Over the last two weeks, I healed by attending various live venues across town as well as in my very back yard. On 4/9, I had attended The Shrooms and The Thrusters gig at the Casa in Boyle Heights and damn that was good stuff. And to those kids who were Moshing, you all get a thousand Punk Points, sweet. Art and the rest of The Shrooms are quite good musicians and can really turn the heat up with those new
Marshall
Amps sitting behind Art. Good stuff Boys! Check out their site at www.theshrooms.com for more touring info and tell that Bastard Mr. Art that I sent you. I also caught up with Miss Mickey Champion at Blue Bongo Café in Downtown Los Angeles. Now I have seen some bands in my day but this Lady put on a phenomenal show. See her every Tuesday evening of this month at the Blue Bongo Café in downtown LA. I had also had run into the guys from Psycho Billy minus their Bass Player. What a throw back sound, almost like the Cramps, and two cheers to the Blue Bongo Café for bringing in some hot bands in the Los Angeles area. Way to go Chris and Mark. And with that final note lets get to the news.
Sonic Youth news - Sonic Youth will perform on the Tonight show with Jay Leno on
Wednesday, June 9 2004
.
Also Lollapalooza and more, Sonic Youth will tour this summer as part of the Lollapalooza 2-day festival playing 20 cities in
North America
. The tour's schedule and more bands are expected to be announced soon.
Before Lollapalooza Sonic Youth will play a handful of East Coast Dates and tour
Australia
and
New Zealand
. Details below.
SY will be in
Northampton
,
MA
on April 30 with J. Mascis, Sebadoh, and others at John M. Greene Hall at
Smith
College
.
Tickets will be available at:
Night Owl Records -
Easthampton
,
MA
and Turn it Up! -
Northampton
,
MA
Tickets are also available on insound.com
All proceeds from the concert will benefit Community Resources for People with Autism.
SY will play May 15 at the noncommercial radio NONCommvention in
Louisville
,
KY
on a bill with Patti Smith, Paul Westerberg, and the Polyphonic Spree. This show is now sold out.
Sunday, June 6th, Sonic Youth is playing The Great Bamboozle at The Stone Pony Festival Area in
Asbury Park
,
New Jersey
. 3 day passes went on sale on March 20th and daily ticket sales begin on March 26th. The fest is all ages. For more info, check out:
www.thestonepony.com
www.thegreatbamboozle.com
Then the Sonics are off to
Australia
and
New Zealand
for a whirlwind whip with J Mascis in tow. Tickets for all of these shows go on sale April 2nd. Check www.ticketek.com or the venue for tickets unless otherwise noted.
June 15 -
Canberra
A.N.U
June 17+18 - Sydney Enmore Theatre
June 19 -
Brisbane
Arena
June 21 - Fremantle Metropolis (Buy tickets at 78's, Beat, Planet or Mills)
June 23+24 -
Melbourne
Forum
June 26 - Auckland St. James
Sonic Youth’s nineteenth long player:
Sonic Nurse will be released June 2004.
The CD/LP features the following songs:
Pattern Recognition
Unmade Bed
Dripping Dream
Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Creme
Stones
Dude Ranch Nurse
New Hampshire
Paper Cup Exit
I Love You Golden Blue
Peace Attack
Terror signs to Trustkill - Trustkill Records has announced the newest addition to their family - Terror, fronted by ex-Buried Alive singer Scott Vogel. The label will release Terror's debut full-length One with The Underdogs this August. The 14-song album will feature Freddy Madball, Jamey Hatebreed, and Lord Ezac on guest vocals. Terror is also hitting the road this May with Stretch Arm Strong on the Welcome to the Family Tour.
Bottom Line video studio journal - Bottom Line has posted the 2nd entry in their video studio journal on their website. The band is currently in the studio recording their second full length for release on Nice Guy Records late this summer.
Denali breaks up - Jade Tree has posted the following news on Denali:
"After two records and countless hours on the road,
Richmond
Virginia
's
DENALI
have decided to move on. The band will not be playing their scheduled dates on the Plea for Peace tour and have headed home after finishing their recent tour with Brand New. While we are very sad to hear this, we do want to wish both
Cam
and Maura the best of luck in their future endeavors. Above all else
DENALI
was an incredible live band and after seeing them recently, with new members Stephen Howard and Ryan Rapsys, at both SXSW and Skate and Surf we will have fond memories of their electrifying stage show as well as the last few years working together."
