Squad 5-0's upcoming major-label debut has been given a title: Late News Breaking. However, it's also had its release date pushed back to June 1st through Capitol Records(aren't Yellowcard with Capitol? Yes. They are). That's from valued sweetdisaster source Dave Leibold, who will be reppin' big at the Juliana Theory show April 28th. C'mon out and say hi to him; he's the shorter dude with thinning hair and an almost encyclopedic knowledge of modern music.
Essential listening for today is a bit of a curveball from the norm arund here: The Crystal Method's new album Legion of Boom is pretty sick. Guests include guitarist Wes Borland(ex-Limp Bizkit, as much as we try to avoid mentioning them here), human beatbox Rahzel(amazing!) and even vocals by actress Milla Jovovich on a song called 'I Know It's You'. Highlight is the seventh track, 'Broken Glass'. KILLER. Also tight is the next song, 'Weapons of Mass Distortion', featuring some nasty guitar from Borland.
This here is pretty funny. If you're into sarcasm and irony, that is.
We have here for your listening pleasure the new single from Killswitch Engage, entitled 'Rose of Sharyn'; download it here. [noisetheory]
A Static Lullaby(Ferret Records band) have a new drummer, guy named Jarod Alexander. What's interesting about this guy is the people he's worked with prior: Death By Stereo, Suicide File, The Hope Conspiracy, Give Up The Ghost and last but not least Throwdown. That's some serious cred.
UK band Funeral For A Friend are pretty friggin' good; check out 'Escape Artists Never Die' over here for some fine, fine screamo/loudness!
A message from Unearth, one of the best things in modern metal: "The record is done, finished and complete. The Oncoming Storm will hit the streets on June 29th. This record is the real deal and is the best thing we have ever done. We put everything we had into it. A big thanks to Adam D. for kicking our [butts] and helping us make this thing rule. We are convinced you all will be completely stoked with the heaviness, dynamic and overall punch this record has." Amen, brothers. Amen. I cannot wait for the assault to descend.
A band that Ryan Berthiaume and I both like, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, are hard at work on the followup to 2002's Source Tags & Codes, aiming for a fall '04 release. Booyah. Check out their website for all the lowdown.
Black Eyed Peas are coming to Ottawa in the near future, playing the Capital Music Hall with openers Sweatshop Union, from Vancouver. Check out this article about some real hiphop, Canadiana-style. The group's single 'The Thing About It', from the album Natural Progression, is killer. BEP with Sweatshop Union goes down May 2nd here in Ottawa. [chartattack]
This is craziness: remember Alanis Morissette? She's done gone and gotten an online license to become an ordained pastor, and she's planning on officiating marriages of some of her gay friends, in opposition to President George Bush's recent stands on the issue. Innnneresting. [Relevant]
The Jealous Sound have dropped off the Switchfoot/Copeland tour that hits Montreal April 14th; no reason disclosed as to their cancellation. So if you're heading to MTL just to see them, you're outta luck.
This is great: "A Texas woman heating fish sticks was shot in the leg by a gun that had been stashed in her oven, police said. A friend of hers had hidden the .357 caliber handgun in the stove after she told him no guns were allowed in the house. Rumor has it that the friend really disliked fish sticks..."
Wanna talk ridiculous money? Jay Leno's new contract with NBC runs over a hundred million dollars. Sick.
The new album from Pedro the Lion, Achilles' Heel, is getting rave reviews. I can't wait to pick it up somewheres. Control was such a great album!! Go find it!
Remember Spitfire? Perhaps the best band Solid State Records had, they broke up a long time ago, and Scarlet are a band that came outta the Spitfire camp, along with some other guys from other bands. Anyway, Scarlet's debut, Cult Classic, gets the following writeup at bandoppler: "Two years ago, everyone went out and bought themselves a copy of Cynic’s Focus and Atheist’s Piece of Time and decided their band wasn’t tech enough. That puts every band that did just that ready to break just about.… hey! Scarlet just released its debut album, Cult Classic. Ex-Spitfire members and a few other schmoes posture their way through some surprisingly solid metal, redeeming their obvious "we’re dark and unhappy with American culture" cheekiness with technical prowess. Highlights are the very As I Lay Dying-esque 'O.D.' and 'My Black Hole Girl'.
Fun Spitfire-related experiment: Compare the intros to Dillinger Escape Plan’s 'Sugar Coated Sour'(Calculating Infinity) with Spitfire's 'This Ain't Vegas and You Ain’t Elvis'(The Slideshow Whiplash EP)."
Posted by mike at March 30, 2004 06:47 PM