Taking Back Sunday - Home Movies - Taking Back Sunday are currently in the studio and have filmed the fun along the way. Check out the first “Webisode” from their “Home Movies” collection by clicking below. More exclusive video footage will be available over the next few weeks.
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Days Like These E-Card Posted - Lobster Records artists Days Like These have posted an e-card for their November 1st release, Inventure. The release follows their 2004 release, Charity Burns Green. The card includes five tracks from the album.
The band is currently on tour with Just Surrender and Paint by Numbers.
You can view the E-card here.
From Ashes Rise Break Up - From Ashes Rise has called it a day.. (1996-2005) The band had this to say: " It was a great ride for many years but all things pass [and] so do punk bands. So to all of you, know that the money you spent, the time and effort on this band was the drive and will for us to continue for many years and for that we give thanks.
From Ashes Rise played all over and met some of the worlds best people and did some crazy ass shit along the way. You never realize that when you're doing it that it will ever end. But, we all wanted a change and are still doing bands and playing punk rock.[...] As long as people listen to our records keep memories and want or were part of our long walk on a short pier then so be it. So now go start your own band!"
From Ashes Rise released a number of records, with their last, Nightmares issued via Jade Tree in 2003.
Bad Religion Album In The Works - Bad Religion have planned to record a new album sometime before 2005 ends -- it is widely expected to be released in 2006, front man Greg Graffin said recently. The record is the follow-up to last year's "The Empire Strikes First". However, the group has not said an official word about the new album as of yet.
Greg Graffin and guitarist Brett Gurewitz have written about 20 songs or more while touring behind with their previous album "The Empire Strikes First". (Ultimate Guitar - Thebrpage.net)
Strange New Koufax Video - Click below and witness the fully nude, anotimically incorrect, fat, old lady holding half a dead fish. That's just part of it. Doghouse Records says this video for "Isabelle" is new but during my extensive research into this matter I came up with a question.
On the Koufax myspace page, they ask fans to vote for the "Isabelle" video at MTV Europe, but that post is from a few weeks ago. Granted, a few weeks does not make something "old" per se, but in this fast paced world of techno-information, the news might as well be that a war started in Iraq, or George Bush has been re-elected. So is it the same video? I couldn't tell you, I don't live in Europe. I suppose I could go look it up on the MTV Europe site, but I'm scared I won't understand the language... and I'm busy eating lunch. So who cares if it's the same video or not, if the Doghouse website says it's new, then that's my story to and I'm sticking to it. Either way, it's a cool video.
Koufax is currently on tour supporting their latest album "Hard Times are in Fashion."
Koufax: "Isabelle"
http://www.doghouserecords.com/v2/showvideo.php?mov_id=24
Black Dahlia Murder Lose Drummer/Bassist - Zach Gibson and Dave Lock, the drummer and Bassist of metalcore band The Black Dahlia Murderhave been asked to leave the band.
According to the band's myspace site:
yup zach and dave are gone.
both are gone cause they couldn't actually play our material. it was sad to have to make such a decision with dave since he's been with us for quite some time, we wish him nothing but the best in all his future endeavors. zach, however, was a much easier call to make. he simply didin't care that he played sub-par and we decided that we could definitely not let someone who doesn't even care about the band to continue. we're sorry to all of you who are bummed, but we promise a much better black dahlia murder to come.
You can read a statement from Zach here.
There is no word whether the band has found replacements to fill in for their Canadian tour dates with The End and A Life Once Lost.
MTVU Woodie Award Winners - The 2005 mtvU Woodie Awards will make their debut November 9 on mtvU Über at mtvU.com, and the show will be broadcast the following night to college campuses across the U.S. on mtvU. The complete list of winners at the 2005 mtvU Woodie Awards:
Woodie of the Year (Artist of the Year): My Chemical Romance
The Breaking Woodie (Best Emerging Artist): Motion City Soundtrack
Left Field Woodie (Most Original Artist): mewithoutYou
Best Video Woodie -- Live Action (Best Live Action Video): Death Cab for Cutie - "Title & Registration"
Best Video Woodie -- Animated (Best Animated Video): Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
The Good Woodie (Greatest Social Impact): U2's DATA: Debt AIDS Trade Africa
Road Woodie (Best Tour): Fall Out Boy
International Woodie (Favorite International Artist Award): Muse
Alumni Woodie (a.k.a. The You're Still OK in Our Book Award): Green
Anti-Flag announce title, release date for new album - Anti-Flag has set a title and approximate release date for their upcoming full length for RCA. The band has titled the record For Blood and Empire and expects it to hit stores in March of next year.
