News from the Punk Rock music scene.
Today Strung Out released their brand new album, Blackhawks Over Los Angeles. To mark this occaison, the band and label have lined up a bunch of unique Strung Out themed stuff to give away to six different people. A grand prize winner will receive a signed drum head, poster and CD and five runner ups will get CDs, a guitar pick and more.
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Former Matchbook Romance drummer Aaron Stern has resurfaced in a new project dubbed God or Julie. He explained:
Today is a big day for me. I am officially announcing that I am joining forces with New York rock band, God or Julie. After Matchbook Romance broke up, it really hit home how difficult it is to find individuals who all share a similar elevated vision of music. When I was introduced to God or Julie, my hopes to continue the artistic progress and musical success that I had with Matchbook Romance were restored.
The new project is inspired by acts like Muse, Weezer, Foo Fighters, The Police, The Clash and others.
Matchbook Romance split up in March after releasing a number of albums on indie powerhouse, Epitaph Records.
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The New York Post has written up an expose on Crush Management, the agency behind emo-pop success stories Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco and The Academy Is… among others.
The article also draws comparisons between Crush and Lou Pearlman, the alleged con man and architect behind the boy band craze of the mid-to-late 90s, as both have “successfully marketed a critically dismissed, yet commercially successful, stable of cute boy bands to timid teenage girls not yet ready for real rebellion.” Much is said about the age and supposed naivety of the bands’ target audience. Whether you agree with their point or not, it’s an interesting read and you can find the full article at the NY Post.
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In anticipation of their sixth studio album, Jimmy Eat World has announced their summer touring plans. The record will be the follow up to 2004’s Futures and 2005’s Stay on My Side Tonight EP.
Blaqk Audio, the electronic sideproject of AFI‘s Davey Havok and Jade Puget, will release their debut full length CexCells on August 07, 2007 via Interscope Records (part of Universal, if you’re keeping score). The 12 track album was mixed by Dave Bascombe, who fittingly worked several synth-appreciative new wave acts like Depeche Mode and Tears For Fears. A tour is said to be in the works but no details have been announced yet.
AFI released Decemberunderground last year.
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Acclaimed hardcore act Modern Life Is War has wrapped up work on the debut for Equal Vision. The record is titled Midnight in America and is due out August 21, 2007. It was produced by J. Robbins and is the follow-up to Witness which was released in 2005.
The band, which calls Marshalltown, Iowa their home, will be touring this summer with He Is Legend and Maylene & The Sons of Disaster. They will be joined by House of Fools on the first half of the tour, and Paulson on the second.
Expect Modern Life Is War to be carrying a two-song sampler of Midnight In America on the road with them featuring the songs “Stagger Lee” and “The Motorcycle Boy Reigns” from the new album.
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The 1990’s favorite traveling festival, Lollapalooza, has posted the complete three day festival schedule.It will take place August 3-5 in Grant Park, Chicago. Some of the festival’s featured peformers include:
Day 1: AT&T Stage: Jack’s Mannequin (3:30-4:30), Daft Punk (8:30-10:00), Bud Light Stage: The Black Keys (6:30-7:30); MySpace Stage: TedLeo and the Pharmacists (1:30-2:30); Playstation Stage: The Rapture (5:00-6:00); Citibank Stage: Against Me! (3:30-4:30)
Day 2: AT&T Stage: Yeah Yeah Yeahs (6:30-7:30); Bud Light Stage: The Roots (4:30-5:30), Interpol (8:30-10:00); MySpace Stage: Motion City Soundtrack (3:30-4:30), The Hold Steady (5:30-6:30), Spoon (7:30-8:30)
Day 3: AT&T Stage: Lupe Fiasco (2:15-3:15), Pearl Jam (8:00-???); Bud Light Stage: Iggy and the Stooges (4:15-5:15), Modest Mouse (6:15-7:15); MySpace Stage: TV on the Radio (7:15-8:15)
You can check out the full lineups, schedules, and much more here.
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The UK’s Punktastic have confirmed the lineup for the punk-minded Lock-Up stage at this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals. The stage features two groups of bands, with the Saturday lineup from Reading playing Sunday at Leeds and the Friday lineup from Leeds playing Sunday at Reading. Confused yet?
The Saturday Reading stage will feature Jimmy Eat World, the Living End, Thrice, Mad Caddies, the Bronx, Capdown, Big D and The Kids Table, the Draft, Street Dogs, the King Blues, the Riverboat Gamblers and the Grit. The Friday Leeds stage features New Found Glory, Turbonegro, Gallows, From Autumn to Ashes, Cancer Bats, the Casualties, Ignite, Municipal Waste, Sonic Boom Six, and the Ghost Of A Thousand.
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Victory has posted new music from two upcoming releases. The first is the long-awaited album from hardcore pioneers Damnation AD. The record is titled In This Life or The Next and is due out June 12, 2007. You can check out “Jigsaw” and “Knot” on their myspace page.
The second comes from A Perfect Murder. The record is titled War of Aggression and also is due out June 12, 2007. You can check out the title track and “Within” on their myspace page
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Dirtnap has posted a song from the upcoming sophomore High Tension Wires LP Midnight Cashier. You can check out the song “Tokyo is Burning Down” now. The record will hit stores on July 10th.
The Denton, TX based band features members of the Marked Men, the Riverboat Gamblers, and the Reds.
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UK-based The Horrors have released the latest video from their album, Strange House. The popular band is inspired by bands like The Cramps, The Damned and others.
The label promises a “animated, gore-fest” and you can check out the video for yourself right here: “She is the New Thing.“
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Love Me Electric has posted 2 new demos off of there next release on there myspace for your enjoyment. Leave them a comment telling them what you think. The band also has a small Midwest Leg with the band The Spotlight. You can check out the music at the dates on their myspace page.
The Status has posted a new demo on their myspace page called “This is Not Goodbye”. The band is being managed by Anthony Raneri from Bayside and will be in New York at General Studios next week with Anthony producing. They’re going to be doing some dates later this month with Bayside and will be on the road all summer. You can find the music here.
Milwaukee hardcore band Get Rad (members of Kung Fu Rick and Since By Man) has posted two new songs, one from a split 7″ with fellow Milwaukee band Protestant and one from an upcoming 7″ entitled Bastards United. You can check out the songs here.
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Just when the tiffs between rock stars were beginning to settle down, we get a fresh new quarrel between reigning king of coporate shock rock, Marilyn Mason, and the proverbial new kids on the block; emo-goth-rock stars My Chemical Romance. According to this article, the two have been exchanging words over a recent song by Manson, which is reportedly about MCR. Manson’s song, “Mutilation Is The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery”, from his new album Eat Me, Drink Me, contains the lyrics: “Hey, there’s no rules today/You steal instead of borrow/You take all the shapes that I make/ And you think that you thought/All the thoughts that I thought/Don’t you?”, which the he explained:
I’m embarrassed to be me because these people are doing a really sad, pitiful, shallow version of what I’ve done. If they want to identify with me then here’s a razor blade. Call me when you’re done and we’ll talk.
MCR frontman Gerard Way responded by saying:
We still haven’t found someone that has knocked us down that we need to take seriously. If Elvis Costello said we sucked we would think about it a bit but usually it is comments from someone with a new record to promote so the remarks ring hollow.
Axl Rose was not available for comment.
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