Just to make sure you're all good and sick of Pigeon John(go read our interview!!), who I believe we've mentioned in every news update going back to the beginning of time, he's going out on tour - again. The guy is never at home! Having just returned from a jaunt with Lyrics Born, he'll be hitting the bricks with Hasidic rapper/toaster(you heard me) Matisyahu, who'll be appearing on the new P.O.D. single 'Testify', out soon on a radio near you. The guy's website is hasidicreggae.com. We do not joke you here. Here's the Pigeon/Matisyahu schedule:
10/30 Towson, MD
11/2 Johnson City, TN (PJ only)
11/3 Orlando, FL
11/5 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/6 Tampa, FL
11/7 Atlanta, GA
11/8 Louisville, KY
11/9 Lawrence, KS
11/10 Englewood, CO
11/12 Boulder, CO
11/13 Saskatoon, SK Canada (PJ only)
11/15 Minneapolis, MN
11/16 Madison, WI
11/17 Chicago, IL
11/19 Cleveland, OH
11/20 Columbus, OH
Pigeon's next album(his fourth since 2002, holy crap) will be out on Quannum early next year.
More No Innocent Victim news: they're the cover boys on the new issue of HM magazine, the November-December issue, which should be out very shortly. If you're unaware, NIV were one of the first two hardcore bands I ever heard(the other being the long-dead Six Feet Deep), on a cassette in the mid-'90s. Oh, the days of yore. Anyway, yeah, new issue of HM, No Innocent Victim.
'Salmon Swim Upstream' is a brand-new song from NYC's Kill Your Idols, who are still kicking out the jams. No idea when the next album will be out, but it'll be on Side One Dummy, as were the last two. Check out the song over here. [pastepunk]
Hey, indie dweebs, pay attention: The Rentals are recording their first album since '99's Seven More Minutes. This would be the brainchild of Matt Sharp, formerly Weezer's bassist, and it's also featured over time various folks from Decemberists, The Special Goodness and Saturday Night Live cast member Maya Rudolph...wait, Maya Rudolph? What the...wonder what she plays.
Montreal ska kings The Planet Smashers are going on a tour. A stadium one, involving this other little band from Quebec: Simple Plan. Of the tour, one of the Smashers had this to say: "Simple Plan has invited us to open for them on their next Canadian tour, November 22nd through December 17th. It'll be our first and probably only stadium tour - I plan to eat all of SP's catering...put on some weight to get through the winter months." Awesome. [punknews]
Starting work on their major-label debut are Orange County's Eighteen Visions. Well then. In slightly more interesting news, 18V members alongside Bleeding Throughites and Burn It Downites have started a Misfitscover band, who'll debut at Anaheim's House of Blues on the 30th, with - natch - Cure and Morrissey cover bands. Geez. Oh, they're called Die My Darling. Nice.
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The Suicide Machines are taking Stretch Arm Strong, Fordirelifesake and some band called Whole Wheat Bread(what??) out on the road:
November 8, 2005 Boston, MA Axis
November 9, 2005 New York, NY Tribeca Rock Club
November 10, 2005 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
November 11, 2005 Washington, DC Nation
November 12, 2005 Richmond, VA Nanci Raygun
November 13, 2005 Columbia, SC New Brooklyn Tavern
November 15, 2005 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
November 16, 2005 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
November 17, 2005 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
November 18, 2005 St Petersburg, FL the State Theater
November 19, 2005 West Palm Beach, FL Respectable Street
November 20, 2005 Orlando, FL the Social
November 22, 2005 Houston, TX Meridian
November 23, 2005 Austin, TX Emo's
November 25, 2005 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
November 26, 2005 Dallas, TX the Galaxy Club
November 27, 2005 Oklahoma City, OK Green Door
November 29, 2005 St Louis, MO Creepy Crawl
November 30, 2005 Columbus, OH Bernie's
December 1, 2005 Erie, PA Forward Hall
December 2, 2005 Pittsburgh, PA Mr Small's Theater
December 3, 2005 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
From punk and hardcore to Christian-contemporary music(the ol' sd.com is all over the map baby), here now is a feature article on Starfield. They're from Winnipeg, and they've already made the jump that any decent openly-Christian band does: moved to the States, particularly Nashville, away from this vast Canadian ghetto(for Christian music anyway). I saw them two summers ago when they drove sixteen hours from the American midwest to fill a gap in a festival schedule - and then killed it when they got here. Great band, great guys. Read and then listen to some clips.
Posted by mike at October 27, 2005 09:31 AM