My boys Burnthe8track are going on a hell of Euro tour this spring, hitting the road for two months with Ignite, Strung Out, Death Before Dishonor and the almighty Terror. Lucky ducklings. Check out any of the bands' MySpace pages for the itinerary, should you be so lucky as to catch a show.
Speaking of amazing European tours, Misery Signals is taking August Burns Red overseas this summer. In other news, sweetdisaster's headquarters is now Europe. [punknews]
Perhaps to deflect attention from the fact that satellite radio is not doing as well as had once been speculated, Sirius is planning a five-day punk special, saying in a press release that it will be "the greatest punk bands of all time playing the greatest punk songs of all time." Partygoers will include Sex Pistols, Dropkick Murphys, Henry Rollins(duh) and a ton more. The hoedown commences January 28th at 7am and goes right through February 1st.
Following the announcement a while back that Daniel Davison has left Norma Jean, the band he co-founded in Atlanta ten years ago, the band have recruited Spitfire's Chris Raines to take his place. Both bands have a new album approaching, Spitfire this spring and NJ later on in 2008.
Essential Listening for today, January 22nd, is the notable Ohio rap crew the Scribbling Idiots and their new album The Have Nots. Featuring appearances from LMNO of the Visionaries outfit as well as legend Masta Ace, it's full of solid hip-hop. Go getcher self some at their MySpace page.
Machine 15 is the new album from Sweden's punk masters Millencolin, coming out April 7th; you can check out the first single 'Brand New Game' right here.
The official Coachella '08 lineup has been announced, following a ton of rumour-mongering: headliners include The Breeders, eastern-European punk carnival Gogol Bordello, Jens Lekman(whose latest is among our Indie Best of 2007 - read) and Minus the Bear, whose newest album Planet of Ice is reported to be incredible.
Goldfinger are indeed putting out a new album April 22nd, called Hello Destiny - if, like my beautiful girlfriend, you're not familiar with the band, do yourself a favour and go listen to 'Mabel.'
This news simply blew our minds here at the D: if you grew up in the Christian hardcore/metal/SFHC underground, you'll remember California's The Crucified, who were around from '86-'93, released a few touchstone albums and demo tapes, and spawned the likes of The Blamed and Stavesacre. The band does, in fact, have a MySpace, where you can, in fact, hear 'Hellcorn,'(!!), and further, according to punknews.org, they're going to release a split with No Truce this year With the demise of Stavesacre in 2007, could this be singer Mark Salomon's return to the scene?? Outstanding.
Speaking of the Christian underground scene, one of its products you have heard of, Sixpence None the Richer, have announced an upcoming EP release as well as an April tour; the band broke up a few years back. If you haven't heard 'Kiss Me,' well, you're evidently not breathing. [JFH]
More festival rumours: three American bands have been booked to play the annual Reading Festival in England, and word on the street - which is to say, idle talk - is that they're Foo Fighters, Green Day and motherbleeping RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE. I capitalized Rage, because they deserve it. [absolutepunk]
Mute Math told attendees of their latest video shoot that they hope to finish writing a new album while on tour with Matchbox Twenty and Alanis Morrissette, aiming to release it this fall. This is Very Good News for us fans.
A second banning from the fine folks at Disney: Gallows - perhaps unsurprisingly - have been banned from playing DisneyWorld "due to their lyrics." Story over here.
Jimmy Eat World, have vanquished Taking Back Sunday on the bowling lanes recently, have issued a similar challenge to Paramore in anticipation of the two bands' upcoming co-headlining tour. Paramore better brush up on their ping-pong.
Posted by mike at January 22, 2008 10:57 PM