Author: Sargeant

Posted on: December 26, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Star Trek: Conquest

Star Trek: Conquest / 2007 Bethesda / http://www.bethsoft.com / http://startrek.bethsoft.com / It feels good getting games in for the Wii. “Star Trek: Conquest” is the second game that we here at NeuFutur have had the chance to review, and it is a hell of a second game to play. The intense graphics that are in-game (rather than cinematics or other fluff) push the Wii to their limits, especially when one…

Posted on: December 26, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

RCRD LBL Bets On Ad Supported Model.

While the music industry is still scrambling to solve the free digital music dilemma, RCRD LBL has taken the plunge – creating an online record label with a creative business model. Instead of trying to fight free downloads, RCRD LBL is embracing the idea with an advertising-based revenue scheme. Through its support from Puma, Nikon and Virgin Air, RCRD LBL can offer you DRM-free downloads. Instead of signing artists for…

Posted on: December 26, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Brown Eye Pie #5

Brown Eye Pie #5 / $1 / :20 / 44M / http://www.browneyepie.com / POB 172, Muskegon, MI 49443 /  For being called Brown Eye Pie, there is just not enough talk about poop. Sure, the interview that was conducted with the Fleshies is full of brown goodness, but the vast majority of pieces in this issue just do not have anything to do with shit. Other pieces seem to drag…

Posted on: December 26, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Unsigned and Rising: Pale Obsession

Created in spring 2005, PALE OBSESSION spent a whole year practicing and working to reach the level of music they wanted to. What first began as a common project of bandleader and singer Joe MAY and keyboarder Christian KRIER became a coherent band during 2005. At the end of 2005, the actual line-up of PALE OBSESSION had found together, regrouping, beside the 2 founders, Marc GOERGEN as drummer, Luc COLJON…

Posted on: December 26, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Evil Dead: Ultimate Edition

The Evil Dead: Ultimate Edition / 2007 Anchor Bay / 85 Mins / http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com / The Evil Dead is a great movie on its own, and showcased the ability of a very young Sam Raimi. This year marks the 25th anniversary since the film was first released, and Anchor Bay Entertainment has created a commemorative 3-DVD set that provides individuals with everything they could conceivably ever want to know about…

Posted on: December 26, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

V:28 Releases VioLution, Produced By LRZ

V:28 VioLution is the final part in the V:28 apocalyptic trilogy of humanity and the world coming to an end. This release, like the first two, is produced by LRZ, and demonstrates the band’s versatile evolution and expansion. The music has strong metal roots, and varies from extreme blast beats to groovy mid paced death metal and walls of noise and ambient drones. With guest appearances by Kristoffer Garm Rygg…

Posted on: December 26, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Breaking Open My Head #2

Breaking Open My Head #2 / .50 / :15 / 32M / Box 5138, 222 Church St, Middletown, CT, 06459-5138 /  This magazine goes pretty much everywhere, as it is a personal zine with a very political subtext that is run all through this issue. This is done by an individual still in high school, and there seems to be a lack of smoothed-out philosophy here. For example, there are…

Posted on: December 26, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Audiopain’s New Release Rends Assholes Worldwide

Thrash’s most underrated harbingers of the apocalypse for years now, Norway’s Audipain are set on world domination on their latest, The Switch To Turn Off Mankind. Don’t believe the hype? Read some initial praise on the new one. “Unlike today’s trend-hoppers, who blow their loads early, shoving Bonded by Blood through flailing German overeagerness, Audiopain are grim, disciplined, professional operators.” – Decibel

Posted on: December 25, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Die Trying #2

This is a book of pictures that has a little bit of commentary by the editor of the magazine. The editor used to work at a photo lab, and was able to take some of the trash photos home, and this is the product of that scavenging. Each page has a picture, and a little bit of writing, continuing a narrative that, in its brevity, is still able to explore…

Posted on: December 25, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Columbia Records Releases RAW – Greatest Hits – The Music For Christmas

Columbia Records has entered into a new agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. “RAW – Greatest Hits – The Music,” the first musical release under the new Columbia Records/WWE Music Group arrangement, is available in stores and online now A monumental collection of the sounds that define the untamed excitement of the WWE, “RAW – Greatest Hits – The Music” will be released in celebration of the 15th anniversary of…

