Bandoppler Magazine's online space has been given a facelift, and since I trust their crew implicitly, and since I trust our fuzzy readers' taste implicitly, I would impel you all to mosey on over there and read reviews of the new album from Morissey, Franz Ferdinand(am I the only person alive who hasn't heard this band?) and more fun schtuff.
We've not had any responses to our little cry for help over on the right there; here's the deal: I love what I do, but I'm a content guy. I never learned much about computers because I never much cared, and now I'm paying for it. But if you like what we do here, and you wanna help out - that means trying to teach this numbskull the basics - drop us an email, with all our love.
We'll have Anberlin vocalist Stephen Christian's tour diary entries at the beginning of whatever news post it's in, rather than at the end; I realized last night how monumentally stupid that would be for those of you who don't really care about the news of the day and just wanna read about Anberlin's exploits on America's highways.
Rising label Flicker Records has partnered with XXX Church for the label's new Flicker Rocks Harder compilation; featuring bands like Pillar(here in Ottawa in August for Worshipfest), Subseven, metal newcomers Mortal Treason and more, the comp also features X3 Watch, a free accountability software tool from XXXchurch designed to keep people away from pornography on the Internet, something I'm highly in favour of(keeping people away from porn...not porn itself...never mind I'm in a hole). The entire shebang will be priced around seven bucks, so keep an eye out. [Renown]
This Just In: Brave Saint Saturn are apparently releasing the third of their trilogy of concept albums later this year. The debut So Far From Home and its followup, last year's The Light of Things Hoped For, are both solid records, one of the highlights being the songwriting of guitarist Dennis Culp. Boy knows how to write a song. No word on a title just yet. I bet someone out there already has the entire record though, this being the filesharing age and all.
The Visalia Theatre Company in Visalia, California is putting on a performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that's been packing them in for thirty years now. In the title role? None other than Kevin Max(one-third of dc Talk as well as a solid solo artist in his own right). Apparently I'm interviewing him at some point too. We'll see. For ticket information if you live in the Visalia area, check this out. [rockrebel]
I'm not a huge fan of the band, but Third Day sold 61,000 copies of their new record Wire in its first week out; the band has dropped from 12 to 30 on the Billboard Top 40 in the latest issue. How 'bout that.
Strikefirst(home of Trauma...such a good band....mmm...) have signed a band named after the shortest sentence in entire Bible: Jesus Wept. I've never heard them either. But we will! [hardcorechristian]
Reeve Oliver, featuring present and ex-members of the almighty, overpowering, you-don't-have-a-chance-in-the-face-of-the-punk-assault Dogwood, have signed a deal with The Milita Group(also home to Rufio and others). If they're even one-third as good as Dogwood, I'll probably like them a lot. Check this out for the press statement and all that garbonzo.
A fun little rock and roll band called Burnthe8track released The Ocean, their Abacus Records debut, yesterday(June 1st, kids, keep up here) to presumably great fanfare; to celebrate, they're hitting the road for a spell:
June 1 - Kamloops @ Magnums
June 3 - Whistler @ The Boot Pub
June 4 - Vancouver @ Mike's Tavern
June 9 - Sault Ste Marie @ Oddfellows Hall - All ages w/ Allister and Homegrown
June 12 - Toronto @ 360 (NXNE)
June 17 - London @ The Embassy
June 18 - Dansbury CT @ The Empress Ballroom
June 19 - Queens NY @ Red Zone
June 20 - New York City @ The Knitting Factory
June 21 - Montreal. TBA
No, nothing in Ottawa. Are you really surprised? The band also has a brand-new website designed by their bassist...if that means anything...just check it out already. [punkhardcore]
The Misfits are playing Hellfest this year. Does that strike anyone else is a little weird?
Hopefully it's produced better than their last one: .hopesfall are hoping for an October release for their second Trustkill Records album. And they're working with a guy who produced Fuel. I despise Fuel. [noisetheory]
Posted by mike at June 2, 2004 07:51 PM