Author: Sargeant

Posted on: April 10, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Gavin Rossdale – Love Remains The Same

Gavin Rossdale – Love Remains The Same / 2008 Interscope / 1 Track / http://www.gavinrossdale.com / Well, let’s see. Gwen Stefani was in a halfway-decent band in No Doubt, and then turned into a vapid pop star after departing from them (some of the later No Doubt songs were laying the groundwork, but there was a sea change between “Return Of Saturn” and anything that followed it). Individuals may know…

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Mediageek #2

Mediageek #2 / $3 / :25 / 40M / PO Box 2102, Champaign, IL 61825-2102 / paul@mediageek.org / Attempting successfully to do what I had tried to do with the DIY pieces in the previous issues of NeuFutur, Paul and the crew at Mediageek cover all sorts of media and inform their readers about how to use it to their advantage, cheat it, or just about the goings on in…

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Ashop Shopping Cart Software

It has been a little bit since we talked about Ashop Commerce, but the site is really something that should be seen to be believed. If you are a firm that wants to go forth and really expand your business model outside merely dealing with Paypal concerns and e-mails, Ashop’s shopping cart software will provide you with more than enough options and available paths that a business owner can take.…

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Ponytail Gets Ice Cream Spiritual on Baltimore Imprint We Are Free

Album Out June 17, Single Available on iTunes April 29 Baltimore’s art-school quartet Ponytail is very excited to announce their third release and first on Baltimore imprint and Yeasayer home, We Are Free, called Ice Cream Spiritual. The band had a chance to show off their goods at SXSW this past month and more than a few witnesses highlighted their live shows in their “Best Of” recaps.

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The Heavy – Great Vengeance and Furious Fire

The Heavy – Great Vengeance and Furious Fire / 2008 Counter / 10 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/theheavy73 / The style of funk that starts off “Great Vengeance and Furious Fire” could be present on the soundtrack of any Blaxploitation movie of the seventies. There is virtually nothing that could conceivably link this track to the current period, and that’s a good thing. While acts like Jameroquoi tried to do the same…

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Al Rose – My First Posthumous Release

Al Rose – My First Posthumous Release / 2008 Monkey Holding Peach / 13 Tracks / http://www.alrosemusic.com / Al Rose has been around for quite a few years. “My First Posthumous Release” is his fifth CD, and the first release for Rose since 2003’s “Gravity of Crow”. The five years in between the release of these albums ensures that each of the compositions on this album are mature as all…

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MMP To Re-Release Everybody Dies by Hateplow

Hateplow is not an average death metal band. Although stripped from any technical virtuosities or progressive experimentation, this group offers something which is (or should be) essential for all heavy music formations -  the sheer brutality and aggression of metal enclosed in the most violent form possible. Hateplow is the ultimate death metal experience, where the only thing that matters is to bang your head and scream your guts out!…

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The life and times of organic farmers

This is done by the editor of quixotic potential, Vera, and it really does a lot to dispel some of the myths that surround what exactly an organic farmer is. While I don’t get the whole “548 vs. 724” thing that is on the front cover, this zine is incredibly easy to understand and is full of cute drawings that break up the whiteness left on each page. This zine…

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Farflung Set To Release “A Wound In Eternity”

Like an apocalyptic beacon from the dark cosmos, Farflung awake from the cryogenic tubes with warped sensibilities and cosmic wrath… This is the heaviest and most tripped-out offering from these musicnauts to date. Dive bombing moogs, crushing riffs, and mind numbing cataclysmic overtures. This is A Wound In Eternity. Spacewarped by the various crew members voyages with Chrome, Nik Turner’s Hawkwind,Damo Suzuki Network, and Pressurehed. They set off in this…

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NeuFutur Magazine Introduces Char Butler

Char’s appreciation for the fine arts began through the influence of her father’s artistic talents. She was identified as having a gift of voice and started singing at local church services by the age of six. She started private vocal training and playing clarinet at an early age. Her first live radio singing broadcast was at the age of eleven on a local channel in Oklahoma. She broadened her classical…

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Everclear Trip to Vegas Contest

Everclear are performing a special release show in support of their new album, The Vegas Years, on April 20th and the band would like you to be their guest to celebrate the release with them in Las Vegas as the event is streamed live exclusively on SyncLive.com! Everclear along with their friends at Travelworm.com and Neufutur are giving away a trip for two to Las Vegas where you and a…

Posted on: April 9, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Putois – The Problem Is Not A Problem Anymore

Putois – The Problem Is Not A Problem Anymore / 2007 99 Hours of Secrets / 12 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/putois / The first track on “The Problem Is Not A Problem Anymore” is “Safe Again”, and while the first few seconds seem to push individuals away, the quiet bit of indie rock that Putois put forth on the early echelons of this CD is compelling as all get out. The…

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Meatsheet #6

Meatsheet #6 ($1, no address listed) This zine is black and white interview-oriented, but still has the feel of being a small-market zine. All the reviews/interviews/ writing is done by one John Meat, and I can only assume that he does the background set-ups for the magazine. If so, the magazine looks pretty professional while still having that totally DIY feel to it. I feel like I am missing something…

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MMP Set To Re-release BulletBoys’ “Behind the Orange Curtain”

BulletBoys were one of the most original rock bands of the late 80’s – their music was compared with the best releases by Van Halen, yet the group managed to work out their own style. Metal Mind Productions presents a re-release of “Behind the Orange Curtain”, the ultimate live collection of BulletBoys’ greatest hits, performed on a breathtaking show at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, California. It wass a dazzling performance which…

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The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray / 2008 Rhino / 35 Tracks / http://www.rhino.com / I was too young to be paying attention to music when The Lemonheads originally broke big with 1990’s “Lovey”, but I heard enough in the way of individuals talking about the band to understand that they were a “big thing”. This is the collector’s edition of their 1992 smash, “It’s A Shame About…

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Eivind Opsvik – Overseas III

Eivind Opsvik – Overseas III / 2008 Loyal Label / 7 Tracks / http://www.eivindopsvik.com/ / The name Eivind Opsvik may not immediately ring a bell, but he is currently playing in acts such as Hari Honzu, Rocket Engine, the Ben Gerstein Collective, and the Kris Davis Quartet. He (and the acts that he is or has been in) have been chronicled in JazzTimes and the New York Times; he is…

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Animosity Releases Video for “Teeth Grinder”

ANIMOSITY’S “TEETH GRINDER” VIDEO TO PREMIER ON MTV2’s “HEADBANGER’S BLOG!” Reppin’ the Bay in full force, Animosity unleashes the video for the song “Teeth Grinder” on MTV2’s “Headbanger’s Blog.” Following its blogisphere release, the video will make its television debut on MTV2’s “Headbanger’s Ball.”

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Protest The Hero are Back on Tour Through Summer.

PROTEST THE HERO begins their latest North American tour today.  The band also announces the release of their sophomore Vagrant album, Fortress, on limited edition colored vinyl.  Chain stores will be offering black vinyl while independent retailers will stock a selection of black, purple and clear vinyl.  White vinyl will be exclusively available at Hot Topic stores.