In support of their upcoming album The End Is Near(in stores next Tuesday, matter of fact), L.A. Symphony are hyping their song 'King Kong', which actually appeared on the Baloney EP, and is now featured on the new Tony Hawk skating game. How awesome is that?
Underground Operations(a militant little label run out of the T-dot area) checks in with some new information about their well-thought-out uprising. Some facts:
1. The State of the Union tour is in full swing, featuring Closet Monster(did someone in this band really quit to play with Avril? Someone lemme know at itacs@hotmail.com) alongside Belvedere and Brazil's Nitrominds, and the dog-and-pony show hits Ottawa next Tuesday, November 18th at Babylon.
2. Protest the Hero and Bombs Over Providence have started preproduction on upcoming full-lengths. Be still, my heart!
3. UO emails are invariably profane.
Speaking of Babylon, that's where I'll be in a couple hours, throwing down with Stretch Arm Strong; to my knowledge the show has not sold out, so if you're not busy, bring twelve or thirteen bucks to 317 Bank St. for five pm. Booyah.
Thanks to the diligent folks over at cmcentral, we can shamelessly take their hard work and post it here for our own ends. Bwahaha! Anyway, check out reviews of the newest from P.O.D., The Insyderz, KJ-52 and Jars of Clay. How's that for a lotta reading? Just kidding, they're short reviews. Seriously.
As I do all this research and pulling together of fun facts for your edification, I'm listening to P.O.D., but not new P.O.D., or even 1999 P.O.D. No, we're talking P.O.D. circa nineteen-ninety-six, when they were, no joke, my favourite band on the Planet Earth. What grooves! What muddy production that they probably can't stand now! Brown remains their best work ever. Oh, and yeah, Marcos Curiel was the guitarist back then too. I don't know why people think that the new album with Truby on the axe is SO much better. Hmph.
Heads up, kids: don't sleep on illect....
Submitted by The Early November to absolutepunk, apologizing for not making the show in Denver last night: "Hello AP.net. This is Joe from The Early November. On our drive last night from Lawrence, KS to Denver, CO the transmission(which helps our van work) decided to stop working. So we are now in Topeka, KS in the weirdest Holiday Inn I have ever seen(it looks like a Colombian drug lord's palace) playing a little game we like to call "find a van or kill ourselves." We are very, very, sorry but we won't be able to make it to our show tonight at the Bluebird Theater in Denver. We're pretty sure the rock will continue tonight at the show with Count The Stars, Copeland, and Hidden In Plain View (check with the venue just to make sure). We are sorry Denver, but we promise we will make it up to you soon. The rest of the tour will continue as planned." My favourite parts are a) the Colombian drug lord thing, and b) Find A Van Or Kill Ourselves.
Posted by mike at November 15, 2003 02:55 PM