H.R., legendary front-man of Bad Brains, will be releasing his new solo album “Hey Wella.” The first single titled, “Didn’t I Tell You” was successfully released on August 5, 2008 and the title track “Hey Wella” followed up with an August 19, 2008 release via all digital retail outlets including iTunes, Yahoo, among other websites. The official album release date has been changed to October 21, 2008, with physical availability…
“Guide to the Music Press 2008” provides detailed contact information and work summaries for the most active music journalists and photographers, as well as the contacts behind their favorite music print and web publications. 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…
American Poet Jimmy D. Robinson Shares His MIND JUICE CD with Enthusiastic Brazilian Fans in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro. Robinson’s Label, J Music Group, Announces International Dance Remix Project for Lead Poetry MIND JUICE Track – “A Tiny Shoe†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…
Crave Entertainment, a leading distributor and specialty publisher of console videogames, has released Defendin’ De Penguin(tm), the first real time strategy game designed primarily for kids twelve and under, for the popular Wii(tm) and Nintendo DS(tm) systems. Help Little Blue fend off hungry creatures eager to steal Penguin Town’s fish supply. Using the perfect combination of tower utilization, defensive placement, timing and strategy, Little Blue will save the day. SargeantJohn…
Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) announced today that Resistance 2(TM), from independent developer Insomniac Games, will release in North America on November 4 and will be offered in a special collector’s edition while supplies last. The collector’s edition for Resistance 2, the highly-anticipated follow-up to the best-selling PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system (PS3(TM) system) launch title, Resistance: Fall of Man(R), will be available for a suggested retail price of $79.99…
After several blistering performances that have seen them sell out venues on both sides of the Atlantic, including 2 consecutive nights at London’s Brixton Academy and NYC’s Bowery Ballroom, along with smash hit performances two consecutive years at SXSW 07 & 08, The Pigeon Detectives are coming back to the states. One can say it’s due to popular demand, and we’re just saying, it’s about time. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on…
UNKLE’s End Titles…Stories for Film was released September 2 on Surrender All Records. The release comes after the band’s four-stage .mp3 giveaway of tracks off the new record and full-album digital release earlier this summer. Four tracks from the album are available below as well as an .mp3 from UNKLE’s September 8 Remix Stories (Volume One). SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur…
The band’s newly converted veggie oil-powered bus will take them westward for a week of shows in Texas and Oklahoma with Bear Colony before joining up with Fake Problems and Cobra Skulls for eight days of Left Coast shenanigans. Finally, the boys will conclude their national expedition in the Southeast playing shows with The Winter Sounds. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur…
Montreal space-proggers KOSMOS have been nominated for Metal/Hardcore Album of the Year by the Quebec Indie Music Awards! KOSMOS, featuring members of VOIVOD, PARADISE, TRICKY WOO, and GRIM SKUNK, released their self-titled debut via THE END RECORDS on September 4th of last year. 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…
ARTIST SONG ALBUM Boys Noize Arcade Robot Oi Oi Oi Boys Noize Oh! Oi Oi Oi Dropkick Murphys The Warrior’s Code The Warrior’s Code Fort Knox Five feat. Mustafa Akbar The Spirit of 75 Radio Free DC (lp) From First To Last Worlds Away From First To Last From First To Last Two As One From First To Last From First To Last We All Turn Back To Dust From…
In ‘Girls and Weather’, The Rumble Strips have recorded a truly classic debut album. With their somewhat eccentric origins in Devon, the four young men from Tavistock have fashioned a set of songs steeped with huge, life-affirming choruses all awash with the optimism of youth. This is a band whose sound and look is entirely their own: thundering drums and piano, brass to stir the soul and singer Charlie Waller’s…
Apollo Sunshine’s brand-new full-length, Shall Noise Upon, is out today on Headless Heroes. The album finds the multi-talented trio skillfully displaying their versatility throughout the 16 tracks, from the driving electric “666: The Coming Of The New World Government†to the harmony-laden “Singing To The Earth (To Thank Her For You)†to the deceptively unadorned “Money,†a truly beautiful record that marries the talents of Apollo Sunshine with their energy…
With his second album Cantarell, Secret Dakota Ring mastermind Andy Ross steers his project towards beautifully realized stylistic extremes of pop. Each track reveals a bevy of musical surprises. From the multi-layered summer-of-love psychedelia of “Losing Eyeballs†to the stark strings-only arrangement of “They Got The Wrong Guy†to the Hitsville USA pep of “The Fade to Black,†SDR have crafted a uniquely detailed and completely individual half-hour of ultra-catchy…
The Decemberists will embark on the “Bridesmaid Revisited – Tour 2008” shortly after an election eve performance on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” A limited number of pre-sale tickets go on sale TODAY to the public on a first-come, first-served basis at http://www.decemberists.tickets.musictoday.com. General ticket on-sales begin on Saturday, September 6th, for East Coast dates and on Saturday, September 13th, for West Coast dates. Portland-based band Loch Lomond will open…
As the Puzzle Quest franchise expands into outer space with new game Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, D3Publisher’s official Puzzle Quest website, www.Puzzle-Quest.com, has relaunched in cyberspace. Fans will have access to a showroom of all current and future games in the franchise including Puzzle: Quest: Challenge of the Warlords and its exclusive expansion pack Puzzle: Quest: Challenge of the Warlords – Revenge of the Plague Lord from Xbox LIVE® Arcade for…
Hermosa Beach punk rock icons Pennywise, celebrating its 20th anniversary, raised its collective middle finger in the air to the music industry this spring and did the most punk rock/DIY thing imaginable; they gave away their latest record Reason To Believe for free. In fact, 400,000 downloads of Reason To Believe were recorded during a groundbreaking, two week promotion that gave Pennywise’s MySpace friends the opportunity to download the whole…
“[Kinky] blends traditional Mexican bass and accordion elements into an otherworldly hybrid of electronica, funk, rock and post-punk, tinkering with genres as uninhibitedly as My Morning Jacket.” — PASTE.COM Mexican rockers KINKY are set to release their fourth studio album BARRACUDA (Kin-Kon/Nettwerk) in February of 2009, with an early digital release on September 30, 2008. Produced by Kinky with some co-production from Money Mark (Beastie Boys) and Chico Sonido, Barracudacaptures…
Welcome to the future, sucker. You, sweltering in a Park Slope loft. You, comatose by conversation in a Silverlake bungalow. You, conceived in 3 seconds of ecstasy, then spit out into a suburban nightmare of laptop pornography and wal-mart homogeneity, absurdity around every bend. Is this how the 21st century begins? George Orwell is turning in his grave, “I told you so, suckers!”. Walt Disney is thawing like an ice…
Got Game Entertainment has released a new trailer for “Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals”. The trailer features in-game footage from this upcoming, thrilling suspense-adventure game (PC) based on the art and stories of famed graphic novelist and filmmaker Enki Bilal, and from the studio created by adventure game legend Benoit Sokal. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered…
Emily Wells plays songs from her ambitious new album “The Symphonies: Dreams Memories and Parties” on this falls’ (all girl) Hotel Café tour with Rachael Yamagata, Meiko, Thao Ngyuen, Kate Havnevik and Lenka. But first, she’ll kick off with a series of solo gigs in Southern California. See tour dates below! SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered…