Category: Artist News

Posted on: July 8, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 1

INSANE CLOWN POSSE READY BANG! POW! BOOM! WITH AUDIO PREVIEW & BEHIND THE HATCHET VIDEO

Insane Clown Posse, the Detroit duo of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, are readying their tenth full-length release Bang! Pow! Boom! Already multiple times platinum with albums The Great Milenko and The Amazing Jeckel Brothers now the underground duo is back and poised to strike again. The group’s dark visions and Barnum minds have spawned a carnival of music and mayhem often scorned by mainstream media, but embraced by…

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Posted on: July 8, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Magnolia Electric Co.’s Josephine Now Available For Pre-Order, Includes Digital Download Of Exclusive 7″

Now is the time to stake your claim on a copy of Josephine, the first longplayer from Magnolia Electric Co. in three years. Pre-orders of the album will come with a free, digital download of the 2009 limited-pressing 7-inch, It’s Made Me Cry. The 7-inch is very much a primer for the songcraft and narrative arch displayed on Josephine (Released July 21 in the US and July 20 in the…

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Posted on: July 8, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Backstory of John Phillips’ off-Broadway musical – produced by Andy Warhol

This Summer, Varese Sarabande releases JOHN PHILLIPS’ ANDY WARHOL PRESENTS “MAN ON THE MOON” which collects of Phillips’ compositions and performances, studio recordings as well as a cassette recording by Andy Warhol of a performance and more. The off-Broadway musical Man On The Moon was conceived by John Phillips and his third wife, the South African actress, Genevieve Waite, as a potential film or stage production originally entitled Space. John…

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Posted on: July 7, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Little King’s Story for Wii Goes Gold

XSEED Games and Marvelous Entertainment USA are excited to announce that Little King’s Story has officially gone gold and will ship to retail outlets nationwide starting on July 21, 2009. The Wii-exclusive title features life-simulation, real-time strategy, and adventure elements all packaged into a charming storybook adventure title. Watch the latest gameplay elements in the following videos: Carpenter.mov – Various job classes work together to build a bridge. As Regular…

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Babo:Invasion Lets Gamers Go Head-to-Head in “Avatar Attack” Mode

Playbrains, an independent game development studio specializing in the digital download arena, announced today a new and very personal way to play with your friends over Xbox LIVE®. For the first time in any Xbox LIVE Arcade game, gamers will be able to take full control of their custom Avatar as a playable, in-game character through “Avatar Attack” mode in Madballs in…Babo:Invasion (MiBI) for Xbox LIVE Arcade on Xbox 360.…

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Neon Indian signs to Lefse Records

An elusive new project from composer Alan Palomo. Neon Indian delivers equal parts synthetic nostalgia, Dreampop lullabies, and grinding guitar noise to create something eerier than the sum of its parts. Forged after a hazy winter gathering in Texas, this initial batch of tracks were the result of field recordings, record samples, a collection of bizarre synth sounds. Soliciting the visual acrobatics of Video artist Alicia Scardetta, this project is…

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BYO DOCUMENTARY AND DIRECTOR JEFF ALULIS TOURING ON SOUTHERN CIRCUIT TOUR

“Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade” will be shown alongside other quality independent features on this year’s Southern Circuit Film Festival. This unique tour will take a group of young filmmakers on the road, taking up-and-coming directors along for each of the showings. “Let Them Know” director, Jeff Alulis, will be joining the tour and will be appearing on behalf of his film and BYO “Let Them Know:…

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Posted on: July 7, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

GOATWHORE Hits Billboard Top 200 Chart with New Album ‘Carving Out the Eyes of God’!

GOATWHORE Hits Billboard Top 200 Chart with New Album ‘Carving Out the Eyes of God’! Los Angeles, CA – July 2, 2009 – New Orleans, LA’s sons of American no-frills black metal meets death and roll, GOATWHORE, have just broke the Billboard Top 200 chart with their latest release Carving Out the Eyes of God, coming in at #190! In addition to hitting the Top 200 Chart, Carving Out the…

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Posted on: July 6, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

The Ginger Envelope On Tour Now In Support Of Their New LP, Invitation Air

07.06 – Iota Art Gallery (Washington, DC) 07.07 – Zebulon (Brooklyn, NY) 07.08 – North Star Bar (Philadelphia, PA) 07.11 – The Cake Shop (New York, NY) 07.12 – House Party (Pittsburgh, PA) 07.13 – House Party (Columbus, OH) 07.15 – Uncle Fester’s (Bloomington, IN) 07.16 – Al’s Bar (Lexington, KY) 07.17 – J’s Bohemia (Chattanooga, TN) 07.18 – Little Kings Shuffle Club (Athens, GA) *All Dates w/ Madeline and…

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Posted on: July 6, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

I’m Better Than Everyone To Release Live U.S. CHRISTMAS LP

Although their name would invoke yuletide tidings and blissful chanting, U.S. CHRISTMAS creates music which is anything but. Spanning the dark, decrepit and painful side of disharmonic psychedelia, this North Carolina outfit has successfully distilled the essence of cacophony through countless layers of sound and crushing waves of volume that are an orchestrated assault on the senses. None other than Neurosis’ Scott Kelly took notice of U.S. CHRISTMAS through his…

