Greetings, on the heels of a 3-2 overtime loss by my Ottawa Senators to the hated New Jersey Devils!
Bad news for a number of bands who formerly called Victory Records home: the label has reportedly dropped four of five bands from the roster. If you think your band might be among them, best call Tony Brummel to check. [theprp]
A Life Once Lost and Himsa are going where not very many bands get the chance to go: Russia. The two will play two shows in Moscow and St. Petersburg towards the end of March. Good on them!
One of our faves over the last little while, North Carolina's Advent, have released their debut album as of yesterday; check out a brand-new ripping track from Remove the Earth over here.
Besides the fact that the band are in Canada as of this writing, touring behind The Alchemy Index vols. I & II, Thrice have had 'Digital Sea' remixed by none other than Ben Weinman of the Dillinger Escape Plan. It'll be included in a digital release scheduled for March 4th.
Michael Jackson, hide your back catalogue: Alien Ant Farm, complete with original lineup, are back!
A massive congratulations to our old friend Jordan at Pastepunk and his wife Barbara on the birth of their first child - a boy, Andrew Louis Baker. Woohoo!!
According to a number of reports, The Who are recording new material soon. Given that in the last decade their only exposure has been the "YEAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!" featured in the opening credits to CSI: Miami(which I love, by the way), this is probably a good thing.
A knight participating in the next Shrek? It could happen. Sir Paul McCartney(yeah, that guy) has been asked to soundtrack and possibly cameo in Shrek Goes Fourth(get it?), due out in 2010. A Broadway production of the franchise is scheduled for debut on December 14th. Good Lord. [Paste]
Clapton, Hendrix, Elton John and The Police have rocked there. The Beatles made their US debut there some forty-three years ago, to 55,000 Beatlemaniacs. The Mets and the Jets have both won top honours in their respective sports there. And now, native son Billy Joel will be the last to rock Shea Stadium, as it's being torn down following the upcoming baseball season, to be replaced by Citi Field(stupid sponsored names!), currently under construction in the parking lot outside Shea. Tickets for Joel's 'The Last Play at Shea...From the Beatles to Billy' event go on sale this weekend; the show goes July 16th.
If you have a young child, and you're a true hip hop fiend and you want your progeny to grow up to be a head, check out Baby Loves Hip Hop, an album for children centred around five dinosaur buddies(played by the likes of The Roots, Jurassic 5, Digable Planets and more), and featuring original music from the artists. I think this is a rad idea, as does Chris Rock, who's optioned the Baby Loves Music series for future development.
Rise Against and The Saint Alvia Cartel(superb - look for a review of their debut album soon) are both scheduled for Warped this summer. Sick!
Posted by mike at February 13, 2008 10:49 PM