The album follows The Terror State in 2003 and Death of a Nation in 2004.
The band recently released an exclusive acoustic track titled “Welcome to 1984” in support of a political organization called The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime.
That organization recently saw one of it's advertising spots banned by New York's HOT 97 radio station due to it's content. The banned ad which features a collaboration of artists Boots Riley from the Coup and Miles Solay from Outernational can be found here.
The band recently began their support run on the Bad Religion US Tour which will take them through the US and major cities in Canada.
The Delegates continue US tour - Montreal , Canada 's The Delegates have announced some dates in support of The Diary Of Hamilton Fish, their recent sophomore album. The record is the follow up to their self-released debut, 2003's We All Taste The Same, and was produced by Mike Trujillo (Osker, Leftover Crack, Choking Victim) at Succulent Sounds in Highland Park, CA.
The band also appear on DJ Rosstar tonight and has also posted a new MP3, which you can find here " I Like It.
The dates include a number of different tour mates including Los Kung Fu Monkeys, The Culprits, Criminal Class, and more. This leg of their US tour will see the band hit Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas continues through Florida and the Southeast.
Myspace officially launches label - Popular social site Myspace officially launched their record label today. While plans for the label have been in the works for some time, more details have surfaced on the organization.
The label will be marketed, manufactured and distributed by Universal Music Group's Interscope sublabel and will debut with the previously announced Myspace Records Volume 1 compilation. That disc is due out November 15th and includes contributions from Against Me!, AFI, The All-American Rejects, Dashboard Confessional, Fall Out Boy, Say Anything, Weezer and more.
The label began by signing the popular rap/rock act Hollywood Undead and MySpace president Tom Anderson says he is " talking to about four bands right now."
The deal is interesting, particularly in light of the number of unsigned and independent artists as well as labels who currently use the site for promotion hoping to reach some of the 35 million members of the site.
Myspace and it's parent, Intermix Media are owned by Newscorp, the umbrella company of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
You can click Read More for a look at the artwork and track listing for the compilation.
Clear Channel launches live "in studio" performance from Fall Out Boy, touring plans - Clear Channel has added a session from Fall Out Boy to Stripped, their in-studio performance series which aims to present studio quality live recordings " without typical studio embellishments."
Similar to Sessions @ AOL, the site hosts exclusive live performances.
The latest session from Fall Out Boy includes five renditions of material from their albums as well as a cover of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and an interview.
Fall Out Boy continues to support Under the Cork Tree and is in the midst of a headling run on the sold out Nintendo Fusion Tour. They are joined on the tour by The Starting Line, Motion City Soundtrack, Boys Night Out and Panic! At the Disco.
After the Fusion tour wraps up, the band has promised three "secret" shows in the US. The band also plans to follow their January trip to Europe by touring the US in the Spring with Hawthorne Heights.
Days Like These e-card posted - Days Like These have posted an e-card for Iventure. The album was released on November 1st and follows their 2004 release, Charity Burns Green.
The card includes five tracks from the album and you can find that here.
The band is currently on tour with Just Surrender and Paint By Numbers.
Statements from Nick Ghanbarian and Anthony Raneri of Bayside - Some more information has come in surrounding the tragic circumstances on Monday which saw a number of injuries and the death of Bayside drummer, John Holohan.
Bassist Nick Ghanbarian, who was also seriously injured made the following statement:
I'm laying here in the hospital, awaiting my surgery tomorrow. To clear up any questions, I broke my back ( L4 vertebrae ). I'm very lucky to not be paralyzed. I was thrown through the window of our rolling van, after hitting a patch of ice. I have a full torso cast on, keeping my back straight. I just started eating again so now I can take some percoset which helps with my intense back pain. All in all, Ill be ok and the minute I can have a bass in my hand and be playing in front of people again I will. It's all I know how to do and the only thing that makes me happy.
Vocalist Anthony Raneri also shared a statement:
On Halloween I lost my best friend, big brother, mentor and band mate. This letter, this week and the rest of my life is not going to be a mourning of a lost life, but a celebration of a wonderful one.