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Woods adds more tour dates

The fourth full length by Woods, Songs of Shame, rips deeper with both 90-second and 10-minute forays into skeletal psychedelia. This is not to say the idiosyncratic songwriting style and vocalizing of Jeremy Earl is not present in spades but expanded, colored, and twisted into a tie-dye of soundscapes. Having toured incessantly over the last 12 months as a four piece (Jarvis Taveniere, G. Lucas Crane and Kevin Morby round…

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XSEED GAMES ANNOUNCES THE SKY CRAWLERS: INNOCENT ACES FOR WII

XSEED Games today announced that they have secured the North American publishing rights to The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, an intense flight simulation game on Wiiâ„¢. Originally released in Japan by NAMCO BANDAI Games, this latest title from Project Aces, will be available Holiday 2009 exclusively for Wii. After decades of constant war and fighting, the world has finally come to a lasting peace. But with war being an integral…

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Posted on: July 6, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Gordie Tentrees Announces The August 18th Release Of “Mercy Or Sin”

Yukon roots music songwriter Gordie Tentrees has released his 3rd album, Mercy or Sin, produced by Juno Award-winning producer Bob Hamilton. Joining Gordie (dobro, guitar, harmonica) are long-time bandmates Ken Hermanson (banjo, lapsteel, guitar) and Matt King (upright bass). This is the much-anticipated follow up to critically-acclaimed Bottleneck to Wire (2007) and 29 Loads of Freight (2004). This album finally captures the bands dynamic live show and unique growth of…

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Posted on: July 5, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Misery Index – re-issue of “Retaliate”, a masterpiece of brutal death/grind metal

How often do you meet a band that ties together brilliant songwriting, flawless technique, mad intensity and a thought-provoking lyrical content to boost? When it comes to extreme metal, it’s really difficult to find the complete package. Maybe that’s why “Retaliate” by Misery Index is such an important album. It shows that the impossible is sometimes just a head bang away…. Misery Index isn’t your average death metal or grindcore…

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Posted on: July 5, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Golden Bloom MP3 Exclusive

So this week, we present week 3 of the “Summer of Golden Bloom” (thank you again Magnet for the aptly titled slogan) which is given to you by Ireland’s own, Tuneraker. “Fan the Flames” is the track for this week which is available at http://www.tuneraker.com/index.php/music-features/world-exclusive-preview-of-fan-the-flames-by-golden-bloom/ anfnewsacctwww.neufutur.com

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Vivian Girls announce Summer / Fall tour dates, including the “Nightmare of Sound” tour w/ The Beets

ivian Girls have had an extremely eventful couple of years as a band, from appearing at major festivals, to playing the Bowery Ballroom about a million times, to having their own question on Jeopardy. The band spoke with Pitchfork’s Tom Breihan back in March while in the studio in LA working on their sophomore LP, Everything Goes Wrong, due Sept. 8 on In The Red – below is an excerpt…

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Posted on: July 5, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Hip-Hop Podcast Features iCON the Mic King, DJ JS-1, D. Black, Blaq Poet, and Tanya Morgan with Keelay & Zaire

It’s a weekend to celebrate! Enjoy your 4th of July with the latest music from our 49th Iconocastic Hip-Hop Podcast. Opening is iCON the Mic King with the latest track from his new Headphone Classics series. Next up is another track from DJ JS-1’s latest album, featuring special guests Chino XL, Sean Price, and Killah Priest. We keep on moving as we introduce D. Black to our podcast series, and…

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Posted on: July 5, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

REEL BIG FISH UNVEILS COVER ART FOR “LIVE IN CONCERT!”; BRAND NEW LIVE CONCERT DVD OUT JULY 21

Reel Big Fish Live! In Concert! will be released July 21 on Rock Ridge Music for a very fan-friendly price. The live concert DVD was filmed before a sold-out, hometown crowd at the Grove of Anaheim this past January and features 20 classic Reel Big Fish songs, as well as all of the hilarious in-between-song-banter-and-shenanigans that fans have come to expect. Reel Big Fish has also lined up another killer…

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Posted on: July 4, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Atlus spoils Demon’s Souls, announces NA release date

Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today revealed that Demon’s Soulsâ„¢, a groundbreaking action RPG experience for PLAYSTATION®3 system, is to become the newest entry in the Atlus Spoils fan appreciation program. In addition to the standard version of the game, which now features new North-American exclusive box art, there will also be a deluxe edition. For less than it costs to import the game, fans will receive a 150+ page strategy guide…

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Posted on: July 4, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

GLASVEGAS TOUR THE US THIS FALL WITH KINGS OF LEON

After two magical shows in the U.S., one at a wedding chapel in Las Vegas and the second at a Cemetery in Los Angeles, Glasvegas will make a triumphant return to the states to join the Kings of Leon on their U.S. Tour for 12 dates starting September 9th in Connecticut and ending their leg on September 26th in Milwaukee. Glasvegas will also be headlining a handful of U.S. dates…

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