Shadowboxer songs online -
San Francisco
's Shadowboxer has two songs online. You can download (what I'm assuming are demos of) "You're Looking at the Heads" and "Price on
Wilson
" at their website. As previously reported the band consists of Zac Hunter (Nerve Agents, The Frisk), Greg McEntee and Kevin Wickersham (Swingin' Utters), Andrew Champion (Screw 32) and Ryan Blasquez (The Silent Film Stars).
Shane MacGowan attacked in
London
- CNN is reporting that former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan is recovering from facial injuries he suffered when he was allegedly attacked at central
London
's Joiner's Arms pub. Newspaper The Evening Standard reported that the singer suffered a fractured cheekbone after being "kicked, punched and hit with a metal bar." The motives for the attack are currently unknown. Two people were arrested at the scene and were later released on bail. MacGowan was taken to
St Thomas
' Hospital, but did not stay for treatment.
Travoltas to Release New CD on Fastmusic -Travoltas are preparing to once again raise the bar for pop-punk music worldwide with their upcoming Fastmusic release The High School Reunion The 10 song CD will hit stores in the US and Canada on September 7, 2004 followed by a US tour in early 2005. High School Reunion will be the band’s first full-length since their surf-punk masterpiece Endless Summer, released in the summer of 2002. The band completed the demo tracks for the new album recently, and promises that the new CD will undoubtedly be the best Travoltas album to date. It will please both old and new Travoltas fans alike, as well as convert countless ordinary music listeners into Travoltas maniacs. The High School Reunion will be The Netherlands based band’s 7th full-length release, not including several split CDs, live albums, and b-side compilation releases, since their inception 14 years ago. Travoltas will be hitting the studio in late May to record the new album, followed by the release of a limited edition CD EP/single this summer in the US and Canada. For more info on the Travoltas, including current European tourdates, details on recent lineup changes, and other cool stuff, visit www.travoltas.com For info on the Fastmusic Label, visit www.fastmusic.com.
Head Automatica release a first single, head out on tour - If you would like the buy the first single from Head Automatica, a techno/dance/garage project fronted by Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw (and why wouldn't you?), just click here . The song is entitled "
Brooklyn
is Burning" and is off their forthcoming album Decadence. Head Automatica will also head out on tour with Lostprophets and Dashboard Confessional (why I don't know). For dates head over to HeadAutomatica.com.
Get Up Kids On Honda Civic Tour? - The Get Up Kids have officially been added to the Honda Civic Tour. They will be supporting Dashboard Confessional and Thrice. Check out all the dates here.
Fearless To Release At The Drive-In Anthology - You heard it right! Fearless Records will be releasing an At The Drive-in Anthology (enhanced CD) as well as re-issues of "Relationship of Command" (2000) and "Acrobatic Tenement" (1996). The anthology will contain greatest hits, exclusive unreleased tracks, rare b-sides, covers, videos, and exclusive live footage from one of indie rocks' most influential music groups. For the first time the entire At the Drive-in collection will be available from one source, Fearless Records. www.fearlessrecords.com
The Planet Smashers - are very sorry to say that they will be missing some shows on the SKA IS DEAD tour. Unfortunatey, there are some problems with
US
immigration and were not allowed to enter. Don't worry, they plan on joining the touras soon as possible. The band would like to apologize for anyone who was planning to see tham and promise they will make it up to you on this years Warped Tour.
New Bay Area band Shadowboxer (featuring members of Swingin Utters/Nerve Agents/Screw 32) have put two MP3s on their website at shadow-boxer.net
Dead to Fall - just arrived in
New Jersey
, where they are recording at Trax East Studios with Eric Rachel who has recorded bands like God Forbid, Hatebreed and Every Time I Die. The new album is to be titled "Villainy and Virtue", singer/songwriter Jon Hunt promises ten songs that are, "Faster, heavier and louder!".
