The final lineup for the Noise Pop Festival, scheduled for February 27- March 4th in San Francisco, have been announecd.
Archives for January 2007
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Reveal Album Details
The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have announced the release of Baby 81, coming out on May 1 on RCA Records.
Baby 81‘s tracklisting:
1. Took Out A Loan
2. Berlin
3. Weapon of Choice
4. Window
5. Cold Wind
6. It’s Not What You Wanted
7. 666 Conducer
8. All You Do Is Talk
9. Lien On Your Dreams
10. Need Some Air
11. Killing the Light
12. American X
13. Am I Only
Pretty Girls Make Graves Split
After five years, Pretty Girls Make Graves, have broken up. Below is a statement issued to their fans.
We are sorry to announce that our upcoming tour in May will be our last. Nick quit the band and the rest of us feel like it wouldn’t be right to continue on without him. The 5 of us feel very lucky to have met and worked with some truly amazing people over the years. Thank you all so much…
Daphne Loves Derby Interview 1-26-07
Big thanks to Mike Cubillos of Earshot Media for the chance to interview the band, and of course, thanks to Spencer!
My questions are in bold, Spencer responses are normal type.
Please introduce yourself.
My name’s Spencer and I play lead guitar in Daphne Loves Derby
Daphne Loves Derby owes quite a bit of it’s early success to the internet, you guys recorded 3 songs with Casey Bates in a studio as well as 10-15 on your own at home, which do you think was more productive?
I think it really depends on the producer you are working with. In our case, Casey had more of a role of a really talented engineer rather than digging into our stuff and nit-picking it out. I think we are the type of band, we just wrote tons of songs at home. We probably demo-ed on garageband over 30 songs. From that’s what seeded all the songs we like, we had time to write good songs rather than writing a mediocre song and make it great. I think it’s a healthy mix of both.
Do you feel like Casey allowed your first record to get to it’s fullest potential?
At the time, it did well. We were young and didn’t totally know what we were doing yet. None of us have anything against Casey, and we don’t want to trash but I think any band feels like that CD could’ve been better.
Your first couple videos made it onto MTV, MTV2, Fuse, and other TV outlets- how influential do you feel that TV is to artist success?
I think we haven’t seen much fruit of TV because the play we have gotten is very minimal. Videos on TV reach millions of people at once- and youtube is having a huge impact but I still think TV has a dominant impact as well and it’s not going to disappear any time soon. I don’t think we’ve been able to take advantage of what cable television can do, yet.
How are things going with the label, Outlook Records?
Things are going well. Trevor’s team lost the other week. (Trevor plays for the Denver Broncos and is the president of Outlook) We just signed for two CDs so after Goodnight, Witness Light is released we’re not on them any more. So far it’s been good, they definitely believe in us and they give us a lot of freedom with the CDs and the moves on the business side.
What was Tour for the Cure (Jack’s Mannequin, Copeland) like for you guys?
Tour for the Cure was fun, it was the biggest tour as far as attendance goes, that we’ve ever done. Walking into some of those venues, our jaws would drop and our eyes would widen. It was kind of like, ‘wow, we’re playing that tonight?’ It was exciting for us to play with bands that are so tight live, you just suck it in and try to absorb everything they are doing.
Still young guys, where are you at with school?
Since we started touring we haven’t had anytime to be doing school. When we were home we were there for a couple weeks or writing for a month. We all either went from High school to touring or did community college until touring.
You guys finished your new record, Goodnight Witness Light- done with Matt Squire (Panic! at the Disco, Cute Is What We Aim For), tell me about it.
Matt Squire was a blast, we definitely connected with him musically and personality wise which made it just awesome to work with him and bounce ideas back and forth. We walked in with lots of ideas and we were stoked to be isolated. Last time we did the whole record in Seattle and there were so many distractions. At Matt’s studio, his basement is where we were living and the really big garage is the studio. You’re in this recording zone, it really allows you to focus. We were able to write at night, and do pre-production during the day. He was super fun to work with. He didn’t change our songs into something we didn’t want them to be, but he would still be critical on anything he thought was lacking. We were really thankful to be with him.
What’s the best gift a fan could give to you guys on tour?
I never mind homemade cookies, chocolate chip is my favorite. Pretty standard. Somebody bought me a lot of things for my birthday once, like headbands and target gift cards and that was pretty fun.
Any last comments?
Seahawks lost and it breaks my heart!
Dismantle Anberlin
Staff Recommendations January 28th 2007
Jamie Pham: Alkaline Trio, Stab the Matador, and Third Eye Blind.
Tyler Hayes: umm… how about Fairweather’s “If they move…”
Michael Schneider: I have been completely obsessed with Please Come Home by Dustin Kensrue.
More Drama for Your Mama
Elisa, formerly of Cobra Starship, has responded to Gabe’s recent blog.
Article #5 – Downloads or CD’s
I think we all know that the way to win over a girl is to make her a mix tape. I remember spending hours going through and listening to what seemed like a million songs trying to find the right ones. I know everyone knows what I’m talking about, because everyone has either made a mix tape or received one. Now that I think about it though, it wasn’t a tape. I made mix Cd’s. “Mix cd” does not have the same ring to it is as “mix tape” does. In the same way that tapes and vinyl are not very common anymore I am willing to bet Cd’s will be phased out at some point for some new format.
What does the future hold for the compact disc? Is it already on its way out, or does it have a long life ahead of itself still? 588.2 million Albums were sold in 2005 which is 4.9% less than the previous year, and although not surpassing in store album sales digital downloads were up 65% from 2005. Last year people purchased an amazing 581.9 million tracks online. Iâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢m personally not really a numbers person but those are still some interesting figures.
We’re at an interesting crossroads in time, when it comes to the way that music is delivered to us. Everything points towards downloads phasing out physical cds sooner or later, but can a download phase out something tangible? I for one will miss the feeling of buying that new Cd and sitting there flipping through the booklet reading lyrics and looking at the artwork. Staring at a computer screen reading a “digital” booklet is just not the same, trust me.
We cant hold on to the past forever, especially while technology rages on. As long as DRM is prevalent I think we need Cds or at least something tangible that we can use for personal use in whichever way we chose.
Are you someone that buys/gets (well talk about “gets” later down the road) albums online or in the store? Which do you prefer and why?
Pete is Almost Live
Fall Out Boy was recently on a show called “Friday Night Project” which airs in the UK. Apparently, the producers wanted them to lip sync the song so Pete wrote “Almost Live Music” on his hand and flashed it to the camera. It happens at about 2:17 and you can see a screen shot here.
This is Say Anything
Watch a video of Max Bemis of Say Anything performing “This is Fucking Ecstasy” below.
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