Athlete – Beyond The Neighbourhood / 2007 Astralwerks / 11 Tracks / http://www.athlete.mu / Athlete is perhaps the biggest band that no one has heard of in the United States. Their last album, “Touristâ€, went double platinum, and “Beyond The Neighbourhood†is poised to do the same thing. From the opening strains of “In Between 2 Stateâ€, Athlete shows that they understand how to get individuals involved with their music.
D.O.A. and Sudden Death Records are thrilled to finally re-release The Black Spot. This 14 track CD originally came out in 1995, but has been out of print for a number of years. When D.O.A. drummer Ken Jensen tragically died in a house fire on January 30th 1995, D.O.A. asked John Wright of NO MEANS NO to step in for the recording. Combining John with Joe Shithead Keithley, Brian Wimpy…
10. Early Man – More To Me Than Meat and Eyes 09. William Shatner – Common People 08. The Streets – Never Went To Church 07. The Aquabats – Hot Summer Nights 06. Bowling For Soup – When We Die 05. Fall Out Boy – I’m Like A Lawyer 04.Pulley – Outside Opinion 03. Angels and Airwaves -Â The Adventure 02. Municipal Waste – Unleash The Bastards 01. Frank Zappa…
It isn’t easy to pull off punk in a time when the sounds and sights of the subculture have been commercialized to the farthest ends of Planet Retail, but every once in a while comes a band that can break out of the teen demographic that bands can get stuck in. Toronto’s Die Mannequin – a trio of fierce musicians that have collaborated with MSTRKRFT, Ian D’sa of Billy Talent,…
For those individuals that know me, I have to wear glasses. I’ve never gotten anything in the way of contacts because my eyes are incredibly sensitive, and during those moments when I feel that I do not look with glasses, I consider Lasik surgery. The only thing that I am worried about with Lasik surgery is the possibility of having macular degeneration (I think I’ve heard that it is a…
14 songs on Pervertidora records ,1999. Wow i dont think i have ever heard an album quite like this, because it is all orchestral compositions, but twisted, and is made into a etheral soundtrack to zone out to, very demented like. This is what experimental and industrial music should sound like, Not bull shit like NIN or FLA. MUB definitely takes from Aphex Twin, Kraftwerk, and Throbbing Gristle. This is…
Our friends have some good news. Individuals may remember that we interviewed TGL back in 2005, and reviewed/set up shows that they played. Wish them the best! From the TGL Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/tglrock): Hello all, we have some amazing news from TGL camp. Today, TGL has agreed to sign with Lobster/Oort Records out of Santa Barbara California. We are very excited to be a part of the Oort family and our…
Pre-Registration Open Now At www.SaulWilliams.com; DRM Free Download Available November 1st For Free Or $5 Artist Contribution The FADER Label, the recording branch of The FADER, today announced the release of the new recording by esteemed poet, artist and musician Saul Williams: The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!. Produced by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails), the download will be available for free or for a $5 contribution to support…
Caterpillar Tracks – Scrape The Summer / 2007 Phratry Records / 5 Tracks / http://www.phratryrecords.com / Caterpillar Tracks is an act that we know well at NeuFutur. We reviewed their self-titled album a few years back, and “Scrape The Summer†continues with the same rich style. “It’s Scientific, Goddamn†is a track that has a lot of Replacements and 1986-era Goo Goo Dolls present in the overall sound, but this…
On October 23rd, Witchdoctor and Adult Swim’s William Street celebrate the CD release of “The Diary of an American Witchdoctorâ€, the spiritual rapper’s prolific collection of songs ranging from street life to the greatness of God. Witchdoctor, also known as Erin Johnson, is a first generation member of Atlanta’s legendary Dungeon Family collective that includes hip hop powerhouses like Goodie Mob, OutKast and Killer Mike among others. He entered the…
This was released in 1987 on Megaforce records, and this has 23 songs. MOD, which stands for Masters of Destruction, sounds like DRI mixed with old (read:good) Exodus. The guitars are fast, which mostly brutal riffs on the low end of the E and A strings. The leas singer Bill Milano, half talks/screams his way through each songs. This screaming limits each of the songs to only 1 or 2…
This 5 song EP was released on Broken Rekids. I paid $2 for this slab of plastic. Me First is another band with the older punk/rock feel, sounding like The Donnas, the Runaways, and Joan Jett. They have very classical (read:70’s) guitar riffs, and a shitload of distortion. Mr First is also another all female punk band. Me First’s vocals are rough and deep, which just adds to the 70’s…
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The Dangerous Summer – If You Could Only Keep Me Alive / 2007 Hopeless / 7 Tracks / http://www.hopelessrecords.com / http://www.myspace.com/dangeroussummer / “I Would Stay†starts out “If You Could Only Keep Me Aliveâ€, and starts out slowly. The band kicks into gear soon after, and the Taking Back Sunday meets MxPx style of the vocals move away from their stark sound into meshing well with the instrumentation. “I Would…
GREAT NORTHERN’S PRE-TWILIGHT RECORDINGS TO SEE LIGHT OF DAY; DIGITAL PRE-RELEASE SET FOR NOVEMBER 6, ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 2008 LOS ANGELES, October 24, 2007 – Before Great Northern honed the lush lullabies that made up its arresting debut LP, “Trading Twilight for Daylight” (Eenie Meenie Records), the L.A.-based foursome constructed a set of songs that laid the early groundwork for the band’s cinematic pop. Previously only available at live shows,…
Brooklyn, NY is known for many things, but great Modern Rock is probably not one of them. Now the BK’s best kept secret, Underwhelmed, are looking to change that, breaking out with a 3 Month tour in support of their recently released EP, The War Between Myself and Me, available at shows and via mail-order and iTunes, with a full-length to follow in early 2008 on Corporate Punishment Records/Koch.
This is great NYC old style punk, plain and simple. Amazingly good songs, and they are not straight edgers. That is good. A guy has a mohawk. They thank Joey Ramone. This is out on NG records, which is a pretty cool as fuck label. This amazing work of an album gets a 9 out of 10. Good Work guys, just stay together. The guys in the band have cool…
This tape is 36 minutes long, and it is from Jevan Records, which probably is a defunct label which was out of Parma Heights Ohio. This is electronic gothic music, which mixes depressed Depeche Mode with some Cure, and it also has Female and Male vocals. Lestat uses old clips between songs, which is a good, albeit overused median between songs. These guys have slow Cure like guitars, with samplers…
The lead singer on this tape screams so much that it sounds like he is being anally rape and making words about it. The guitar parts on this tape are really clear sounding, and this band sounds like Morbid Angel or Cannibal Corpse. This tape was made in 1993, and the drums are extremely fast. On Noise/Futurist records. Rating:8/10 1
Angels and Airwaves’ 2006 debut We Don’t Need to Whisper signaled the beginning of a concept that not only continues, but flourishes with the release of the band’s sophomore full-length, I-Empire. That’s because the San Diego-based rock group, fronted by Tom DeLonge, has always considered both We Don’t Need to Whisper and I-Empire two halves of its double-album concept. While the band’s debut addressed infinite possibility in the human experience,…