Pissing rain on Tuesday night.
Fortunately, I have this outlet to keep me satisfied.
Terror were added to an already stacked lineup next Wednesday night, October 25th, at the Capital Music Hall here in lovely downtown Ottawa, and then unadded(read: they ain't showing up). Hatebreed headlines with support from Sworn Enemy, Scars of Tomorrow, Drillpoint and local boys Outnumbered. Still a hell of a show.
And if you like the screamo - and who doesn't like the screamo? - Arizona's Greeley Estates are rolling into Maverick's downtown November 23rd along with Drop Dead Gorgeous. I might go. I kinda like GR.
Sum 41 - still kickin' - are getting ready to record their new album. Anyone know who their new guitarist is after Brownsound quit earlier this year? Anyway, frontman Deryck Whibley(aka Mr. Avril) says there's a bunch of songs to pick through: "We pretty much write twelve songs and twelve songs make the album. This time we have about eighteen songs." [AP.net]
It takes absolutepunk.net to tell me that The Beatles have a new album in the pipeline? What?
I heard My Chemical Romance's new single "The Black Parade" at school today - I dig it. Somewhere under the "goth", "retro" and "post-hardcore" tags, MCR are a pure punk rock band, in my humble opinion. Oh, and they're apparently planning on recording their next album over in Japan. For anyone interested in such miniutiae. Oh, and another thing: buzzgrinder.com is freakin' awesome.
It's a glorious day, pouring rain or not, for Converge have NEW MUSIC ONLINE - head over here to listen to 'No Heroes'. Such pure craziness after all these years - Bannon's throat really sounds shredded. He won't be able to speak by the time he's fifty if he doesn't ease off the trigger a little.
A while back, the story goes, a trapped miner rescued after two weeks, while still underground, requested an iPod full of Foo Fighters to listen to to endure - and recently, frontman Dave Grohl fulfilled his promise to meet the guy.
Sketchy, but she's smoking hot, so I'll permit this: actress Scarlett Johansson is prepping to release Scarlett Sings Tom Waits, according to unconfirmed reports from the US of A. That's right - a covers album by the Lost in Translation star featuring the iconic singer/songwriter. This better be awesome or so atrocious winds up being awesome.
Night before last(October 15th), the last chords were strummed on the legendary CBGBs stage in New York City; Patti Smith headlined the last-ever show at the venue that pretty much birthed American punk rock with The Ramones. Damn shame I never made it down there.
My boys The Fully Down are on the front page of PureVolume.com. Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout. 'Course, they're also on tour right now with Norma Jean and Between the Buried and Me, so I'm insanely jealous with murderous rage.
Also on the front page of PureVolume are our friends in Demon Hunter. Go listen to 'em! "Undying" is so badass.
With all the signings of the past year, it was only a matter of time before Abacus lost someone: for undisclosed reasons the reunited Turmoil have chosen to leave the label - and hey, if you're a label, they're looking for someone to release their new album in 2007. [saveyourscene]
Not to be outdone by those bowl-cut pansies the Beatles, Motor City legends The Stooges are doing a new album, due out in 2007. Some titles of the new songs include "Greedy Awful People," "Claustrophobia," "Mexican Guy" and "I'm Fried." Awesome. *raucous laughter*
Rap news! We swing a lotta ways around here at the D. Anyhoo, west-coast MC Braille has another project in the works; Box of Rhymes, previously only available in Japan, is set for north American release in a week or two. This guy devastates on the mic, let me assure you here. Preorder the album over here if you're down with real rap. [SOHH]
And another guy in the same crew as Braille Brizzy(that being Oregon's Lightheaded, who are, in a word, unbelievable), the venerable Othello, also released his latest record, Alive at the Assembly Line, over in Japan - and that, too, is expected to be made available on this side of the pond in short order. There are lots of commas in this byte.
And finally in rap newz(that's "news" in hip hop lingo - no it's not), the oldest-skool of them all(arguably), Gospel Gangstaz are still at it, announcing that they're releasing a DVD called Street Disciples that is apparently "a telling [story] of their group and personal history." I'll watch it! Pick me! Pick me!!
Posted by mike at October 17, 2006 08:51 PM