Category: Music Reviews

Posted on: June 23, 2010 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Kiara – S/T (CD)

To be honest, I really expected something more classical (Selena-like) when I first put on this disc, but when one starts to listen to a track like “Caterpillar Eyes” it becomes evident that Kiara is making a strong entrance into the land of pop-singers. The track does not seem to be oriented to the pop music genre in 2006, however; this is more Twila Paris and nineties pop than Kelly…

Posted on: June 20, 2010 Posted by: AAA NeuFutur.com Comments: 0

Khold – Krek (CD)

Khold is currently on hiatus, which sucks. However, the music that was recorded for “Krek” shows the band at a slightly happier time. The fury in which the band drenches their compositions on “Krek” is something new for most metal fans, as the band during tracks like “Blod Og Blek” uses a very sludgy sound to get their point across. Khold thus comes forward with a new hybrid of metal…

Posted on: June 20, 2010 Posted by: AAA NeuFutur.com Comments: 0

Khierstin – Lost In This (CD)

Khierstin used to be a teenage model, and this fact really makes sense when one hears the opening strains of the title track. What comes forth is an inoffensive, innocuous brand of pop music that is vocally-led, so much so that the instrumentation present is pushed to the background. Each of the tracks on “Lost In This” sounds similar to what has been common fare in popular music – that…

Posted on: June 20, 2010 Posted by: AAA NeuFutur.com Comments: 0

Kharisma – Demo (CD)

From Italy, Kharisma play a style of muted punk that has a definite eye towards the early nineties subset of punk rock. Starting out their demo disc with their theme song, “Kharisma” has compelling vocals laid down by GD, but a pretty weak electric guitar holds Kharisma back from really achieving their potential. This lack of guitar energy is endemic to the entire disc, and really is something to be…

Posted on: June 19, 2010 Posted by: AAA NeuFutur.com Comments: 0

Khanate – Capture & Release

I forget, is a two track album a proclamation to the world that the band feels that they can hang in with such storied acts as Klaus Schultze and Jethro Tull, or does it just say that the band is a bunch of pretentious assholes? One thing that can be said about bands that use such drawn out tracks (the shorter of the two tracks is still a shade over…

Posted on: June 19, 2010 Posted by: AAA NeuFutur.com Comments: 0

Kevin Goes 2 College – Always Never The Same (CD)

I should have guessed when the first track on “Always Never The Same”, “Tree of Night” started up, that this band had been around for a few years as it contained some of the most solid instrumentation that I’ve ever heard from a ska band. Every part of this eight-piece is given equal time on this disc, and one can hear drums ,brass, bass, and guitars all kicking in behind…

Posted on: June 19, 2010 Posted by: AAA NeuFutur.com Comments: 0

Kate Kennedy – Circle, Spiral, Line (CD)

Kate Kennedy plays a very guitar-heavy type of looking-back rock. The new-folk of a track like “The Blues Are Exhausted” has Kennedy singing in the vein of Suzanne Vega and other nineties alternative singers, as the acoustic guitars play a folk-style that screams 2006 looking back at 1936. The guitars play interesting harmonies during “The Blues Are Exhausted”, and this is only helped by the inclusion of percussion during the…

Posted on: June 18, 2010 Posted by: AAA NeuFutur.com Comments: 1

Paula Kelley – Some Sucker’s Life Part I (CD)

The echoing of Kelley’s vocals during “High Boots” is interesting. The rarities aspect of this disc means that the tracks are collected through the entirety of Kelley’s life. The production of some of these tracks are a little suspect, but one can hear early that Kelley has an ear for this music. One of the things that individuals can see immediately with “Some Sucker’s Life” is that the tracks are…

Posted on: June 18, 2010 Posted by: AAA NeuFutur.com Comments: 0

Keep of Kalessin – Armada (CD)

While Keep of Kalessin is fast, individuals actually can understand what the hell that the lead vocalist is singing. This is a plus, for sure. While I am not sure if this is a plus or minus, the vocals cxrack and show some strain from out of the gate. It sounds almost as if the lead singer is going hoarser with each subsequent line that ey sings on “Armada”. As…

Posted on: June 18, 2010 Posted by: AAA NeuFutur.com Comments: 0

The Keep Aways – S/T EP (CD)

From the bands they’ve played with (Dillinger Four, Oneida), one would never expect The Keep Aways to kick so much ass. Still, here they are playing a brash brand of punk that draws equally from different times and movements in a fresh way. The snotty vocals of Mindy look towards other female-led punk bands like The Avengers and more current acts like Retching Red, and the quick start-stop of the…