On November 16th, Jack and I will be flying out to St Petersburg, FL to join up with the Never Sleep Again. We will be playing an acoustic set that night and every night through the end of the tour on December 11th. We loved this tour. Beatz loved this tour and this is something that we need to do for ourselves, for our band and for John Beatz, who would kick my ass if I didn't finish up what he gave his life for.
A memorial fund has been established in John's name, and donations can be made here.
A number of John's friends have also stepped up to provide some assistance, online retailer merchtable.biz has pledged to give half the price of each order to the fund.
You can click Read More for the entirety of Nick and Anthony's statements.
New video and dates from Scouts Honor - Scouts Honor has posted a new video and more tour dates in support of their Thinker Thought Records debut, Roots In Gasoline and the their 7" on Armada In Flames.
The video, directed by Dylan Stanford can be found here: " Prison Bars."
Pseudo Heroes begin east coast tour / record GG Allin song for sampler - Tampa 's Pseudo Heroes are touring in support of their new 2005 record Nostalgic Lies.
The band will also be performing on Pat Duncan's radio program on WFMU radio on the 17th and has released a new free sampler with an unreleased cover of "99 Stab Wounds" by GG Allin. The sampler is available with random Interpunk orders, as well as several stores local in the Tampa Bay area.
Latest dates, release information for Ris Paul Ric (ex-Q and Not U) debut - The newly launched website for Academy Fight Song has some more details about Ris Paul Ric. Chris Richards, of recently disbanded Dischord act Q and Not U formed the project and released his debut, Purple Blaze on Tuesday.
Two tracks from the record, "Purple Blaze" and "Hanging From the Grapevines" can be found on the band's myspace page.
Richards is currently on a US to support the album.
New London Fire posts video for "Nadine" - Eyeball has the first video from the newest incarnation of Sleep Station, New London Fire. The track comes from their upcoming full length debut, "I Sing The Body Holographic" and follows their digital-only EP A Wave Form. It is expected on March 21st, 2006.
You can find the video here: " Nadine."
MASTODON To Revive Near-Extinct Songs - MASTODON will be releasing an album of the band's earliest recordings in 2006. The Call of the Mastodon is a collection of MASTODON's first-ever forays into the recording studio. The nine tracks contained within have been remixed and remastered by original producer Matt Washburn, and repackaged by the band's longtime artist Paul Romano. Check out its listing in the Relapse Records store here.
MASTODON signed to with the Warner Music Group earlier this year. No news has been released about when another full-length of new material may be expected.
ON THE OUTSIDE Video for "Chip On My Shoulder - Get Outta Town Records will be releasing a demo 7" for ON THE OUTSIDE next month. The tracklisting for the release is below. In addition, the band has shot a high-quality live-performance video for the song "Chip On My Shoulder." Check out that video here.
Side A:
Chip on my Shoulder
Broken Never Hopeless
Day In Day Out
Side B:
Everything I Used To Be
No Place To Call Home
*Broken Never Hopeless [Live]
*Day In Day Out [Live]
This demo was originally released on CD in 2004 by Lost Glory Records, and the final two tracks were not on the CD. ON THE OUTSIDE signed to Thorp Records earlier this year and will release their debut full-length on November 8th. The disc is titled Tragic Endings.
CANNAE Sets More Fall/Winter Tour Dates - Massachusetts thrash band CANNAE has booked a handful of regional and national dates to support the band's latest offering, Gold Becomes Sacrifice, released in September through Prosthetic Records. The album features guest spots from producer Jason Suecof and metal legend James Murphy along the band's intense thrash sound.
CANNAE will be supporting GOD FORBID on a five-day run across New England, before taking off to head out with HELL WITHIN and I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN for nearly a month. ARCHITECT will take over for I Killed The Prom Queen in December. More dates to come.
