Author: Sargeant

Posted on: February 15, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Clara Hill Set to Release “Folkwaves” in April

CLARA HILL is one of the leading figures of Berlin-based label Sonar Kollektiv. With an impressive discography including the two critically acclaimed full-length albums Restless Times (SK074CD/LP) and All I Can Provide (SK099CD/LP) and many 12“s featuring the crème de la crème of Electronic and Jazz knob twidlers such as JAZZANOVA, ATJAZZ, VIKTER DUPLAIX, CHARLES WEBSTER, SLOPE, and KING BRITT. CLARA HILL belongs to those few artists that can look…

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Posted on: February 15, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Genetic Disorder #17

Genetic Disorder #17 / $3 / Half-Sized / 80 Pages / PO Box 15237, San Diego, CA 92175 / http://www.geneticdisorder.net /  Genetic Disorder is probably one of the best zines that I’ve ever read, even if I have only had the pleasure to read one issue. This time, the format is different, the newsprint less newsprint-y, and the issue only goes by faster than before. Starting off with both of…

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Posted on: February 15, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Ari Hest Works on Music Experiment “52”, Tours

New York indie artist Ari Hest launched an ambitious new experimental music project titled “52,” a web-based subscription service designed to deliver a new song each week throughout 2008. In March, Hest will debut the new material in New York City before embarking on a West coast tour. In the first month, Hest has registered over hundreds of subscribers – mostly by word-of-mouth – and released four new original songs:…

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Posted on: February 14, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Jaguar Club – Ceci N’est Pas Le Club De Jaguar

The Jaguar Club – Ceci N’est Pas Le Club De Jaguar / 2007 Self / 6 Tracks / http://www.jaguarclubofnyc.net / Judging from the band’s web site title, there are more than one jaguar clubs in existence in the world. Anyways, this New York City band starts out “Ceci N’est” with a very angular type of rock. The disc’s first track, “Beat of My Heart”, takes a lot from the eighties…

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Posted on: February 14, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Introducing to NeuFutur … Michael Sanders and One Tribe Nation

Taking a page from the book of early 70’s super groups, One Tribe Nation is an eclectic mix of world-class musicians inspired by culture, diversity, and the concept of a single world community. Based in Los Angeles the group was brought together by the vision of guitarist Michael Sanders. His father, the late Will Sanders, was a pianist/singer who played and sang with The Inkspots,Cab Calloway, Mercer Ellington (The Embers),…

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Wild Sweet Orange – The Whale EP

Wild Sweet Orange – The Whale EP / 2007 Self / 5 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/wildsweetorange / I guess Wild Sweet Orange is an act that has been making a name for themselves over the last few years. Through February and March they are going on a tour through the United States, so individuals have to be at least somewhat familiar with this indie-rock style. The disc’s first track is “Wrestle…

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Torpedo Boyz – Cum On Feel The Boyz

Torpedo Boyz – Cum On Feel The Boyz / 2007 Rooftop / 11 Tracks / http://www.torpedo-boyz.com / For the longest time that I had this disc in my possession, I could swear that the Torpedo Boyz were the Boomtang Boys, who (if all you can remember from 1999) had hits such as “Squeeze Toys” and “Pictures”. What the Torpedo Boyz come up with is similar in the sense that it…

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Bon Iver Tour, Release “For Emma, Forever Ago”

The wait for the release date is nearly over!  Bon Iver’s “For Emma, Forever Ago” is now available for pre-order at the SC Distribution site.  Not only will the recipient get the best record they’ve heard in a coon’s age, they’ll also receive a beautiful off-set color poster that features a pastel-colored bear.  SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he…

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Monork To Die – Speed Of Light

Monork To Die – Speed Of Light / 2007 Self / 3 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/monorktodie / “Saturday Night Shannon” is the first track on “Speed Of Light”. Monork To Die is really trying to come forth with a track that could be accepted during the fifties, when all the boy-rock bands were present. Aside from a little too much in the way of distortion on the guitars, Monork To Die…

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pacificUV: longplay 2 on April 1st, 2008!

