Category: Artist News

Posted on: December 11, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MTV BUZZWORTHY PREMIERES YELLOWCARD’S VIDEO FOR “AWAKENING”

With yet another huge year for YELLOWCARD coming to an end, the band has one more gift to fans to end 2012 with a bang. MTV Buzzworthy has premiered the brand new animated video for “Awakening” from their latest album Southern Air (Hopeless Records; released August 14, 2012) on December 10, 2012. You can watch the video here: http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2012/12/10/yellowcard-awakening-video/ “This our first ever animated video, and it’s the first treatment…

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Posted on: December 10, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Post Season Featuring Jake Langley (ex Handguns) and members of Nothing To Prove To Release To Infinity & Beyond EP

Post Season hails from Altoona, PA and is made up of Jake Langley, founding and recently departed member of Handguns, and four existing members of Altoona Pa based pop punk band Nothing To Prove. The lineup is as follows Dan Tippery on lead vocals, Shawn Dearmitt on lead guitar and backing vocals , Jake Langley on rhythm guitar, Chris Wills on bass and Jared Middleton on drums.   When Langley…

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Posted on: December 10, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Marco Beltrami Creates Meditative Sounds for THE SESSIONS

Two-time Academy Award nominated composer Marco Beltrami received the award for Best Original Score – Feature Film for The Sessions at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards in Hollywood. He was also recently named Variety’s Billion Dollar Composer. Beltrami recently scored the Clint Eastwood film Trouble with the Curve and is currently working on the upcoming Brad Pitt film World War Z. Two-time Academy Award nominee Marco Beltrami, wins Best…

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Posted on: December 10, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SVART CROWN Enter Studio

French death/black metal band SVARTCROWN has entered St Marthe studio (Kickback, Hangman’s Chair, Arkhon Infautus) to begin the recording process for the band’s forthcoming third full-length album. Studio footage of the band in action has been posted at this location. The as-of-yet-untitled album is set for a Fall 2013 release on Listenable Records. Over the two years since SVART CROWN’s last effort, Witnessing the Fall, was released, the band has…

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Posted on: December 10, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Category5 Set to Release New EP, A New Dimension

Category5’s sophomore release, A New Dimension EP, will be released on December 21.  Featuring remixes from Alex McGhee, Dotcom, and Stitch It! 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 written thousands of hands-on game and record…

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Posted on: December 9, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Hawkwind Guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton Dead at 61

Cleopatra Records is sad to pass on the news that Hawkwind guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton has passed at the too-young age of 61.  Huw had been bravely battling cancer for the past several years and died peacefully at home in England with his devoted wife Marion by his side.   A self-taught guitarist with mind-bending scope and range, Huw joined Hawkwind in 1970 and immediately made his mark by contributing his…

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Posted on: December 9, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE BRUTAL DECEIVER announces debut full-length

French hardcore/death metal outfit THE BRUTAL DECEIVER have announced the release of their debut full-length album “Go Die. One By One” on next spring. The follow-up to their 2010 EP “Birth Of A Decline”, the record will arrive courtesy of the band’s new label home Useless Pride Records. The band (which features two members of post-metal band As We Draw) recorded those ten tracks last summer with their drummer Amaury…

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Posted on: December 8, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

Caren Taylor Releases Her Single “Just Another Town”

Grumpy Old Bear Artist’s Collective is pleased to announce Caren Taylor’s debut release, her single “Just Another Town.” We’re very excited about the record, and would appreciate any reviews or coverage you could send our way.  Press release follows. Caren Taylor is a singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington who writes songs in a classic acoustic style. Caren’s songs look at familiar subjects from a unique point of view, getting past the…

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Posted on: December 7, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

AEON: New In-Studio Video Update

Metal Blade brings fans the latest installment of a series of in-studio video clips from Swedish death metal strategists, AEON. Filmed during the band’s Aeons Black recording session in Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden, watch as guitarists Zeb Nilsson and Daniel Dlimi sever frets and talk gear at HERE. Released in North America on November 20th, Revolver Magazine calls Aeons Black “one of the best death metal albums of 2012”…

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Posted on: December 7, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TRIOSCAPES announces two shows for December

Trioscapes will be performing two more shows in 2012 in support of their latest album, Separate Realities. The shows, scheduled for December 15th and 16th, will wrap up 2012 for the band, which was highlighted by a tour in September with Scale The Summit, and a top 10 debut on the Billboard Traditional Jazz charts. A live performance of “Curse of the Ninth” from Separate Realities can be seen on…

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Posted on: December 7, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

POP ARTIST, KYLE SHERMAN CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS WITH SHANE & SHANE AND PHIL WICKHAM ON 2012 CHRISTMAS TOUR

