Good for him: Thrice frontman and new solo artist Dustin Kensrue is donating five percent of sales of his album Please Come Home to the kids at To Write Love On Her Arms, a foundation aimed at nonprofit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for those struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA's profile has risen steadily throughout 2006, with printed T-shirts and a popular Myspace page, not to mention the support of a number of rising rock bands including Thrice, Anberlin and more. "I try to be an artist who aspires to find hope even in dark places: if I'm down, I don't want to bring people down to that place with me. I'm looking for a way out," says Kensrue. Attaboy, homey. [punkbands.com]
The annual New England Metal & Hardcore Fest, taking place in late March in Massachusetts, has announced the lineup. Wow:
Bury Your Dead, 100 Demons, Nora, Still Remains, Beneath the Massacre, Stick to Your Guns, xDeathStarx, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Unearth, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Red Chord, Job for a Cowboy, I Killed the Prom Queen, Shai Hulud, Since the Flood and Animosity. And this is just a sliver. I repeat: wow. Ticket info and directions can be found over here.
Strike Anywhere singer Thomas Barnett's old band Inquisition are set to re-form for two shows in May. I've never heard them before, but Ensign are opening one of them, and that's fantastic.
The newly-signed Daggermouth(Smallman Records) are going out on tour across Canada with Set Your Goals in May, kicking it off here in Ottawa at Babylon on May 2nd. The rest of the itinerary is as follows:
05/04/2007 Salt lounge , London, Ontario
05/05/2007 Reverb , Toronto, Ontario
05/06/2007 GV Hotel , Timmins, Ontario
05/07/2007 The Office , Thunder Bay, Ontario
05/08/2007 Collective Cabaret , Winnipeg, Manitoba
05/09/2007 The basement , saskatoon, Saskatchewan
05/10/2007 Avenue skatepark , Edmonton, Alberta
05/11/2007 Underground , Calgary, Alberta
It's haaaaaappening: Rage Against the Machine have announced three more shows following their hugely-hyped Coachella reunion: Rage will join the Wu-Tang Clan for two Rock the Bells shows, the first in New York City on July 28th, followed by San Bernardino, California August 11th, and finally up in San Francisco a week later on the 18th. I'm so stoked.
Posted by mike at February 26, 2007 09:09 PM