A bunch of new Sick Of It All covers can be found over at the MySpace page devoted to Abacus Recordings' tribute album, including stuff from Ignite and Himsa. [pastepunk]
More new MySpace music: Hopesfall have slapped up another tune from their latest, Magnetic North, right over here.
Just to settle any confusion here in Ottawa: while Set Your Goals and Daggermouth are indeed playing Babylon May 2nd, Massachusetts' No Trigger are not on that bill. Unfortunately. Dammit.
In better news, The Weakerthans are doing up their fourth album this fall, scheduled for a release through Epitaph/Anti- this fall. They're working on things in their hometown of Winnipeg, hashing through years' worth of material for the followup to 2003's Reconstruction Site.
Sad: Good Riddance are over after ten years and eight records. The band will do three 'final shows' in California next month, winding up in their hometown of Santa Cruz. Opening all three shows? That's right - No Trigger. There is no justice.
Hey, if you're a proud American - and a lot of you are, by golly! - Paste wants to know what your favourite music venue in all of the US of A is! Check out their survey.
Seattle's annual Bumbershoot Festival will this summer feature The Shins, Steve Earle and - what? - Wu-Tang Clan, among a slew of others. Nice bill, that. For ticket info and location, check out the fest's website. [Paste]
I've only heard them once - and that a live performance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien a while ago - but The Hold Steady are the buzziest of buzz bands in the last six months, and this bit relates to baseball, so what the hell: the Minnesota Twins have asked their state's homegrown lads to record a version of 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' to be played during games. You can hear the carnage, er, awesomeness over here. I'm picking my Toronto Blue Jays first in the American League East, if anyone was asking.
OK Go breezed through Ontario and Montreal last weekend opening up for Snow Patrol, but more entertainingly, their video for 'Here It Goes Again' was voted Most Creative at the inaugural Youtube Awards recently. The video also won something called a...Grammy? Yes, Grammy, that's it. More than thirteen million people have watched the clip at youtube.com.
Hot off all the fuss surrounding their reunion with original label Tooth & Nail, MxPx have announced a big ol' tour kicking off in a month with openers Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime and The Fold. The dates? Over here. [punknews]
Weirdcore artistes Showbread are down by one singer.
One of the finest singer/songwriters around, Derek Webb, will release his fourth studio album The Ringing Bell on May 1st. "I do not do things in moderation," Webb admitted. "This is too important of a moment historically to not say more about the idea of peace. It's right in my face at all times if I claim to be at all concerned with anything that Jesus ever said." As well, check out Webb's concert DVD wherever you buy your sweet, sweet tunes. [JFH]
Posted by mike at April 5, 2007 09:49 PM