Inpop Records artist Article One walked away a winner from this year’s Covenant Awards held Friday, October 24. The band nabbed a win in the category of Pop/Contemporary Album of The Year for its May 2008 sophomore release, Colors & Sounds. anfnewsacctwww.neufutur.com
DiNG TEAMS UP WITH EVERY TIME I DIE FOR THEIR NOVEMBER REIGN TOUR GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO STAND ON STAGE AND WIN AN XBOX360 anfnewsacctwww.neufutur.com
After 13 years writing, recording, and producing, Scott Garred aka Super XX Man (pronounced “super double ex manâ€), has cultivated a mildly edgy modern rock sound in the new release Volume XII: There’ll Be Diamonds. Previous releases have garnered acclaim from the likes of Bob Boilen, host of All Songs Considered (“If we’re going to choose ten songs every week, let it be Super XX Manâ€) and Amy McCullough, music…
Sire recording artist Meaghan Smith is going on tour with Eric Hutchinson (Warner Bros. Records). The newly confirmed direct support slot forced Smith to cancel her recently announced residencies in New York and Los Angeles. The Canadian songstress will still perform in both cities, with a solo showcase tomorrow, November 5th at Downtown L.A.’s Bordello, along with a tour stop December 13th at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom. anfnewsacctwww.neufutur.com
a well-read bilingual economist an economically savvy Spanish novelist yet another singer-songwriter AND he’s none of the above. anfnewsacctwww.neufutur.com
Living Things Habeas Corpus Coming Early 2009 “The three Berlin brothers and one friend still churn out rough-edged rock with strong lyrical messages and pop sensibility.” – SPIN The political garage-rock quartet discuss their forthcoming record with an exclusive video on SPIN directed by Floria Sigismondi. Watch the band discuss Habeas Corpus creation and unveil song snippets, plus stream the single “Let It Rain.” Fashion fans may recognize them from…
Brooklyn-Based Garage Pop Outfit Selected To Back Ray Davies On Stage 12-City US Tour Brooklyn, NY – Feature Records announced today Locksley will have the honor of backing rock legend Ray Davies while he performs classic Kinks hits during his 12-city US tour! The tour, which will start in Tampa, FL on November 28th, will highlight the release of Locksley’s debut record “Don’t Make Me Wait” recently released to critical…
Eagles of Death Metal performed their new single “Wannabe in LA” a few nights ago Jimmy Kimmel Live. Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GWWDa9_JcM anfnewsacctwww.neufutur.com
The Rosebuds recorded Life Like in their home studio with the windows open and their friends dropping in and out to lend a hand. Writing songs about the things that mean most to them in their everyday lives, Ivan and Kelly discovered a fox in their yard. They shared the fox with their next door neighbor, an elderly man who listened to them play as he lay ill on his…
Multi Grammy and Dove winner and GMA’s Artist of the Year, tobyMac whose critically acclaimed album Portable Sounds is his best-selling solo project to-date, will once again live up to the definition of “diversity” as the Winter Wonder Slam Tour announces details of his highly anticipated 2008 line-up of artists and markets. Talent set to perform this year includes a litany of hot artists including Relient K, Family Force 5…
Plain album covers usually make me cringe. The Academy’s self-titled EP has half of the back of an individual’s head in front of a wooden wall. In fact, the first track, “The Proverbial Unrestâ€, only further worried me, as the expansive entrance into the CD really doesn’t fit well with the extremely catchy emo-rock that is contained on the rest of this disc. Brethren to bands such as Brand New,…
The leaders of The Truth Movement, (Hed)pe have made their video for the track “Ordo Ab Chao†available online at www.youtube.com/hedpetv.The video was shot in Singing Springs Angeles National Forest with director Devin DeHaven (Busta Ryhmes, Method Man, Papa Roach). anfnewsacctwww.neufutur.com
This is hardcore music that really isn’t innovative in any sense. Just imagine some typical guitars and screaming and you have a good idea of what A.18 sounds like. However, there are some times when they transcend the typical hardcore sound and drive themselves into the bowels of hard-rocking groove music, such as in “This Year’s Enemy”. These times are few and far between, and one is stuck listening to…
Beginning this week, Five for Fighting’s “World†will be featured in Sears’2008 holiday campaign. “Worldâ€, taken from Five for Fighting’s 2006 release Two Lights, can be found in television spots promoting Sears’ theme of granting wishes. The ad focuses on those who fulfill their own positive destinies, from celebrities such as LL Cool J and Vanessa Hudgens to normal, unknown American citizens, such as a disabled veteran, who overcome adversity…
Famous Class is a team of artists and musicians based in Brooklyn, NY who have been collaborating on projects since 2003. Known both as an art collective and as an independent record label, Famous Class has slowly built up an impressive catalog of unique and handmade CDs, EPs, DVDs, comics, shirts and zines. Famous Class releases are distinctive and immediately recognizable; CDs, DVDs, and comics are frequently packaged together in…
SUNBEARS! On the Road with Dredg This weekend, SUNBEARS! Took some time away from recording their next EP Dream Happy Dreams to open up for Dredg in Jacksonville. After the show, they were invited to open for a week of shows. Come out and enjoy not only some new songs, but some sweet new multi-media! anfnewsacctwww.neufutur.com
Oh yes! Farewell Flight’s new CD – Sound. Color. Motion – is now available for digital download on iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody and a slew of other sites. So now you have no excuse for not hearing their new CD! anfnewsacctwww.neufutur.com
Not only has Cool Hand Luke recently released their latest CD The Sleeping House, they have just made available their Buy the Truth EP exclusively through iTunes. This includes two new tracks – The Greater Dance and Height Nor Depth – that can only be found on this EP. Three Bears Design created amazing artwork for the project, so make sure you don’t miss out. Head over to iTunes and…
An Open Letter to Axl Rose Ending With an Impression of Howard Dean, Thanks a shitload Axl. You haven’t put out a GNR record in 10 years and the month we decide to go out on a tour cleverly named NOVEMBER REIGN, you find it prime time for “Chinese Democracy” to hit shelves. You couldn’t have waited another 3 weeks? We haven’t done a single headlining tour on “The Big…
The Phantom Band releases Checkmate Savage January 27th, 2009 on Glasgow label Chemikal Underground. Recorded in Glasgow at the label’s own Chem 19 and then in Franz Ferdinand’s Govan facility, this record features Paul Savage of The Delgados as producer, engineer, and guiding force. The recording sessions were like their early jams: long, meandering and experimental; the band beating out rhythms on broken wood blocks and organist Andy’s ‘shelvaphones’, a…