CANNAE ON TOUR (with God Forbid, Agents of Man)
11/10 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
11/11 Buffalo, NY – The Buffalo Icon
11/12 Portland, ME – The Station
11/13 Manchester, NH – The Bomb Shelter
11/14 Lemoyne, PA – Champion Ship
(with Hell Within, I Killed The Prom Queen)
11/15 Clemson, SC – Edgar’s Student Union at Clemson University
11/18 Summerville, SC – Summerville American Legion
11/19 Augusta, GA – Sector 7G
11/20 Jacksonville, FL – The Imperial
11/22 Orlando, FL – The Backbooth
11/23 Gainesville, FL – Eddie C’s
11/25 Atlanta, GA – The Drunken Unicorn
11/26 Clearwater, FL – 688 Skatepark
11/27 Tallahassee, FL – Big Daddy’s
11/29 Little Rock, AR – Downtown
(with Hell Within,Architect)
12/03 St. Paul, MN – Station 4
12/04 Chicago, IL – The Studio
12/09 Wilksbarre, PA – Café Metropolis
THE JULIANA THEORY Teams Up With "Instant Live"; Five Shows To Be Recorded For Release -In response to the demand of recordings of their live show, THE JULIANA THEORY have teamed up with Instant Live (www.instantlive.com) to record several of their upcoming shows on the Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat Tour, including tonight’s show at San Luis Obispo, California at Downtown Brewing Company.
Instant Live will record the band’s performances, duplicate the masters at high speed, and make CDs of the show available for purchase within minutes of the show’s end. The CDs for these shows will also be available for sale on the Instant Live website.
Instant Live will record the following shows:
11/02/05 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Downtown Brewing Co.
11/03/05 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
11/05/05 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
11/07/05 - Tempe, AZ - Neckbeard's
11/08/05 - Tucson, AZ - Scrappy's
Three Streams From Dim Mak Records – Dim Mak Records have posted three brand new streams on its site for releases by BLOC PARTY, NEON BLONDE (side project from THE BLOOD BROTHERS), and FROM MONUMENT TO MASSES. Check out all of the musical goodness here.
THIS IS HELL like to play music in front of people – Here's another batch of dates from a band that has been on the road non-stop for almost a year...
11/11/05 - Farmingville, NY @ TGIF Sights & Sounds, 1075 Portions Rd w/ Blacklisted
11/12/05 - Lowell, MA @ UMASS College, 100 Pawtucket Street w/ Blacklisted
11/13/05 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Church, 2125 Chestnut Street w/ Blacklisted
11/14/05 - Binghamton, NY @ Old Untion Hall, 4400 Vestal Parkway w/ Cancer Bats
11/15/05 - Montreal, QC @ Cafe L'inco, 4584 Papineau w/ Cancer Bats
11/16/05 - Ottawa, ON @ Cafe Dukcuf, 221 Rideu Street w/ Cancer Bats
11/17/05 - Toronto, ON @ Picadilly, 434 College Street w/ Cancer Bats
11/18/05 - Burlington, ON @ The Formac, 1400 Plains Rd East w/ Cancer Bats
11/19/05 - Syracuse, NY @ Wescott Community Center, 826 Euclid Ave w/ How We Are, Cipher
11/26/05 - St Louis, MO @ The Creepy Crawl, 412 N Tucker w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
11/27/05 - Kansas City, MO @ El Torreon, 3101 East Gillham w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
11/28/05 - Denver, CO @ Rock Island, 1614 15th St w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
11/29/05 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Overdrive, 1300 S 250 W w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
11/30/05 - Boise, ID @ The Venue 523 Broad St w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/1/05 - Seattle, WA @ Studio 7, 110, S Horton w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/2/05 - Portland, OR @ Loveland, 320 SE 2nd Avenue w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/3/05 - San Francisco, CA @ The Pound, 100 Cargo Way w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/4/05 - San Diego, CA @ Epicenter, 8450 Mira Mesa Blvd w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/5/05 - Corona, CA @ The Showcase, 683 S Main St w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/6/05 - Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza, 1817 Chester Ave w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/7/05 - Las Vegas, NV @ Clubhouse, 3200 Procyon St w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/8/05 - Tempe, AZ @ Neckbeards, 7W Baseline Rd w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/10/05 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit, 2410 North Mary St w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/11/05 - Houston, TX @ Walters on Washington, 4215 Washington Ave w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/12/05 - Dallas, TX @ Red Blood Club, 2617 Commerce Street w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/13/05 - Tupelo, MS @ The Rockwell Center, 1199 Joyner Ave w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/15/05 - Huntington, WV @ Hyamp, 2001-R 7th Ave w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
12/16/05 - Lemoyne, PA @ Championship, 829 State St w/ Most Precious Blood, With Honor, Modern Life is War, The Distance
MATCHBOOK ROMANCE Posts "Are You Afraid of Monsters" From Upcoming Album Voices - New York's MATCHBOOK ROMANCE still have more than four months to go before their second Epitaph full-length is released, but the promotional campaign for the album kick started today with the release of "Are You Afraid of Monsters," courtesy of the FUSE network. Check out the song here.
