The Big Takeover #59 / $5.99 / 3:00 / 228M / http://www.bigtakeover.com / $6 is always a lot of money to drop on an issue of any magazine, and The Big Takeover has the unfortunate task of putting together so much content and trying to have the cost at a point that it will pay for most of their costs without turning too many individuals off from purchasing this issue.…
“So Hard”, a new music video featured for the first time today on over 30 Internet web sites, ipays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of military families separated by conflict throughout the world. But the real inspiration for the raw, emotional, and heart rending song and images comes from the singer-songwriter’s own family.
Angels and Airwaves – I-Empire / 2007 Suretone / 12 Tracks / http://www.angelsandairwaves.com / http://www.geffen.com / While my post-Blink bands loyalty was in the +44 court for a while, I found out about Angels and Airwaves after procuring for myself a copy of their last album. “It Hurts†was an amazing track, and it swing my loyalty over. “Call To Armsâ€, the first track on “I-Empireâ€, puts me more firmly…
First Single from upcoming release TIME:LINE The Song: “Tight Eyes” is a bouncing, smooth track with a hook so soft it’s almost whispering, with guests The Luv Bugz singing, “We must be tight/Let’s go out.” Also featuring Oh No, Nicolay and Kay travel the well-worn path to the club, encountering some familiar characters – but what sets this slick track apart from most drink-smoke-and-dance-a-longs is the light-headed atmosphere Nic lays…
Michael Hurley, the legendary rambler, cartoonist, and “outsider” folk singer, guitarist, is undertaking a second set of select U.S. tour dates in support of The Ancestral Swamp his 20th full length album and his label debut for Devendra Banhart and Andy Cabic’s Gnomonsong label. Immediately preceding the last set of dates he taped segments for NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday” and “World Café” as well as APR’s “American Routes” program. The…
A Beat Of Our Own #2 / $2 / 40M / Jared, A Beat of Our Own, 123 B Park Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27605 / A Beat Of Our Own is a decent magazine. There are interviews with members of The Avengers, APPLE, Social Unrest, and Thought Crime, among others. This is pretty much the only thing that is in this issue of the magazine. For those individuals that are…
Ayo “Live from Monte-Carlo†will be presented on U.S. Public Television as both a one hour special and as a 90-minute fundraising special nation-wide. Like The three tenors, Andrea Bocelli, Sara Brightman, Michael Bubble, Josh Groban and many others, Ayo will be introduced to the American market on television through more than 300 pbs affiliates covering 99% of total U.S. households.
NeuFutur Magazine and Total Assault band together to create a new contest. Bullet for My Valentine is getting ready to release their sophomore album, Scream Aim Fire, on January 29th. The band traveled to Texas to team up with renowned producer Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Funeral for A Friend) to create an album packed with aggressive tempos, insane guitar riffs and incredible lyrics. Bullet for My Valentine is comprised of…
OST: Enchanted / 2007 Walt Disney / 15 Tracks / http://www.disneymusic.com / Alan Menken (“The Little Mermaidâ€, “Beauty and the Beastâ€, “Pocahontasâ€, and “Herculesâ€) hooked up with Stephen Schwartz (“Godspellâ€, “Ragsâ€) to create this score, which is similar to what the two did during both “Pocahontas†and “The Hunchback of Notre Dameâ€. “Enchanted†is the latest Walt Disney movie, and it blends together live action film with animation, both in…
With his debut solo album, Cigarettes and Gasoline, in stores now, former Tonic singer/songwriter Emerson Hart has the most added single at radio this week with the unforgettable “I Wish The Best For You.†The song is the follow up to the “gracefully earnest, almost anthemic first single†(USA Today) “If You’re Gonna Leave,†a Top 20 Hot AC radio hit. The album has been met with waves of acclaim,…
A Beat Of Our Own #1 / $1 / :20 / 32M / misenplace2@hotmail.com / This is the introductory issue of A Beat of Our Own, and it is pretty evident. Jared’s opening to the zzine says that ey has done zines in the past, but this issue just does not seem to have much in the way of hooks to catch onto readers. The collage style of this magazine…
The world’s best-selling multi-artist album series, NOW That’s What I Call Music!, rings in the holiday season with the digital release debut of two of its multi-platinum holiday collections, NOW That’s What I Call Christmas! Vol. 1 and NOW That’s What I Call Christmas! Vol. 2, and the digital return of last year’s NOW That’s What I Call Christmas! Vol. 3. All three of NOW’s festive 36-track holiday collections are…
V/A – Christmas Number Ones / 2007 Universal / 17 Tracks / http://www.ilovethatsong.com/numberones / As one can conceivably glean from this CD, these are the songs that have reached number 1 on the chart during the Christmas season. This means that there are tracks from Elton John, Dolly Parton, the Jackson 5, Louis Armstrong, and Bing Crosby on this album. To keep the cost down of the disc, the album…
“This is a CD of my favorite home demos from ’92 to ’07 featuring a lot of never heard before songs, a few covers, a few songs from my unfinished rock musical “ Songs From The Black Hole†and my original demo for “Buddy Holly†– Rivers Cuomo A true treasure chest for Weezer fans & fans of great modern rock songs – 18 songs in total. One last, but…
I realize that this issue is old, and that Anne has a new issue out, but I felt that I should write another review of this zine to rteplace the one that was eaten when the host that I was placed on went down permanently. This zine is an excellent one, mainly related to body image and other feminist issues, and it just really is interesting to see how someone…
Triumphant return to flooded home/studio met with hope for brighter future When Hurricane Katrina’s flooding in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana claimed Rob Clemenz’s home and business in August 2005, he had to put his money where his mouth is…so to speak.
Johnny Cash – Christmas 1976 / 2007 Shout Factory / 50 Minutes / http://www.johnnycash.com / http://www.shoutfactory.com / I really have to applaud Shout! Factory for releasing something like this. Every time one of these television specials or long forgotten releases is given new light, that is one less item that will be lost to sands of time. Who knows how many different shows, performances, and similar materials have been lost…
Northwest singer Patti Hall won “Breakthrough Country Artist of the Year” at the New Music Awards at Hollywood’s Avalon Theatre. Presented by New Music Weekly Magazine, the award program honors radio stations, programmers and recording artists.
FINISHED! Thanks all for entering. NeuFutur Magazine and Cornerstone Promotion have teamed up again, this time to give away a signed copy of Paul Oakenfold’s “Greatest Hits And Remixes” to the winner and a regular copy of “Greatest Hits And Remixes” for the runner up. The rules behind this contest are very simple – just either comment this post or email editor@neufutur.com with a contact or address and we will…
The Bacterial Mad-Scientist / :5 / 8S / PO Box 24894, Detroit, MI 48224 / Throughout my time reviewing zines, I have gotten my fair share of small, poorly-drawn comics. Not to say that all of them are necessarily bad, and The Bacterial Mad Scientist is one of those examples in which the style can be childish, using stick figures and hand-written thought balloons to convey the story, but it…