posted on: April 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Rose Hill Drive sophomore release “Moon Is the New Earth” from Megaforce on 6.24

The 12-song stunner was written, recorded, produced and mixed by Rose Hill Drive—the boys got their hands all over this one! Pre-release dates announced below. 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…

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Posted on: April 21, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Hear Brittney Elizabeth’s song “LA with Open Arms” on MTV Shows This Spring

Brittney Elizabeth Breathes Emotional Truth Into The Soundtracks To Some Of Your Favorite Television Shows Hollywood, CA – Fresh, young singer/songwriter Brittney Elizabeth has become the go-to-gal for setting the musical backdrop to some of television’s most talked about programs, with a pair of songs from her debut album, Breathe In finding their way onto nearly a dozen television series. Music Supervisors have gone positively Elizabethan, lusting over the songs,…

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Posted on: April 20, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Go To The Movies –Funny We Shrunk The Adults

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Go To The Movies –Funny We Shrunk The Adults / 2008 Paramount / 66 minutes / http://www.paramount.com / The second of our two Alvin and the Chipmunks reviews, this iteration of “Go To The Movies” has a total of three episodes present. For individuals that have a partial collection and want to know what episodes are present, this collection has “Back To Alvin’s Future”, “Bigger”, and…

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