The album is slated for release in August 2004. Immediately following the recording sessions, Dead To Fall hit the road with A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
DEAD TO FALL
MAY
15 Michigan City, IN @ COOL SPRINGS INSTITUTE
16 Chicago, IL @ FIRESIDE BOWL w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
17 Milwaukee, WI @ 926 E. CENTER w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
18 Des Moines, IA @ FOUR MILE COMMUNITY CENTER w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
19 Kansas City, KS @ SPITFIRE w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
20 Denver, CO @ ROCK ISLAND w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
21 Salt Lake City, UT @ THE BASEMENT w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
23 Spokane, WA @ THE DETOUR w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
24 Seattle, WA @ STUDIO 7 w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
25 Portland, OR @ SOLID STATE w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
26 Sacramento, CA @ WEST COAST WORLD WIDE w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
JUNE
2 San Antonio, TX @ REVOLUTION w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
3 Corpus Christi, TX @ EQUAL EYEZ w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
5 Baton Rouge, LA @ WAITING ROOM w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
7 Nashville, TN @ THE MUSE w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
10 Orlando, FL @ WILL'S PUB w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
11 Naples, FL @ VETERAN'S PARK w/ A Life Once Lost, Shattered Realm
12 W. Palm Beach, FL @ SPANKY'S - MAGICFEST
14 Daytona Beach, FL @ NICELY'S w/ With Honor, The Distance
15 Hebron, OH @ AMERICAN LEGION HALL
19 Arlington Hts., IL @ KOC - THE HEIST
Fat Mike over from Punkbands.com has a great recap of the Rock Against Bush Tour Fat Mike is here with a recap of the Rock Against Bush Tour which just wrapped up a couple days ago. Here's a list of stuff he came up with: Things that sucked on the first 3-week Rock Against Bush tour:
1. Threw my back out lifting a hat and had to play 2 shows lying on a couch.
2.
Arizona
State
University
cancelled the last show because they heard that there were artists speaking against Bush. It was supposed to be a free outdoor show for 10,000 people. We had to move it to a small theatre and charge 25 bucks to pay for the giant PA we rented for the big outdoor show. Apparently ASU doesn't like political debate.
3. Skinheads in
Bakersfield
threw large chunks of cement at us. One piece hit Eric Melvin and another went through my speaker.
4. After working with us for 13 years, Timmy the Turtle sang with us for the last time. He is now tour managing for Bad Religion. Oh and he cracked a rib on stage in
Phoenix
. We miss him.
5. Waking up at
7 AM
to do interviews on morning radio shows.
6. Had nightmares after watching scary movies on Alkaline Trio`s bus
Things that ruled on the first 3-week Rock Against Bush tour:
1. Got to watch scary movies on Alkaline Trio`s bus.
2. I whored myself on commercial alternative radio, but got our message out to over 4 million listeners.
3. Matt Skiba and I wrote a song together.
4. The tour drew more than 50,000 people.
5. Playing "Too Drunk to Fuck" with Jello Biafra was neat.
6. Between Punkvoter and Music for
America
, we got over 10,000 kids to sign up, and around 2,000 new registered voters. Even a few dozen from
Bakersfield
.
7. CNN filmed the last show for Inside Politics.
8. Timmy the Turtle looked real funny when he slipped on stage in Pheonix. We all laughed.
Slow Coming Day - will be heading out on tour this May with the Beautiful Mistake, Spitalfield, and the Reunion Show from May 10th-May 29th. Check the band's website at www.slowcomingday.com
Jade Tree V/A "Location Is Eeverythin Vol. 2" - The newest volume of the uber-popular Location is everything sampler is now available. Entitled appropriately enough as Location is Everything Vol.2 CD (JT1094), the record offers a true cross-section of what makes independent music so exciting, vibrant and crucial; the art-damaged ennui of JOAN OF ARC rubs elbows with the anthemic, space age power-pop of STATISTICS as easily as THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES sinister, scathing chops butt up against the spellbinding, glacial hooks of DENALI – a perfect overview to our diverse family tree.
The CD also features bonus tracks of unreleased, live, and demo versions of tracks by PEDRO THE LION, FROM ASHES RISE, ONELINEDRAWING, PAINT IT BLACK, CEX, and STATISTICS.
Track Listing
1. THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES “Riding the Grape Dragon”
2. CEX “Kill Me”
3. STRIKE ANYWHERE “Infrared’
4. STATISTICS “Hours Seem Like Days”
5. PAINT IT BLACK “Womb Envy”
6.
