Bloodjinn has posted the video for their track “Maker,” a song featured on their 2007 release This Machine Runs On Empty. The video was directed by Blake Faucette of Series DVD.
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Twenty2 (1997-2007)
Montreal-based Twenty2 has announced that after ten years as a band, they’ve broken up. They had this to say in a blog on MySpace:
Hey there. We are pulling the plug on Twenty2. No specific reason except that we are moving on to other things. We will let you know what that is very soon. As it stands now, we will be doing 2 final shows, probably in October, just for fun. They will be free shows, a good reason to get together & have a good time with friends & say our goodbyes.
Just so there are no false rumors starting or anything: No one in the band hates each other, we’re as good friends as we ever were. There are no drug addicts or alcoholics. No one joined the army. No one joined a cult. No one’s dying. No one got in a fight with another band member. We just all agreed it was time to move on. It’s been a lot of fun for the most part, it just never got to the level we hoped it would, but no biggie.
The band last released Defective in 2006.
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Capdown (1997 – 2007)
The UK’s brightest ska-punks in Capdown have decided to call it quits after ten years together. The band, which hails from Milton Keynes, have confirmed that their October tour will be the last for the band.
We are now formally announcing that the band will not be continuing to work together as Capdown after the October 2007 tour. After completing our last, and best, album in 2007, we have all decided that we want to explore other experiences in life, outside the band unit.
The band released Wind Up Toys this year, the latest in a long string of solid albums and EPs including Pound for the Sound, New Revolutionaries, Civil Disobedients and a split with the East Bay’s Link 80.
Final tourdates can be found below.
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Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Release Date Announced
This is the moment you have been waiting for: id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead just announced the official release date for the PC version of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars during the id press conference at QuakeCon! Without further ado, here’s the scoop: ETQW is slated to ship in North America on October 2, 2007, while Europeans will get their hands on it the Friday before (September 28). Mark your calendars, gentlemen!
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Tours: Bayside / The Sleeping / A Day to Remember / Driver Side Impact
Bayside has announced the dates for their headlining run on the 2007 Victory Tour. The band will be joined by label-mates The Sleeping, A Day To Remember, June and Driver Side Impact for the trek.
The band continues to tour in support of The Walking Wounded.
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Contests: Fly to Las Vegas with Atreyu
Atreyu will launch their new album, Lead Sails Paper Anchor, on August 28, 2007 and the band would like you to be their guest to celebrate the release with them in Las Vegas. Atreyu is giving away a trip for two to Las Vegas where you and a friend will get an autographed copy of the new album, a special meet and greet with the band, and will watch the whole show right from the stage.
To enter the contest, drop by this page.
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Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) shopping his memoirs
According to Gawker, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is apparently pitching his memoirs via a literary agent. The Harvard grad formed Weezer in 1992 and sold quite a few records.
The folks at Gawker weren’t particularly kind to the songwriter noting:
if they’re anything like the rest of his creative output, [they’ll have] started out world-changingly awesome and then became so lame they make Pete Wentz seem profound.
Despite that site’s derision, the band is working on their next full length and follow up to Make Believe.
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Watch Green Day’s Tre Cool perform “Chocolate Rain”
Despite briefly appearing in the Simpsons movie but entirely missing the awesome Spider-Pig moment, Green Day drummer Tre Cool has apparently returned to perform his own version of the latest internet meme, “Chocolate Rain.”
For those unaware of the phenomenon, the original can be seen here.
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The Steal: ‘The Steal’
About a year ago, a promising UK-based melodic hardcore act called the Steal released their full-length to great reviews. Now, just as they are about to embark on a U.S. tour, the band has finally found a home in North America for the record and to coincide with both the tour and this long-awaited domestic release, we’ve got a full album stream of the entire thing.
Here’s the short version: if you like a band that is equally influenced by Kid Dynamite, Descendents and Gorilla Biscuits you’ll like this. We reviewed the record last year, so you can see what our review said here: The Steal.
You can check out the album on their Punknews.org Profile.
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Dr.Frank’s (Mr.T.Experience) second novel due in January
Random House has set a January 08, 2008 release date for the second novel from Mr. T Experience‘s Frank Portman. The book is titled Andromeda Klein and is his follow up to the award nominated novel, King Dork. Last year, the book was optioned for a film by Will Ferrel.
According to the publisher:
Andromeda Klein is a quiet, booky girl with an unexciting life. Until her world takes a turn for the weird.
Omens, dreams, cards hidden inside a hollowed out book, and images from a file of comics drawn by a previous inhabitant of her family’s suburban duplex are all coming together to contain hints of buried truths concerning her family, her circle of “friends,” her cat, and her secret, estranged, much older and forbidden boyfriend-in-theory.
King Dork was released in the UK just this week. Frank “Dr.Frank” Portman was (and sometimes is) the ringleader of Oakland pop-punk outfit The Mr. T Experience
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The Return of Hellcat Nights
Hellcat Records has once brought back their music showcase titled “Hellcat Nights.”
Unlike it’s previous incarnation, instead of at The Echo the shows will be taking place at Hollywood’s The Knitting Factory. Every Monday starting August 6th the label will showcase new talent in the California area for only $5. To see the schedule click Read More.
The series began last year with new artists supported by an acoustic set from label cornerstone Rancid. Featured acts last year included Left Alone, Society’s Parasites, Aggrolites, Orange, Time Again, Los Difuntos, Mercy Killers and Los Creepers.
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The Receiving End Of Sirens: ‘The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi’
The Receiving End Of Sirens have launched a full album stream of their upcoming album. The record is titled The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi and is due out August 07, 2007. It is the follow-up to Between The Heart And The Synapse which was released in 2005.
You can check out the album on their myspace page.
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Emanuel announce acoustic EP
Emanuel has announced that they are currently recording an acoustic EP. The EP will feature acoustic versions of four songs from their forthcoming release Black Earth Tiger: “Cottonmouth,” “My Antapex,” “Scenotaph” and “Whiteflag (reprise),” and will be available when the full-length is pre-ordered through Interpunk.
Black Earth Tiger will see an August 28, 2007 release.
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