A Step Behind – This Is What We’ve Become / 2007 Self / 5 Tracks / http://www.astepbehind.com / “Kicked Our Fate and Killed Desire†is the first track on “This Is What We’ve Becomeâ€, and it shows A Step Behind as an act that is going back to the style of emo music that was big in 2003 and 2004. The vocal qualities present during this opening track are the…
Jive Records recording artist, The Pack, who created one of the most original and infectious songs of last year with “Vans,” a song that Rolling Stone selected top 5 in their “100 Best Songs of 2006†round-up , are set to take it one step further with their debut full length album BASED BOYS. Always the trendsetters, The Pack defy classification by creating the genre that they call “based music”.…
This was released in 1996, on Lobster Records. The lead singer has a very young sounding snotty voice and the guitarist and the drummer sound very talented. The thing that distinguishes Joystick from all of the other bands, is that their songs poke fun at various things (A grand band makes fun of the punk scene). The lead of Joystick can also sing really fast, and he sounds like Greg…
NBA ‘08 (PSP) / 2007 Sony / http://www.us.playstation.com/NBA07 / http://www.playstation.com / Obviously, it would not be fair to directly compare the PSP version of NBA ’08 with the version for the PS3. However, what the PSP version may lack in graphics or rendering is easily made up for with a number of interesting mini games, such as Fast Break, Alley-Oop and Block-a-Shoot. There is a “conquest mode” present during this…
Sherwood will be supporting Hellogoodbye, Say Anything and Go Audio (Epic UK) on a string of UK dates starting 11/27 in Cardiff. Tue 11/27 Cardiff, UKUni Great Hall Wed 11/28 Exeter, UKLemon Grove Thu 11/29 Portsmouth, UKPyramids Centre Fri 11/30 Cambridge, UKCorn Exchange Sat 12/1 OFF Sun 12/2 Sheffield, UKLeadmill Mon 12/3 Newcastle, UKAcademy Tue 12/4 Glasgow, Scotland Wed 12/5 Leeds, UKCockpit Thu 12/6 OFF Fri 12/7 Brixton, UKAcademy Sat…
Track Listing 1)Runaway Assholes 2)Rodeo Blood Monkeys 3)Definite Problem Upstate 4)A Night of Shirt 5)Pants Dance This band is extremely cool.I saw them live at a local concert along with mr.tORNaDo heAd and even talked to a few members of the band.Their music is funky and good to rock dance to and even moshable (hehehehe….thats how i got this tape). All and all i give this tape about an 7…
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to present Abstract Rhythms: Paul Klee and Devendra Banhart ,on view through February 24, 2008. The exhibition explores the relationship between music and visual art, pairing Klee’s works on paper with those by the young contemporary artist Banhart. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC…
NBA ’08 (PS3) / 2007 Sony / http://www.us.playstation.com/NBA07 / http://www.playstation.com / I remember when NBA Jam was the big basketball game. Obviously that has been a few years back, but looking at that game for the arcade and Sega Genesis console and looking at NBA ’08 is selling two related games, but with countless evolutionary steps taken between the two. Let’s see what all NBA ’08 has to offer in…
Brooklyn-based hip-hop duo Junk Science’s second album, Gran’dad’s Nerve Tonic, hits stores today! Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, Feeding Einstein, the guys have taken it up a notch on the new album with the help of fellow Nuclear Family collective members Cool Calm Pete, Iller Than Theirs, and Loer Velocity as well as a bonus remix by Daedelus. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is…
3 song EP, 1999, self released. A 3 piece somewhat local band with an indy rock sound in the vein of 3rd eye blind and the goo goo dolls. Light riffs with nice sounding lyrics and a truly polished sound. They sound better live , with much more bass and cooler songs. In their live set they can even sound like an alt metal band. This tape is definitely not…
“[Make It Blur] is the kind of magical set that wills you to play it time and time again before you come close to exhausting all its possibilities. Fabulous.” – All Music Guide “Between the production polish and the promise of a departure into more seasoned rock terrotory, June’s sophomore effort seems awfully safe on paper. But thanks to its airtight execution, Make It Blur consistently counts for more then…
Filter (Phillippines) #4 / $? / 20M / filter_zine@yahoo.com.ph / As the title suggests, this is not the Filter zine of the United States. This Filter is a half-sized magazine that deals primarily with the punk/ska/hardcore music scene in the Philippines. This is not a typical cut and paste operation, as the layout seems to be very strong and professional through each of the zine’s 20 pages. While I have…
Los Angeles based Onesidezero guitarist, Levon Sultanian, has commented on the Bush administration’s recommendation to Congress to reject legislation that would declare the World War I-era killings of hundreds of thousands of Armenians as genocide. 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. With over 25 years of…
Track Listing 1)God`s Greenest Acre 2)Sister 3)Sweet Pea` 4)Touch What can i say.This band is amazing live,and the tape is pretty good.The guys i talked to from this band are really cool.At the show they played like 10 or 11 songs that werent on the tape so i recommend seeing them live.The best song on the tape is “Sister” and on a 10 point scale i give them an 8.…
Gabriel Scott, former frontman and lyricist for internationally acclaimed metal band Burning Orange, is about to unleash his new brain child, The Bleeder Project, on the unsuspecting U.S. populace. 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. With over 25 years of continuous digital publishing experience, he has…
OST: Lust, Caution / 2007 Decca / 24 Tracks / http://www.decca.com / Lust, Caution is not a movie that has gotten as wide of a publicity campaign as director Ang Lee’s previous movies (specifically, The Hulk). The movie itself deals with the exploits of Wang Jiazhi, and especially how Wang interacts with Mr. Yee. While the action takes place during World War II, there is a quite current sound to…
O PIONEERS!!! are on the road in support of an endless string of new releases, most of which are vinyl and will inevitably contribute to Team Science Records mogul Aaron Danger’s increasingly frightening obsession with the format. The band’s recent announcement that they will be joining Asian Man and releasing a 7″ in February will undoubtedly push Danger into a vinyl-induced coma. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is…
This album has 11 songs, and it was released in 1998 on KMG Records. This is Christian Ska, with six members in the band. “Jigsaw” , The opening track has a really good sound, being a pseudo-ska ballad. They can be reached at www.theinsyderz.com or emailed at insyders@ix.netcom.com. “What happened to Joe” is a Ska/Punk speed song. “Paradise” is an extremely tame, slower, and more reggaeish song. It is pretty…
Following the recent UK release of its second album, Citrus, and a rapturously received debut tour in Europe earlier this year, Asobi Seksu will release a brand new single, “Strawberriesâ€, on One Little Indian Records. The single is lifted from Citrus and comes in three commercial formats, featuring the original version of the title track plus remixes by CSS, The Whip and Ulrich Schnauss. The single will be available on…
Midnight – Beautiful Pearl / 2006 Self / 10 Tracks / http://www.midnightfalling.com / “Comfort Me” shows Midnight as a band that is tremendously influenced by the deep-down blues of a Kenny Wayne Shepherd and the progressive rock of a Rush. Throw in a little Every Mother’s Nightmare and “Dog Eat Dog”-era Warrant, and individuals have an idea how Midnight starts off their “Beautiful Pearl”. There is an unpolished appeal to…