Duane's Pit Stop
Hey, welcome back to another week here in the old pit stop. I do apologize for the failure of our generations of inbreeding Editor Matt Rowe's incompetence to forewarn his staff that he took last Thursday off. That was reason for not having a post up last week, but as for this week we have some good news coming. This September, both Me and Julio A will be interviewing the Band, Exploited which should be a killer interview. Also, the band Level who has just came off the Vans Warp tour.
With that being said lets get into this weeks post unless that Bastard Editor Matt Rowe screws that up too.
(Editor's Note: Shhhhh...he's now being fed intravenously and will sleep for awhile.)
Dischord Records - Dischord is working on a benefit CD compilation produced by and in support of Radio CPR (Community Powered Radio), a microbroadcast station serving the Mt Pleasant, Columbia Heights, Petworth, and Adams-Morgan neighborhoods of Washington, DC. Unlike a standard compilation, this CD will play like a radio show. It features a cross section of culturally diverse musicians and bands from the neighborhoods served by Radio CPR, as well as broadcast excerpts, station IDs, and interviews that are representative of the station's radical approach to reclaiming the airwaves from hyper-commercial forces and re-orienting them toward causes of community action and social justice.
The Dismemberment Plan will play a farewell gig at the 9.30 club (a benefit for the Fort Reno Summer Concert Series) with Beauty Pill and The Aquarium. Their Fort Reno show was supposed to be their last show but because the show was semi rained out they decided to reschedule.
Pat Graham is having a photo show at Mission Media in Baltimore, Maryland with Melaine Standage in early September. According to Pat, "The show is where my punk photos meet Melanie's sexy lady pics." Go to Pat's website at http://www.patgraham.org
New zine out now - propaganda zine #1 is out now, and features interviews with the Setbacks, Guy Picciotto of Fugazi, Derek Grant of the Alkaline Trio, Mike Park of Asian Man Records and Dave Hackett. Also inside are columns, reviews, rants etc. including a piece by Punkstuff's own Craig Burnett. To pick up a copy send £1 with a 1st class stamp to PO Box 2837 Calverton NG14 6WU England. Cash or cheques to Edward Maile. For more info, contact: propagandazine@hotmail.com
Walk Through Walls Tour - Walk Through Walls, aggressive indie/post-hardcore band out of Louisiana will be heading out on a fall tour. Dates can be found at: www.walkthroughwalls.com You can also check out Walk Through Walls mp3's at www.mp3.com/walk_through_walls
Swingin' Utters - Tour Lineup Change As you may know by now, Fat Wreck's The Swingin' Utters are without a guitarist, Chuck Worthy left earlier. But now they've filled his space temporarily with the band's old guitarist, Max Huber. Their tour with Youth Brigade will go unaffected and are still adding dates to their calendar.
Tooth & Nail's Newest Signing - Tooth & Nail, home of Further Seems Forever and The Juliana Theory has signed yet another band to their roster. The lucky few this time is Seattle's Amery. The band will be releasing their debut album in early 2004, but you can listen to "Walls" at MP3.com until then.
Anti-Flag / Rise Against / None More Black Tour Dates first batch of confirmed shows for the first leg of The Terror State's North American tour. Anti-Flag will be touring the US alongside The Vacancy, None More Black, Against Me! And Rise Against, with Thought Riot replacing The Vacancy in early November. More shows to follow as soon as they're 100% confirmed. Right now, we're working on East Coast and Midwestern dates, as well as a slew of Canadian gigs after the New Year!""
Tour dates can be found at http://www.anti-flag.com/TO10.php"
The Casualties Working On New Album - The band is heading into the studio next week to record the follow up to “Die Hards.” The working title is “On The Front Line.” This time around they will hook up with producer, Bill Stevenson, who played drums for Black Flag, Descendents & All and has produced recent records for Rise Against, The Suicide Machines & Good Riddance. The band just finished a short run of shows on the west coast and has 18 new songs to play with in the studio with Bill. Look for “On The Front Line” in stores in Feb/March of 2004…
Yellowcard On National Television And Tour - Florida punk heroes Yellowcard will make their national television debut tonight, Wednesday, August 20th. The band will perform "Way Away," the lead single from their new album, "Ocean Avenue," on "Pepsi Smash," the WB's new hit music series. "Pepsi Smash" airs from 9:00-10:00 pm EST/PST on the WB. "Way Away" is also featured in EA Sports' just-released "Madden NFL 2004," one of the year's most anticipated videogames.
Dates are also being confirmed for Yellowcard's fall tour with The Used, kicking off September 19th and hitting cities including Los Angeles, Denver and Las Vegas.
