Category: News

Posted on: August 9, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Schoolyard Heroes Release New Album, Abominations

Don’t be afraid, embrace the inevitable end, because as Abomination proves, death can be one badass dance party.Schoolyard Heroes are NOT for the faint at heart. They’re a far cry from the guyliner-smudged, wallowing-in-self-pity emo bands you’ve been drowned by for the past two years. “We need to go out and destroy everything that is wrong with music right now” announces towering bassist Jonah Bergman. Schoolyard Heroes aren’t here to…

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Posted on: August 9, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Spin.com’s “Band of the Day” For 08/06 is The Lonely H

These Seattle throwback rockers booted out their first album, Kickin’ Upstairs, in 2006. Taut live shows swirled with swank three-part vocal harmonies and earned the band a ‘don’t miss this’ reputation in the region. This year, Mark Fredson (vocals), Eric Whitman (guitar), Johnny Whitman (bass), Ben Eyestone (drums), and Colin Field (guitar) all graduated from high school in June before sprouting forth the guitar-laden full-length Hair, out now via the…

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Posted on: August 8, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Weakerthans Release New Album, Tour

The Weakerthans will launch a U.S. trek on September 25th in Minneapolis. That same day, Reunion Tour – its fourth studio album and strongest song-cycle yet – will be released via Anti-.

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Posted on: August 8, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Two Gallants Release “The Throes” on Digipak.

Digipack edition coming in August on Alive Naturalsound records Remixed, remastered, with bonus track and Quicktime video “It sounds a bit more natural, more to the way we were sounding at the time.” – Adam & Tyson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8SbsUa4sqA

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Posted on: August 7, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Chthonic Covered by NPR, Sign Deal With Dunlop

At the Mountain View, Calif. stop of the Ozzfest tour last month, National Public Radio affiliate KQED-FM interviewed the Taiwanese band ChthoniC, the first-ever Asian extreme metal act to take part in hard rock’s longest-running annual tour. The interview, which first aired on KQED’s nationally syndicated weekly “Pacific Time” program on Aug. 2, can be streamed on the station’s website.

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Posted on: August 7, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

King of Swords

Did you ever want to get some swords, self defense tools, or other fun little toys but did not have a Waterbeds & Stuff store around? I stumbled upon King of Swords a few nights ago, and found literally hundreds of dollars of stuff that I actually wanted. Essentially, what King of Swords is is one of those stores at the county fair, albeit expanded a hundredfold. If you want…

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Posted on: August 7, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 1

Drug Rug Tour, Release Album in October

The FADER.com “The band Drug Rug out of Cambridge, Massachusetts with a self-titled album coming in September on Black and Greene kind of sound like a dirty, shredded baja sweater, so we congratulate them on their self-awareness and funky jams and we present you with this song called “Day I Die.”http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2007/07/10/audio-drug-rug-day-i-die

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Posted on: August 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Poets & Pornstars Open For Tesla on Upcoming Tour

Los Angeles, CA: Sunset Strip rock darlings Poets & Pornstars today announced that they will open for Tesla on the remainder of their U.S. Tour. More than four decades after its countercultural beginnings, Los Angeles’ famed stretch of live-music venues continues to draw bands cranking out what band member Hal Ozsan calls “down-and-dirty three-chord rock.” “Poets & Pornstars” is a particularly spectacular example of the form, demonstrated by their eponymous…

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Posted on: August 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Leftovers – On The Move

The Leftovers – On The Move / 2007 Rally / 13 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/theleftovers / http://www.rallyrecords.com / The Leftovers have played with bands like The Queers and the Hard-Ons, and one can definitely hear the influence of the former during “On The Move”. The first track on the disc is “Run Real Fast”, and while it does have hints of Sum 41 and newer “punk” band, the same general Queers/Lillingtons/Darlington…

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Posted on: August 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Invitro Set To Release “When I Was a Planet” in September

Invitro have set September 11th, 2007 as the official release date for their debut album, “When I Was a Planet”, through Gridiron Records. The album is currently available for purchase for a limited time before it hits stores through www.gridironrecords.com. $1.00 from the purchase of each album sold will be donated to Homes for Our Troops, a non-profit organization that aids Troops that have returned home with serious disabilities and…

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Posted on: August 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

End of Summer Plans for NeuFutur

Hello all. Thanks for reading NeuFutur.com . I’m JMcQ, the editor here. Starting yesterday, we began the process to make available on this website more of the earlier pieces written. This will be a long process; we have over 4,000 reviews and other pieces of writing to transfer over. However, we are starting to move the interviews over and will keep moving stuff over until the WordPress site has every…

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Posted on: August 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Illinois Tour, Played on “Weeds”

After successful tours with The Kooks and The Hold Steady, rocking the hell out of McCarren Pool and heading out to Chicago tomorrow for Lollapalooza, Illinois gets to kick back, relax and spend a half hour on their own couches back in Bucks County.  Actually, they’ll get exactly a half hour to watch as their song ‘Nosebleed’ is prominently featured on the 3rd episode of this season of Weeds.  You…

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Posted on: August 6, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bayside Tour in Support of The Walking Wounded

LONG ISLAND, NY – Victory recording artists Bayside have not slowed down one bit since the Spring 2007 release of their latest album The Walking Wounded. Currently crisscrossing the U.S. on the 2007 Vans Warped Tour, Anthony, Nick, Jack and Chris have been shredding the throng of fans that have been making their set one of the most well-attended performances on this year’s festival.

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Posted on: August 5, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

National Geographic Launches Music/Radio Division

            WASHINGTON (Aug. 2, 2007)—National Geographic Ventures (NGV) President and CEO Tim Kelly today announced the creation of National Geographic Music and Radio (NGMR) to reach people and inspire them to care about the planet through music and the power of radio. Kelly also announced the appointment of industry luminary David Beal as president to oversee the music labels, publishing and radio operations. Mark Bauman, currently a vice president of…

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Posted on: August 5, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Holly Golightly Kicks Off Fall Tour With Rock Off Cruise In NYC!

‘A glorious example of what Rock ‘n Roll should be’ – NME ‘A ten-year overnight sensation’ –WORD The oh-so-lovely Miss Holly Golightly returns Stateside this fall, bringing her quick-witted soulful twang back to the U.S. for the ninth time in her prolific career.

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Posted on: August 5, 2007 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Johnossi Release Album in the US in October

On October 9th, 2007—Stockholm’s JOHNOSSI will release their self-titled debut album in the US on The Control Group (El Perro Del Mar, Figurines). Last Summer, I was working feverishly out of +1’s Westside compound at the Grafton Hotel in Los Angeles — with complete tunnel vision only to my summoning laptop and my constantly vibrating cell-phone. I noticed two very European-looking men in fluorecent polo-style shirts and short-shorts eyeing me…

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