Deepak Chopra – A Gift of Love II / 2002 Rasa / 23 Tracks / http://www.rasamusic.com / Besides the music of The Buddhist Monks that I received a few months ago, Deepak Chopra’s “A Gift of Love†has to rank right up there in terms of the weirdness scale. This is the style of music that would be played at a number of import houses and other new-age shops, so…
UNDERWORLD LIVE – 2007 Septmeber – 7 San Francisco, CA The Warfield September – 8 San Francisco, CA The Warfield September – 9 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl September – 11 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre September – 14 New York, NY Central Park Summer Stage September – 15 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion On October 16th, Side One Recordings will release Underworld’s Oblivion with Bells, the duo’s first…
Duke Ellington – Early Tracks From The Master of Swing / 2006 MVD / 85 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / With these tracks all being “early†in the career of Duke Ellington, it pays to remember that the sound and video quality of them will not be up to the high quality of a number of other concert DVDs. However you take what you can get considering the fact that some…
DROPKICK MURPHYS are set to release their sixth studio album THE MEANEST OF TIMES–a collection of spirited, cathartic and heartfelt anthems–September 18 on their own Born & Bred Records in association with Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group. The Boston band will also hit the road September 12 for an East Coast headlining trek in support of THE MEANEST OF TIMES with The Horrorpops and Everybody Out.
Carina Round – Slow Motion Addict / 2006 Weapons of Mass Entertainment / 12 Tracks / http://www.carinaround.com / http://www.interscope.com / I must admit, I felt a little wary after looking at the sticker on the cover of “Slow Motion Addictâ€, where some yob from the NME said that “At her best she fucks up the blues like no Midlander since Led Zepâ€. The disc’s first track is “Stolen Carâ€, and…
Motley Crue founding member Nikki Sixx whose brutally honest upcoming book The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star (due September 18th from MTV Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster) chronicles his battles with drug addiction and his road to recovery, was a featured speaker at the 18th Annual National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month luncheon on Capitol Hill, September 6th. He is the first rock…
The Eastpak Resistance Tour 2003 Volume II / 2006 I Scream / 124 Minutes / http://www.iscreamrecords.com / Reviewed 04 April 2006 The first thing that one hears about this DVD is that Madball is actually impressive. The younger fans into hardcore music may not ever know the style of punk-hardcore music that Madball does, but I Scream does them all a favor by putting the band right at the front…
We Are Him debuts at #73 on the Top 200 of CMJ’s national radio charts in its first week. This is the fifth album from Angels Of Light, the vehicle for Michael Gira since he disbanded his Swans in 1997. The album was recorded and produced by Gira at Trout Recording and Seizure’s Palace studios in Brooklyn with Akron/Family laying down some initial basic tracks which were then fleshed out…
Tyrone Wells – Hold On / 2007 Universal Republic / 12 Tracks / http://www.tyronewells.com / I had absolutely no idea who Tyrone Wells was when we received the CD here at NeuFutur headquarters. Essentially, Wells gained prominence through having eir songs played on a number of shows I wouldn’t touch with a twenty foot pole. These include: One Tree Hill, Numb3rs, Meet the Barkers, and Three Moons over Milford. Essentially,…
Mesa, Arizona’s AWAKE AND ALERT will be releasing their debut full-length Devil In A Lambskin Suit on September 11th via Five One, Inc. The record is also available for download right now through digital services such as iTunes.
Bob Dylan – 1975-1981: Rolling Thunder & The Gospel Years / 2006 Music Video Distributors / 241 Minutes / http://www.highway61ent.com / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Reviewed 10 March 2006 To properly capture the entire history of a musician or any other public figure over forty years is great for individuals that might not have been alive for part or nearly all of the period covered to get a sense of what exactly…
The first release of this new collaboration will be Os Mutantes Live at The Barbican Theatre, London. The epic DVD and CD recording from legendary rockers Os Mutantes, recorded LIVE during their first concert in more than 30 years. Due in November.
Chasing Victory – Fiends / 2007 Mono Vs Stereo / 10 Tracks / http://www.chasingvictory.com / http://www.monovsstereo.com / Chasing Victory is a band that is from deep in the heart of Georgia. They’ve toured before with Project 86, August Burns Red, and The Devil Wears Prada. This means that they are a Christian hardcore band, but one would likely not hear that when the horns kick in on a track like…
One Small Step For Landmines has joined up with friends and fellow Tallahasseeans Look Mexico for a three week tour of the Midwest and East Coast. The band’s debut full-length will see a September 11th release from Civil Defense League, the Doghouse imprint created by Sparta front man Jim Ward.
Drive-Thru Records DVD Volume IV / 2006 Drive-Thru / 8 Videos / http://www.drivethrurecords.com / Reviewed 13 January 2006 For individuals that want to know what exactly Drive-Thru Records was up to in 2006, this DVD is a necessary purchase. There are eight videos on this DVD, featuring Hellogoodbye, Dave Melillo, The Early November, Halifax, Hidden In Plain View, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business, Socratic, and An Angel.…
Finland’s Insomnium and Swallow the Sun are mere days from the start of their first American tour alongside Sweden’s Katatonia and Scar Symmentry for the anticipated all-European “Live Consternation” tour set to kick off at Jaxx Nite Club in West Springfield, Virginia. Both bands are enjoying growing American audiences and are excited to meet with their American fanbase.
Metal Mind Productions presents the complete anthology of Józef Skrzek: the leader of the famous progressive rock trio SBB. “Viator 1973-2007” makes for a great summary of Skrzek’s solo career and includes 20 CDs with music from various genres: rock, electronica, jazz plus music for films and performances created by Skrzek in the period of over 34 years! The first ever CD release of the album “Ambitus Extended” and a…
Control the Airspace / $20.00 / kc@illrepute.com / http://www.illrepute.com iLLRePuTePRoDuCTioNS, 747 1/2 Avalon Ct , San Diego, CA 92109 Control the Airspace DVD – This is simply a movie that focuses a lot on skateboarding and surfing. With tons of footage of both aforementioned sports, filmmaker Casey Kindred also intersperses the action footage with interviews of a host of friends and individuals. Tying together birds, airplanes, and the air a…
What do they sound like? Put it this way: If we were on a boat with a bunch of Vikings looking for some giant squid to kill, this is what would be playing. It would be madness, and it would be wonderful. “…They’ll blow your nuts off.” DAILY CANDY
Paris Bennett – Princess P / 2007 306 / 16 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/parisbennett / http://www.tvtrecords.com / Paris Bennett was one of the stars from American Idol . Specifically (for those people that actually pay attention to it), ey was the fifth place winner in the fifth season of Idol. The introductory track to the disc, “All Hair the Princessâ€, is a song that reflects a gospel influence. “Ordinary Love†is…