On April 1, 2008, Portland, Oregon space-rockers pacificUV will release their second LP, longplay 2, on WARM Recordings. At first listen, it might be tempting to lump Pacific UV into the pile of the umpteen bands that worship at the alter of Spacemen 3. But if you listen further and dig deeper, you’ll notice that there’s much more that’s going on under that pretty surface. Founded in 1998, pacificUV was…

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Gather Children #4

Gather Children #4 / Half-Sized / 24 Pages / gstar@antisocial.com /  I had talked to this individual for a decent period of time before actually seeing their zine. After talking to them for such a long period, the context of this zine begins to make sense. Utterly disjointed and manic in its nature, Gather Children is not an easy read. Starting off fairly linear with a very Jello Biafra-esque faux…

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Loaning

It has been more and more the case that individuals have a tremendous amount of deb. The latest figures put the debt burden for the average family in the United States at around 10 large, and this value is only going to get higher as the years pass. It is thus essential for individuals to take some sort of step forward. Thus, doing something like debt consolidation will ensure that…

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Sourvein, Ganon, and Zoraster Set Out on Tour

Sourvein are serious, down-tuned sludge/doom with the Southern flavor of bands like Down and Eyehategod. Following their debut full-length on Southern Lord Rec’s, the band’s This Dark Reign debut EP Emerald Vulture was an ugly 17 minutes of slow, hateful, grinding darkness, full of thick guitars and malicious vocals. Ghetto Angel, the bands’ second EP in a series of three for TDR, charges forth with the bands’ signature style of…

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Posted on: February 13, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Greg Laswell – How the Day Sounds

Greg Laswell – How the Day Sounds / 2007 Vanguard / 6 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/greglaswell / The name Greg Laswell may not ring any bells in listener’s brains, but there is a good chance that you have heard one of eir songs in the past. This is due ot the fact that Laswell’s music has been present on shows like One Tree Hill, The Hills, and Smallville. Furthermore, Laswell has…

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Introducing to NeuFutur … Simon Webb

Simon Webb is a new age composer: A 21st century musician producing post-classical music that reaches from the serene to the epic. Somewhere between Enya and Vangelis, his music is the soundscape for a movie in your head. Simon Webb, known to his friends as Si, writes music that is organic, romantic, atmospheric, and highly visual. He is one of a new breed of independent artists using the power of…

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Posted on: February 13, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Small Business Funding

I have been doing NeuFutur, running it as a business, for about a decade. It is through Small Business Funding that I will be able to go and really expand my business. This could mean that I would have funds to pay staffers, to be able to go and cover live shows, or to do any one of hundreds of other things for the magazine. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur…

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Action Painters – Chubby Dancer

Action Painters – Chubby Dancer / 2007 Self / 7 Tracks / http://www.actionpaintersband.com / This version of the Action Painters is from Brooklyn. The original action painters were individuals that included painters like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. I consider myself lucky that the music on “Chubby Dancer” is nothing like the work of the early action painters. This means that the opening track, “Absolutely Clear” is…

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Nicolay & Kay Release Video Guide to TIME:LINE

4-part series breaks down the story behind all 12 songs from forthcoming album The Videos: In anticipation of the release of TIME:LINE, Kay has been busy making a four-part documentary-style video in which he breaks down the album song by song. Follow Kay from his Houston-based home studio to different landmarks in the Texas city.More… Part 1 includes the songs: “TIME:LINE”, “The Blizzard” and “The Lights.” Part 2 includes: “Through…

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The Billionaires – Really Real For Forever

The Billionaires – Really Real For Forever / 2007 Self / 10 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/billionairesband / Anyone that knows me knows that I usually just get rid of about 99% of the CDs that I review for the zine. We just get way too many, and I have no room for a vast majority of the ones we receive (also, most of them suck). However, The Billionaires make an album…

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Firestorm Fest / Earth Crisis Reunion Tour Officially Announced!

  Motive Clothing Company, in association with Mediaskare and Sumerian Records have put together the inaugural Firestorm Fest Tour featuring the reunion of EARTH CRISIS, one of the most influential hardcore bands of all time, alongside TERROR, SWORN ENEMY, SHAI HULUD, DOWN TO NOTHING, and RECON.   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,…

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