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Eleventh album from Lousiana rockers

South Texas blues artist Roy Trevino has just released his debut album.

★★★★☆ You can't get more unique than providing a soundtrack to a seminal 14-minute silent movie from the 1900s. While perhaps difficult to appreciate the scale of the tie-in (especially if you're under the age of 110 or weren't a fan of the Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight"), Air's Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel honor their invitation with an interpretation of cinematic thrall, stoner funk (unlikely a turn of the century invention, but "Sonic Armada" is a boss strut nonetheless) and dramatically noble short stories, audio-visualizing a pioneering piece of cinema that essentially asks them to bridge [...]

Having recorded two albums and some EPs, Jessie Baylin's Little Spark presents a confident singer-songwriter rather than that of an indie artist struggling to find her voice.

Fantastic five-CD ECM collection from the Austrian Lockenhaus festival.

A mixed bag from The Scorpions, Lillian Axe and up & comers Madison Rising.

Three albums from the Sheffield based artist David Newman, aka Autistici.

★★★★☆ Fabric Live is on some can't/stop won't stop business, following quality 2011 mixes from Jackmaster, Ramandanman and Four Tet. Bristol UK is once more the epicenter for FWD movement when Rob "Pinch" Ellis quickly puts on his stomping boots and bonds house, techno and acid with stone cold bass that easily wipes out the non-committal. His own remix of Henry & Louis sets a wrecking ball standard, and Boddika & Joy Orbison join the demolition until the joint becomes a write off. Tempos twist this way and that, going flat [...]

Lyle Lovett has finally hit that point in his career where he can turn in a covers album and not be accused of simply fulfilling a contract agreement or tossing out a record as a desperate last grab for relevancy or to make the next mortgage payment (I'm looking at you Rod Stewart). Ok, so [...]

Proof of music's ability to cross cultural and linguistic boundaries - a work of great skill and depth.

The Kinks: Chapter 3. Kinda Kinks was a hurried and ultimately weak album.

The Swedish producer offers a colorful new dance album.

The Duke Spirit encounter a sophomore jinx one album late.

Jazz from the '70's still fresh and vibrant.

New Jersey's Voodoo Terror Tribe have just released a brand new EP entitled 'Stands To Reason'. Band members are Gil Pz(Vocals) Emir Erkal (Guitars) Primer (bass) and Tbone (drums) This is the follow up to their latest full length release 'Symptoms Of Sin'. With the new release the band has made something different from their [...]

Fans of Total Babe will likely know about guitarist Gatesmith's new act, Howler. However, I feel that Howler as a whole surpasses in quality Total Babe, while breaking eirself free of the former trappings. America Give Up is one of the first good albums of 2012, and it is due to this free and expansive [...]

Boss retro sounds from a Bourdeaux threesome.

L.A. rockers Prima Donna roar back with Bless This Mess, the follow up to their Acetate Records debut, After Hours

We have reviewed a number of Lamb of God albums on NeuFutur. In the same vein, we have given extensive coverage to the various types of metal. The one thing that we have noticed over the last 13 years of covering these acts is that metal seems particularly prone for bands to come forth with [...]

Norways own Jazz metal group "SHINING" have released a live cd/dvd entitled black jazz live. The band members are Munkeby (Vocals, saxophone guitar), EWI Lofthus (Drums) Kreken (Bass) Moen (Keyboards and synths) Sagen (Guitars) A Jazz doom metal band straight out of Norway. Their lyrics consist of suicide-themed lyrics, Shining's music is often referred to as "suicidal black metal" although the [...]