Unexpected nights off work are nice sometimes. Gives us a chance here at sweetdisaster HQ to catch up on the news. Your hometown Ottawa Senators wiped the ice with Buffalo last night, thumping them 6-1 in front of the home crowd; going into Monday Ottawa is now 13-2. Detroit, meanwhile is 15-2, which is just scary. Can't wait for that matchup to come down the pipe.
Austin, Texas epic-rock act Hundred Year Storm are getting some love; 'Yesterday We Had It All' is getting spun by a few radio stations around the United States. The remaining dates of their current tour are as follows:
November:
14—Topeka, KS – Boobie Trap Bar with Agent 5 Nine
15—Oklahoma City, OK at The Showroom
16—Oklahoma City, OK at The Book Beat
17-Denton, TX at Singing Oaks Church with Terminal
HYS will hit the road again in February with The Kirby, recording new material first in January. Fans of Sleeper Set Sail will be into this band; check them out at purevolume.com.
Former Sex Pistols/Public Image Ltd. frontman John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, wants pop megastar Justin Timberlake to portray him in an upcoming biopic called Rotten: No Irish, No Black, No Dogs(weird title - is that a reference to Zeppelin's 'Black Dog' or what?). Timberlake is an unlikely candidate, but has Rotten's backing because of his "work ethic". [aversion]
Seems there's a lot of acrimony and legal dealing surrounding the depature/ousting of founding Yellowcard guitarist Ben Harper, whose sole focus is now Takeover Records, the label he started almost ten years ago. Following months of message-board crap-talking by know-nothing prepubescent fans, singer Ryan Key(he used to be in Craig's Brother!) told MTV, "This whole thing has been extremely difficult for our band, and there's debate whether or not it's even Yellowcard anymore because a founding member is no longer in the band. And I know that some people want the band they know and the members they know and love, but we just couldn't make it happen. And I know that a lot of people seem to think they know how everything went down, but unless you're in Yellowcard, you really don't understand." Take that, naysayers!! Ex-Staring Back guitarist Ryan Mendez has since replaced Harper permanently. This explains who that guy was I saw when YC were in Ottawa a couple months back. [MTV]
A littled Used news: frontman Bert McCracken(possibly the most profane frontman I've ever seen) is in a fight with My Chemical Romance - ah, rock-star tension - and has a new project called the Street Drum Corps, who've just covered a John Lennon/Yoko Ono song called 'Happy Xmas(War Is Over)', the video for which will feature Glassjaw's Daryl Palumbo, DJ Shadow and System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian. Quite the high-powered friends.
How 'bout them fellas Relient K? Their latest single 'Who I Am Hates Who I've Been' landed at Number One on MTV last week. Good for them; they've busted their rears to get where they are. [rockrebel]
Following the successful 2003 road trip, Tooth & Nail Records are rumoured to be doing another full-on T&N Tour in the spring; Anberlin and Emery are the two mentioned headliners, and that's all we got thus far. [IVM]
Speaking of T&N, a band they put out a few years back, San Jose's Fighting Jacks, have put up two new - very good - songs they've been working on; check out the band's purevolume page for the two new songs and some old stuff as well.
I hadn't heard of this, but we're passing it along as a prayer request for those of you who devote yourselves to such pursuits: a girl named Courtney Maher was severely injured at the October 22nd Thrice/Underoath show in Dearborn, Michigan; a crowdsurfer landed on her head, causing spinal injuries which, while not expected to be permanent, will keep her from walking for up to two years. This was five days before that tour was here in Ottawa, and all one can think is, "It could have been me." Please pray.
Two bands who are planning to reissue their latest albums with new songs as a bonus: MxPx and Norma Jean.
Finally, they've been caught at it: Sony/BMG are looking at a class-action lawsuit after being nailed installing 'rootkits' in their CDs; in layman's terms, a rootkit is "a form of spyware that is more dangerous and difficult to remove than the average browser hijack. Not only does Sony's rootkit hide itself from your operating system, but it "dials home" to Sony with information relating to what songs you're listening to, and when." Niiiiiiiiice. Big Brother is watching us. We'll keep you posted on this story. [bedlam]
Connecticut's The Distance have done what maybe eighty-nine other bands have done in the last few months: signed with Abacus Recordings. When will Abacus stop? Awesome. The Distance's label debut The Rise in January and release it next summer. [saveyourscene]
Atlanta noisemongers The Chariot have posted a brand-new song called 'Yanni Depp'(awesome!) on their purevolume. Man, they're fun to listen to.
This could very easily be a fake, but if it's true, Coheed and Cambria sure are demanding. [absolutepunk]
An email from New Found Glory bassist/resident PR guy Ian Grushka(the guy who can't keep his shirt on) was picked up and posted; here's some relevant excerpting: "At the moment we are in California recording demos and writing songs. We do not start recording the actual new CD until January; not sure how long it will take to complete. At this time we still do not have a title for the record. We have no plans of playing any shows until after the CD is recorded and released. As for what the music sounds like, I'm not talking about the music at all until after the CD is released; I don't want anyone having pre-assumptions of what they think it's gonna sound like. When the CD is finally done, listen to it and tell me what you think about it. Thanks so much for the support." Cryyyyyyptic.
First confirmed band for Warped Tour 2006(man, they move fast on this stuff): none other than Rise Against. I remember seeing them with...who was it...Kill Your Idols, maybe? Anyway, it was a long time ago.
If your're in the Jersey/NYC area, keep December 28th open: Thursday will once again play a year-end show at the Starland Ballroom that night; also appearing will be mewithoutYou and Circle Takes the Square. Twenty bones for a ducat.
Singer/songwriter Derek Webb(formerly of Caedmon's Call) will release his third solo album Mockingbird December 26th. I for one will buy it. [JFH]
Posted by mike at November 14, 2005 04:38 AM