The Brown Ale that has been crafted by Colorado’s Upslope Brewing company revitalizes a venerable beer style while keeping all of the nuances of the original form. Upslope’s Brown Ale pours with a brown to dark brown coloration and a tannish/beige head that persists as one continues. The beer takes on additional coffee (roasty, with a slight hint of bitterness) notes to add additional complexity to this effort. Upslope’s dedication…
It’s a surprisingly common story: local band builds up a big regional following thanks to DIY recording and constant touring; gets discovered by a major label, signed and before the album comes out the record company implodes and the band goes back to near obscurity.
A number of the rappers that are currently looking to break it big glom onto established rap flows for their claim to fame. Chil Wil is an artist that comes forth with a distinctive style of rap that will tattoo itself into the minds and hearts of listeners. The production of this EP makes each of the five cuts ready for rap rotation; the album’s initial track Stridin straddles the…
Luke Jon Shearer crafts a style of music on his Close Your Eyes, Open Your Mind that is wholly distinct from other music coming down the pipeline. There are healthy doses of late-nineties Britpop and darkly emotive industrial elements, but the human element contributed to the compositions by Shearer spins the resulting songs in a bold new dimension. There is considerable cohesion that exists during the initial registers of the…
We’re sitting down with Them Howling Bones. Let’s get right to it – What’s your story? A: Well i guess our story starts with Me “mitch” wanting to start a band in LA after getting out of school. After school i went to england for a few weeks to try to figure out what i was doing with my life, and realized i wanted to start a band. I Came…
Two Sides to Every Sunset is your latest album. What does it contribute to your story? It is a continuation of trying to find my place in the world. I have lived in many places, and am always trying to figure out where I belong. I was born, and grew up, in NYC, but lived in CA for a few years. The sunsets in CA were fantastic, but it was…
Climb Like Ivy Does begins with Reign of Clouds, a high-energy track that links together acts like Pendulum and Queens of the Stone Age with a much more late nineties / early oughts Deep Elm meets Chicago emo sound. The production of the tracks on Climb Like Ivy Does is stellar, allowing every guitar line, bass riff, and authoritative drum beat ample time to shine. Shyest Kindred Spirit has a…
Jumpship Astronaut is able to create in Alive a track that will work perfectly on pop rotation, but possesses enough depth to be eagerly devoured by EDM fans. There is a shuffling dance groove that Jumpship Astronaut inserts into this introductory salvo that ensures listeners will stick with the band from the beginning to the end of Humans.
Crime writer, turned TV/movie producer George Pelecanos travels a path he knows all too well in this latest collection of stories and that should be quite fine with readers. With nearly 20 novels to his name, the short story format (and one novella) is a new one for Pelecanos, but his writing is just as effective with the shorter restrictions he’s given here.
Authority Zero, Reel Big Fish, and Less Than Jake made for a tremendous night. The House of Blues was more packed than we had ever seen it with their barely any place to move when one wanted to walk through the crowd. The sheer amount of energy that was present through Authority Zero’s set was substantial given their opening space on the card. The band was able to create a…
The number of different candies that are available from Japan, with a great deal of new products rolled out every season. Kanro’s Pure Gummy candies are new to NeuFutur; the product comes in a variety of flavors (Peach, Grape, and Lemon); the sour powder that is present in the middle of Pure Gummy Candy allows for a more dense set of flavors to be present with each subsequent bite. The…
Pocky has just released one of the best new snacks coming from Japan. The Glico company has looked to expand their Pocky product line with the matcha flavor.
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We’re sitting down with 22 Hertz. Let’s get right to it – What’s your story? How did your latest album move from initial thought to finished effort? Through lots of anguish and dread. I kind of knew what type of album I wanted to write but I wasn’t feeling the best those days. I was going through a depression and had to do everything myself(including learning how to use Cubase and…
We are sitting down with Kevin Debler, who has a new title – The Adventures of Ero Unsughn – The Silver Band – out now. Thanks for taking a moment out of your schedule. Not a problem at all. Glad we can speak.
The visual quality of Starry Eyes is crystal clear with nice separation between the foreground/background elements.; The colors are realistic while still extending nicely from the screen, while a similarly crisp audio ensures that every line and noise from the film can be heard. Starry Eyes is a horror film that looks to expand what the style is capable of; Sarah begins the film trapped in a dead-end job. The…
Fairy Dance is a twinkling composition that is able to tell more of a story than a vocal-heavy composition. Karran’s piano work here is delicate, strong, and always interesting – listeners will be set adrift on the compositions that begin his latest composition, Forgotten Road. Angel of Tullagh Strand is much more introspective than precedent tracks on Forgotten Road, showcasing a wholly different set of sounds and approaches taken by…
Hello, David. Your latest album is Walking to Dreamland. What significance does the title hold for you? Perhaps it is about the idea that fulfillment comes from the journey not from arriving at the destination. We are always focused on what happens day to day, yet unexpected events,moments of emptiness, impact and change our lives. By nature, we bounce back.
The sheer amount of intensity that Omar Bowing brings to his first album will ensure that listeners stay at the edges of their seats from beginning to end. Virus is a track that has every side – screamed-out vocals, splashy drums, and Machine Head meets Coal Chamber styled arrangements – working towards a specific outcome. The dense and deep approach that is taken during the onset of Earthquake showcases Bowing’s…