Born in 2004 out of the thriving indie music scene in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, The Daredevil Christopher Wright unites brothers Jon and Jason Sunde with the percussion and vocals of friend Jesse Edgington. Their first full length album In Deference to a Broken Back, an expansive and collaborative effort, was released through Amble Down Records. Their sophomore album, 2012’s The Nature of Things, is a result of asking what can…
Detroit, MI’s self-touted “blue collar thrashers” BATTLECROSS are gearing up to lay waste to the states on this summer’s TRESPASS AMERICA festival. The festival kicks off in one month on July 13, 2012 in Broomfield, CO and features headliners Five Finger Death Punch, as well as the reunited original line-up of Killswitch Engage. The TRESPASS AMERICA Festival also features Trivium, Emmure, Pop Evil, and God Forbid. The anticipation is building;…
Humaana have posted a brand new song called “Dead Horse.” The song will appear the full length they are currently recording. The Haverhill, MA indie rockers also put their recent Panic records 5 song EP ‘Comfort’ up for stream with it. It’s all up at www.Humaana.bandcamp.com and through the music section of www.Facebook.com/Humaana www.panicrecords.net SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where…
G. Huff and Vice Souletric have quickly become two of the most respected new hip-hop artists to emerge out the Midwest. The Ohio MC/Producer duo made waves in 2011 with their debut album, “Where Do We Go From Here?” which featured a who’s who of talent such as Guilty Simpson, REKS, Termanology, and Ruste Juxx. G. Huff is a ferocious emcee who hales from the gritty city of Youngstown,…
Philadelphia based Metallers Single Bullet Theory have quite a busy next few months ahead of them. In the midst of writing and recording theri next full length offering, The band will be hitting the road in August as part of the “North American Devastation” tour along side Into Eternity and Riksha. Matt DiFabio offers some insight below. “Well, I have compiled about fourteen songs for the next record and our…
6-17 San Antonio, TX – Korova $$ 6-20 Tucson, AZ – Solar Culture $$ 6-21 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom $$ 6-22 San Diego, CA – Casbah $$ 6-23 Los Angeles, CA – The Smell $$# 6-24 Long Beach, CA – Alex’s Bar $$ 6-27 San Jose, CA – Blank Club $$ 6-28 Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place $$ 6-29 Oakland, CA – New Parish Music Hall…
KREWELLA unveils their PLAY HARD EP with an exclusive stream at RollingStone.com. Exhibiting their signature, vocally driven electronic sound, sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf take listeners on a sonic journey through the aggressive dubstep-infused production of Kris “Rainman” Trindl. The entire EP can be previewed online before its official release on Beatport this Monday, June 18, with iTunes and all other digital retail outlets to follow on June 26, here:…
Distinctive Chicago-based doom collective EARTHEN GRAVE have confirmed a plethora of Summer tour dates throughout the country in support of their electrifying self-titled debut album. Boasting a powerful, dynamic style of plodding doom metal surging with classic heavy metal vigor, the six members of the band coalesce their metal aptitude into one entity with EARTHEN GRAVE. Founded in 2008 by guitarist Jason Muxlow (The Living Fields, Wintering) and drummer…
Atlanta-based trio SONS OF TONATIUH released their second LP, Parade Of Sorrow, via Hydro-Phonic Records earlier this week, the album booming with nearly forty minutes of new material via ten lumbering sludge-bred numbers. Memorializing its release, today online portal Ad Hoc is hosting a stream of the massive seven-and-a-half minute album closer “Fallout,” AT THIS LOCATION. The follow-up to their 2010 self-titled LP, Parade Of Sorrow which Creative Loafing…
Brazilian siren Luísa Maita is returning to North America with her signature mix of samba, alternative pop and downtempo electronica. Hailed by NPR as “The New Voice of Brazil,” Luísa Maita will be previewing new material from her forthcoming album to be released in early 2012. Luísa Maita has been busy since the release of her critically-acclaimed debut album Lero-Lero on Cumbancha Discovery in 2010. In 2011 Luísa won the…