DENALI
“Hold Your Breath”
7. FROM ASHES RISE “Reaction”
8. ONELINEDRAWING “We Had a Deal”
9. CHALLENGER “Input the Output”
10. ESTER DRANG “The Greatest Thing”
11. KID DYNAMITE “Heart a Tact”
12. FURY “Resurrection”
13. JOAN OF ARC “Dead Together”
14. MILEMARKER “The Banner to the Sick”
15. JETS TO BRAZIL “You’re the One I Want”
Bonus Tracks
16. FROM ASHES RISE “Bloodlust” (live)
17. CEX “Cut Wrists” (unreleased)
18. PEDRO THE LION “I Do” (unreleased demo version)
19. PAINT IT BLACK “The Pharmacist” (live)
20. STATISTICS “Another Space Song” (unreleased)
21. ONELINEDRAWING “Rapture” (unreleased)
Millencolin On Three European Festivals And Rehearsing - You might think it’s been awfully quiet around Millencolin lately. Well, Nikola has been working on his solo album, but when it comes to Millencolin he’s also been able to write a bunch of new songs together with the rest of the guys. They’ve already started rehearsing and will enter the studio in August. The 6th Millencolin full length album is most likely to be released early 2005.
In the meantime you can see Millencolin on stage at the following festivals this spring/summer
24.04.2004 Groezrock Festival w/ Sick Of It All, Madball, Strung Out, The Bronx, Beatsteaks, Pulley, Midtown
12.06.2004 Berlinova w/ Sick Of It All, The Distillers, The Weakerthans
16.07.2004 Gurten Festival w/ Danko Jones, Placebo, The Streets, Monster Magnet
New Peacocks Song Online - Check out The Peacocks song "Warning" from their new album "It's Time for..." coming out this month! Click here to download
Yo Punx. The Casualties - are going back this May to the old continent for a full European tour in support of there new album "On the front line". The tour is going through
England
,
Germany
,
Belgium
,
Poland
,
Austria
and
Czeck
Republic
. So head on over there to check out the dates here.
SNFU Vocalist Chin Branches Out - Kenny Chin may be a slave master these days but he'll always be a pig at heart. The SNFU vocalist is fronting a new project called Slaveco but still wants to be known as Chi Pig, the punk moniker he has been using for more than 20 years. "That's my character -- that's who I am no matter what I'm doing," he says.
Slaveco came into being when Pig took a break from SNFU after a particularly grueling European tour which almost destroyed the band. During his down time, he started jamming with three friends in
Vancouver
's band Ocean3. The resulting sound of Slaveco is a little darker musically and thematically than the speedy skate-punk of SNFU, incorporating touches of metal, blues and jazz along with Pig's unmistakable vocals.
"I kind of equate it more to
Nick
Cave
and the Bad Seeds -- there are dark, sinister things lurking underneath," he says.
"It's got a little bit more swagger and it's fun to play live because people aren't expecting anything. When you play with SNFU they're expecting a certain quality. In Slaveco there's more variety. The guitar player (Jay Black) comes from a different school and plays differently than Marc (Belke of SNFU)."
Fans of SNFU needn't worry, though. The group is still together and features Pig and Belke, along with two Slaveco drummer Shane Smith and bassist Matt Warhurst.
They have played two shows with the new lineup and just finished a new album -- their first since 2000's Ping Pong EP -- which is die in summer. Pig is also working on solo material that has nothing to do with punk.
"I've been cultivating songs around the house on a computer, sampling drums and keyboards. It's new wavy and quirky," he says (chartattack.com)
Big D Song Online - A new Big D and the Kids Table song has been posted up on their PureVolume.com page. The song, entitled "Girls Against Drunk Bitches," will appear on their album How It Goes, out later this year. The band has also made a live video of this very same song available for download here.
The band is also out on the road from now until mid-May with the Ska Is Dead tour as well as the Suicide Machines/Against All Authority tour.
