Well..welcome back to another Duane’s Pit Stop. I'm so sorry for the delay the last couple of weeks. The editor of this site, Matt (The Bird) Rowe has been a total inbred bastard. I’m as fed up with this as I’m sure you, the readers, are. Ahhhhhh! Why even bother! This whole month all of Duane’s Pit Stop's pictures are dedicated to him. That somabi#ch!
On a sad note, my buddy and friend of MusicTAP, Art from The Shrooms tells me The Shrooms have officially broken up. Damn...damn! That was a shocker! We here at MusicTAP wish you the best, Art. Thanks for being true. If you would like to drop old Art a message give him a holler here. With that final note lets get to the news.
And Matt, you carnie S.O.B. Bird Bastard inbred, pinhead
Kentucky
Blue person, Get with the program!
SONIC YOUTH - SONIC NURSE - Sonic Youth's nineteenth long player will be released in North America on June 8 2004 and is entitled "Sonic Nurse". Describing the record, the band has asked listeners to imagine "Bare Trees" era Fleetwood Mac jamming with "Jealous Again" era Black Flag.
Geffen Records will release this album on the CD format, and Goofin' Records will release the double LP in an attractive gatefold cover.
The track listing for the album is as follows:
Pattern Recognition
Unmade Bed
Dripping Dream
Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream
Stones
Dude Ranch Nurse
New Hampshire
Paper Cup Exit
I Love You Golden Blue
Peace Attack
Samples of every song on the album can be heard here.
Obsessed With Eighteen Visions
Eighteen Visions's - long awaited new record is finally on the cusp of being released. Though you can't get it in stores until June 15th, an 18V e-card has been set-up, packed with two new tracks from the release, Obsession. Both the songs "Waiting For The Heavens" and "
Tower
Of
Snakes
" are up to stream; click here for the goods. The band is on tour with From Autumn To Ashes and Atreyu and will be on the Warped Tour this summer
Strike The John Frusciante Solo Motherload - Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, John Frusciante, is a music making madman. After all, who else could release 6 solo albums by the end of 2004 and continue to record a full album every month? Starting June 22nd, you can start collecting Frusciante's solo albums which are being released under Record Collection. Frusciante also intends on releasing an album under the name Ataxia, which also features Joe Lally of Fugazi, four more solo records and an equal collaboration album with Josh Klinghoffer. All six will be released by the end of the year.
The Vandals Start Their Own Star Search - With the release of their 12th studio album, Hollywood Potato Chip approaching fast, The Vandals have another crazy stunt to promote the album. Starting June 1st, you can download an instrumental and album track of two songs from the upcoming album. Once you have that, videotape yourself singing and you could win fabulous prizes! Or at least a shot at performing with The Vandals. This is what American Idol should be but isn't. Hollywood Potato Chip will be released June 29th on Kung Fu Records.
New School Videos DVD Sale Continues - New School Videos have just announced that due to the overwhelming response they will be continuing their $12.00 DVD sale. Punk and Hardcore fans can continue to buy DVD's of bands playing live for only $12.00 (including shipping). New additions to the NSV catalog include; NOFX, Sick Of It All, Bigwig, Blink-182, Rancid, Operation Ivy, AFI, Ataris, Dashboard Confessional, Death By Stereo, Descendents and Green Day. Visit them today at www.newschoolvideos.net. p.s. Look for even more new additions too the NSV DVD list this month so check back to their website often.
DC's District Line Goes Live Henry Rollins is truly the man who never sleeps. Between work on solo projects, Rollins Band, his spoken word tours, acting in movies like Bad Boys 2 (try not to laugh too hard) and writing books, Rollins is adding yet another thing to his already busy schedule-- a brand new record label for the purpose of releasing old music. The District Line label will focus on unreleased and rare music from
Washington
DC
, Rollins' hometown. There are two releases on the label already, Live & Early Singles by Trouble Funk and a late 70s compilation called 30 Over DC which can be bought from their webstore for ten dollars each.
The Lawrence Arms Summer Tour - The Lawrence Arms are headed back out on the road in July. The details of some of the earlier shows are still being determined. On July 27th the Larry Arms start a few weeks of shows with Tsunami Bomb and Pipedown. Support on different dates will come from either Scattered Fall,
Orange
Island
or Audio Karate.
