Duane's Pit Stop
Hey, welcome to a spicy edition of the old Pit Stop. This week we have lots of info on local bands as well as some UK news. I just want to let the readers know that I have an interview coming out with Art from the Shrooms. We both talked about the old days around our neighborhood and in Punk. You'll get to hear what Art shared with us and the various bands that are mentioned. So do please read the article when it’s posted on the MusicTAP main page.
With that in toll, let’s get to the news.
UK NEWS
Matchbook Romance Dates
09-Sep Oxford Zodiac
10-Sep Birmingham Academy bar
11-Sep Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
12-Sep London Barfly
Hope Conspiracy Tour (One of MusicTAP's favorite bands)
Monday 17th November - Liverpool Barfly
Tuesday 18th November - Belfast Auntie Annies Porterhouse
Wednesday 19th November - Dublin Whelans
Thursday 20th November - Leeds Bassment w/Razor Crusade
Friday 21st November - Brighton Freebutt w/Razor crusade
Saturday 22nd November - Nottingham Rock City Basement (this show is an all-nighter) w/Razor Crusade)
Sunday 23 November London Barfly w/Razor Crusade
Jello's Back at the Life Cafe, Manchester on Sunday 19th October.
NO USE, BIG WIG, NONE MORE BLACK dates
10/29 London, UK Mean Fiddler
10/30 Manchester, UK Hope and Grape
10/31 TBA
11/1 Newport, UK TJ's
11/2 TBA
US News
Thrice For The Cure - On Sunday, September 28th, the boys of Thrice have invited you to walk with them on the Syrenthia Savio Endowment Team' for the 2003 Orange County, CA Race For The Cure. The guys will be walking in the coed 5k walk to benefit the organization (to which they are already giving a percentage of The Artist In The Ambulance profits), and they want you to get involved, as well. The walk is only forty dollars and three hours on that Sunday morning, and as the band says, it will make a real difference in someone's life. Thrice.net has all of the info, and both PunkHardcore and Thrice encourage you to check it out and participate if you can as it is a very worthy cause.
New Thursday Video Online -For those of you out there, chomping at the bit, anxiously awaiting Thursday's next album War All the Time, MTV has a preview for you. Go check out the video for Thursday's first single off the album, called Signals In the Air, on MTV.com. Expect the album to be released on Island/Victory on September 16th.
Financial Woes For The Darkest Hour - The Darkest Hour, an amazing hardcore band currently on tour with Underoath, God Forbid and Atreyu were robbed of $120,000 (no, that's not a typo). The band was playing a show on the tour in Canada and someone broke into their van and stole various valuables including cell phones, lap tops and cash. If you want to help TDH out do yourself a favor and go see them on their current tour, I've been going to concerts all Summer and the show they put on last night was hands down the best. To see when the tour will be in your area head over to the Atreyu website and click "Shows." They'll be playing the Knitting Factory in New York tonight, so if you're in the area get out there and help out a band that more than deserves it.
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
Hot Water Music Announce Tour Dates -The band has just confirmed a string of dates with the mighty AFI! They will be opening for Davey and his minions from August 24th through September 10th; from there, the band will head-out on a headlining tour of their own featuring A Static Lullaby and Lawrence Arms.
For all confirmed dates and venues, visit the Hot Water Music tour dates below.
