It’s Sunday July 15th, 2007. Every once in a while the universe perfectly illustrates one of Tom Waits’ metaphors. This is one of those times. Makes you think.
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday
So the big news this week was that the Dropkick Murphys will for the first time call a major label their home via their own Warner imprint. They should watch Against Me! closely to see how the big league waters are. That band supported their own Warner debut this week with an appearance on Conan O’Brien. The high profile of a major does give you quite a soapbox, just ask Tim McIlrith. The Rise Against frontman laid out just what’s wrong with America this week. Thanks Tim! AFI seems to be doing ok as well, with a potential EP in the works and their electronic side-project / failed spelling test Blaqk Audio set to debut soon. Of course it’s not all wine and roses once you’re signed to one of the big four. Thursday had to hire a team of bloodthirsty lawyers to get out of their deal. They probably didn’t want to get stuck on a package tour with Maroon 5 like the poor Hives did. There is life after the major though, and Thursday need look no further than Bad Religion to see how to do it right. This week Mr. Brett and company talked politics and revealed some behind-the-scene info on their recently released New Maps Of Hell. Less Than Jake are (for the second time) returning to the indie life, and a session at the the Blasting Room sounds like a fine way to shake the stink off.
This week saw the demise of much beloved noisemakers Planes Mistaken For Stars. At the same time we learned that news of Reggie and the Full Effect‘s break-up were greatly exaggerated. The Dillinger Escape Plan (shit)talked their former drummer who recently jumped ship to join Coheed and Cambria. Psychobilly freaks the Horrorpops are short a few members as well. The loss of Geoff, Kamilla and Naomi has left the band a three piece (but there’s WAY more room in the van now).
Our Video Of The Week featured the second segment of an interview and live performance by Against Me!. We also made the exclusive debut of The Falcon‘s video for “The La-Z-Boy 500”. We streamed lots of new audio this week, including Guff‘s new full length Symphony of Voices, an exclusive remix of the Static Age, a reading from Ronen Kauffman new book, the full length from country-punk act Two Cow Garage, and the new record from Sacramento pop-punks Secretions.
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Source It’s Sunday July 15th, 2007. Every once in a while the universe perfectly illustrates one of Tom Waits’ metaphors. This is one of those times. Makes you think.
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday
So the big news this week was that the Dropkick Murphys will for the first time call a major label their home via their own Warner imprint. They should watch Against Me! closely to see how the big league waters are. That band supported their own Warner debut this week with an appearance on Conan O’Brien. The high profile of a major does give you quite a soapbox, just ask Tim McIlrith. The Rise Against frontman laid out just what’s wrong with America this week. Thanks Tim! AFI seems to be doing ok as well, with a potential EP in the works and their electronic side-project / failed spelling test Blaqk Audio set to debut soon. Of course it’s not all wine and roses once you’re signed to one of the big four. Thursday had to hire a team of bloodthirsty lawyers to get out of their deal. They probably didn’t want to get stuck on a package tour with Maroon 5 like the poor Hives did. There is life after the major though, and Thursday need look no further than Bad Religion to see how to do it right. This week Mr. Brett and company talked politics and revealed some behind-the-scene info on their recently released New Maps Of Hell. Less Than Jake are (for the second time) returning to the indie life, and a session at the the Blasting Room sounds like a fine way to shake the stink off.
This week saw the demise of much beloved noisemakers Planes Mistaken For Stars. At the same time we learned that news of Reggie and the Full Effect‘s break-up were greatly exaggerated. The Dillinger Escape Plan (shit)talked their former drummer who recently jumped ship to join Coheed and Cambria. Psychobilly freaks the Horrorpops are short a few members as well. The loss of Geoff, Kamilla and Naomi has left the band a three piece (but there’s WAY more room in the van now).
Our Video Of The Week featured the second segment of an interview and live performance by Against Me!. We also made the exclusive debut of The Falcon‘s video for “The La-Z-Boy 500”. We streamed lots of new audio this week, including Guff‘s new full length Symphony of Voices, an exclusive remix of the Static Age, a reading from Ronen Kauffman new book, the full length from country-punk act Two Cow Garage, and the new record from Sacramento pop-punks Secretions.
Click Read More to see this week’s contests, streaming music and more.
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