RayLynn Record’s flagship artist Kyle Sherman, celebrates the holidays with acoustic guitar-wielding duo, Shane & Shane, and Contemporary Christian vocalist and songwriter, Phil Wickham, as he joins them on their 2012 Christmas Tour, which is currently en route.   Sherman is opening the intimate 10-city tour performing an energetic 20-minute set infused with holiday favorites and new songs from his debut album Hear Me. The tour kicked off last week…

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Posted on: December 7, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

IN FLAMES Announces 2013 Headlining Dates

Sweden’s IN FLAMES is one of the most respected and well recognized heavy metal acts around the world.  The band is currently out on the road as direct support for Lamb Of God, and come February, will be embarking on a headlining tour with Demon Hunter, All Shall Perish and Battlecross.  Dates for the first leg of the headlining run are below, along with all other previously announced dates.  …

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Posted on: December 7, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Camper Van Beethoven prepare celebration of their 30th anniversary in 2013

As Camper Van Beethoven plans to celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2013, with the Jan. release of its tenth album, La Costa Perdida, many of the band’s peers and members of R.E.M., Pavement, Built To Spill, Drive-By Truckers, Meat Puppets, Widespread Panic, Minus 5, The Nerves, and Elf Power spoke about CVB’s influence, its pioneering role in creating the genre of indie rock, and their love for the band. In…

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Posted on: December 7, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SCALE THE SUMMIT ANNOUNCE RAFFLE WITH ERNIE BALL

Progressive instrumentalists SCALE THE SUMMIT have teamed up with ERNIE BALL to give away a year’s supply (24 packs) of Ernie Ball Cobalt 7-string packs! Anyone can enter simply by heading to www.scalethesummit.fanbridge.com and entering your e-mail address. The contest will end on Thursday, December 20th so get your entry in before it’s too late. SCALE THE SUMMIT — whose lineup currently consists of Chris Letchford (guitars), Travis Levrier (guitars), Mark Michell…

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Posted on: December 7, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

“WHO DID THAT TO YOU?” BY JOHN LEGEND

 Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained Film will be in theaters Christmas Day.  Check out the new John Legend track featured on the Soundtrack “Who Did That To You?” which is currently premiering at L.A. Times’ music blog Pop & Hiss. CLICK HERE TO STREAM JOHN LEGEND’S “WHO DID THAT TO YOU?” (VIA L.A. TIMES) “Quentin Tarantino’s movies have such a specific sound to them where the music plays such an important role.  When I first learned…

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Posted on: December 4, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

VANDERBUYST: New LP From Dutch Trio

Flying Dutchmen will hit be publicly available on CD, LP and digital download this week by Germany’s Ván Records, also virtually responsible for discovering and releasing albums from The Devil’s Blood, The Ruins Of Beverast, Year of the Goat and others into the cult spotlight over the last decade, in addition to having released VANDERBUYST’s self-titled debut LP and sophomore album, In Dutch.   With the release of Flying Dutchmen,…

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Posted on: December 4, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

RANDY RHOADS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Come celebrate the Late, Great Randy Rhoads birthday with his family this week at Kathy Rhoads D’Argenzio and her husband Richard D’Argenzio’s wine tasting room in Burbank.   The Randy Rhoads Birthday Tribute weekend starts Thursday, December 6th and ends Saturday, December 8th – open from 3pm to 9pm daily.  This will be a weekend to remember for all fans and friends alike. You will get to meet the whole…

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Posted on: December 3, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Wise Girl Debuts Self-Titled EP

Driving power pop/rock band Wise Girl will soon release their self-titled three-song EP on iTunes. The New York fivesome is equipped with straight forward talent and no need for gimmicks. The Wise Girl EP showcases the perfect combination of poppy melodies, rockin’ guitars and quirky songwriting technique all wrapped together in a no-nonsense attitude. After two years in the making Wise Girl is the brainchild of songwriter Abby Weitz (vocals,…

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Posted on: December 1, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Last Night Changed It All EP

When’s the last time you heard a song that you instantly replayed for the rest of the day? That was our reaction to this Roane Namuh remix of The Love Loungers cover of the Esther Williams bboy classic ‘Last Night Changed It All’ which sounds like something Dam-Funk would make if he played with Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings. This is the sound of the future of nu-disco or space…

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Posted on: November 29, 2012 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

VON GREY JOINS COMPANY OF THIEVES ON U.S. TOUR IN JANUARY 2013

Indie-alt-folk band von Grey will kick off a tour with Company of Thieves on January 23, 2013 at The Bishop in Bloomington, IN. The run will include shows at World Café in Philadelphia (1/29), New York City’s Highline Ballroom (1/31) and Jammin Java in Vienna, VA (2/4).   The band, which recently wrapped up a West Coast tour with Lindsey Stirling, is currently on tour in the South and will…

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