—Dutch platinum rockers Racoon will follow up the Oct. 2 stateside release of their album, Another Day, by hitting the road with the Lemonheads, beginning Nov. 30 in San Francisco and concluding Dec. 22 in Cambridge, MA. The first single, “Close Your Eyes,” is currently being promoted at Triple A radio. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered…
Freddies All Anal Babes 2 / davewgray@yahoo.co.uk / http://www.freddiesworld.com Now, I am much more familiar with either independent movies or music, but adult videos are something that does fall into my “If I get it sent to me for review, it will be reviewed†clause. This video is the first foreign adult film I’ve seen, coming from our English buddies, and it contains scenes with four different women and the…
This is plain West Coast Thrash Metal, circa 1989. Fast, but for a change somewhat intelligent. They even provide songs against racism and the American government killing the Indians. It is very hard and fast, and yet it means something. This is a mixture of old Exodus, Metallica, and Megadeth. This is on In- Effect Records, and i dont have a address for them. The album was created in the…
I’d like to introduce you to The Kin. It’s quite possible that you have already heard of this Australian brother duo. They’ve been in NYC since 2001 and have put out three albums during that time. On October 9th, they have their 4th album called “Rise and Fall†coming out on their own label, Aletheia Records. The album was co-produced by Nic Hard – who has worked with The Bravery…
Chip Raman – Edge of a Song / 2007 Rosebud / http://www.chipraman.com / It has been quite a while since a straight-forward chap with a guitar sounded this was. Individuals will hear a lot of the sixties (Neil Young, Bob Dylan) in Raman’s style. Obviously, Young or Dylan never said anything about opening up their Nokia, but the style of Raman is unmistakenly influenced by these two giants of rock.…
Range Life Records to release “Smoke Rings” November 6th, 2007. “Adrianne Verhoeven” has spent her music career lending her vocal and keyboard chops to bands like The Anniversary, Art in Manila, and Fourth of July but “Dri” as Adrianne is known to her friends has spent her 20’s seeing the world, falling in and out of love, getting lost in the hazy days and buzzed nights of Lawrence, Kansas and…
Bay Area rapper and Atlantic Recording artist, Mistah F.A.B. wowed a packed crowd at New York City night club SOB’s when he championed a freestyle battle, Tuesday night (9/18). Steve “Raze” Julien, EVP of Multimedia & Digital Content at AllHipHop.com invited F.A.B. to participate after seeing him perform at the 2007 Ozone Awards, “I saw him close down the Atlantic suite with the illest freestyle I had heard in a…
I got this tape at the punk rock show over at Jeff Kells house and boy am I happy that I got this tape. It is typical 3rd wave punk guitar chords (i.e Blink 182) and lyrics, but all together they make a really good and professional sounding tape, which is hard to do on a maxell tape.The guitars are very fast paced, and they compliment the vocals amazingly. This…
Howard Zinn – Voices of a People’s History of the USA / 2006 MVD / 120 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Reviewed 20 March 2006 At first glance, there is not much in the way of glitz or glamour on this DVD. However, each of the speakers on “Voices of a People’s History of the USA†are the masters of rhetoric, so that every line drives chills up a viewer’s spine.…
MON 11/12 WASHINGTON, DC Black Cat TUE 11/13 BALTIMORE, MD Ottobar THU 11/15 PHILADELPHIA, PA First Unitarian Church FRI 11/16 NEW YORK, NY Blender Theater @ Gramercy SAT 11/17 ATLANTIC CITY, NJ House Of Blues Harlem Club 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…
Dave Sasscer – Quiet Mind / 2007 Self / 10 Tracks / http://www.davesasscer.com / Dave Sasscer is the lynchpin of the eponymous project that released “Quiet Mind†this year. Joining Sasscer are the Mojo Conga Jam, a group of talented musicians that have spent time in the supporting acts of the Indigo Girls, Shaun Mullins, Omar Hakim, and Hiram Bullock. The first track on “Quiet Mind†is “(When) She’s in…
SF singer/songerwriter receives raves from Rolling Stone and pens song for Cam Archer-directed film Armed with little more than an acoustic guitar and her fragile alto, San Francisco folk singer/songwriter Emily Jane White offers complex tales of melancholy and isolation. While comparisons to contemporaries like Cat Power and Hope Sandoval are frequent, Emily’s music owes a clear debt to classic female jazz and blues singers such a Billie Holiday. The…
Wordplay / 2006 IFC Films / 85 Minutes / http://www.wordplaythemovie.com / http://www.ifcfilms.com / If individuals did not know that this film was documenting real life individuals discussing a real life thing (Will Shortz’s crossword puzzles), individuals would likely think that this is yet another mockumentary from an individual like Christopher Guest. The absurdity of this topic is definitely present, and while this film has more than its fair share of…
Kanekoa, the Hawaiian Rock Band from the North Shore, Maui, fronted by two ripping electric ukuleles will release their debut Major Hana Records album, “Under The Coconut Sky”, on November 6th, 2007. “Under The Coconut Sky” is distributed by Fontana/Universal and is available now, exclusively on iTunes. 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,…
Lorrie Ruiz – Chewy / 2007 Self / 10 Tracks / http://www.chewyonline.com / The funk meets jazz sound of “Slipping Away†gives first-time listeners to Lorrie Ruiz a good grounding in the styles that will present themselves throughout “Chewyâ€. While Ruiz does craft a sound that is rooted heavily in earlier music styles, the resulting music does not sound dated in the least. Instead, the allure of a “Slipping Away 
First to Leave have announced several tour dates in support of their October 9th release, “Forging a Future.” The band will embark on a west coast tour with long-time friends Fireworks. Following these dates, the band will head to Japan for a series of performances with Lifetime. For those of you on the east coast, don’t sweat it, more tour plans are in the works. In the meantime, here are…
Velvet Underground – Under Review / 2006 MVD / 84 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Where I did not know much of anything about Captain Beefheart for the first Under Review DVD, I am a little bit more familiar with the Velvet Underground. I even have their disc with Nico; would this DVD still have the same magic considering I know about the band? Just as in the other “Under Review 
3 Mile Scream have announced their new headlining tour dates in support of their Corporate Punishment debut, A Prelude To Our Demise. The band will be touring throughout Canada in October and November. 3 Mile Scream is currently putting the finishing touches on their sophomore album, which is due for release in early 2008. The album was produced by Cryptopsy guitarist Christian Donaldson, who recently produced The Agonist’s Century Media…
Onesidezero – S/T / 2007 Corporate Punishment / 13 Tracks / http://www.onesidezero.com / http://www.corporatepunishment.com / Onesidezero start off their self-titled album with a musically heavy track in “Carry Your Gunâ€. When the band throws the vocals into the mix, what results is something that does not mesh completely. The vocals struggle to approximate the roughness of the instrumentation. This means that there are two distinct threads present in this opening…
After releasing two records mainly as a side project, the band got together in the months before Hurricane Katrina to start working on new material. The band reconnected in New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina with a newfound purpose and focus on DOWN, and began work on their most ambitious record to date. Having already tapped Warren Riker, who produced their 2nd release, DOWN II-A Bustle in Your Hedgerow,…