Interesting. An update was posted yesterday that apparently didn't take, as it is not in evidence down below there.
Bummer.
It was a link to cute puppies, too.
You all missed out.
Some of the highlights from the soundtrack to the new Tony Hawk effort, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground: Blackalicious, At The Gates, Cursed, Darkest Hour, Gallows, Jurassic 5, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and tons more. I may make someone buy this just so I can listen to it while they play it. [AP]
Today's Essential Listening, your August 27th edition, is Nonpoint, one of the few late-'90s/early '00s nu-metal/rap-metal/whatever-metal bands that still sound pretty damn good in 2007. Anyone recall 'What A Day'? It's up for streaming right here, along with other ripping tunes. The band has a new album coming soon!
A supplemental addition to today's EL - As I Lay Dying's new album An Ocean Between Us is, upon repeated listens, truly a beast of a record. Their best in their history. Members of Solid State's Destroy the Runner contributed some guest vocals.
This is happening here in Canada, and yet I needed Rolling Stone mag to tell me about it: in an effort to combat the imminent demise of the compact disc, HMV here in the fair north will lower the prices on CDs by a full thirty-three percent. Wow.
What do Oprah, Fitty, Em, Jigga and Spike Lee all have in common? Why, it's obvious: all of them have been subpoenaed in a lawsuit against the Canadian government, filed by a Detroit record exec claiming the Canadian feds discriminate against "African-Americans and rappers" at the border. More bulletins as events warrant, but we will say that if rappers and blacks are treated unfairly, so is one out of every three underground hardcore/punk/metal bands that try to cross into Canada. Quit your whining, Detroit record exec.
An mid-season contender for Worst Tour of the Year has been announced: Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie will hit the bricks together later this year, and no one - relatively speaking - will care. [Decoy]
Good news for Blindside fans Stateside: the band will tour the US for the first time in quite some time now, with the following shows confirmed:
September 29 (Sat) - Mullins Center, Amherst, MA
October 1 (Mon) - North Star, Philadelphia, PA
October 2 (Tue) - Knitting Factory, New York, NY
October 5 (Fri) - The Underground, Cincinnati, OH
October 6 (Sat) - Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, GA
October 7 (Sun) - The Social, Orlando, FL
October 9 (Tue) - Rocketown, Nashville, TN
October 12 (Fri) - The Foundry Music Theatre, Joplin, MO
October 13 (Sat) - The Door, Dallas, TX
"Many more" dates, apparently, are forthcoming. C'mon, Canada.
A previously-rumoured mother of a tour is now a fact: Underoath will headline a package featuring openers Poison the Well, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster and Every Time I Die this fall. The dates thus far are over here, but I'm not looking 'cause I know Ottawa ain't on it. Yet.
Posted by mike at August 27, 2007 10:58 PM