Between the Buried and Me have been asked to join next year's Progressive Nation tour, alongside Opeth, 3 and the mighty Dream Theatre. Needless to say, they're stoked as hell.
Smartbomb, featuring two-fifths of one of my favourite bands in No Trigger, have signed with Think Fast! Records. Absolute world domination will doubtless ensue.
Resurrection Band, known to one and all as Rez Band, are reuniting to play next year's Cornerstone Festival. They had better do 'Across These Fields.' [IVM]
One of my favourite musical discoveries of 2007, Gasoline Heart, have left Mono Vs Stereo Recordings, and will put out a new album next month(December 18th). Producing a bunch of the new material will be the uber-competent Matt Goldman.
Making my heart glad, it's been reported out of California that The Dingees have apparently been rocking some shows out that way. The band has not released new music in quite some time. Which is sad.
Weezer will release Album Six(clever, guys, real clever) April 22nd of next year, but just in time for Christmas - natch - a bunch of frontman Rivers Cuomo's home recordings will be in a package in stores December 11th. Alone: The Home Recordings contains tunes ranging from the present all the way back to 1992. [chartattack]
Ziggy Stardust is hitting the small screen: David Bowie will voice a character on an upcoming episode of Spongebob Squarepants. No word yet on whether this is awesome, or just a tad weird. [Relevant]
My hero, late-night TV genius Conan O'Brien, has somehow been stalked since last year, and no one notified me. The priest in question has been arraigned on charges of stalking and aggravated assault, having sent repeated threatening messages to NBC Television staff and on more than one occasion try to gain access to tapings of the show. I will personally lock the prison cell myself.
Posted by mike at November 13, 2007 10:50 PM