Posted on: December 25, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bowlcut : postmodern scissors cutting your hairdo of oppression

Bowlcut : postmodern scissors cutting your hairdo of oppression / $1/Trade/Half Sized / 24 Pages / bowlcut_zine@yahoo.com The zine doesn’t disappoint with the content foretold by its title. Postmodernism is followed to an absurd degree, including the most random quotes and instructions : for example, “Imagine Your Favourite Celebrity taking a DUMP.” and “Got PENIS?” For someone like me who loves anything absurdist and or postmodern, this zine is a…

Posted on: December 25, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Jamie T iTunes Session Out Now

When Jamie T visited the States on his first ever US headlining tour this Fall, he made a special visit to the iTunes studio in San Francisco. With his backing band, The Pacemakers, in tow, the guys laid down 4 tracks effectively capturing the scruffy, punk feeling of the live experience. Featuring ‘Alicia Quays’, ‘Dry Off Your Cheeks’, and ‘So Lonely Was The Ballad’ from Panic Prevention, released in August,…

Posted on: December 25, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Die Volume 3, Issue 2

The Die Volume 3, Issue 2 / Free / :30 / Red Roach Press, PO Box 764, College Park, MD 20740 / http://redroachpress.com / The Die is the equivalent of a college newspaper, although 90% of the material is compiled by Joe Smith, the editor. This issue begins with a number of short news blurbs (a la AP news) and then goes into the crux of the magazine relatively fast…

Posted on: December 25, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Introducing…Whitehouse (Jose Amigo et al)

Feel-good pop rhythms and lyrics which make you think, Whitehouse is a multicultural band led by songwriter José Amigo. You will find hot summer sounds, and a unique take on human relationships in these sexy songs expressed in both English and sultry Spanish.Whitehouse Jose Amigo, Stephan Simon, Jerry Loeffler and Raimund Breitfeld -is the name of the band formed in Nuremberg, Germany that is breaking on the hot new music-scene…

Posted on: December 25, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bondage Up Yours

Bondage Up Yours / $5 / 1:15 / 68M / http://www.activedistribution.org /  This is an impressive and informative mini-book that describes its sub-title topic (Female Punks in the Nineteen Nineties) admirably. The book starts off with a quick-rundown of punk’s history (since the author Michelle is British, the band list is substantially different than what most American individuals would deem “punk”), and then starts to move into the history of…

Posted on: December 25, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Merciless Death Re-Enters Studio for Sophomore Release

Thrash metal purveyors MERCILESS DEATH are set to enter the studio this week to begin work on the highly anticipated follow up to their critically acclaimed debut album, Evil in the Night. Fans can expect more of their trademark blistering, hook-laden thrash metal that recalls SLAYER and EXODUS in their prime. Details regarding the album title and artwork are forthcoming.

Posted on: December 24, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Slug #227

Slug #227 / Free / 64M / 1:30 / http://www.slugmag.com / The individuals that work to create Slug Magazine are nice. So nice, in fact, that they send NeuFutur 3 copies of the magazine an issue. This issue provides individuals with probably their last glimpse of skateboarding in Utah (or in Utah print) until everything warms back up. In order to hold individuals over until then, there is perhaps the…

Posted on: December 24, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

2007 The Year of Les Savy Fav!

With the release of Let’s Stay Friends (out now on Frenchkiss Records), indie art rock mainstays Les Savy Fav set 2007 on fire with one the of catchiest, boldest and most exhilarating album’s of the year. And to prove it, they have now been honored with a nomination for Best Indie Rock Album in the 2008 Plug Awards and named #7 in the Top 100 Albums Of The Year in…

Posted on: December 24, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Boggob #27

Boggob #27 / $3 / 36 Pages / Full-Sized / Age Statement / boggob@aol.com / PO Box 4425, Chattanooga, TN 37405 / While Boggob is one of the better scene-oriented, free (to those Chattanoogies) zines, the fact is that the horror focus of the zine gets annoying fast. The zine isn’t politically correct in the least, but isn’t as bad as say Fat Nugs, and the selling point of the…