When he began his performance Tuesday at the Roxy, Devendra Banhart sat, acoustic guitar in hand, plucking subdued singer-songwriter fare marked by a blissed-out delicacy. When he ended it nearly two hours later, he was stripped to the waist and practically spitting out his words as his band rolled and tumbled through the 12-bar blues pattern of “I Feel Just Like a Child.” SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant,…
Phil Ramone – Making Records / 2007 Borders / 14 Tracks / http://www.bordersstores.com / http://www.philramone.com / Phil Ramone has been around the record industry for an amazingly long period of time, starting producing and recording music for other individuals all the way back in 1959. Among the greats that Ramone has worked with in the enarly fifty year period since ey started are Burt Bacharach, Ray Charles, Chicago, Frank Sinatra,…
HIM is premiering their new music video for “Bleed Well,†off their new album Venus Doom, for the HIM fan club on Heartagram.com today. Imeem will be featuring the world premiere of the video on Tuesday, November 27th. The band filmed the live footage for the new video at their Los Angeles shows on November 14th and 15th at the Orpheum Theatre. The live footage from the shows will also…
All treat and no trick for metal fans, The Confession, fresh from leveling cities with Megadeth, will join Avenged Sevenfold and Operator on tour this fall; the 28-city trek starts October 29 in Los Angeles at the famed Wiltern Theatre. 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.…
Now a huge band playing on Loud. Viciousphere was once a small band that kicked ass-11 songs in 1995. Really good metal with all sorts of influences, including Metallica, Slayer, Pantera and Alice Cooper. all of the great parts of a band are included here, with fast noticeable bass, fast clear, guitars and great vocals. this albums is depressing because the newest single by VS sounds like White Zombie. The…
“SATISFIED”, the highly anticipated album from recording artist TAYLOR DAYNE, is set for release on February 5th, 2008. Dayne’s fifth studio album and first effort in ten years, “SATISFIED” delivers a powerful selection of 13 songs from acclaimed writers and producers including Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg, Mike Mangini, Peter Wade, and Richie Jones, among others. With “SATISFIED”, Dayne is poised to triumphantly return to the forefront of popular music. SargeantJohn…
As far as videos go, Musab’s “Hat & Shoes” is about as much of a departure from his previous video, “Baaang,” as you could imagine from the smooth-talking mack. While “Baaang” was set in his hometown of Minneapolis, “Hat & Shoes” takes place in his newer haunt, Las Vegas. Instead of firing off heavy rhymes straight into the camera, we now have Sab flowing into a microphone in a dark…
Satellite posted samples of the song taken from their new album “Into The Night”. They are available on their official MySpace profile: www.myspace.com/satellitepoland. “Into The Night” will be released by Metal Mind Productions on the 19th November 2007 in Europe and on the 22nd January 2008 in the USA (via MVD) in two versions: as a standard CD and as a digipack CD edtion including 2 bonus tracks. SargeantJohn Sargeant,…
Shalini – The Surface and The Shine / 2007 Electric Devil / 11 Tracks / http://www.interbridge.com/shalini / If the name Shalini sounds familiar at all, it may be because ey was a leading member of the somewhat-famous San Francisco band, Vinyl Devotion, which was founded all the way back in 1990. The style of rock that Shalini starts off their “The Surface and The Shine†with is very non-descript. SargeantJohn…
The trio’s self-released album has been spritzed up and retooled, but there’s no containing the primal, giddy energy that crackles through it. Careening back and forth between desperate/lovesick and drunk/predatory, the band turns raw, conflicted desire into instantly addictive pop gems and scorching, swaggering rock. The band’s hearts and influences are on full display, but the results are wonderfully contagious. For an ideal example, delve into the winningly bouncy, vaguely…
This was release in 99 on Tugboat Records, and it has 15 songs. It cost me nothing. Vic Godard has had a long history, from being in the Subway Sect, a British punk band, to now, as a Rock band as Vic Godard. The album is great, mixing reggae with rock with indy with soul. Vic is all over the musical map, drawing from an amazing amount of influences to…
New York songstress Ingrid Michaelson has been selected as VH1’s next artist “You Oughta Know”, making her the first unsigned artist to be featured in the high-profile program. The station will also debut the Autumn de Wilde-directed video for her radio charting single “The Way I Am” . SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC…
The Pack – Based Boys / 2007 Jive / 17 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/thepack / http://www.jiverecords.com / Individuals may know The Pack through a few different venues. First (and most likely), individuals will know The Pack through one of their prior hits – “Vans†– which was censored by MTV to remove all mentions of the title footware. Also, individuals may know The Pack through “I’m Shinin’â€, which reached the elite…
Driving his crusade to the farthest corners of the Earth, the last remaining globally-recognized Imperial Moustache Champion, Alexander Antebi, of LA funk-glam band Conquistador, will be making his first New Zealand/Australian press tour this November for International charity event, Movember, which raises awareness and money for prostate cancer research. Men are encouraged to grow a moustache for one month in November (dubbed ‘Movember’) and have their friends, family and supporters…
Wow…4 similar bands that sound completely different from each other. SMP: This band is the best on the tape. They sound like Hate Dept. and fully pull off the gothic/ GOOD industrial sound. I really hope SMP gets a full length album out, so i can be in pure technical nirvana. Rating:8/10 Noxious Emotion: This band sounds like older Manson, NIN, KMFDM, and Aphex Twin. They are obviously influenced by…
The holiday season got off to a ‘wonderful’ start today with the digital release of the two-song single by singer/songwriter Jolie Holland and soul icon Booker T. Jones. In the most heart-felt collaboration of the year, Holland and Jones met to record the classic Louis Armstrong track “It’s A Wonderful World,†in honor of the song’s 40th anniversary. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief…
OST: Heartworn Highways / 2007 Hacktone / 26 Tracks / http://www.hacktone.com Heartworn Highways is a documentary similar in style to All My Loving, but the subject material is a little different. Where All My Loving was a child of the sixties in terms of the bands covered and individuals’ feelings about rock music, the director of Heartworn Highways, James Szalapski focuses on the folk and roots rock sounds that were…
EP Out Dec 11th on Kanine Records / Winter US Tour With The Cold War Kids / NPR Song of the Day in November/Make Rolling Stone October Hot List Charlie Waller & Mark Ronson (With BBC Concert Orchestra) Cover Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black†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…
Prosthetic Records is proud to announce reissues from Bay Area metal legends TESTAMENT. Both to feature new liner notes, 1997’s ‘Demonic’ was remastered and 1999’s ‘The Gathering’ will include the previously only available in Japan, “Hammer Of The Gods”. Both will see a worldwide release through the label on Jan. 8, 2008. Previously released through Spitfire Records and currently out of print, both records are a welcome addition to the…
Let’s Stay Friends Receives Universal Praise & Reaches CMJ Top 10/ Out Now on Frenchkiss Records Tim Harrington & VH1 Sponsor PSA For Africa (Truly Bugged Up!) http://www.nothingbutnets.net/ Click Here To View Debut “Patty Lee†Video and Sold Out Bowery Ballroom Performance http://www.mediafire.com/?cyejqxtbd0l 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…