A ton of hiphop news: DJ Maj bustetd out his latest opus this past Tuesday; entitled Boogiroot, it features collabos with dc Talk's Michael Tait, Manchild(Mars Ill), Liquid Beats, LA Symphony and more - and one big difference: rhymes from Maj himself, who's stepped out from behind the decks to rip the microphone. His August will be spent doing the Virtual Frequency tour featuring Mars Ill and Liquid, with Pigeon John appearing on select dates here and there(his new record Pigeon John Sings the Blues is pure heat).
The new Deepspace5 album debuted at #31 on CMJ's hiphop charts, making it the third-highest debut after Busdriver the mighty DJ Shadow. That's huge. Unique, Just Like Everyone Else deserves the acclaim.
Illect have brought in another talent: Scribbling Idiots member JustMe(he appeared on Stu Dent's 2003 album Nephilim: Acts of God Vol. 1) will put out his label debut One Man's Trash later this year.
Speaking of Pigeon John: his Quannum Records debut will be out February 2006. Quannum is also home to Shadow, Blackalicious and more. This'll be the bomb.
Hit up Sev Statik's website to see what was going on in the 518 and heard THIS: Sev and DJ Dust(Mars Ill) have a project coming out called Back to Dust(awesome name). Blueprint and LMNO, among others, will contribute rhymes to the album. I'm predicting sheer sickness.
Apparently the new Thousand Foot Krutch record, which I think is gonna be enormous, has lost entirely the band's hiphop roots. Which is fine. The rock will suit me. [renown]
I think that concludes the hiphop portion of today's news.
Jesus Wept were unable to play their set at Cornerstone Festival because guitarist Dave Quiggle was in the process of moving to California - and now I know why: No Innocent Victim has lost guitarist Cory Edelman, who's left for family and job reasons(good on him); Quiggle is the new dude on the block, meaning the new NIV record in November will destroy everything in sight. And they killed at Cstone too.
Speaking of that, the Cornerstone picture brigade is back from the Walmart developers; some lousy shots, some really nice ones. We'll get those up so you can have a look when time permits.
No Warning, Protest the Hero(Underground Operations) and The Black Maria(ex-Grade) are touring Canada starting August 2nd:
August 2, 2005 Montreal, QC Acceuil Linco
August 3, 2005 Quebec City, QC L'Anti
August 4, 2005 Saint John, NB Club 112
August 5, 2005 Halifax, NS The Pavilion
August 5, 2005 Halifax, NS The Attic
August 6, 2005 Kentville, NS Kentville Rec Centre
August 7, 2005 Fredericton, NB Capital Winter Club
August 8, 2005 Jonquiere, QC Chevaliers
August 16, 2005 Barrie, ON The Foundation
August 18, 2005 Peterborough, ON Trasheteria
August 20, 2005 Cambridge, ON Mill Race Park
August 21, 2005 London, ON The Embassy Hotel
August 22, 2005 Chatham, ON Twistersch
August 23, 2005 St. Catharines, ON L3
August 24, 2005 Windsor, ON The Chubby Pickle
I can't believe Chatham gets a show and Ottawa doesn't. [truthexplosion]
The new Demon Hunter album out later this year will be called The Triptych. This apparently strikes Americans as a weird name, but Canadian band The Tea Party had a record called Triptych years ago already. I still don't know what it means. [buzzgrinder]
Wow, this is quite the tour: Throwdown is taking Remembering Never, The Agony Scene and Sinai Beach out on the road. Dates:
8/14 Colorado Springs, CO @ The Darkside
8/15 Kansas City, MO @ El Torreon
8/16 Springfield, MO @ Rockwell
8/17 Sauget, IL @ Pop's
8/18 Rockford, IL @ Forest Hills Lodge
8/19 Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
8/21 Trenton, NJ @ Hellfest
8/23 Erie, PA @ Forward Hall
8/24 Syracuse, NY @ Club Tundra
8/25 Albany, NY @ Saratoga Winners
8/26 Hamden, CT @ Elks Lodge
8/27 Farmingdale, NY @ Downtown
8/28 Providence, RI @ The Living Room
8/29 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
8/30 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
8/31 Winston-Salem, NC @ Brew Ha Ha's
9/1 Nashville, TN @ Rockettown
9/2 Little Rock, AR @ Vinos
9/3 Oklahoma City, OK @ The Green Door
9/4 Lubbock, TX @ Jakes
9/7 San Antonio, TX @ The Sanctuary
9/8 El Paso, TX @ T Lounge
[lambgoat]