Hot Water Music 09/13/2003 Portsmouth, Great Britain
Hot Water Music 09/15/2003 Bristol, Great Britain
Hot Water Music 09/16/2003 Wolverhampton, Great Britain
Hot Water Music 09/17/2003 Sheffield, Great Britain
Hot Water Music 09/20/2003 London, Great Britain
Hot Water Music 09/24/2003 Fresno, CA
Hot Water Music 09/26/2003 Las Vegas, NV
Hot Water Music 09/29/2003 Albuquerque, NM
Hot Water Music 09/30/2003 El Paso, TX
Hot Water Music 10/02/2003 Austin, TX
Hot Water Music 10/03/2003 Oklahoma, OK
Hot Water Music 10/04/2003 Sauget, IL
Hot Water Music 10/05/2003 Chicago, IL
Hot Water Music 10/07/2003 Milwaukee, WI
Hot Water Music 10/08/2003 Green Bay, WI
Hot Water Music 10/10/2003 Fargo, ND
Hot Water Music 11/03/2003 Farmingdale, NY
Hot Water Music 11/03/2003 Farmingdale, NY
Hot Water Music 11/04/2003 New York, NY
Hot Water Music 11/05/2003 Philadelphia, PA
Hot Water Music 11/06/2003 Richmond, VA
Hot Water Music 11/07/2003 Greenboro, NC
Hot Water Music 11/08/2003 Columbia, SC
Hot Water Music 11/10/2003 Athens, GA
Hot Water Music 11/11/2003 Tallahassee, FL
Hot Water Music 11/12/2003 New Orleans, LA
Hot Water Music 11/14/2003 Houston, TX
Hot Water Music 11/15/2003 Austin, TX
Hot Water Music 11/18/2003 Las Vegas, NV
Hot Water Music 11/19/2003 Anaheim, CA
Hot Water Music 11/20/2003 San Diego, CA
Hot Water Music 11/21/2003 Los Angeles, CA
Rancid Enters Billboard Top20 - From billboard.com: Veteran punk act Rancid's "Indestructible" enters The Billboard 200 at No. 15 with sales of 51,000 copies. A major boost thanks to a distribution deal with Warner Bros. gives the band its career best week on the chart. Rancid has previously not been higher than No. 35, a peak reached by "Life Won't Wait" in 1998.
Paul Westerberg News - will be releasing "Come Feel Me Tremble" October 21st on Vagrant Records. Track listing for the new album is:
1. Dirty Diesel
2. Making Me Go
3. Hillbilly Junk
4. Soldier of Misfortune
5. My Daydream
6. What a Day (For a Night)
7. Wild & Lethal
8. Crackle & Drag (original take)
9. Crackle & Drag (alt. version)
10. Never Felt Like This Before
11. Knockin' Em Back
12. Pine Box
13. Meet Me Down The Alley
14. These Days
Neva Dinova/Bright Eyes Split Coming Soon - The latest Crank! Records newsletter announced that one of the only Omaha bands that isn't on Saddle Creek Neva Dinova, has recorded a split CD with Saddle Creek poster boy[s] Bright Eyes. Each band contributes 3 songs to the release, which will be out on both CD and 10" in early January on Crank.
The Cougars’ Very First Release Hits Stores 10/21 - Eight, count 'em, eight guys (including former members of Big'n and Hot Stove Jimmy) thrust onto the stage for a multi-instrumental assault: dueling guitars, driving bass, manic drumming, powerful horns, ominous keyboards, beguiling vocals. Like a hurricane spinning into motion and laying waste to all that has not been boarded up and abandoned. Cougars have graced the stage of many respected venues such as the Empty Bottle, Metro, New York's Knitting Factory, and countless other rooms across the Midwest. Along the way, they've played with the likes of Oxes, Living Things, Arab On Radar and more. Each Cougars show is a testament to its vitality. Via the support and reach of Chicago based Flower Booking, relentless touring is being planned for the near and distant future.
If you get a chance, check them out live in their home town Chicago:
09/26/2003 - Chicago, IL @ Fireside Bowl
The Control’s New Album “Glasseye” Is Ready - The Control formed in May of 1999 with no ambition other than to play some blazing hardcore music. That simple plan has kept the four of them pretty busy since then. They have played and toured extensively, both on their own and in support of bands like Kill Your Idols, Holding On and Dillinger 4. The Control received amazing reviews for their first EP on Go-Kart Records and now one can expect a whole lot more of their new full-length album “Glasseye” which will be released on September 9th on Go-Kart. For those who can’t wait, pre-order it right here: www.gokartrecords.com/store In time with the release of their new album, The Control also worked out an extensive touring plan. So, you better check out their melodic yet raging hardcore punk and go and see them live hopefully in a town near you. Don’t miss it.
09/14 - Pittsburgh, PA @ 1877 Project w/Annihilation Time
09/15 - Amherst, MA @ Amherst VFW Hall
09/16 - New Brunswick, NJ @ 331 Sommerset St w/Kill Crush Destroy, Forward to Death
09/17 - Buffalo, NY @ Hey Dude. records Record Release Show w/ The Spark and more
09/18 - Toledo, OH @ TBA
09/19 - Chicago, IL @ The Fireside Bowl w/Kill Your Idols
09/20 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Triple Rock w/ Kill Your Idols/ Holding on/ and more
09/21 - Davenport, IA @ Peabodys w/Kill Your Idols
09/22 - Davenport, IA @ FSU Garage w/In Control
09/23 - St. Louis, MO @ TBA
09/24 - Tulsa, OK @ Endurance Skateshop
09/25 - Albuquerque, NM @ Poetry TV Studio
Enter Touring, Exit English - After a lot of international touring and hiccups Strike Anywhere is back home in the USA relaxing before they resume their endless tour this time with The Bouncing Souls. The 2 month tour, starting in September will coincide with the release of what their label is calling "the most important record of 2003," aka Exit English. The CD is slated for a Sept 30th release on Jade Tree.