GAMITS Boxed Set Golden Sometimes Now Available For Pre-Order - THE GAMITS highly anticipated 4-CD box set Golden Sometimes in now available for Pre-order! In stores January 31st, but the first 100 pre-orders will receive their copies early December! This release is limited to 1000 copies so don't let this one slip by! The box set includes 4 discs spanning THE GAMITS entire career, including every song they ever recorded, a live recording of their last show, and a disc featuring B-sides and rarities! Also included are two 36 panel booklets with a written and photographic history of the band! The box set also comes with a link and password to a secret website that features tons of photos, lyrics, videos, commentary and more! Check out the pre-order here.
SMASHING PUMPKINS Tribute "The Killer In You" Availble Exclusively From iTunes Today - After much delay, "The Killer In You" is finally available for purchase, right now, for the time being from iTunes only, and then from many more digital services later this month. A CD version of the release will arrive in stores in late January of 2006. Extensive details about the release can be found here.
ALEXISONFIRE / MONEEN Media Player -Two tracks from the six-song split EP from these respective bands can be streamed here in a slick looking media player. The release, which is bound to feature great artwork, will be in stores on November 22nd. The EP includes covers from each band of the other's songs, and a new version of "Bleed and Blister" from MONEEN.
Sony DRM Doing More Than "Protecting" CDs? – According to an extensive blog post here, it appears that the DRM copy-protection software from Sony/Columbia Records CDs are in fact installing rootkits on user's computers. "Rootkits are cloaking technologies that hide files, Registry keys, and other system objects from diagnostic and security software, and they are usually employed by malware attempting to keep their implementation hidden." The linked post is bit on the technical side of things, but if you follow it through, it's quite stirring.
SONIC YOUTH NEWS – from their web site – SYR 6 AVAILABLE DECEMBER 6 'Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui', the sixth album in the band's Sonic Youth Recordings series, will be released on December 6 of this year. This CD edition of the SYR series is a recording of the benefit concert held at and for The Anthology Film Archives on April 12, 2003. Sonic Youth performed with drummer/percussionist Tim Barnes. Part of the proceeds of this CD will again benefit the Anthology Film Archives. More info on this upcoming release can be found here.
LEE RANALDO / LEAH SINGER: DRIFT EXHIBITION - Lee is preparing a collaborative art exhibition with Leah Singer at Gigantic ArtSpace in NYC. The show will include a one-hour installation version of their live performance piece "Drift", as well as other filmworks, drawings, and objects by both of them. The opening is on Nov 4 from 6-8pm and the show runs thru Jan 14, 2006. There's to be an 'intimate live performance' on Nov 16. A DVD and 112-page, full-color book, published by Gigantic ArtSpace [ GAS], will be released by Plexifilm in November ton coincide with the show. More info on the exhibition here. More info on the DVD here.
HER NOISE - Kim has an installation in the 'Her Noise' Exhibition at the South London Gallery from Nov. 10 - Dec. 18. Kim's piece is entitled 'Reverse Karaoke' and invites visitors to record themselves playing instruments to Kim's pre-recorded vocal track. More info on the Electra website.
THURSTON SOLO GIGS - Thurston has a gang of solo gigs upcoming, starting with opening for Whitehouse in NYC this Thursday at Rothko, and continuing next week with gigs with Magik Markers, Prurient, Tom Surgal, and more. Check out the Calendar.
TODAY YOUR LOVE, TOMORROW THE WORLD CATALOG - The 20-page catalog from Thurston's recent art show with Jocko Weyland is available for $5 from elkzine.com.
NOIZE TRIP - Thurston has penned this recollection of the Noise Fest series he put on at White Columns in NYC in 1981.
TWO MORE STOLEN GUITARS RECOVERED - Two guitars stolen in 1999 have been recovered by the band. The guitars recovered are both ones played by Lee: a Fender Telecaster Thinline (#370090), and a Travis Bean (#375). Both have been painted and otherwise ravaged, with pickups hanging loose and parts missing, but they are the guitars. This brings to three the total number of stolen guitars recovered. The other was Travis #102. More information about the stolen gear is available via the link in the upper right of this page.
--D Leyva
dkleyva@musictap.net
