Let's do this.
Essential listening for February 12th: Manafest's debut album full-length My Own Thing, straight outta Toronto. Betta reckanize!
I finally received the current issue of HM magazine yesterday after much hassle regarding my subscription; the P.O.D. cover story by HM managing editor/longtime P.O.D. associate/hxc.com founder David Allen is pretty good. Too bad the Pillar interview starts with four or five lines of black text on a black background, rendering it quite unreadable.
Woohoo! A Simpsons movie is rumoured to be hitting the big screens in 2006! This is secondhand knowledge stolen directly from the kids at pastepunk, and you really should go hit them up. They do way more CD reviews than us. What disgusting self-starters over there. Honestly.
Check out a new Juliana Theory video the band recently shot with uberdirector Darren Doane down in Nashville; the band is playing the legendary CBGBs in the NYC next Tuesday to boot. [absolutepunk]
Speaking of videos, Burlington, ON's Boysnightout(good band) are shooting one of their own March 3rd and 4th. No idea on the details. Cry me a river!!
The Ska Is Dead and You're Next tour is about to decimate north America. If you're still into the two-tone and plaid riddims, check this here out.
Apparently Tooth & Nail Records have a "very exciting announcement" regarding Further Seems Forever in the near future. I hope it's that the four guys who used to be Strongarm are reforming under that name! Incidentally, rumour has it FSF went so far as to ask former vocalist Chris Carrabba(now, of course, of Dashboard Confessional) to take the mic for the T&N tour that Further were to headline. No dice! [decapolis]
I really want the new albums from Premonitions of War and All Out War. If anyone at Victory Records reads this, whyncha hook a brother up?
I'm still ticked that I slept through the entire game(c'mon, I was wiped), but check out this review of Super Bowl Weekend in Houston! As if I missed one of the best Super Bowls in like twenty years. Booooooo.
Lords, featuring ex-members of National Acrobat and Slow Suicide among others, has signed a deal with Louisville's Initial Records - the label that put out that killer Black Flag tribute record about a year ago. Lords' label debut EP, The House That Lords Built, will hit April 20th. [aversion]
Bad Religion's new album has a tentative title: The Empire Strikes First. Whatever they settle on in the end, the CD will come out June 8th on Epitaph...I still can't believe Epitaph signed Converge!!
We're still chasing down a more thorough interview with Ottawa Senators' centre Mike Fisher regarding music, his faith and when exactly his elbow will be 100% again(the Senators really need his hands and forechecking!). Keep your eyes peeled for that.
Nothingface broke up. We don't really care. Wait, who're Nothingface?
In breakup news we DO care about, Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri has left the band! Crap! [noisetheory]
Check out the newest stuff from The Beautiful Mistake right over here; this song comes from the upcoming album This Is Who You Are, out June 6th.
In Holy Ridiculous Numbers news, Comcast wants to buy Disney for - get this now - fifty-four BILLION dollars. C'mon. Be real. Oh, and you know what Relevant is calling Janet Jackson's little stunt at the Super Bowl? Boobygate. That is TOO funny! Isn't it?
Isn't it?
Posted by mike at February 12, 2004 07:18 PM