Mayday Parade has begun recording its follow-up to 2007’s A Lesson in Romantics.
The band is currently at work at the House of Loud Studios in Elmwood Park, N.J., with producer David Bendeth.
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Maybeshewill: “Co-Conspirators,” “How to Have Sex with a Ghost”
UK-based instrumental outfit Maybeshewill have posted two songs from their forthcoming album. The record is titled Sing The Word Hope In Four-Part Harmony and is due out this summer.
Check out “Co-Conspirators,” “How to Have Sex with a Ghost” on their myspace page.
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Green Day / Kaiser Chiefs
Green Day have unveiled the dates and venue for their summer and far World Tour. The tour kicks off July 3rd and will see the band traveling through the US and Canada until August 25th. A month later, the band will head to Europe and the UK. The shows are in support of their new album, 21st Century Breakdown, due out May 15, 2009.
The Kaiser Chiefs will provide support on some dates.
Austin Lucas
Austin Lucas has had a quite a busy year. He’s already released a split 7″with Frank Turner, as well as a full-length, Somebody Loves You. Michael Dauphin recently chatted with Lucas about his last US tour.
The Riot Before: Episode 1
Our latest series of Dispatches comes courtesy of Richmond, Virginia’s The Riot Before who have just embarked on their first tour of Europe. In today’s episode, vocalist/guitarist Brett Adams discuses his pre-tour thoughts. Tune in later this week for more of the band’s tales from the road.
Franz Nicolay: Episode 2
Today, we’ve got the second set of tour diaries coming from Franz Nicolay, multi-instrumentalist and member of The Hold Steady and World/Inferno Friendship Society. The shows are in support of his newly released debut. The record is titled Major General and his band features Brian Viglione (Dresden Dolls), Yula Be’eri (ex-World/Inferno), & Jared Scott (Demander). Other guests include Peter Hess (Balkan Beat Box) and lyrics on two songs by Jack Terricloth (World/Inferno).
Interview with Fat Mike about music industry, price drop
In a new interview, Fat Mike discussed some the reasons behind his recent across the board price cut for Fat Wreck Chords‘ catalogue and new titles. He explains:
Well, you know people say, “Oh, because the economy is so bad right now.” But, it’s really not that, because in the record industry the recession started four years ago. Our industry got hit a long time ago. Record sales have been going down and down and down and down. I was thinking, “Hey this is punk rock. This is a community.” People have to recognize the difference between majors and indies and major bands and independent bands.
And when you buy a record from an indie, you are supporting the label and the band. It’s not going to some faceless company that doesn’t care about music, they just care about making a profit. So, I just figured if we make our prices cheap, I don’t think people are going to feel bad about paying $8 for a CD in a store. I think they are going to feel good about supporting their band knowing that half that money is going to support the band and the label.
Mike also takes a moment to discuss bidets. Check out the interview here, which also explains why Dillinger Four never tour.
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Sargent House signs Fang Island
Brooklyn, NY based quintet Fang Island have signed to Sargent House. The band’s sound is described as “three part guitar harmonies, pounding bass lines, tight-as-hell drumming, and joyous choral vocals, creating epic and triumphant gatherings of sound.”
The band is currently mastering their self-titled debut and will be announcing the release date shortly. Two tracks, “The Absolute Place” (both the original, as well as the track remixed by Yeasayer’s Chris Keating) can be heard over at Stereogum.
They also have a week of tour dates coming up with Maps & Atlases and So Many Dynamos.
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Danzig working on new album
According to a Blabbermouth report, Glenn Danzig is currently in the studio working on his next full length. Drummer Johnny Kelly of Type O Negative and Tommy Victor (Prong) will appear on most of the tracks.
The CD will feature a song called “Long Dark Road”, which is decribed by Glenn as “very creepy and echo-y. It’s like an old kind of ’50s-ish kind of song. I’ve been having in my head probably for about six, seven, eight years. I haven’t gotten around to recording it, and I recorded it, so it’s pretty cool.”
The record will be his first full length since 2004’s Circle of Snakes. In the interim year, Danzig also released his neo-classical album, Black Aria II.
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The Menzingers: “Lillith Avi”
The Menzingers have posted another song from their new 7″/digital EP for Red Scare. Hold On, Dodge was just released today to digital retailers, with a physical release coming soon. Check out “Lillith Avi” at the band’s myspace page.
The band also has some tour dates lined up with Broadway Calls, O Pioneers!!! and others.
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Goes Cube: “Song 30”
Goes Cube have posted the new video from their upcoming debut for The End Records. The record is titled Another Day Has Passed and is due out May 12, 2009.
Detournement: “Screaming Response”
Our stream today comes from Newark, NJ-based Detournement. The band features members of Bigwig, Ensign, Lifetime, Plan A Project and Worthless United. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new 8-song EP Screaming Response.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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A Wilhelm Scream recording new EP, album, post b-side
A Wilhelm Scream are apparently working on both a new EP and a new album. According to a NME post, the band is working on new material for the follow up to 2007’s acclaimed Career Suicide.
The site is also featuring a downloadable version of “Route 40 One Six,” a rarity from the Japan-only version of Career Suicide. Grab the song and check out the update here.
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