Weezer Getting Personal On New Album - The next Weezer album may include some of the most personal songs frontman Rivers Cuomo has written to date. Producer Rick Rubin, who has been doing preproduction on the set for months, tells Billboard.com that on potential songs for the record, Cuomo "is really getting to a very personal place with writing and it's, I think, deeper than he's ever gone."
Black Flag: Keith Morris Is Unnecessary? - Contrary to what has been expected by Black Flag fans nationwide the group's orginial singer Keith Morris also of Circle Jerks fame will not be appearing any of the "The First 4 Years" reunion shows. Morris says it best in his own words. The following is taken from www.officialcirclejerks.com
I need to let everybody that's interested in knowing that I WILL NOT BE A PART of the Black Flag reunion show at the Hollywood Palladium on Sept.12th and 13th as I was told that my presence or services were not necessary. At the very beginning of what's turned into a complete mess I made a commitment to do the shows based on the word of one of the main players that Ron Reyes(Chavo),Roberto Valverde(Robo), Dez Cadena and Chuck Dukowski (The Duke) were all going to be a part of this and as of last week Dez is doing it for sure and Robo might show up.....i've apparently been spreading vicious and damaging rumors and the story gets even more stupid the further we get into it. The bummer is that a large amount of people have already purchased tickets based on the fact that these shows have been advertised as "The 1st Four Years" but if there is no appearance of Ron Reyes, Chuck Dukowski or myself. I guess that would make it the "last year of the 1st 4 years", or some silly stupid such thing.
Hear Hey Mercedes - You can now hear three new tracks off "Loses Control". It's the new album by Hey Mercedes in stores 10.07.03. To have a listen go to http://www.vagrant.com/losescontrol/
Hwm, Death By Stereo, & Afi - Remember HWM landed some huge dates with none other than AFI. As of now, we know that Hot Water will be playing on Sep 24th in Fresno, CA @ The Rainbow Ballroom and on Sept. 26th in Las Vegas, NV @ The House of Blues. For more information, check out Hot Water Music's official website at the link. http://hwmrock.com
The mighty Death By Stereo will also be playing with AFI on October 30th at the Universal Amphitheatre. Dan's wrist is healing up because yesterday I saw him doing "up-downs" in our backyard while listening to Racer-X. For those of you who didn't play football, an "up-down" is when you throw yourself down on your stomach and then jump back up as fast as you can. Dan by Stereo wants it...he really wants it. Get more details on this neat-o band at the link below.
Motion City Soundtrack Stream - The band is just about to embark on a big tour with Rufio on September 9th and they will stay out on the road until at least November 1st. This band has been living out on the road and they are driven to do whatever it takes to succeed. Go and see these guys live because it will be one of the best live shows you have seen in a long time. To see all of the confirmed dates we have for this band, click here.
Bouncing Souls Album Stream - Ya'll know that "Anchors Aweigh" is coming out next Tuesday the August 26th,and we are letting you hear the whole thing through an "Anchors Aweigh" E-Player. The player allows you to toggle through tracks or just listen to the whole thing all at once.
You can also download two MP3s & watch a video for the song "Kids And Heroes," here.
Weakerthans Album Stream & Video - Their new record, "Reconstruction Site" is almost here. Come next Tuesday the 26th, you'll be able to take home a truly outstanding album. Everything about this album is superb: the lyrics, the rhythms, even the production is damn-near flawless. "Reconstruction Site" finds this band at the top of their game and if you decide to pick this record up, you will not be disappointed. Hit the link below and check it out at www.epitaph.com/videos
Anywhere's Exit English - In preparation for the release of the much-anticipated new album by Richmond VA's Strike Anywhere Jade Tree and the band have launched the website www.exitenglish.com. By visiting the site fans can listen to the new album streaming 24/7 and get a taste of the artwork for the phenomenal Exit English LP/CD JT1087 which is currently available for pre-order and will be released on September 30. The site also includes band updates photos tour dates and links as well as a clock counting down the days until Exit English is released.
The band's first skateboard which features artwork from their upcoming Exit English LP/CD JT1087 album Available for pre-order now/Released September 30 is finally available. It's a sweet looking board and limited to only 100 copies. Check out the Strike Anywhere deck and more cool rides at Hooligan Skate. Exit English is now available for preorder amd will be officially Released on September 30. They also just returned from tour in Australia and exclusive west coast only dates drumming up support for the upcoming release. All Please consult the Jade Tree Tour page dates to their their upcoming tour with The Bouncing Souls and Tsunami Bomb.
Offficial Label Site; www.jadetree.com
Official Strike Anywhere site - www.strikeanywhere.com
That’s going to do it for this week's post. I hope every one has a great weekend. As for me, well...Dude.. Maiden and Motorhead are here in Southern California and this lunatic is buying the good beer and is off to the gig. Hot damn! Be good.
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