Right at the crest of the current publicity wave surrounding their new album New Wave, Against Me! singer Tom Gabel was apparently hauled off to the pokey in his home state of Florida Monday night after an altercation in a bar. Gabel was angered by someone's drawing obscenities over an article about the band in the Tallahassee Democrat, one thing led to another, and he was arrested. Nice. I still haven't heard New Wave yet. [buzzgrinder]
In more wanton crime news, dozens of underage twits were arrested at a Family Values Tour stop in New Jersey this week; thirty-three of them for underage drinking, the rest for various sundry charges ranging from resisting arrest to outright assault on a state trooper. Way to go, Jersey. Your parents must be very proud.
Take it from me, a man who presumably knows his business after a decade in this game: As I Lay Dying's latest, An Ocean Between Us, decimates. Proof? Here is the entire thing for your aural enjoyment. You can thank me later. And for some behind-the-scenes video footage for the shoot for 'Nothing Left,' check this out. [theprp]
Sick Of It All will spend the fall touring firstly with Madball, then rising Oklahoma stalwarts Sinking Ships. I devoutly hope to see both tours.
Some of the nicest dudes in metal, period, A Plea For Purging have posted 'While the Sparrow Sleeps' over here. Taken from their upcoming Facedown Records debut, A Critique of Mind and Thought, the song is dynamite. The record hits October 2nd.
November 6th is a good day: Protest the Hero will release their second proper album Fortress on Vagrant Records. Math-metal nerds everywhere are rejoicing.
Be prepared for domination, folks - earlier this year various cats from Unearth, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Red Chord and more had themselves a little Guitar Hero showdown; check out the results right here.
The second edition of the Radio Rebellion tour will be significantly heavier than last year's trek, which featured Ottawa boys The Fully Down along with Norma Jean and the mighty Between the Buried and Me. The upcoming second annual jaunt includes headliners Job For A Cowboy - three-quarters of whom can't even buy drinks in the venues they play yet - along with Behemoth and Quebec boys Beneath the Massacre. The two Canadian dates:
November 12th Toronto, ON - Opera House
November 13th Montreal, QC - Club Soda
Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God and Every Time I Die on the same tour? It's apparently happening, kids, beginning late this year and running into early '08. Wow.
Dashboard Confessional keep quietly churning out good rock and roll under the steady hand of iconoclast Chris Carrabba(we can call him that, right?). The band's latest album is called The Shade of Poison Trees, and the first single 'Thick As Thieves' is up on the band's Myspace. [pastepunk]
The Boss is back; Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band will release their first album in five years on October 2nd, simply called Magic. Sources say Springsteen was spotted in late June at a bar in Atlanta taking in Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello doing his part-time schtick in The Nightwatchman. Who's to say where that influence leads? [Paste]
Get used to the acronym CRS: it stands for Child Rebel Soldiers and the crew features the likes of Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Lupe Fiasco. A track from the mysterious CRS appeared on a mixtape earlier this year, and it looks like a full album may be in the works.
The Rolling Stones directory Shine A Light, directed by Martin Scorsese, is apparently being held back til April of 2008. Boo! I was getting psyched for this fall.
The Roots are busy lads these days, touring with Rock the Bells and heading out with none other than Big Daddy Kane and MC Lyte this fall. As well, they're working with Al Green on a duets album featuring collaborations with D'Angelo and possibly Joss Stone, for whom Roots drummer ?uestlove supplied percussion on her debut album.
Unquestionably the highlight of this year's Warped Tour experience for me, New Found Glory included an absolutely killer cover of Sixpence None the Richer's monster hit 'Kiss Me'(remember that song?), and the song has found its way online to boot. [punknews]
They say it's on the way out the door, but happy birthday today, August 17th, to the compact disc; 25 years ago today, apparently, the first plant pressed the first CD. Word has it that debut was an Abba album. Sad.
As Cities Burn's CD-release show for Come Now, Oh Sleeper down in N'awleans(that's 'New Orleans,' kids) was recorded by some kid; you can download it here if you're into that kinda thing. Interesting URL there - 'buildingabetter' is a reference to an old Dogwood album, and I loved Dogwood. [absolutepunk]
Posted by mike at August 17, 2007 10:23 PM