"SKA IS DEAD AND YOU'RE NEXT" TOUR
w/ CATCH 22, MUSTARD PLUG, PLANET SMASHERS
04.18.04 - WI, Appleton @ LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY (REC Center), all ages, 12pm
04.19.04 - MI, Grand Rapids @ INTERSECTION, 133 Grandville SW, all ages, 5:30pm
04.20.04 - CANADA, ON, London @ CALL THE OFFICE, 216 York St, all ages, 9pm
04.21.04 - CANADA, ON, Toronto @ FUNHAUS, 526 Queen St. W., all ages
04.22.04 - CANADA, ON, Guelph @ TRASHETERIA, 52 Macdonell St, all ages, 7pm
04.23.04 - CANADA, ON, Ottawa @ CAPITOL MUSIC HALL, all ages
04.24.04 - CANADA, QC, Montreal @ MEDLEY, all ages
04.25.04 - CANADA, QC, Quebec @ CEGEP Charlesbourg, all ages
04.26.04 - CANADA, QC, Trois Rivieres @ LE MAQUISART, all ages
04.27.04 - NY, Rochester @ STEEL MUSIC HALL, 1509 Scottsville Rd, all ages, 6pm
04.28.04 - NY, Albany @ VALENTINE'S, 17 New Scotland Ave, all ages, 8pm
04.29.04 - MA, Boston @ Axis, 13 Lansdowne St, all ages, 5pm
04.30.04 - NJ, Sayreville, STARLAND BALLROOM, 570 Jernee Mill Rd, all ages, 7pm
05.02.04 - PA, Philadelphia @ TROCADERO, also w/ Suicide Machines, Against All Authority, 1003 Arch St, all ages
ON TOUR w/ THE SUICIDE MACHINES, AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY, THE CODE
05.04.04 - MD, Baltimore @ FLETCHER'S, 701 S. Bond St, all ages, 7pm
05.05.04 - VA, Richmond @ ALLEY KATZ, all ages
05.06.04 - WV, Morgantown @ 123 PLEASANT ST., all ages, 6pm
05.07.04 - PA, Pittsburgh @ THE WORLD, 1650 Smallman St, all ages
05.08.04 - OH, Cincinnati @ BOGART'S, 2621 Vine St, all ages, 7:30 pm
05.09.04 - IN, Indianapolis @ EMERSON THEATRE, all ages
DEAD KENNEDYS MEMBER WINS BIG - PUNK LEGEND DH PELIGRO STARS IN ACTION MOVIE, WINS ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND IS VOTED BY ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE AS "ONE OF PUNK ROCK'S MOST INFLUENTIAL" Best known as one of the pioneers of American hardcore punk and recently winning Rock Album of the Year for his solo album Sum of Our Surroundings(Dirrty Records), D.H. Peligro's pedigree runs deep. He's the original member/songwriter in the
California
punk quartet The Dead Kennedys, he's a former member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nailbomb, and is the frontman of his own awarding winning band simply known as Peligro. This
St. Louis
native took a machete to the music world and carved a path so uniquely his own that he's influenced some of today's popular punksters like The Offspring, No Doubt and many others.
Peligro can soon add another title to his list of accomplishments-action movie star. The rocker has been tapped to play the lead in the action movie "The Four Horsemen." The film is described as having the intrigue of Clear and Present Danger (Harrison Ford), the gritty of Traffic (Michael Douglas), and the fast paced action of Lethal Weapon (Mel Gibson/Danny Glover).
"I'm performin my own stunts in this movie which means I have to stick to a strict workout regimen," says Peligro who along with the rest of the Dead Kennedys was voted one of punk rock's most influential. "It's tough, but unlike some of today's top action stars who depends mostly on stunt doubles to make them look good, I'm doing my own stunts in the movie to give people their monies worth."
When asked how it feels to have such a great musical impact on so many people all over the world Peligro responds, " It's mind blowing. While touring with the Dead Kennedys I would see kids and adults worldwide singing along to our songs and sporting their Dead Kennedys t-shirts. It shows how much love people have for us after all these years."
Bad Religion "
Los Angeles
Is Burning" On iTunes - This comes from the latest issue of the Epitaph newsletter. It also looks like the single for "Los Angeles Is Burning" will be up and available for sale on the Apple iTunes store on May 4th! As soon as this is confirmed, we'll let you know!
New Long Since Forgotten Mp3 - Long Since Forgotten has a new, previously unreleased song and its exclusively at purevolume.com. It's called “Becoming The Streets”. The band will be on tour again in July/August with The Lyndsay Diaries and you can check out the tour dates at their website.
Dischord offers Fugazi Live Recordings on a burn-per-order basis. - Pitchfork Media has announced that Dischord Records will be making live Fugazi records available on a burn-per-order basis. The prices will reportedly be somewhere between $8 or $10 depending on whether 2 CDs are required. Pitchfork cites a statement from the label with more info: "These are very much the original recordings without any attempt to correct for things like volume changes, strange mixing effects, or the occasionally out-of-tune guitar… Though the sound quality on these tapes does vary, if a show was too poorly recorded it didn't make the cut." Dischord's website did not have any visibly announcements at press time.
What we suggest is as follows: Install a P2P tool of your choice and you'll be able to find Fugazi live recordings as well. This really is below the table - especially for a label most of you admire (including me).
Well that’s going to wrap up another edition for Duane’s Pit Stop. Hope every one has a great week. Take care.
Love you Roxy... be good!
