While the music industry is still scrambling to solve the free digital music dilemma, RCRD LBL has taken the plunge – creating an online record label with a creative business model. Instead of trying to fight free downloads, RCRD LBL is embracing the idea with an advertising-based revenue scheme. Through its support from Puma, Nikon and Virgin Air, RCRD LBL can offer you DRM-free downloads. Instead of signing artists for…
Created in spring 2005, PALE OBSESSION spent a whole year practicing and working to reach the level of music they wanted to. What first began as a common project of bandleader and singer Joe MAY and keyboarder Christian KRIER became a coherent band during 2005. At the end of 2005, the actual line-up of PALE OBSESSION had found together, regrouping, beside the 2 founders, Marc GOERGEN as drummer, Luc COLJON…
V:28 VioLution is the final part in the V:28 apocalyptic trilogy of humanity and the world coming to an end. This release, like the first two, is produced by LRZ, and demonstrates the band’s versatile evolution and expansion. The music has strong metal roots, and varies from extreme blast beats to groovy mid paced death metal and walls of noise and ambient drones. With guest appearances by Kristoffer Garm Rygg…
Thrash’s most underrated harbingers of the apocalypse for years now, Norway’s Audipain are set on world domination on their latest, The Switch To Turn Off Mankind. Don’t believe the hype? Read some initial praise on the new one. “Unlike today’s trend-hoppers, who blow their loads early, shoving Bonded by Blood through flailing German overeagerness, Audiopain are grim, disciplined, professional operators.” – Decibel SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is…
Columbia Records has entered into a new agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. “RAW – Greatest Hits – The Music,” the first musical release under the new Columbia Records/WWE Music Group arrangement, is available in stores and online now A monumental collection of the sounds that define the untamed excitement of the WWE, “RAW – Greatest Hits – The Music” will be released in celebration of the 15th anniversary of…
When Jamie T visited the States on his first ever US headlining tour this Fall, he made a special visit to the iTunes studio in San Francisco. With his backing band, The Pacemakers, in tow, the guys laid down 4 tracks effectively capturing the scruffy, punk feeling of the live experience. Featuring ‘Alicia Quays’, ‘Dry Off Your Cheeks’, and ‘So Lonely Was The Ballad’ from Panic Prevention, released in August,…
Feel-good pop rhythms and lyrics which make you think, Whitehouse is a multicultural band led by songwriter José Amigo. You will find hot summer sounds, and a unique take on human relationships in these sexy songs expressed in both English and sultry Spanish.Whitehouse Jose Amigo, Stephan Simon, Jerry Loeffler and Raimund Breitfeld -is the name of the band formed in Nuremberg, Germany that is breaking on the hot new music-scene…
Thrash metal purveyors MERCILESS DEATH are set to enter the studio this week to begin work on the highly anticipated follow up to their critically acclaimed debut album, Evil in the Night. Fans can expect more of their trademark blistering, hook-laden thrash metal that recalls SLAYER and EXODUS in their prime. Details regarding the album title and artwork are forthcoming. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder…
With the release of Let’s Stay Friends (out now on Frenchkiss Records), indie art rock mainstays Les Savy Fav set 2007 on fire with one the of catchiest, boldest and most exhilarating album’s of the year. And to prove it, they have now been honored with a nomination for Best Indie Rock Album in the 2008 Plug Awards and named #7 in the Top 100 Albums Of The Year in…
Alex Gavaghan – Guitar,Piano, Backing vocals, Johhny Green – Guitar, harmonica, Percy – Drums, Backing Vocals, Scissors Craig Bell – Bass, Bass, Bass, Van The Cubical are coming and you better run for cover! SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of continuous…
Blessthefall’s “Message to the Unknown” Video PREMIERES on Buzznet.com Today!  BlessthefallÂ’s video for “Message to the Unknown” premieres exclusively on Buzznet.com (http://blessthefall.buzznet.com) today!! To sweeten the deal, fans can leave the band a journal message and enter a contest to win a signed guitar from the Blessthefall and a Hurley clothing prize pack. Three runner-ups will receive a signed 10-inch vinyl from the band. Blessthefall will be monitoring the…
The Silversun Pickups are getting a little makeover in time for the holiday season. With debut CARNAVAS (Dangerbird Records) still going strong, two of the album tracks have been remixed. The various revamped versions of radio hit “Lazy Eye,” as well as “Little Lovers So Polite,” are dance-floor ready compliments of the likes of Jimmy Tamborello (Postal Service), label mate The One AM Radio and KCRW’s Jason Bentley, among others.…
“Neruda Songs,” a song cycle written by composer Peter Lieberson that became a parting gift to his dying wife, has earned the 2008 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. The work, a group of songs based on five love poems by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, was chosen for the prize among 140 entries from around the world. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and…
As 2007 winds down, take a moment to consider, “Have I added the most amazing live release from Brazil’s greatest psychedelic rockers to my collection this year?” MUTANTES LIVE at THE BARBICAN THEATRE, LONDON, 2006 is a 2-disc package commemorating the reunion of Os Mutantes after 30 years, and their first show outside of Brazil EVER! If you had the good fortune of seeing the band at this show or…
In Stores January 22 Los Angeles, CA – Shout! Factory will further its reissue campaign of progressive rock’s most prolific group with the release of Emerson Lake & Palmer’s Works Volume 1 and Works Volume. 2, both originally released in 1977. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since…
Metropolis Records are set to release the Expanded & Remastered version of “You’ll Rebel To Anything” on January 22nd, 2008 in North America and you can order yours now to receive an exclusive t-shirt! SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of continuous…
Royal Underground, which Gray co-founded in conjunction with Motley Crue bassist Sixx, made its fall debut in 2006 with its menswear line to the acclaim of stylists, fashion editors and store buyers who raved about the collection’s profound rock ‘n’ roll attitude. Given the elevated success of the men’s collection, Gray and Sixx decided to take the next obvious step: clothing for women. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant,…
Presentation To Be Broadcast December 26 On CBS Special Digital-Only Edition Of The Essential Leon Fleisher With Bonus Tracks Never Before On CD Available From Masterworks On December 11 CD Released January 15, 2008 As the American pianist Leon Fleisher accepts the 2007 Kennedy Center Honor and prepares for a year of celebrations of his 80th birthday, Sony BMG Masterworks announces the release of The Essential Leon Fleisher, a commemorative…
The KISSology DVD Series has proven itself a smash hit success with Volume One reaching 5 Times Platinum and now Volume Two reaching an unprecedented 6 TIMES PLATINUM sales success! KISS Fans can complete the ultimate KISS set this December when VH1 Classic Records releases “KISSology: Volume Three 1992-2000” the third and final installment of the KISSology collection on DVD Tuesday, December 18, 2007. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as…
Indie rock artist Val Emmich has been keeping busy over the last few months recording the follow up to the critically acclaimed and independently released “Sunlight Searchparty” and it’s companion b-sides and out takes album “Songs, Volume 1: Woodstock.” Both albums follow the artist through a musical transformation shortly after he ended a tumultuous relationship with his former record label Epic/SonyBMG. The as-yet-untitled album will be finished mid-January and will…