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More sad news today as we’ve learned that Makh Daniels, vocalist for Bay Area metal outfit Early Graves, was killed in a van accident in Oregon earlier this week. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the driver of the van was 24 year-old Justin Garcia of The Funeral Pyre, the band with which Early Graves was touring. According to the article, Garcia fell asleep and allowed the van to drift off the right shoulder of the freeway as the bands were heading south on Interstate 5 near Medford, OR, en route to Reno, NV after playing a show last weekend in Eugene, OR.
Our stream today comes from Lowell, MA’s The Fake Boys. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full -length, This Is Where Our Songs Live, which is slated for an LP release via Arrest Records very soon.
Boston’s Have Nots have posted a video update from the studio. The band is currently holed up in Drastic Sounds in Nashville, TN working on the follow-up to 2009’s Serf City USA, which is still available for free download from Paper and Plastick.
Big D and the Kids Table have digitally released two new songs. The download is called 2 Songs 1 Download and is made up of the band’s side of their split 7″ with Brunt of it for the Ska is Dead 7″ series. The songs can be previewed here.
Fixed issue with arena interface skill icons unintentionally disappearing
“Extra Attack” skill no longer grants a second attack or action while covering
The game is now saved into the user’s folder My Documents/My Games/Disciples III, allowing for users without Administrator rights to more easily save their games. Current saves will automatically be moved to the new folder
Dexterity boosting potions now work correctly
Pressing the “Quick Combat” button again allows players to halt a current Quick Combat battle
Unit information during auto-combat will no longer be displayed
Removed the ability to use skills, defenses or engage in combat while currently moving on the battle arena
Issue fixed: melee units that approach targets but did not attack
Issue fixed: on the hero management screen, the hero properties button was blocked, but not grayed out
Issue fixed: in the “Hire” interface, the unit skills were not displayed in the unit information window
Button “Disband Unit” now works similarly to the “Heal” button – first the unit is selected, and then the Disband button can be pressed
Fixed: player can no longer control enemy cities
Fixed: player can no longer enter neutral cities in tutorial mission
Resolved various achievement issues
Fixed: loading screen not displaying properly on monitors with 16:10 aspect ratio
Corrected several skills descriptions
Corrected text spills from info boxes
Hotseat Mode Fixes
Issue fixed: inventory of the defending party could not be opened in Hotseat mode.
Issue fixed: In Hotseat mode, when the defending party is victorious, “Defeat” is mistakenly displayed, and “Victory” is displayed if the attacker has won
The Hotseat options have been fixed
Fixed: defending side could not use skills in hotseat mode.
Issue Fixed: The display of fog of war after using Alt+Tab
Fixed: if one player has researched a spell, no other players could research spells during the same turn
Fixed: if a map is restarted in hotseat mode, spell research is unavailable during the first turn
Units will no longer gain experience while moving on the map
The city guardian in a town can no longer be swapped with a unit in the visiting hero’s party
Small Brown Bike have entered the studio today with producer J Robbins to begin work on a new album for No Idea Records. The band has also launched a blog where they’ll be offering updates from the studio. More information is expected soon.
Since news of a fan’s death at the Bonner Springs, KS stop of Vans Warped Tour broke yesterday, a few more details have emerged. While the cause of the man’s death is still not known, the tour has released a statement:
“As the Vans Warped Tour awaits a complete report from the Bonner Springs law enforcement and medical examiner on the passing of a concertgoer at yesterday’s (August 2) show in Bonner Springs, KS, the tour would like to offer their thoughts and prayers to the young man’s family and friends. Tour organizers are working closely with Capitol Federal Park @ Sandstone staff and local officials to determine the actual facts surrounding this tragic incident and will make further details known as they become available.”
The venue in Bonner Springs, the Sandstone Amphitheater, has identified the man as Curtis Alan DeForest, 26 and of Wichita, KS. They offered a statement of their own:
“Curtis Alan DeForest, age 26 of Wichita, Kansas, a patron attending yesterday’s Van’s Warped Tour at the amphitheater was transported to Providence Medical Center where he later passed away. An investigation by the Bonner Springs Police Department and the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office is ongoing. The cause of death has yet to be determined and the venue is working closely with authorities to aid in their investigation.
As is the standard practice at all shows that visit the Amphitheater, patrons were allowed to bring in their own bottles of water. Once inside, the permanent water refill locations that are throughout the venue were in operation for all patrons to access throughout the day. In preparation for the heat, additional measures were taken by the venue including the positioning of misting stations for fans, additional water refill stations as well as shade throughout the wooded venue.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Mr. DeForest.”
The Adolescents have released two more songs off their upcoming album The Fastest Kid Alive. You can check out “Learning To Swim” and “Inspiration” at YouTube or by clicking below.
On Sunday August 1st, bassist Darren Davies of the Welsh band Slowjam passed away at the age of 41.
Davies formed the group in 1987 with friends Dave Alderman and Matt Grey, formerly of Cardiff bands the Soldier Dolls and I Mobster. On the band’s 1990 album Crabapple, recorded by Iain Burgess, Slowjam experimented with “the drum machine hardcore of Big Black, the dance rhythms of the Effigies and the melody of DC bands such as Fugazi.” Slowjam supported Naked Raygun on their UK tour, recorded a split with art rock act Crabladder, released a 12″ titled Freefall and another full length titled Pig on Stator. They were active until 1993 when they disbanded to pursue other projects.
The lineup has been announced for the 2010 edition of Fun Fun Fun Fest. The organizers have confirmed more than 80 acts including: Appleseed Cast, Ariel Pink, Bad Religion, Deerhunter, Devo, Dirty Projectors, Dum Dum Girls, Floor, GWAR, High on Fire, Jeff The Brotherhood, Junius, Kaki King, Kylesa, Man Man, Mastodon, MGMT, Monotonix, Municipal Waste, OFF!, Polvo, Ringworm, Snapcase, Strike Anywhere, Suicidal Tendencies, The Briggs, The Bronx, Dwarves, P.O.S., Hold Steady, The Vandals, Valient Thorr and WAVVES. 
More sad news today as we’ve learned that Makh Daniels, vocalist for Bay Area metal outfit 
Since news of a fan’s death at the Bonner Springs, KS stop of Vans Warped Tour 