Duane's Pit Stop
Hey..welcome back to another edition of the old Pit Stop. This week we have a shit load of info of bands going on tour as well as new releases. One of my buds who first turned me on to bands like the Meat Puppets and Husker Du and the GBH way back in the day as well as serving me my very first Rolling Rock unfortunately thought he was Superman and could live forever. It took a needle in his arm to make him face reality and he consequentially took another leap to another gig in the sky. It’s sad knowing that the world will still continue without him. But every time I crank up No Survivors by GBH, I will think of my friend Arnold Ayala. Take care my friend…and with that note, lets go Brothers and Sisters.
Sonic Youth - will perform at the El Rey in Los Angeles on August 17. This will be the closing performance of the Don't Knock the Rock Festival founded by Filmmaker Alison Anders. More info and tickets available at dontknocktherock.com.
Face-to-Face – My friend Brian’s favorite band, face to face fans! We're looking to put together a Face to Face DVD and I'm looking for material. Anyone with a bootleg (or otherwise) video, audio, photo, and promo material from the 12 year span of our existence as a band, please contact misc@vagrant.com about information with how to get us your stuff!"
The Minor Threat - "First Demo Tape" CDEP/7" is now out in the world and stirring up lots of excitement. A rough mix of this demo has appeared on bootlegs over the years, but this is the first time that the master tapes have been made available with an approved mix. Ian and Jeff are still hard at work on the Minor Threat "live" DVD but no release date has been scheduled.
New Pennywise - All right, here it is: The very first MP3 off of the new record "From The Ashes" due out on September 9th. It is for the song "God Bless The USA" and it is definitely a kick-ass jam! Simply hit the link below and download at you leisure! www.epitaph.com/bands/index.php?id=324
Also, the band has just launched a completely overhauled website! On the new site, you can sign-up for the band's official online street team, get the latest news about the new record, see all of their confirmed tour dates and buy your pre-sale "record release party" tickets.
Fear The Terror State - Good news for you A-F fans. Anti-Flag's highly anticipated new disc has gotten a release date and a title. The band has announced that the new disc will be entitled The Terror State, and you can find it in stores October 21st. However, if you're lucky enough to catch one of their pre-release date shows with Pipedown, Paint It Black and Thought Riot, you'll be able to score yourself a copy of The Terror State before it's publically available. Details on everything can be found at A-F's site.
SOIA Lives Life On The Ropes - September 9th will bring New York's Sick Of It All's next release, Life On The Ropes to stores. The disc, coming out on Fat Wreck will prove to be another amazing release from the band. The guys have posted an mp3 off of the CD so you can take a little taste of what'll be coming at you come September, and you can download the track here. Enjoy.
Know The Greatest Story Ever Told - The Lawrence Arms aren't quite ready to release their entire new album, The Greatest Story Ever Told becuase it isn't September 23rd, yet. But if you can't wait that long to get a little info on Story, you're in luck. The band has posted a track listing of all fourteen songs and a cover image to tide you over until the release. Hit this Fat Wreck link for all the goods, and keep your eye out for an mp3 just around the corner.
Q and Not U - have finished recording two songs for a single, "X-Polynation/Book of Flags," that will be released on September 8 to coincide with a major US tour this fall with Black Eyes, El Guapo, French Toast and Antelope (among others). The fall tour will include many dates that Q and Not U were forced to cancel in the spring. The band also continues writing new material and hope to enter the studio later this winter to record a new full-length.
Dallas Leaves Underoath - Underoath has found themselves without a lead singer. The band has announced they asked their former lead singer, Dallas, to leave based on reasons they decided were best left undisclosed. No worries though, the bands tour with Atreyu and The Darkest Hour is still on, with the vocalist from Winter Solstice filling Dallas' shoes. After the tour the band will be looking for a new permanent replacement vocalist.
