In preparation for tonight's massive Rancid show at the Capital Music Hall(I won't be there, but hey), check out this review of last Thursday's show at Philadelphia's Electric Factory. [decapolis]
Speaking of shows tonight, instead of Rancid I'll be at Club SAW observing the might of Planes Mistaken For Stars, with special guests Is Grace Enough, who've just wrapped up recording their second EP, so c'mon out and check that out if you weren't able to get Rancid tickets in the seven-minute window of opportunity that was available. Oh, and Viscera's Recital(formerly Mindthread) are opening up, and I'm interested to see them too.
Creed sucks. Colossally.
This band should be a lot bigger than they are, but they're not, and that sucks. Check out a review of Death Cab For Cutie's latest album. [soundthesirens]
Offspring's new drummer is a guy named Atom Willard. I haven't been a real fan of the Offspring in many years, but that is a truly awesome moniker. The band's new album is called Splinter, and they're in Toronto at the Opera House December 1st as part of a promo tour. Atom. *smirks* [aversion]
"Give Up The Ghost's latest reaffirms the band's place as king of the hill in hardcore." Thus says this review of We're Down Til We're Underground, the newest record from a band I've never heard, save for an American Nightmare cover of a Black Flag tune. Innnneresting.
In the same vein, check this out. "For the first time in its career, Blink 182 eschews the silliness for a record full of songs that sound like they're written by a bunch of adults for a change." This is regarding the band's latest, self-titled debut, which hit stores this week. I'll listen to it because I do like the radio single out right now. For the full article, check this out.
Epitaph Records(I don't need to list any bands from them, do I?) have signed Nashville's Scatter The Ashes, who've been compared to Joy Division and, um, Refused. Huh? I'll have to hear this. [punkhardcore]
Universal Music Corp., if you haven't heard, bought Dreamworks this week. Like we needed a BIGGER major label.
relevant has some very exciting news: due to huge demand, Fox TV may put The Family Guy back on the air! Thirty-five new episodes in 2005! Wheeeee!
Chevelle are aiming high in terms of who they want producing their next album: "I want Dave Grohl, actually," singer/guitarist Pete Loeffler said. As for the direction of the album, drummer Sam Loeffler added, "We're a heavy rock band, so we're gonna stay with that, heavy and melodic. We've got some ideas of things to make it just bigger, more double-kick tuff and things like that."
Ruckus.
Posted by mike at November 20, 2003 03:33 AM