Sultry, seductive and infused with that inimitable samba swing, the music of Luísa Maita embodies the modern spirit of Brazil. Inspired by the bustling urban life found in her native city of São Paulo, Luísa has quickly earned a place at the pinnacle of Brazil’s vibrant music scene. LUISA MAITA JULY 2012 TOUR DATES THU July 19 Minneapolis, MN Dakota Jazz Club FRI July 20 Chicago, IL Mayne Stage SAT July 21…
DYING FETUS are set to release their new album Reign Supreme this Tuesday June 19th. The record is available for pre-order HERE. Reign Supreme features nine tracks and is a “return to roots” with production focused slightly more on slam than in the band’s last few works. Thematically, the album is set to be a good old-fashioned piece of social and political commentary in the style of DYING FETUS as we have…
This one’s for the vinyl collectors out there: The 2nd pressing of MUNICIPAL WASTE’s latest album, The Fatal Feast, is now available on green vinyl and includes a fold-out poster of the cannibalistic album art. Order it from Nuclear Blast USA’s Webshop before they’re all gone! MUNICIPAL WASTE continue to wreck havoc on North American audiences on their current headlining tour with 3 Inches Of Blood & openers Black…
Regularly adorning the stage with lamb bones and decaying rats, Indiana black metal miscreants PTAHIL are known for their moody, violent and lawless exercises in live musical mayhem. At a recent ceremony at The Brass Rail in Fort Wayne, their onstage chaos led one fan to bite the head of a decomposed rodent. Comments PTAHIL drummer, Mhaghnuis: “It is good to see that when a human being is bombarded with…
Baltimore-based hellion Phoebe Jean Dunne, a one girl band with an army of sound, released her debut album Heartbreakers this week via the French label Lentonia Records distributed in the US by Nail Distribution. The album is streaming now at AOL’s Spinner site and the video for lead single “Day Is Gone” (featuring the Shake Off Twinz who have also been seen with M.I.A. and Rye Rye) was recently posted…
The Raveonettes Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner are excited to announce the release of their new album “Observator,” out September 11th on Vice Records. Throughout their impressive career the Danish duo has explored sonic territories ranging from lush pop songs to reverb drenched soundscapes and continually celebrated life through songwriting. All of these forms are evident in “Observator,” sumptuous and beautiful in its sound, but bleak and sad at…
Propellerhead today released new versions of their award-winning music making platform: Reason 6.5 and Reason Essentials 1.5. New in these versions is the introduction of Rack Extensions—a groundbreaking new technology from Propellerhead that opens up the rack to third parties, enabling developers to create their own instruments and effects for Reason and allowing users to expand their collection of instruments and effects with the Reason devices they want. Propellerhead…
Victoria Bergsman has announced a new album for her main creative outlet, Taken By Trees. The LP, her first since 2009’s East of Eden, is called Other Worlds and will be released October 2 on Secretly Canadian. The trailer for the album is available today at Gorilla Vs. Bear. Watch the trailer for Other Worlds Other Worlds is a impressionist poem for the Hawaiian Islands, where on a recent visit,…
Mute are delighted to announce a special collaboration with Raster-Noton: the release of Diamond Version’s Technology At The Speed Of Life/ Empowering Change on 23 July, the first of a sequence of five 12″ EPs throughout 2012, culminating in an album in 2013. Diamond Version is a collaborative project between two of the most groundbreaking, experimental and forward thinking creators in modern music, Byetone and Alva Noto. As joint heads of the German-based label Raster-Noton, and…
Having received critical praise for his debut album World, You Need A Change Of Mind, Kindness releases the robustly romantic ‘House‘ on June 18th, a new single backed with a selection of unheard mixes from friends and collaborators who worked on his debut LP. Stream the ‘House’ EP in its entirety HERE ‘House’ EP Tracklist: 1) House 2) SEOD (Zdar Dub) 3) Swingin’ Party (Drumless) 4) Gee Up (Erol Alkans…