Category: Artist News

Posted on: January 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Nikolaj Znaider rings in New Year with Elgar and Mendelssohn

If the opening months offer any indication, 2010 looks to be a big year for “phenomenally gifted” (Chicago Sun Times) young violinist Nikolaj Znaider. His initial focus is on Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto, which celebrates its centennial in the coming year. Having toured the work across Europe, Znaider now brings it to the States, performing the concerto under Leonard Slatkin in Washington DC (Jan 7-9), Sir Colin Davis in Boston…

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Posted on: January 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

NeuFutur Magazine Introduces Jillian Goldin

Jillian Goldin’s music, both earthy and ethereal, reflects the awe and passion of timeless nature. Its soul-touching alchemy has attracted attention and multi-award-winning acclaim, deriving from her talent both as a classically trained vocalist and songwriter. With her debut albums Origins and Through Sand and Snow, Jillian responds to the lack of lyric-centric works in contemporary New Age/World music. Allowing her powerful voice to soar through beds of exotic instrumentation,…

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Posted on: January 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

TOOLROOM KNIGHTS MIXED BY BENNY BENASSI TBR 2/2009

Next up in line to mix the illustrious Toolroom Knights series is the brilliant Benny Benassi. The naughty Italian, with a penchant for sexy videos serves up 2 deliciously different mixes… 1 pure peak time, party pleaser, the other a more stripped back, deep affair. Put together, the perfect album for before and after your night out.

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Posted on: January 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Nouvelle Vague announce coast-to- coast US Tour starting Jan 22nd! NV3 Out NOW on Peace Frog!

Friday, Jan. 22, Philadelphia, PA, World Café Saturday, Jan. 23, New York, NY, Webster Hall Sunday, Jan. 24, Boston, MA, Somerset Tuesday, Jan. 25, Montreal, PQ, Metropolis Wednesday, Jan. 27, Toronto, ONT, Opera House Thursday, Jan. 28, Detroit, MI, Crofoot Ballroom Friday, Jan. 29, Chicago, IL, Logan Square Monday, Feb. 1, Denver, CO, Bluebird Tuesday, Feb. 2, Salt Lake City, UT, Urban Lounge Thursday, Feb. 4, Seattle, WA, King Cat…

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Posted on: January 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Final Conflict – re-release of the “Stand Up” album

“Stand Up” is the band’s third album which includes such classic FC’s tracks like “Stand Up”, “Miss D Meanour” or “Stop”. Originally released in 1997 by German Angular Records the album got sold out in 2003. Ever since then, the band wanted to re-release this title. Andy Lawton (vocal, guitar) says: “A re-release of ‘Stand Up’ has always been a desire. However, the record company owned the recording rights to…

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Posted on: January 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

NeuFutur Magazine Introduces Phillipe

Metaphysical Mother is the follow up to the album Spiritual Orgasm. A special tribute to Black women & Mothers, dedicated to my Mother and the whole feminine principle of the universe. The Poetic flow is one of a kind and Phillipe really puts it down. A special treat for the ladies. Hip-poetry & Flow-etry with a twist of Soul is what Phillipe describes his style of poetry or spoken word.…

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Posted on: January 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

EXTRA LIFE REVEALS DETAILS OF SECOND ALBUM WITH LOAF RECORDINGS

Brooklyn-based five-piece Extra Life has announced the release of their second album, Made Flesh, on LOAF Recordings in March 2010. Extra Life is the primary musical vehicle for Charlie Looker, singer, guitarist and composer, who has become one of the most intense and respected voices in the New York experimental underground. Looker was a core member of legendary brutal chamber ensemble Zs and has also worked with diverse artists such…

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Posted on: January 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Malefice Tour, Tour, Tour

Tour w/ Kittie, It Dies Today 01/02 Wetzlar, Germany Franzis 01/03 Hamburg, Germany Hafenklang 01/04 Aarhus, Denmark Train 01/05 Copenhagen, Denmark Vega Jr. 01/06 Berlin, Germany Magnet 01/07 Cologne, Germany Underground 01/08 Karlsruhe, Germany Die Stadtmitte 01/09 Ravenna, Italy Rock Planet 01/10 Winterthur, Switzerland Salzhaus 01/12 Paris, France Trabendo 01/13 Zaandam, Netherlands De Kade 01/14 Dorndrecht, Netherlands Bibelot 01/15 Aarschot, Belgium Jc De Klinker 01/16 Leeds, UK Rios 01/17 Newcastle,…