Lawrence Arms Tour Dates DATE TIME PRICE VENUE CITY DETAILS
July 16, 2004 8:00PM $8.00 Sokol Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska TBA
July 17, 2004 8:30PM $8.00 Starlight Fort Collins, Colorado TBA
July 20, 2004 7:30PM $10.00 Knitting Factory Los Angeles, California TBA
July 21, 2004 8:30PM $8.00 Bottom Of The Hill San Fransisco, California TBA
July 22, 2004 7:00PM $4.00 Los Gatos Outhouse Los Gatos, California TBA
July 27, 2004 7:00PM $12.00 In The Venue Salt Lake City, Utah Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown, Scattered Fall
July 28, 2004 7:30PM $10.00 Rock Island Denver, Colorado Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown, Scattered Fall
July 30, 2004 7:30PM $10.00 Creepy Crawl St. Louis, Missouri Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown, Scattered Fall
July 31, 2004 5:00PM $12.00 Ascot Room At The Quest Minneapolis, Minnesota Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown, Scattered Fall
August 01, 2004 6:00PM $12.00 Metro Chicago, Illinois Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown, Scattered Fall
August 02, 2004 6:30PM $10.00 Shelter Detroit, Michigan Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown, Scattered Fall
August 03, 2004 TBA $12.00 Agora Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown, Scattered Fall
August 12, 2004 7:30PM $12.00 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown, Orange Island
August 20, 2004 6:00PM $12.00 Knitting Factory New York, New York Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown, Audio Karate
August 21, 2004 6:00PM $12.00 Xtreme Wheels Buffalo, New York Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown, Audio Karate
August 22, 2004 7:00PM $12.00 Ultra Violet Arena Indianapolis, Indiana Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown, Audio Karate
The People's History Of Less Than Jake - Less Than Jake has announced that in early August their first DVD will hit stores. It will be titled The People's History of Less Than Jake and will contain over 3 hours of live songs spanning 10 years of the band's career. Fueled By Ramen will release it in North America and Eat Sleep Records / FBR in the
UK
Scatter The Ashes – Release - Scatter The Ashes will release their debut album through Epitaph Records (Bad Religion, Matchbook Romance etc.) May 25th, which was recorded with John Naclerio (My Chemical Romance, Brand New)?
Blood For Blood Video - Head over to the website of I Scream Records to check out a video teaser of the enhanced part of Blood For Blood's upcoming release "Serenity", due out June 22. The high-quality video features interviews with Rob, Buddha and Ian.
Flogging Molly Update And Release Date - Flogging Molly is still in the writing-process for their upcoming new album that is scheduled for release on September 13. It will be distributed through Side One Dummy for the entire world. This means, Burning Heart won't be releasing it in
Europe
like they did for the previous album.
More info, of course, at sideonedummy.com.
Pseudo Heroes Experience Problems On European Tour - Unfortunately, the Pseudo Heroes have to experience disturbing problems at various venues here in
Europe
. Several show dates have been cancelled at short notice. It occurred that this happened due to Sam being also a part of Down By Law which seems to lead to him being associated with the conservative movement. A few weeks ago, Down By Law/Dag Nasty front man Dave Smalley contributed writings to a website called conservativepunk.com. Please read here how Sam feels about this situation.
Upcoming Slackers releases - The Slackers have a new 5 song CD / EP on the way titled International War Criminal. The release will feature all new material recorded at Coyote Studios with Mike Ciati and at Sidney Mills' (Steel Pulse) Living Room studios. The group is rushing to get it out for the Deconstruction Tour in
Europe
. It will be released in the
US
later in the summer through the Thought Squad label.
2004 is looking to be a prolific year for the band, as Slackers bassist Marcus Geard is also currently working with Sidney Mills to mix another upcoming release, The Slackers In Dub. Frontman Victor Ruggiero also has a new solo album complete, titled Alive At The Ladybug House. It's available now on the Thought Squad label. The label doesn't have a website online yet, so for more info you can email Goodman@thoughtsquad.com. Also, a release with live tracks from The Slackers and local European bands is out now, Live At Kulturfabrik Luxembourg was recorded on the band's last European tour and is available through www.kulturfabrik.lu.
From First To Last E-card - On June 29th, these guys will release their first proper album titled "Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Body Count." Well, Epitaph now have a killer e-card with a streaming player built into it that will give you a taste as to what this record is all about... The player features four full songs, so hit the link below and check out one of the best young bands around! From First To Last e-card.
Tours
: Red Animal War on the road this July with Mock Orange Red Animal War is on the road this July in the southern
United States
. They'll be playing with Mock Orange and Finned Pilot on select dates. Click below for the details. The band's new record Polizida is expected this year. We're not sure of the label right now since the release is no longer listed at Deep Elm. Discussion on the band's message board seems to indicate that the final details of the release are still being determined.
 The Bronx NEWS - Jeremy Michael Weiss [day 19] has a limited run photo tour zine available that was created out of our last
US
tour. pave his pockets with gold while grabbing a slice from the cake of history.
Last minute
Los Angeles
show with 400 BLOWS has been added. This Tuesday, midnight, cines pace in
Hollywood
. Five dollars and free beer. Home sweet home, $2.49 gasoline and breathable air.
The Explosion, The Lot Six, Street Dogs and more at Boston Best Music Poll 2004 - On Thursday, June 3rd the Lansdowne Street block party will take place in Boston as part of the Best Music Poll 2004, hosted by the Boston Phoenix and 101.7 FNX. The event will feature performances on the street and in the Avalon, Axis and Bills Bar. Local
Boston
punk acts playing include The Explosion, The Lot Six, Street Dogs and The Unseen. Other bands to appear include The Rapture, The Von Bondies, Midtown, The Fire Theft, Violent Femmes and Presidents Of The United States Of America among others. Head to the event's website for more details.
