——————————————————- * Three week US Tour in Support of debut full-length Never Suspend Disbelief * Out on Jump Start Records in December – Available now from the band on tour! ONE WIN CHOICE (Toms River, N.J.) is touring the U.S. in support of their debut full-length Never Suspend Disbelief. The album will be released by Jump Start Records in December but the band currently has copies available at shows. SargeantJohn…
Michael Bolton – A Swingin’ Christmas / 2007 The Second Time Around / 10 Tracks / http://www.michaelbolton.com / http://www.concordmusicgroup.com / Ah, Michael Bolton. Your “A Swingin’ Christmas†has you covering some of the best known Christmas-themed songs. There are versions of “Walkin’ In A Winter Wonderlandâ€, “Santa Claus Is Coming To Townâ€, “White Christmasâ€, “Let It Snowâ€, and more. In fact, there is only one song that I did not…
Digital Release Card is Format’s First-Ever Music Video Title; Features 21 of Lennon’s Capitol/EMI Music Videos Capitol/EMI Music Marketing and iTunes will release a new “John Lennon Video Album” on December 4 at Starbucks locations nationwide. The “John Lennon Video Album,” the iTunes Digital Release card format’s first music video release, features 21 of Lennon’s music videos for $24.95. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and…
ARC #2 / $4 / :45 / 108M /http://www.artrevcult.com / 4996 Broadway, Suite 4L, New York NY 10034-1669 / When I first picked up this issue, I really wondered where the “Revolution†part of the title was. I noticed a number of music (culture pieces), and some art (the architecture of Rafi Segal), but the political leanings of this zine really missed me until I had a better chance to…
Hallelujah! Hilarious Christian acoustic duo God’s Pottery will release their first CD digitally via COMEDY CENTRAL Records. “God’s Pottery: Live At Comix” was available for download to own from iTunes, eMusic and other major download sites on Tuesday, December 4. 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.…
A Very Special Christmas: The 20th Anniversary Music Video Collection / 2007 Special Olympics / 12 Tracks / http://www.specialolympics.org I admit, I was not really paying attention to when the first A Very Special Christmas came out in 1987 – I had just turned 4, and my attention was on a host of other things. Regardless, I can pay a little more attention to the tracks that are present on…
Rawkus, the brand synonymous with groundbreaking hip-hop returns to their roots in artist development. The Rawkus Network (http://www.rawkus.com), home to blog favorites and taste-makers such as RealtalkNY.net, SmokingSection.net, TheRapUp.net, and Fatlacemagazine.com, announces the Nov. 27th all digital launch of The Rawkus 50, a who’s who of the hottest underground artists in Hip Hop today. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where…
Alter Bridge – Blackbird / 2007 Republic / 13 Tracks / http://www.altarbridge.com / http://www.universalrepublic.com / As most individuals may know, Alter Bridge consists of three-fourths of what was Creed. To those ranks, Myles Kennedy (formerly of The Mayfield Four) provides lead vocals and guitar. “Blackbird” is the band’s second album, and the disc’s first single is “Rise Today”. For those wrestling fans that happen to read NeuFutur, “Rise Today” was…
An Ode to No One / (7 by 6?) / 28 Pages / Trade / $1 / BasementFreak@antisocial.com / http://www.basementfreaksdistro.cjb.net / Ashley Lambert , PO Box 1417, Revelstoke, BC, VOE 2S0, Canada / This is probably about the first true fanzine that I’ve ever read, and I can’t think of many better bands to lavish attention on besides the Smashing Pumpkins. Ashley does this fanzine in an interesting paper size,…
“The Four Girls of Civet Have that Pretty-in-a-Dirty-Way Thing Going on Like They Own it†(Exclaim) Civet, a wicked Long Beach, CA foursome aptly self-described as “femme fatale punk rock,†has joined the Hellcat ranks, home to fellow agitators Tiger Army, HorrorPops and Rancid. “We are honored to join the Hellcat family and to be associated with the artists that continue to keep punk rock alive,†says the band. SargeantJohn…
The Staple Singers – The 25th Day of December / 2007 Concord / 12 Tracks / http://www.concordmusicgroup.com / I must admit that I was not that familiar with The Staple Singers before receiving this CD. For anyone that is too young to remember The Staple Singers, they were a gospel group that released albums for over twenty-five years. It took them about 12 years to actually break onto the charts;…
MAD Dragon Records, the student-run record label at Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts& Design, is pleased to announce the signing of the Philadelphia-based band, the Swimmers. Their self-produced album, Fighting Trees, is set for a March 4, 2008 release date with national distribution through Ryko/Warner. 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,…
I picked up this zine a long time ago at an infoshop in Lansing, Michigan (this would mean probably March of 2002). I finally read through it now, and the zine is okay, pretty much standard for a submission based magazine. Tons of poetry litter this publication, almost a 60/40 distribution, which makes this zine pretty hard to go through without getting tired with it. What really helps this magazine…
Frank Meyer, Editor, KNAC.COM, put it this way: “Lipstick, lace, leather, cheap booze, cheaper dames, low slung guitars, and hair…lots and lots of hair. This was the Sunset Strip music scene in the ‘80s. A poisonous cocktail of post-Mötley Crüe metal meets Van Halen influenced cock rock, served with a healthy dose of Hanoi Rocks pout and New York Dolls trash. The Hollywood, CA scene held a lot of weight,…
Pink Floyd – Piper At The Gates of Dawn / 2007 Capitol / 11 Tracks / http://www.capitolrecords.com / Any Pink Floyd fan knows that “Piper At The Gates of Dawn†was the first album created by Pink Floyd. Casual fans that just know Pink Floyd from “The Wall†and “Pulseâ€-era recordings will struggle to find commonality between those albums and “Piperâ€. 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the original release…
From producer John Singleton (Hustle and Flow, Four Brothers) comes the intense action-thriller about one Latino family’s quest for honor and revenge. When the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a young man and his mother turn the tables on the killers in this hard-hitting story fueled by deadly feuds and a lethally escalating game of cat and mouse. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant,…
An Australian Bike Dream Zine #1 / Free / Half-Sized / 44 Pages / confused_chickadee@hotmail.com / Whenever I go down to Boxcar Books, I seem to pick up more than my fair share of biking and bike-related ‘zines. Not a bad thing, but an interesting phenomenon nonetheless. As the title may indicate, An Australian Bike Dream Zine is about one individual’s trek to and through a great amount of Australia.…
Joe Keithley and his Band of Rebels are now #5 on the National Earshot Loud Radio Chart! Band of Rebels is Keithley’s solo album, released this past summer that features many of Vancouver’s best musicians. Many of them will be performing at the CD release party, which is also Sudden Death Record’s Christmas party, DVD live recording event and a benefit for Cannabis Canada. The event will also include guest…
Bones Season Two / 2007 Fox / http://www.fox.com/bones / http://www.fox.com For individuals that do not know what Bones is about, it features David Boreanaz (Buffy, Angel) as a FBI agent that is partnered with Emily Deschanel’s character (Cold Mountain and Glory Road). The “buddy comedy†and “gross out crime†genres are married her in this show, and this DVD set collects all 21 episodes in this season, among ample extras.…
„Gimme A Bassline!“, their funky and infectious first single with an incredible dancefloor action effect, scored a # 5 position in the German Club Charts (DCC) while hitting top DJ playlist around the globe. Ursula 1000 put this track on his “Ursuladelic†compilation, en vogue producers Fort Knox Five from Washington D.C. offered their remix services and PUMA featured the song on their MTV commercial. In no time their hit…