I actually saw the video for 'I Was Wrong' last week: Social Distortion maestro Mike Ness says the band are planning both another proper Social D album - and an acoustic record. Ness isn't sure which will come first; watch for both. [punknews]
The man with the voice of a fourteen-year-old girl(we mean that in a complimentary way of course), Anthony Green of Saosin, is planning a new album of his own for this summer - a solo effort called Avalon that will come out in August.
NYHC greats Madball have switched drummers, with Riggs Ross out and a guy who's played for Cro-Mags and Bad Brains stepping in. Solid arrangement if you ask me.
Winnipeg's G7 Welcoming Committee has shut down; the label has put out music by Greg MacPherson, The International Noise Conspiracy and of course The Weakerthans, but they're just sick to death of the slew of attendant business dealings that go with the industry.
Aww, everything has worked just peachy: somehow, despite the nastiness(read: numerous legal actions), Hawthorne Heights and their onetime label Victory have reconciled their differences - not only reconciled, but Victory will release the band's new album this summer! What the...how the...bloody hell! All that time we blogsters spent documenting every punch of the twelve-round prizefight between the two! Wasted! Hmph.
One of my favourite songwriters ever, Reese Roper(formerly of Five Iron Frenzy), despite a well-turned April Fool's prank that claimed otherwise, remains the voice of Brave Saint Saturn, who will release the final third of the BSS trilogy this summer, called Anti-Meridian. Roper himself is playing two acoustic sets at this summer's Inside Out Soulfest in New Hampshire, and a Five Iron DVD is in the works. When that DVD comes out I am all over that action. [JFH]
Starflyer 59 keep cranking out superior shoegaze pop-rock under the radar, as they have since the early '90s - and their latest, Dial M(no word on what M stands for, but I'm guessing 'masterpiece'), will be out this summer/early fall on the band's only label home, Tooth & Nail Records.
I probably wouldn't have remembered if it wasn't for my man Jason Tate at absolutepunk - it was fourteen years ago today that Kurt Cobain was found dead by an electrician in Seattle. Rest in peace, Kurt - your legacy continues to influence.
Stone Temple Pilots are back in full force, with a 65-city tour lined up for later in oh-eight as well as talk of a new album. I can't even name their last one, it's been so long. Singer Scott Weiland either quit or was relieved of his vocal duties with chart-toppers Velvet Revolver.
This last is for anyone reading this who's in my profession of radio: you know you're in radio when the itinerary for events like dinners, awards ceremonies, etc end with '9:00 - Networking.'
Posted by mike at April 8, 2008 10:02 PM