Stream The New Down To Earth Approach Album Down To Earth Approach is currently on tour with As Tall As Lions followed by Piebald out west. The band recently did a mini-redesign of their website that includes their entire new album "Another Intervention" streaming. You can check it out here. The album will be released on Vagrant records on August 3, 2004.
Hidden In the Studio? – Hidden In Plain View began recording their debut full-length in
Santa Monica
this past Monday. The CD is being produced by Jim Wirt (Something Corporate, Incubus, Hoobastank), and will contain 10 brand new songs, plus re-recordings of "Twenty Below" and "An American Classic". Check back for release date info, but we're guessing some time in September.
Spiderman 2 Soundtrack - Here is the full track listing for the Spiderman 2 soundtrack:
1) Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated
2) Train - Ordinary
3) Hoobastank - Did You
4) Jet - Hold On
5) Yellowcard - Gifts And Curses
6) Maroon 5 - Woman
7) Taking Back Sunday - This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)
8 ) Midtown - Give It Up
9) Lostprophets - Lucky You
10) Smile Empty Soul - Who I Am
11) The Ataris - The Night That The Lights Went Out In NYC
12) Ana Johnsson - We Are
13) Jimmy Gnekko Featuring Brian May - Someone To Die For
14) Danny Elfman - Spidey Suite
15) Danny Elfman - Doc Ock Suite
Zao - New Mp3 And Tracklist - A new Zao track entitled "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" has been posted online in mp3 format and can be downloaded at www.ferretstyle.com. The song is taken from the bands forthcoming new album "The Funeral Of God", the track listing for which is as follows:
01 - "Breath Of The Black Muse"
02 - "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)"
03 - "The Last Revelation (The Last Prophecy)"
04 - "The Last Song From
Zion
"
05 - "Live... From The Funeral Of God"
06 - "The Lesser Lights Of Heaven"
07 - "In
Tim
es Gone Past"
08 - "Praise The War Machine"
09 - "Truly, Truly, This Is The End"
10 - "I Lay Sleepless In My Grave"
11 - "Psalm Of The City Of The Dead"
"The Funeral Of God" will see a July 13th release through Ferret.
Pennylane "From
Paradise
to Parking Lots - Pennylane "From Paradise to Parking Lots" is due out on June 15th through Indie Vision Music. Listen to three new cuts from the album at www.purevolume.com/pennylane and check out http://www.indievisionmusic.com for more info.
Shnarler Straight Edge Comp Followup
A little while back, we helped Shnarler Records sent out a call for bands to take part in their straight edge compilation. But now you can buy the finished product from their website, and from the looks of the tracklist, it's one killer compilation:
01. Casey Jones - Know This X
02. Throwdown - Forever
03. Sage Francis - Crack Pipes
04. Eighteen Visions - One Hell of a Prizefighter
05. Down To Nothing - Fire Escape
06. EarthCrisis - Nemesis
07. Radical Attack - Blood Money
08. Bleeding Through - City of the Condemned
09. My Revenge - Get out of This Mess
10. Remembering Never - Closed Caskets
11. Mondo Man - Day in the Life
You can order the compilation from Shnarler Records' Website for the low, low price of 8 dollars shipped.
on't have any reason not to order one.
 Alternative Tentacles Smoking Leftover Crack - The undisputed kings of gutter trash, angry and oppressed ska-punk, have found a place to release their upcoming album. And with a title like #uck World Trade, you'll be hard pressed to find a better place to release your album than Alternative Tentacles. Biafra & Co. intend on releasing the album on August 31st, but until then check out the band's revamped website, where you can get, among other things, booking information for their upcoming tour. Expect more details on that website in the near future.
Ignite news - For the first time in 2 years Ignite is heading out on the road in the
USA
for a few dates then, of course we are headed over to
Europe
to play the festivals with all those crazy metal bands including Judas Priest, Motorhead and Dimmu Borgir. We are looking forward to getting out and playing. All the details about all of the shows can be seen at www.ignitemusic.net
6/17 Chain Reaction- Anaheim, CA
6/20 The Trocadero- Philly, PA w/ Murphys Law, Ragmen
6/21 The Continental- NYC, NY
6/22 TBA-Wilkes-Barre, PA w/Ragmen
6/25 Fury Fest- Le Mans, France
6/26 Pressure Festival- Gysenberg Halle- Herne, Germany
6/27 Graspop Festival- Belguim
6/28 Patronaat- Haarlem, Netherlands
6/29 Tonne- Wangen, Germany
6/30 Arena- Vienna, Austria
7/1 Wanted Festival, Hungary
7/2 Mega Club- Katowice, Poland
7/3 With Full Force Festival- Roitschjora, Germany
7/4 Bibelot- Dordrecht, Netherlands
Attention Helmet fans - Helmet are said to now be eyeing an August release date through Interscope for their new album. At present, work on the effort has been completed with band frontman Page Hamilton handling most of the production duties with help from Charlie Clouser of nine inch nails fame. In addition, three tracks on the effort were produced by Jay Baumgardner (Papa Roach, Godsmack), who also mixed the outing as well.
Well that’s going to wrap another Pit Stop. Be real and we'll talk to you soon. Late..
dkleyva@musictap.net
Love you Roxy... be good!
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