This leg of touring is just the beginning for the band, as they are preparing to take over in 2004. For further updates, images, and to hear the album streaming live 24/7, check www.exitenglish.com and www.jadetree.com
Twenty2 Album Art - Twenty2 has just posted the album art of their new cd, "The Dudes of Hazzard." You can also go to http://www.twenty2intl.com to check out pics from the studio. The album is expected to be released in November.
Fob Video Premiers on Fuse This Saturday - "Dead On Arrival" will be on the Mixtape Mixdown this Saturday Aug. 30 at 9:30 PM and again at 2:30 AM. Everbody go to www.fuse.tv and vote for Fall Out Boy that day.
Yellowcard Tour Dates - On Wednesday the 27th Yellowcard will be playing an in-store at Salzer's Records in Ventura, CA. Their video for "Way Away" will premiere next Tuesday night on "The OC" on the FOX television network. Check your local listings for time and channel. Also, head over to punckrockvids.com if you missed Yellowcard performing on the WB's Pepsi Smash. There you can download a live video of YC performing "Way Away."
08.26 Rialto Theater in Tucson, AZ
08.27 Cal State Northridgein Northridge, CA
08.29 Sam Boyd Stadiumin Las Vegas, NV
08.30 Oaks Parkin Portland, OR
09.04 Lupo's Heartbreak Hotelin Providence, RI
09.05 Webster Theatrein Hartford, CT
09.06 The Big Easyin Portland, ME
09.07 ESPN Skateparkin Philadelphia, PA
09.09 Crowbarin State College, PA
09.10 Bogart'sin Cincinnati, OH
09.11 Agora Ballroomin Cleveland, OH
09.12 Courtyard Cafein Urbana, IL
09.13 The Intersectionin Grand Rapids, MI
09.14 Creepy Crawlin St. Louis, MO
09.16 Washburn Universityin Topeka, KS
www.yellowcardrock.com | www.mp3.com/yellowcard
Punchlines Got A Surprise - Punchline has some huge lined up for all you punchkids out there. In early September they'll be joining The Juliana Theory Hopesfall and Count The Stars for some Humungoid shows. They're currently finishing up work on their new CD with Sean O'Keefe up in Chi-town.
09.03 Lupo's in Providence, RI
09.04 The Webster Theater in Hartford, CT
09.05 Krome in Amboy, NJ
09.08 9:30 Club in Washington, DC
Fall Out Boy & The Back To School Tour - Andy Joe Patrick and Petey are currently out playing a little game of "Tour Your Ass Off" with their friends in Spitalfield Acceptance and Trouble Is. It's called The Back To School Tour and its being presented by RadioTakeover.com. Check out the dates below and catch the tour when it comes to your town. Fall Out Boy's video for "Dead On Arrival" will be airing soon on Fuse. We're not sure when its gonna be on yet, but as soon as we hear, we'll let you know. While you're waiting for FOB on the TV, go find them on friendster.com. I know you're on friendster already, so search for fobfriendster@hotmail.com and make them your friend, too. Check out the new FOB Special Deal in the FBR webstore.
08.26 The Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas, TX
08.27 Stubb's BBQ in Austin, TX
08.29 Rock And Roll Pizza in Jacksonville, FL
08.30 The Social in Orlando, FL
08.31 The Masquerade in Atlanta, GA
09.02 Nanci Raygun in Richmond, VA
09.03 North Star in Philadelphia, PA
09.04 Fletcher's in Baltimore, MD
09.05 Krome in South Amboy, NJ
09.06 The Vault in Port Jervis, NY
09.07 The Continental in New York, NY
09.08 House Of Blues in Cambridge, MA
09.09 Empress Ballroom in Danbury, CT
09.10 Showplace Theatre in Buffalo, NY
09.11 Planet 505 in Syracuse, NY
www.falloutboyrock.com | www.mp3.com/fall_out_boy
A Ton of Stuff Is Happening for The A.K.A.S - The One Night Only tour kicks off September 5th in Boston after a very special Opening Reception/Listening Party in New York City in the basement of Niagara on August 28th, 2003. Not only will The A.K.A.s (Are Everywhere) be rocking out every night, they'll also have artwork from artists such as Shepard Fairey and Ron English in tow. Check out the dates below and make sure you preorder their new CD "White Doves & Smoking Guns" now in the FBR webstore. For a limited time, you can get a t-shirt for only $2 with the purchase of the CD. Check the "Specials" section pronto.
