Yo peoples. Still hot in enough in Ottawa and the valley to kill huge animals. I have a fan aimed at my face from about two feet away as I write these words.
The news starts now.
Spoken, who I imagine are through with their Tooth & Nail Records phase(yielding one record, 2003's A Moment of Clarity), are rumoured to have another album coming in late August. We have no information on its name or the sounds, but they are touring, so you can always go ask them yourselves. [indievisionmusic]
I laughed pretty hard reading this; it's a rather harsh critique of the trend concerning Christian musicians covering well-known songs - and beyond that, an even harsher denigration of those well-known artists themselves. Unnecessary? Perhaps. Amusing? Yes. [rockrebel]
I always liked and admired this guy, from his beginnings and then with his solo debut Stereotype Be(2001); Kevin Max has soldiered on from his days with dc Talk and emerged as a truly innovative artist in my ever-so-humble opinion; christianitytoday.com interviewed the man himself over here, in advance of his new album, The Impostor, due out at the end of August. A telling excerpt from the interview: "Let's be honest, the basic rule of thumb in the Christian industry is if you're divorced, you're not going to sell records." Sad.
Taking Back Sunday don't have to worry so much about how Victory Records is allegedly screwing them: they've signed with Warner Brothers Records(ah, those greener major-label pastures) for a new album this fall. Their last one, Where You Want To Be, was a real fun record, and they say their first one was even better. [aversion]
Yay for old ladies beating up muggers!
I'd heard about this a while back, but here it is again in solid form: ex-Bush ringleader Gavin Rossdale(the one with the hot wife from No Doubt) has a new band together, called Institute - and check out the other dudes: Helmet/Orange 9mm's Chris Traynor on guitar, Chamberlain drummer Charlie Walker, and bassist Cache Tolman(Rival Schools/CIV). Wow. This is like totally a hardcore band!!...except the guy from Bush is in it.
This Just In: the Blue Jays have jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead over St. Louis, the best team in the National League. Bwaaahahaha!
Anyway.
People are talking about this Eighteen Visions/As I Lay Dying/No Innocent Victim "tour", so I'm getting real excited over here, and I go to 18V's website and look, and there's ONE SHOW. ONE. If you're in San Diego, it's June 24th.
I don't ordinarily link to myspace, since it's just such an overblown deal, but Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shifflet has a side project called Jackson United that also includes guys from Face to Face and Saves the Day; their new album is called Western Ballads, and they happen to have four songs up on their myspace page. I bet it's awesome. [altpress]
Posted by mike at June 13, 2005 08:02 PM