Perhaps Ottawa's best band - a subjective measure, of course - Buried Inside are finally recording their long-awaited new album. The band have headed to Salem, Massachusetts to record the so-far-untitled record with Converge majordomo Kurt Ballou at his Godhead City studio; guitarist Andrew Tweedy says, "This record isn't heavier, or faster, or more melodic than Chronoclast was. [That album] was recorded almost five years ago, and was written over the course of several years before that, so obviously our tastes and ideas have grown and mutated considerably over that time. This record still sounds very much like Buried Inside, in that it is passionate music with a lot of intensity; however, hopefully that is as close as it gets to records we've released in the past."
Ian Stanger at Black Box sent out a lil' facebookery to inform us all that Alberta pop-rock princes Ten Second Epic have posted new music on their myspace - so get to listenin', fools!
My best friend Dave will be excited with this - Blur's Damon Albarn and animator Jamie Hewlett are doing a new Gorillaz record, due out in 2K9 sometime. [Relevant]
The flick won't be in theatres for a while yet, but the new James Bond theme tune written by Jack White and performed by the blazing hot Alicia Keyes is streaming on the web.
Alt Press's website has an exclusive cover of Bouncing Souls' cover of Cash's 'Man In Black. Pretty dope!
Our thoughts and prayers here at SD headquarters remain with drummer Travis Barker and his friend Adam Goldstein - better known as DJ AM - who, aside from sustaining serious personal injuries in a horrific plane wreck over the weekend, also lost several of their entourage, business parters and associates. No need for a link here; any news website will contain the story. Get well soon, fellas.
MTV's college network mtvU has revealed the nominees for this year's Woodie awards, voted on exclusively by college music fans. Paramore, Tokyo Police Club, Chromeo, Cool Kids, MGMT, Atmosphere and the ubiquitous All Time Low are among the honourees this year; the awards will be handed out November 12th in NYC, broadcast on mtvU.com and elsewhere.
The Departed are new to all of us, but their members certainly are not: dudes from Fall Out Boy and Misery Signals(and by extension the late 7 Angels 7 Plagues) have gotten together with their new project - and they've put some stuff up on the interwebs. Sounds pretty sweet.
Oh, man, blast from the past - SoCal legends Pulley have posted new music, their first new material since 2004! They're putting out an EP on their very own soon called Time Insensitive Material - check out the new tune on myspace.
Just because I loved the old tune 'Stand Up,' I'll make mention of this: A Static Lullaby(who played their last-ever show in their first incarnation right here in Ottawa a few years back) are streaming their entire new album Rattlesnake! on their purevolume page. The record just came out on Fearless.
Weezer just can't get enough of never being quite as good as they used to be, it seems; the band are apparently heading right back into the studio in November to record a new album - this just three months after their last album. Geez, guys, take a breath.
Hey - good music! Bayside are streaming their entire new album Shudder! Ch-ch-check it out!
Check out Comeback Kid's myspace to see a trailer for the band's forthcoming DVD, Through the Noise. The package(CD/DVD> comes out October 14th, and three days later the band headline a big tour here in Ottawa with openers Shai Hulud, Bane and Misery Signals. As Will Smith once said as the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, that is deeply, deeply dope!
Posted by mike at September 22, 2008 09:37 PM