Korn have lost another one: founding guitarist Munky has left the nu-metal forefathers mid-tour for "personal and family reasons." This leaves two original members of the once-quintet still standing. [buzzgrinder]
Some Darkest Hour live footage - with a Canadian twist? Hell yeah. Check out some fan footage(replete with glorious board sound) of DH tearing it up in Edmonton, Alberta right here. [theprp]
"Mooooooooooove!": southern California's Stick To Your Guns will release their debut album on Century Media come next month, called Comes From the Heart. This sucker for circle-pits can't wait.
The Dead Next Door(1999, Solid State) was Spitfire's first and arguably best album, and they've stuck around here and there in the decade since - and they're putting out a new one called Cult Fiction on March 25th. With another Canadian twist: Hamilton, Ontario's Goodfellow Records will handle the release. Check out one of the new tunes on their MySpace page.
My friend Justin Gobeil once told me they were the best live show he'd ever seen: H2O have signed a deal with Boston's Bridge Nine Recordings - and their label debut will be produced by New Found Glory guitarist and bigtime fan Chad Gilbert. Look for the goods in May.
Stolen from my boy Jordan - bands with 'pig' in their names who have music available on eMusic as of now include(bolding indicates personal favourites around here at the D!):
Pig
Pig Destroyer
Pig & Dan
Pig Irön
Pig Beast
One Bad Pig
Pig Bros
Clive Pig
Pig Farmer
Guinea Pig
Pig-Tails
Sow Vs Pig
Pig Meat
China Pig
FYLTH PIG
Pig and Sow
Pig In A Can
Blind Willy Drug Pig
Minimal Pig
Pig Farmers of the Apocalypse
Die Kapitalist Pig
Individual Pig
Dancing Pigs
Billy Bacon And The Forbidden Pigs
Rhythm Pigs
Apes Pigs & Spacemen
Incredible.
Great label, killer previously-out-of-print-record: Long Island's One Day Savior Recordings has undertaken to release Hopesfall's early Takehold Records EP No Wings to Speak Of(yes, that's where the band of that name got their inspiration) - on vinyl. Specifically, blue or green vinyl, limited to 1000 copies. Check out the website for ordering info. I bet this will look outstanding. 'The Far Pavilion' still erases my mind.
Rumored to be playing in Indio, California as part of the 2008 edition of Coachella: Death Cab for Cutie, Jens Lekman(who appears in our Best-Of-2007-Indie-Version review up there), Cold War Kids, Battles and Portishead. We'll see.
The producer and makers of American Gangster, one of the best films of 2007 starring Russell Crowe and the mighty Denzel Washington, have been sued by former Drug Enforcement Agency types to the tune of $55 million. These three jackasses have said that some of the printed text at the end of the movie is "defamatory." I hope it gets tossed from court. [Paste]
Sum 41, The Vandals(!) and Bowling For Soup(!!) are among the bands set to join Pennywise an on Australian tour behind their new MySpace Records album. I had no idea Bowling For Soup still existed. [punknews]
The one time I saw them, the singer was a proper ass to the crowd and the females amongst the crowd in particular, but they're still kickin': Vancouver's Black Halos have recruited a new bassist - and not just any bassist. JR Russell has played for the following Canadian bands: KEN Mode, Kittens, Swallowing Sh*t and Mico, among others. He evidently has not had a real job in many years. Good for you!
Rockstar energy drink, one of a plethora of such things on the market these days - albeit sponsoring more events than most - now has another mountain to conquer: +44 drummer Travis Barker has filed suit against the company, claiming his image and endorsement without his consent. I've never had Rockstar - anyone out there? Is it good? I don't trust such things anyway.
Last year marked the 30th anniversary of Never Mind the Bollocks, and now word has it that though half are in the USA and the other half across the pond in the band's native Britain, Sex Pistols may just take a shot at recording new music sometime in '08. Good heavens.
Fall Out Boy kingpin Pete Wentz - he may not write the lyrics, but he sure is the one most captured nekkid on cellphone cameras, and that has to count for something, no? - will host a Barack Obama fundraiser in Chicago next week. A ducat will cost you seventy-five bucks.
I haven't listened to them in a number of years, though I do remember purchasing their first major-label album in...what was it? 2004? 2003? I can't remember. Either way, Rise Against have a new digital-only EP out today, and you hear a track from the newbie on their MySpace page. Give me Revolutions Per Minute any day of the week.
Posted by mike at January 18, 2008 11:48 PM