Tour Plans Shattered For Shattered Realm - Eulogy's Shattered Realm had planned to tour during the month of August with partners in crime Ringworm and Punishment, bue to their van calling it quits on them and other things, the band has announced that they've decided to stay at home for this month and write for their new record. With two songs completed and recorded, the guys are looking to post some mp3's in the upcoming weeks, so keep a head up for those. Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland will be the only cities seeing SR this August, but the band will be heading over to Europe in September, the East Coast in October, and the West Coast in November. Details and dates are at their homepage, http://www.shatteredrealm.net, which also has a fresh facelift and a hot new live video from a show in NYC. Check it.
Too Punk For The Warped Tour? - So, how exactly do you get kicked off the bill of a punk fest? Just ask Virginia's Treephort. The band announced earlier that they were thrown off the tour due to Virginia's law enforcement. How they managed to get thrown off the show has not been revealed by the band yet. The band plans to finish out their tour in the Northeast, despite efforts to stop them.
Lungfish - have finished recording their new album, "Love is Love," which will be released on October 6th in the US. This is their 10th album and was recorded with Ian and Don at Inner Ear Studios. They have also booked a 10 day UK tour for September with dates listed here.
Beauty Pill - are currently working on their upcoming full-length, "The Unsustainable Lifestyle." Their current EP, "You Are Right To be Afraid" is now available in stores.
Black Eyes - have released a 3 song CD on their own Ruffian label that includes the two songs on their debut 7" plus a track that was on a split 7" with Early Humans. This CDep is available from the Dischord web store. Black Eyes will be playing shows in Eastern Canada and then will be touring for 6 weeks with Q and Not U in September. In November they will be heading out on their first European tour.
El Guapo - recently returned from a couple weeks of touring with the Gossip. They remain hard at work on the road this summer playing 3 shows in Italy in early August, scattered east coast dates, and are booked for two weeks with Q and Not U and Black Eyes this September. They are also planning a European tour for October.
Antelope - featuring Justin from El Guapo and Mike and Bee from Vertebrates, have recorded two songs with Ian at Inner Ear Studios (they have yet to decide how and when to release them). They will be playing shows in support of their excellent debut EP (a split release with Dischord) with Q and Not U this fall. Antelope dates can be found at http://www.ant3lop3.com
Dischord - is helping to re-issue two classic, long out of print, Sammich records onto CD for the first time: Shudder To Think's first full-length "Curses, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses" and Soul Side's debut full length, "Less Deep." Sammich Records was founded by Amanda MacKaye and Eli Janney. The label was most active in the late 80s and has been maintained off and on by Amanda since. These two CDs should be available later this year. Dischord Re-mastered Series: the latest re-mastered CDs to be made available are the previously out of print Gray Matter "Food For Thought" CD, the Autoclave Discography CD, the Slant 6 "Soda Pop Rip Off" CD, and the V/A State of the Union CD. Up next will be a reissue of the currently out of print Lungfish "Talking Songs for Walking" + "Necklace of Heads" maxi-CD. We hope to have those for sale by September.
Dead Kennedys 25th Anniversary Show - Seminal punk rock band Dead Kennedys announced today that they will celebrate their 25th Anniversary with a show at the Key Club in Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 19th, 2003. Opening for Dead Kennedys will be punk legends, Dr. Know along with openers Split Decision and Loogie.
To further celebrate a quarter century as a band, Dead Kennedys will take part in a DVD signing at Tower Records Sunset Strip (8601 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA) on Monday August 18th at 7pm. Original band members, East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride and D.H. Peligro will be signing copies of their latest DVD, In God We Trust, Inc. – The Lost Tapes, recently released by Music Video Distributors. The first 100 fans to purchase the DVD at the signing will also receive a complimentary ticket to the 25th Anniversary Key Club show the following night.
