“Bisco’s debut album has a decidedly dark, creepy and measured ambience, much like a thriller when the hero is about to turn the corner… he examines the fragile nature of our existence.” – The Source “Bisco is continuing the longstanding NY tradition of cutting edge hip-hop.” – Skunk Magazine The Video: Bisco Smith, a.k.a. Bisc1, is ready to reintroduce himself, and he’s come to cleanse the radio world of its…
The King of Rocksprings began over 10 years ago as the recording project from Brooklyn artist & musician Scott Sosebee while Sosebee was playing drums in various other bands. He originally moved to Athens in 1995, dropping out of a Savannah, GA art school to play drums in the punk band Space Cookie. After touring the country several times, alongside such acts as the New Bomb Turks and Man or…
Final Conflict start out their “No Peace on Earth†CD with an introduction to “Burning Bush†that seems much more proper for a rockabilly CD than the roughshod punk rock that is the common style on the disc. There is present in Final Conflict’s construction of punk music a sound that is tremendously influenced by acts like D.R.I. and the Circle Jerks. Songs like “Where’s The Threat†take up the…
You can’t travel down south without hearing someone rave about guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, radio and TV personality Joey Stuckey, who holds the distinction of being the Official Ambassador of Music for Macon, Georgia (home of the ‘southern sound’). Joey Stuckey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio & TV personality, music columnist, inspirational speaker, educator and sound engineer. Joey’s guitar style is reminiscent of rocker Jeff Beck…
The holidays are right around the corner and Blackheart Records, Joan Jett’s record label, will be celebrating with their holiday album A Blackheart Christmas available on vinyl for the very first time. The album features holiday standards from Girl in a Coma, The Dollyrots and original tunes from Seattle punks The Cute Lepers and veteran Blackheart band The Vacancies. A modern take on “Silent Night” closes out the 11-track offering…
For a band that has such a post-modern look to their album cover, this is some old-style, looking-back Irish sounding punk rock. The first track has a compelling, almost-lounge arrangement that clicks along as the sometimes-gruff vocals dominate. This lounge type of sound recalls Momus and other fancy-free artists in the vein of Cat Stevens; in fact, a track like “Neverkind†seems to be much more in this vein than…
Jenesse Center is proud to announce the dates for the 2010 Silver Rose Weekend, chaired by Academy Award winning actress and long time supporter, Halle Berry and an illustrious roster of community supporters, sponsors, board of directors and friends. Celebrating its 30 year anniversary of continued service in the community, the event will kick off with the annual Silver Rose Gala and Auction on Sunday, April 18, 2009 at the…
On December 5th and 6th Golden Bloom and Alan Cohen Experience will appear at The Beatles Complete On Ukulele Marathon. All proceeds going to Yoko Ono, the benefit will take place at N8 in Williamsburg. In a NY Daily News article, co-founder of the festival, Roger Greenawalt says, “Yoko gets a very bad rap for breaking up the Beatles. We want her to know we are not making fun of…
“The March is all meat, no filler…some of the smartest writing in metal.†Revolver Magazine “…no one has churned out better aggressive metalcore than them…Unearth has been at the top of their class for some considerable time now.†Metal Hammer “…their most powerful, defiant, and affecting release to date…The March should fully propel them into the big leagues.†Outburn Magazine “The band’s songwriting has improved tenfold…the arrangements shine from the…
The three cuts on this EP only total out to be a little over eight minutes, but this amount seems much longer when one considers that one of the most genuinely catchy songs of the last five years, “Black Shoes†is present here. Still, “Come On†is cut from a similar cloth and adds much to the affective time of the EP, coming through with all the clarity of a…
When Fred Mascherino of The Color Fred/Taking Back Sunday felt the itch to get back in a band, he enlisted some pretty impressive friends to scratch it. “I had been playing mainly with my solo project [The Color Fred] for the past two years and I decided it was finally time to get a band going again,” Fred explains. With a few new songs in hand, he traveled to Birmingham,…
Nearly 6 months ago, Nettwerk CEO and Lilith Fair co-founder Terry McBride announced via Twitter that the all-female festival would make its return in 2010. Today, the official Lilith 2010 website launches, not only revealing the new look and feel of Lilith a decade later, but also the first set of cities that the traveling festival will be hitting–New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, London and more. Check out www.lilithfair.com…
Fightstar may just have been the biggest signing that Deep Elm has made ever in their tenure as a indie rock / emo record label. Sure, bands have grown up after being signed to the label (Brandtson, The Appleseed Cast), but Fightstar is HUGE in the United Kingdom. The opening track to “They Liked Your Betterâ€, “Paint Your Target†is the musical equivalent of smashing up a room; chaos reigns…
While we here at NeuFutur provide much in the way of coverage to musicians of all stripes, we have not given proper coverage to those that provide Restoration & Repair for the instruments that are so vital to musicians’ livelihoods. Lindeblad Piano ( http://www.lindebladpiano.com ) is one of these companies, working to restore to perfect working order piano lines as storied as Chickering, Baldwin, and Steinway. More so, for those…
Aussie expatriates The Might Pikeys describe their style as “punk rock that encourages drinking, fighting, and all around mischief.” If that’s not enough to grab your interest, try this: they’ve already mutilated harmless classics like “It’s A Small World” and “Waltzing Matilda” to suit their devious purposes, and they’re currently working on an ode to Australian hero Steve Irwin entitled “Sail Away Steve-O.” But don’t be fooled: despite The Mighty…
There are a number of different edications that can be gotten cheaper online. While it seems like everything (from terms of prices all the way out to enforcement of transportation laws) have been ratcheted up in the last few years for those name brand types of pills, tramadol is one of those that has hidden under the radar. Of course, individuals that would be looking into purchasing tramadol online would…
Pulverised Records is proud to welcome Ukranian black metallers BALFOR to their illustrious roster. Self-described as as “barbaric black metal” that explores themes from their country’s warrior past, the band’s recently completed debut full-length, Barbaric Blood, is slated for release in early 2010. Comments Pulverised A&R manager Calvin Chiang: “BALFOR are one of those bands that has pretty much the whole package: Top-class musicianship and excellent songwriting prowess that perfectly…
Fan Death have returned with another colorful fantasy based video, directed this time by vocalist Dandilion Wind Opaine. Watch the girls encounter scores of bizarre characters resembling certain influential personalities before riding off into the sunset with the big man himself. Stay tuned for a special message from Grandpa William at the end of the presentation. The anthemic track REUNITED is taken from the forthcoming EP “A Coin For the…
This is the style of pop-punk that should be getting some notoriety, instead of the boy-bandish crap that is Busted. Nice, chunky guitars and high-pitched vocals, well-done, in the vein of early Unwritten Law and Green Day. K8’s vocal style is immediately reminiscent of both the lead vocalist of Switchblade Kittens and the aforementioned Billie Joe (from Green Day). The production on “Nothing New†is perfect, neither holding back the…
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