Poison the Well - this takes me way back, almost ten years...wow - are about halfway through the writing process for their next(guaranteed to blow minds) album. New guitarist Bradley Clifford had this to say earlier this week: "I don't know how to describe it... the closest comparison I have is saying it sounds like music made by a vampire crust punk wearing a cutoff jean jacket with spikes and a giant Crass patch on the back, headbanging to darkly romantic '50s music while on his way to the beach for a surf party." Sounds good to this observer. [lambgoat]
Another of my favourites from my youth, Most Precious Blood(Brooklyyyyyn!!), are also working up new material. They're calling it Do Not Resuscitate, aiming to have it in your hands in 2009, or whenever you find it online and steal it. Guitarist Justin Brannan: "The new record is one part systems-overload, one part Tragedy and one part funeral for a Mexican bullfighter." Where do these bands come up with this stuff??
Keeping with the oldschool: NYHC legends Vision of Disorder are ready to release a DVD that I will be first in line at my record store of choice to pick up. VOD broke up in 2002 after putting Long Island on the map, and the new project is called Dead In New York, due out November 11th...but the best part, at least for those of you who live in their stomping grounds(or are willing to take a roadie): VOD will play a hometown show five days later on the 16th at Irving Plaza in NYC to help usher in the new DVD. I gotta go! Also, there have been a lot of acronyms in this paragraph.
Still more '90s awesomeness! Earth Crisis, after a hugely-anticipated reunion tour that took them around the US and Europe, have decided to make their fanbase happy: they're back doing EC full-time, entering the studio next month to work on a new record. Century Media gets the honour of releasing it worldwide.
With the very tight-knit scene in their native greater Toronto area, I don't know how this didn't get out: Boys Night Out removed Connor Lovat-Frasor from the band a while back, and only this weekend officially announced his departure and that they've found their new singer. How 'bout that. Best of luck to all parties involved! Oh, wait. This might be a joke... [buzzgrinder]
Being a Canadian through and through, it's hard not to wish that two of my favourite things in life, metal and hockey, converged more often...WELL NOW THEY HAVE! The soundtrack for EA Sports NHL 2K9 title includes Protest the Hero(Canadian!), Genghis Tron, Mastodon and more! Hail the conquering heros!! Plus, the graphics I've seen in the trailers just look ridiculous. Who doesn't wanna be Rick Nash??
They might have sounded a little too close to Weezer with their earlier material, but power-popsters House of Heroes are still pretty damn good, and their new record The End Is Not the End is streaming over at Relevant's site. Buckets! For bullet wounds!
Today's Band Name o' the Day: JESUS H. CHRIST & THE HORNSMEN of THE APOCALYPSE. Classy.
They tour with their entire band, an extra support guy, and three dogs. Three! And now Fear Before the March of Flames have jettisoned most of their somewhat-unwieldy moniker - they're now known simply as Fear Before.
Underoath were in Toronto last week performing on MTV Canada; I missed it, but clips of several songs are up on everyone's favourite video website. [theprp]
Hardcore luminaries Bane(yay Bane! Boo Red Sox!) are not only trekking through Canada next month with Comeback Kid and Misery Signals, but they'll spent a further chunk of their autumn on the road with H20!:
Tue/Oct-28 Detroit, MI @ The Ritz
Wed/Oct-29 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
Thu/Oct-30 Pittsburgh, PA @ Strummers
Fri/Oct-31 Boston, MA @ ICC (no H20 ! Sorry! Don't yell at us!)
Sat/Nov-01 Philly, PA @ 1ST Unitarian Church
Sun/Nov-02 Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar
Mon/Nov-03 Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
Tue/Nov-04 South Carolina @ TBA
Wed/Nov-05 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Thu/Nov-06 Tampa, FL @ Spring Theatre
Fri/Nov-07 Orlando, FL @ Island Oasis
Sat/Nov-08 Jacksonville, FL @ Fuel
Mon/Nov-10 Dallas @ The Door
Tue/Nov-11 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
Thu/Nov-13 Scottsdale, AZ @ Martini Ranch
Fri/Nov-14 Los Angeles, CA @ Safari Sam’s
Sat/Nov-15 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Sun/Nov-16 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Tue/Nov-18 @ Denver, CO @ Cervantes
Thu/Nov-20 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
Fri/Nov-21 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Rock Club
Sat/Nov-22 Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme- Wheels
Sun/Nov-23 New York City @ Irving Plaza
[Pastepunk]
Don't ever tell me that professional athletes, with some notable exceptions of course(as in every walk of life), don't do what they can to brighten lives. Kudos to Jordan @ Pastepunk for the link.
Posted by mike at September 13, 2008 09:57 PM