The grossest thing I've seen in a while: this guy forgot to empty his coffeepot before a long trip, and here are some pictures of the mold that was growing in it when he returned. Scroll down the page a while and you'll see it. Naaasty.
One of the best pop-rock bands emerging from this great nation of ours, Downhere, have had a busy last year or so, having left their longtime record label to join a fledgling company based out of Seattle to putting out their album, Wide-Eyed and Mystified, earlier this year. Three-quarters of the band did an interview with the folks over at phantomtollbooth a few weeks back; check it out over here.
A band whose name I've heard around for a while now, Sleeping At Last, have dropped a new album called Keep No Score. From Wheaton, Illinois, these guys can go from Elliott Smith songs to more Brit-rock material to driving, Sunny Day Real Estate-influenced stuff. Plus their singer sounds like the dude from Starsailor. Check out their new tuneage over here.
Metal mavens The Red Chord are working on a new album called Birdbath. Weird title, I suppose, but after Clients levelled us all, these guys can do anything they want. Check out an interview concerning the new album and their stint on the Ozzfest tour over here. [theprp]
Rise Against are taking Thursday and Billy Talent on the road this fall; no word on Canadian dates - or more specifically Ottawa dates. Here's hoping. Incidentally, I was listening to Billy Talent's new album II today at HMV and the third song, 'This Suffering', has a riff eerily similar to 'River Below'. Derivation aside, the three songs I listened to were catchy stuff.
Isis and Tool are touring together soon. I think it's called the We'll Pummel You To Sleep tour. Just kidding.
'Naked Lunch' is the first song released online from Showbread's upcoming album Age of Reptiles; the record's out August 1st, and the song's over here.
Some background info on yesterday's He Is Legend discussion: the new album is out October 3rd on Solid State, entitled Suck Out the Poison. Nice.
Some brand-new material from Trustkill Records in the form of five upcoming album cuts from various bands is up over here. Great label, Trustkill. And the Terror track is unbelievable.
Observe: the tracklisting(as accurate as possible, anyway) from the impending Norma Jean record Redeemer:
The tentative track listing for Norma Jean's upcoming new album "Redeemer" has been revealed and is as follows:
'The End Of All Things Will Be Televised'
'A Grand Scene For Color Film'
'Blue Prints For Future Homes'
"A Small Spark VS. A Great Forest'
'The Longest Last Statement'
'Amnesty Please'
'A Temperamental Widower'
'Like Swimming Circles'
'Cemetery Like Stage'
'Songs Sound Much Sadder'
'No Passenger, No Parasite'
The album is out September 12th. And it will be awesome.
Hydra Head Records are doing four - count 'em, four - Botch re-releases in the coming months, beginning with Unifying Theme Redux arriving September 26th. Information, you want? Read this.
I remember hanging with these guys at Cornerstone last year when they were just one of dozens of bands bashing out their tunes - and they've since signed with Solid State and put up this tune on their Myspace page, from their debut album Shock Value, arriving in September. Very Every Time I Die-ish.
Hey, Toronto and area rock and rollers, listen up: the Purevolume Silver Bullet Tour rolls through your area in September, featuring Haste the Day, August Burns Red and more:
September 18th London, ON - Salt Lounge
September 19th Montreal, QC - L'Acceuil L'Inconditonnel
September 20th Toronto, ON - The Kathedral
I haven't listened to my copy yet, but The Sleeping's new record Questions And Answers is apparently a step up from their debut album Believe What We Tell You. At least, so say the kids at pastepunk(hi Jordan).
Presumably until they yank it down, the entirety of Helmet's new record Monochrome is up for streaming over here.
Radiohead are releasing a DVD documentary on the making of OK Computer called A Classic Album Under Review. The doc features rare performances including live and studio versions of the songs from OK Computer as well as 'Creep' from Pablo Honey. [Paste]
The National Youth Hip-Hop Summit goes down August 12th down in Naples, Florida; the event will be televised and aimed at education youth on what hiphop is and was. Featured events include a battle competition where the kids are encouraged to freestyle rhymes devoid of cursing, slurring and the like, auditions and educational discussions. Spokesman Steven Jennings, producer of The Cipher Show, a hiphop TV program, had this to say: "Most kids imitate the artists, and they begin to rap about the things the artists rap about - they imitate these artists in every single way, so what would make a person think that they wouldn't imitate the behavior that is discussed in this music?" For more info, either to register, attend or just hear about something positive being done in mainstream hiphop, check out their website.
Influential rock band Sleater-Kinney, hailing from Portland, have called it quits.
One of the most truly talented bands in existence, Copeland, have their third record ready to rock us; Eat, Sleep, Repeat will be out on Halloween, produced again by Smalltown Poets' Matt Goldman. Touring, as always, will follow, though nothing in Canada as of yet.
Neil Young currently has three of his albums in the Top 200 on Billboard's charts. Nice work by the Canadian-born rock legend, I'd say.
Lyric o' the Day: "There's too much business in this, I'm going back to my garage" - Set Your Goals
Posted by mike at July 22, 2006 08:47 PM