08.28 Niagara Gallery in New York City, NY
09.05 Abbey Lounge in Boston, MA
09.06 Planet 505 in Syracuse, NY
09.07 The Hamilton Cafe in Boundbrook, NJ
09.09 Sine-E in New York City, NY
09.10 The Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA
09.11 Charleroi VFW in Pittsburgh, PA
09.12 Charm City Art Space in Baltimore, MD
09.16 Monroe Township Hall in Carlisle, PA
09.19 The Cruise In in Buffalo, NY
09.21 The Hangout in Erie, PA
09.22 Alley Catz in Richmond, VA
09.25 Bloomfield Ave Cafe in Bloomfield, NJ
09.26 Empress Ballroom in Danbury, CT
www.theakas.com | www.mp3.com/theakas
Free E.P. For You - No Such Luck from New Jersey will be giving out their E.P. free to anyone who wants it. You can go to their site at www.nslpunk.com and the email address will be there for you to send your mailing address to, so you can get the cd. The only stipulation is you must burn the cd after you receive it and give it out to all of your friends and so on.
DIY Compilation – Is putting out a compilation cd where I gave a musician a song title and they wrote and performed the song. Participants included: Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Mark Arm (Mudhoney), Mike Watt (Minutemen, Firehose), Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde), Neil Fallon (Clutch), Aaron Turner (Isis, Hydra Head Records), Bluebird, Nels Cline, Mike Gent (the Figgs, the Gentlemen), Bliss Blood (Pain Teens), Beehive & the Barracudas, Twink, Weasel Walter (the Flying Luttenbachers), IDX1274, Betty's Trash, Godstomper, Hella, Jed Parish (Gravel Pit), Greg (Lana Dagales, Brainoil, Lemur Mutation), and Chris Taylor (Pg.99, Mannequin). The complete tracklist is below. 22 songs, 74 minutes, $10ppd in the US through www.chromepeeler.com
Tracklist for “You’ve Got Your Orders Vol. 1”
1 - HOUSE OF LOW CULTURE- “Showtime At The Apollo 9”
2 - NEIL FALLON- “Instant Winner”
3 - NELS CLINE- “X-Ray My Dreams”
4 - ERIK LARSON- “Smile For The Soul-Stealing Camera”
5 - BLUEBIRD- “Late Night Moan”
6 - HARRY SEITZ- “Sign Language Tourettes”
7 - CHRONICLES OF LEMUR MUTATION- “Hot Licks For Shredders”
8 - MARK ARM- “Coke Limo”
9 - BETTY’S TRASH- “Broken Mirror Music”
10 - TWINK- “Not Enough Crayons For Everyone”
11 - JEDEDIAH PARISH- “The Sons Of Lee Marvin”
12 - GODSTOMPER- “Gameshow Contestant Flip-Out”
13 - WEASEL WALTER- “Shaking Hands And Kissing Babies Covered In Bacteria”
14 - CHRIS CRUDE- “You Can Get Away With Any Crime If You Just Run Fast Enough”
15 - BLISS BLOOD- “Vaudeville Distorted”
16 - HELLA- “Dance Of The Drunken Siberian”
17 - MIKE GENT- “Point A Finger”
18 - BADGADGET- “K.A.P.L”
19 - MIKE WATT, THURSTON MOORE AND THALIA FERRIERA- “Like A Ghost On Fire”
20 - BEEHIVE & THE BARRACUDAS- “Smut Merchant Of Venice”
21 - JOHNETTE NAPALITANO- “Memory Of A Liar”
22 - IDX1274- “Tickle Party #2”
That’s going wrap it up for this week’s edition. I hope every one has a great weekend. Take advantage of the good weather where-ever you're at. As for this Beaner, I’m out drinking and gigging this weekend. Have a safe one. Late!
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