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Posted on: January 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Reel Big Fish Begin 2010 Tour

Reel Big Fish had a bang-up 2009 with not ONE, but TWO releases: the studio album, Fame, Fortune, and Fornication and the Live! In Concert! DVD, as well as a U.S. tour with Two-Tone legends The English Beat. Now, the perennial Ska Masters will be ringing in the holidays with a series of three Southern California shows (LA, OC and San Diego) that the band is dubbing the Winter Informal.…

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Posted on: January 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

NeuFutur Magazine Introduces Ronny Lee

Currently Ronny Lee is focusing on an acoustic / classical baroque era release which features 14th and 15th century music performed on a classical guitar with a Guitar Synthesizer. This is a marriage between the old style and new guitar synth technology. Ronny Lee is a versatile blues artist who has been performing all over the west coast for many years.

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Posted on: January 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Without a Paddle: Nature’s Calling- on DVD 1/13/09

Two best friends that have lost touch and a foreigner in a strange land head into the wilderness on a hilariously harebrained expedition when WITHOUT A PADDLE: NATURE’S CALLING comes exclusively to DVD and Blu-ray from Paramount Home Entertainment on January 13, 2009. An uproarious follow up to the 2004 hit adventure comedy Without a Paddle, this all-new movie marks the first feature from Paramount Famous Productions, the studio’s recently…

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Posted on: January 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Vivian Girls announce Winter tour dates

Released almost exactly a year after In The Red’s reissue of their self-titled debut, the new album, Everything Goes Wrong promises to be slightly longer than the 22 mins their debut clocked in at with the band having taken their time and recorded it in six days – rather than the three their debut took though many of the songs were still recorded in single takes. Whilst the band have…

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Posted on: January 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

CLARE AND THE REASONS HIT WEST COAST WITH VAN DYKE PARKS

Brooklyn group Clare and the Reasons is pleased to announce a west coast tour with Van Dyke Parks in February 2010. Parks collaborated with the group on their celebrated debut release, The Movie, and Clare and the gang are eager to join up with him once again behind the release of their new album, Arrow, out now on Frog Stand Records. As the band prepares for tour, they are releasing…

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Posted on: January 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

NeuFutur Magazine Introduces Andrea Plamondon

Eclectic songwriter, and classically trained vocalist, Andrea Plamondon has been compared to artists as diverse as Lisa Gerrard, Grace Slick, and Pavarotti. The Massachusetts born siren was first noticed by visiting artist Rick Brant of the N.Y.Metropolitan Opera. Although Brant told her, that at 21, she had a voice exceptional enough to land leading roles with the Met, Andrea needed time out … Her only brother,a gifted singer and graduate…

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Posted on: January 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

EDITORS ANNOUNCE US TOUR – FEBRUARY 2010

After two years away, Editors are returning to the US for a long-awaited headlining North American tour this February in support of their highly anticipated new album In This Light And On This Evening. The album, which is out stateside via FADER Label January 19th 2010, debuted #1 on the charts the week of release in the UK this past October and charted in the Top 10 throughout the rest…

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Posted on: January 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

ANA EGGE Releases Road to My Love

In Robert Frost’s iconic poem “The Road Not Taken,” the narrator looks back wistfully on a lifetime of choices and how the “road less traveled . . . has made all the difference.” Ana Egge has been forging her own path for over a decade now. In the tradition of her parents, who Ana describes as “motorcycle-riding hippy farmers inNorth Dakota, who created the unconventional life they wanted,” Ana’s path…

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Posted on: December 31, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Les Hatepinks Tour

The dirty French are invading us at a last minute notice. The first and probably the last time. It’s close to the end of the ride my friends and this will be of apocalyptic proportions or maybe just a severe hangover. Sick of pizza? Ready to microwave some drugs? The boss is actually letting me take a vacation so I can build up my indulgence levels for this atrocity. Let’s…

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Posted on: December 31, 2008 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

NeuFutur Magazine Introduces Thom Hopkins

Thom was born in Michigan in 1951. His family moved to Southern California in the mid fifties. His first guitar lesson was at the age of 8. His first studio recording was the age 13 as a bassist with top forty band the “The Bach 5” whose signature song was “Harpsichord Player” by J.S. Bach. During his 4 or more years with “The Bach 5” he also made appearances as…

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