The new Thrice, Vheissu(how does one pronounce that?) is an absolute monster; in the liner note intro written by manager Nick Bogardus, he says that when the Thrice camp convened to start the writing of this album, it was known to all that it was to be their most important album, and they've come through shiningly. From crushers like 'The Earth Shakes' to first-single chant-along 'Image of the Invisible', melody and sheer older-Cave In heaviness have seldom been meshed so well. Outstanding. The packaging is unbelievable too. I'm so impressed.
Relient K are out on tour with MxPx and Rufio. Not sure who's headlining, but here's the schedule:
10/23 - Buies Creek, NC @ Saylor Park
10/25 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
10/26 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
10/27 - Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues
10/28 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/29 - New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
10/30 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
11/1 - Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
11/2 - East Lansing, MI @ Michigan St. University
11/3 - Big Rapids, MI @ Wink Arena
11/4 - Detroit, MI @ State Theatre
11/5 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
11/6 - Chicago, IL @ Congress Theatre
11/8 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave/ Eagles Club
11/9 - Saint Louis, MO @ The Pageant
11/10 - West Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
11/11 - Saint Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
11/12 - Fargo, ND @ Playmaker's
11/14 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
11/16 - Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Amphitheatre
11/17 - San Diego, CA @ SOMA
11/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater
11/19 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ Cal Poly St. Univ.
11/20 - San Francisco, CA @ SF Weekly Warfield
11/21 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
11/22 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
[MTV, via rockrebel]
Former Future Destination Records band The Redemption Song, now with Strikefirst Records, have some new stuff up on their myspace. Yay AFI-style hardcore. [IVM]
I think we all kinda saw it coming: Symphony In Peril are done. Among the last shows will be the east-coast Facedown Fest and No Innocent Victim's CD-release show. There's a statement over here that I may read if bored enough. When vocalist Shawn Jonas bailed earlier this year, that was the beginning of the end. I should have gone to their show at Cornerstone - and by the way, yeah, we have the Cstone pics up, taken and captioned by sweetdisaster Big Cheese Mike. Go to the Gallery. What what.
Speaking of Strikefirst Records and Cornerstone, they've merged in that a band I ran into at Cstone, Kingston Falls, have signed with the label. Maybe I should get on reviewing the CD I was given at the festival. Yesh.
Way to go: Switchfoot's label has recalled their current blockbuster Nothing Is Sound due to anti-piracy concerns. Seems there's been a "mistake in the settings for the content protection technology placed on the CD". It should be noted that the band themselves were not informed of these things being added, and were not at all happy when they found out.
Though the album has been out almost a year, Anberlin are just getting around to shooting a video for first single 'Paperthin Hymn' - and they're writing new stuff in the next month or so. Innnnnnnneresting.
One of my favourite new hardcore bands, Jesus Wept, will have their debut full-length out next spring, and I for one can't wait. The Sick City EP was filthy good. There's a new track up over here.
A brand-new Propagandhi album, the first in three or four years, is out now. It's called Potemkin City Limits, and because it's Propagandhi, it's already awesome even though I haven't heard any of it. They've retooled their website, as well as unleashing a new e-card to hype the record. [saveyourscene]
Think Fast! Records down in Florida has signed Baltimore's Pulling Teeth; check out the band over here. Think Fast! also released Ottawa band Miles Between Us's only official album back in 2003.
Poison the Well took a break from working on their next record to play the Sounds of Underground tour earlier this year, and now the new album won't be out til sometime in '06. Read all about it.
With the reunion of Spitfire resulting in two of their members splitting from Scarlet, it'll be a new-look Scarlet that releases their sophomore album This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart on Ferret Recs January 24th. The tracklisting is here for the downloading wizards, and you can hear a new song called 'The Separation Of' over here.
It figures that the first review I've come across of local boys The Fully Down's for-real debut Don't Get Lost In A Movement(Fearless Records) is found on the absolutely-everwhere absolutepunk.net; check it out over here. There've been a few bands I've worked with for a number of years here in Ottawa that deserved more success than they got, but that doesn't take away from how hard TFD have worked to get here. Good on 'em.
Good Lord, a two-year anniversary and they're throwing this party ruckus for it: myspace.com is gonna be a whopping two, and they're roping in Dashboard Confessional, All-American Rejects, four bands I've never heard of, and something interesting: a solo performance from Jimmy Eat World frontman Jim Adkins. I'd go see that, even if myspace is just...well, whatever, we all know what it is. And isn't.
Posted by mike at October 23, 2005 04:14 PM