Second update today. I guess we're trying to make up for lost time what with that vast canyon of a three-day absence over the weekend. We have interviews coming up(I swear I'm gonna transcribe them ASAP, despite my offline-world pressures!) with Anberlin, Comeback Kid, Zao and uber-producer Steve Hindalong(Cool Hand Luke, The Prayer Chain, the City On A Hill series). Not to mention an absolute landslide of reviews, because I have CDs on my floor that have been in my possession for many months. There are labels out there who want my head, I bet. Bummer, no? We'll fix that when we can.
Essential listening for July 20th is some hiphop: Raw Materials, the debut from Atlanta's Mars Ill. This is where it began, kids - expect domination from Mars when their new album drops later this year; in particular, 'Touch And Go' featuring Sev Statik is a seriously bomb track. Wow.
The Chariot have a record coming out on Solid State Records November 12th. It's called Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead and Nothing Is Bleeding. That is a ridiculously ponderous name for a friggin' album, but hey, I'm not the one with the call. I'm still peeved at the fact that they were stopped at the border last month and canceled their entire Canadian tour, regardless of whether or not it was their fault. The upcoming album is apparently a complete annihilation of sanity, winning over even the harshest critics(we see you, hardcorechristian).
Joining Hawk Nelson as Bands That Have Contributed Music To The WB's Summerland TV Series: Jars of Clay. Big whoop. Great band, TV sucks.
Yaaaaay! Slick Shoes(what a great band) are writing their next record, and allegedly recording it next month. I'm such a drooling fanboy of this band.
New music from Stavesacre: over here!
Hey, um, in case you weren't aware, Number Twelve Looks Like You possess the following qualities:
1. Their name is really weird.
2. They're probably completely normal-looking dudes who just named their band something weird.
3. Their brand of insane-core spazz-metal with unbelievable low-end sounds sometimes breaks unexpectedly into beautiful acoustic passages(a la 'Empty Calm').
4. They make my vision blurry they're so technically spastic.
Anyway. All this to say they're a fun band to listen to if you can handle how screwed up this bit they do about eating a little girl is. Really demented. Too bad my copy of their CD(Put On Your Rosy Red Glasses) is scratched up.
Amazing Band Name of the Day: Tunes For Bears To Dance To. Wild. [punkhardcore]
Speaking earlier of labels wanting my head due to my procrastination, one such record I've yet to cash in my two cents on is that of Maxeen - who, by no coincidence, have put up a brand-new WEBSITE!!
Some secondary information on the aforementioned Comeback Kid sophomore album: it'll apparently be produced by Jim Seigel, who's worked with the likes of Give Up The Ghost and the Blood Brothers. I've never heard of the guy, but whatever floats their boat. [noisetheory]
We screwed up in the post earlier today: the opener on Eighteen Visions' 'mini-tour' thing is not The Day, as we said - it's sd.com faves Haste The Day. Whoever we lifted that news from has a problem omitting words. I thought it was kinda weird I'd never heard of The Day. So yeah. We suck. But at least we own up to it!!
As usually happens, I can't make this any funnier despite my best efforts, so I'll just post it as is: "A group of college students in Lima, Peru donned Spider-Man masks, took over several campus buildings, and demanded the removal of the university dean. Good thinking, kids. Because nothing says "I mean business" like Halloween costumes. I'm going to go put on my Aquaman suit and ask for a raise now..." Once again, Relevant have made me hysterical. Well played.
Innnnneresting: MTV(boooo! BOOOO!) actually presents something worth reading: an article on the rise of spirituality in hiphop. So, what happens here is, you go read that, and then you hit this or this for some backup.
Posted by mike at July 20, 2004 04:47 PM