A snowy, windy, icy eastern-Ontario storm-warning Friday evening to one and all.
According to this journal entry by frontman/lyricist Stephen Christian, Anberlin's next album will be the record of their career, with incoming guitarist Christian McAlhaney, formerly of Acceptance, having a big effect on the songwriting process. [IVM]
Derek Webb and his wife Sandra McCracken will be releasing their first album as a couple on April 15th. Called Ampersand, the EP will be six songs of "co-writes, duets, and previously unreleased material."
A new album is finally forthcoming from Israeli/Canadian band Man Alive; three different labels will handle the release worldwide on February 26th. Never heard of MA? That's fine. That's cool. Here ya go.
Having seen the band live years ago in their infancy - circa The Stings of Conscience - I can personally assure you, the good reader, that Unearth's upcoming live DVD Alive from the Apocalypse will be worth the purchase(or theft, if you're into that kinda thing). It releases on Metal Blade Recordings Marcfh 18th.
Another DVD I recently purchased that blew my mind was Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, filmed last July outside Chicago. Proceeds from sales go to support Clapton's Crossroads recovery centre on the island of Antigua, and the lineup - well, here are some highlights: John Mayer, Buddy Guy, Doyle Bramhall II(who blew me away) and about two dozen more. Highly recommended.
Dammit, they'll probably never play near me: SoCal legends Face to Face are reuniting for a few shows year, namely Bamboozle Left in their home state, as well as a couple other gigs internationally. No word on whether this is a full-scale comeback - though after Rage Against the Machine did it, hope is justified! [punkbands]
It would appear that MxPx bailed on Yellowcard to go open up, instead, for buzzy buzzy band Chiodos. Good career move there, much as I love me some Yellowcard.
This just in: Hopesfall and their former boss, Trustkill Records founder and president Josh Grabelle, don't like each other.
Paramore, whose Riot! album is one of our faves from 2007, will film two shows in the UK and release a live DVD called Paramore Live in the UK 2008(clever).
It's like 1994 all over again: Offspring and Green Day, the forefathers of the commercialization of punk - for better or worse - are both rumoured to be releasing new albums over the course of '08. Incidentally, I hit up Wikipedia earlier tonight, and what was the randomly-selected entry on the front page? That of Dookie, Green Day's '94 breakout. Weeeeird.
One of the best of their breed, UK rockers Delirious - who've been known to open for the likes of Bon Jovi on their side of the pond - are losing founding drummer Stewart Smith, who's leaving after twelve years to open a creative-design firm. [cmcentral]
Posted by mike at February 1, 2008 11:59 PM