For more information please check out www.deadkennedys.com
Matchbook Romance To Hit Europe With The Ataris - These guys scored an amazing support role with one of the hottest bands around right now, the Ataris! The tour is short, but sweet and is sure to help this band reach a bigger audience than previously possible. From there, they will go off to the UK for a short headlining tour where they will fly by the seat of their pants! You can download the song Stories And Alibis here And here are the confirmed Ataris support dates thus far:
08/25/03 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
08/26/03 Numberg, Germany - Hirsch
08/28/03 Stuttgart, Germany - Die Rohre
08/30/03 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
09/01/03 Hamburg, Germany - Schlachthof
09/02/03 Cologne, Germany - Prime Club
09/04/03 Wil, Switzerland - Remise
09/05/03 Bochum, Germany - Zeche Karl
09/06/03 Munich, Germany - Backstage
MxPx Release Date Set - The new MxPx album "Before Everything And After" is being released september 16.
New Weakerthans Mp3 - The first available song off the Weakerthans' new album, "Reconstruction Site" is entitled "Psalm For The Elks Lodge Last Call," and you can find it at http://www.epitaph.com/bands/index.php?id=321 The new album hits stores on August 26th.
Live Juliana Theory Album in Stores - The new live album LIVE 10.13.2001 is in stores now! It was recorded in front of a hometown crowd at Club Laga in Pittsburgh and features live versions of "Into The Dark", "August In Bethany" "Duane Joseph" and several other favorites.
Letter Kills Hitting The Road - Island Records signed Letter Kills is hitting the road for a lot of shows after finishing up their Warped Tour dates. They will tour together with Hoobastank and Die Trying.
Take Action Tour - Death By Stereo will be on a leg of this tour and we have some important information about ticket sales: Internet only pre-sale starts Noon July 22 - 11:59am July 26 exclusively at www.takeactiontour.com. Go to www.takeactiontour.com and click the link for your show; at check out you will receive a coupon code to save on the CD compilation "Take Action. Vol. 3" This double disc, enhanced CD set has over 40 tracks and multimedia content based on the book "Suicide: The Forever Decision" by Paul Quinnett, PH.D, plus resources, petitions and access to a depression screening tool which helps users self-test for depression. A portion of the proceeds earned by the sale of this compact disc compilation and the tour will be donated to the National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433), for the third year in a row.
Atmosphere Mp3 - The new MP3 that we have posted is really taking off. In-fact, it has been our number one most downloaded MP3 for over two weeks now...pretty cool huh? So, if you haven't heard of these guys or downloaded the MP3 that we have up, you need to now. It is for the song called "Cats Van Bags" and it is downright funk-da-fied. Check it out over here.
You can also read the "official" press release about the signing of Atmosphere and post your thoughts on it here.
Motion City Soundtrack Album Stream - Don't forget you can hear this band's new album "I Am The Movie" in-full in Motion City Soundtrack E-Player.
So, the band has completed their tour with Reggie and the Full Effect and now they are out on the Warped Tour for about a week and reports from the road say that they are killing it. They are said to be drawing between 500-700 people every time they play; in-fact, they were moved to one of the main stages the other day for logistical purpose...in other words: Their crowds were too damn big for the Volcom stage. To see all of the current dates this band still has remaining, you can see the rest here.
There is also a cool contest going on involving this band over at Fanscape.com too. You can win a brand-new digital camera and a ton of new music check it all out here.
Gatsby's American Dream Is Back - From touring with Fear Before the March of Flames. Gatsby's American Dream is heading out soon with Suffering and the Hideous Thieves. Dates will be up soon. www.gatsbysamericandream.com.
Long Since Forgotten just got out of the studio recording their upcoming album 'Standing Room Only' with Ed Rose (Get Up Kids) www.lsfrock.com.
That’s going to do it for the old Pit Stop this week. Always remember, if you want to share news with me or just want to talk a load of smack to me, you can always reach me at dkleyva@musictap.net. I do hope every one has a good week. As for me, I’m off to the Hills to do some fishing before the damn Governor of California shuts that down as well.
Cheers to you all and don’t be Bastards later.
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