The Graduate are streaming their new album, Anhedonia, in its entirety on PureVolume. This should be one of those break out albums so be sure to listen.
Archives for March 2007
Last Early November Headlining Show Ever
The Early November have added another show at The Trocadero in Philadelphia, PA on April 15th. This will be the bands last headlining show. The band will be filming the whole thing so if you live in the area, please come out, sing along, and have a good time. You can pick up tickets to the show here. Also, there will be limited edition commemorative shirts and silkscreened posters at the 2 Trocadero shows only.
NOTE: the 4/14 show @ The Troc is SOLD OUT.
Headlining Tour with The Rocket Summer, Melee, and Nothing Ever Stays
<p class=”alert”>3/30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
3/31 – Denver, CO @ Cervantes
4/1 – Lawrence, KS @ The Grenada Theatre
4/2 – Sauget, IL @ Pops
4/3 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
4/4 – St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
4/6 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
4/7 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
4/9 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House
4/10 – Buffalo, NY @ Club Infinity
4/11 – Boston, MA @ Avalon
4/12 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
4/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero – SOLD OUT!
4/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero – get tickets here</p>
Bamboozle:
<p class=”alert”>5/6 – East Rutherford, NJ @ Meadowlands Sports Complex</p>
Warped Tour Pre-Sale Stats April 1st
Warped Tour ticket pre-sale will be starting on April 1st. Go here and enter your email address to pre-register to purchase pre-sale tickets. After you enter your email address, you will be sent a confirmation email. Save at LEAST $5.00 on your Warped Tour 2007 tickets by purchasing through the pre-sale!
Number One Gun Studio Update #2
Number One Gun has posted a new video update from the studio. Check it out below.
Sullivan Video Update
Sullivan has posted a new video update, check it out below. The band is set to release their new album, Cover Your Eyes, June 15th on Tooth & Nail Records.
Project 86 Set To Release New Album Rival Factions
Project 86 has set June 19th as the release date for their 6th full-length titled, Rival Faction.
As the name implies, Project 86 has delivered a confrontational 6th full-length, where not a single note, lyric, or track is wasted. This is, for certain, their most song-oriented and diverse release to date, proving that progression through evolution is a divine mandate. Expanding upon their patented sound, there are hints of everything from vintage Danzig, Psychadelic Furs, Joy Division, and early, east-coast hardcore. Frontman Andrew Schwab states, “We just wanted to write songs we would enjoy listening to ourselves. We started doing this because we are music fans first, and we didn’t have any preconceived ideas about what this album should be, beyond knowing that the songs themselves needed to be memorable.” From the Cure-esque drama of “Molotov” to the Queens of the Stone Age-like force of “The Kane Mutiny” to the Misfits macabre of “Illuminate” this is a rock n’ roll record with more variety than most, which will keep you interested from front to back. In a time when heavy music is as narrow as it is predictable, “Rival Factions” may just challenge you to redefine your terms. Look for it in stores everywhere June 19th!
Check out the official Project 86 podcast here and check out the band’s new video blog featuring Andrew, Randy, and Ulrich Wild here!
New I AM THE PILOT songs..
..posted on their myspace:
..off their upcoming album, “Crashing Into Consciousness”ԚÂ which hits stores EVERYWHERE April 24th 2007.
The Almost – Southern Weather
Artist: The Almost
Album: Southern Weather
Label: Tooth & Nail / Virgin
Purchase: Music Today
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Overall: 8.3
Music: 8.2
Lyrics: 8.6
Production: 8.2
Aaron Gillespie has just gotten one step closer to total domination. The Almost’s new record Southern Weather is the cure to the haters of his other band, Underoath. The Almost is Aaron’s full display of his talent, vocally and musically. Sharing control with the reputable Aaron Sprinkle, Gillespie wrote and recorded eleven songs.
While the songs vary in tempo and dynamics, I don’t really feel like the record ever reaches a smooth flow. Individually, the songs are outstanding. Aaron’s guitar-work is what came as the biggest surprise to me. His all around talent is comparable to that of Dave Grohl and Phil Collins. His voice, unlike in the demos, is powerful and controlled. He soars melodically on most tracks, reminiscent of Underoath’s “Reinventing Your Exit” but climbs higher and tensely combats himself with harmonies that stand the hair on your neck. Songs like “Amazing Because It Is” and “Dirty and Left Out” (which features guest vocals from Sunny Day Real Estate’s Jeremy Enigk) dive into Aaron’s unhappiness with his own behavior, faith and love for Jesus. Much more open with the spirituality that takes a metaphorical disguise in Underoath, The Almost is as honest as you can get.
My favorite track, hiding at the end of the CD, “Everything That Makes Me Sick” is anything but. Other standouts “I Mostly Copy Other People (with Kenny Vasoli)” “Everyone Here Smells” and radio single “Say This Sooner” make this a definite staple in my music collection. Aaron will be touring for the next six months straight between both bands, definitely make the effort to catch this band before they hit mainstream success! Check out the record after its release on April 3!
Track Listing:
1. Say This Sooner
2. Drive There Now!
3. Dirty And Left Out
4. I Mostly Copy Other People
5. Southern Weather
6. Stop It!
7. Amazing, Because It Is
8. Everyone Here Smells Like A Rat
9. Never Say, â┚¬Ã…”I Told You Soâ┚¬?
10. Call Back When Iâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢m Honest
11. Everything That Makes Me Sick
Pre-Order The Fold’s New Album
When you pre-order The Fold‘s new album, Secrets Keep You Sick, at SmartPunk.com, you’lll get an autographed booklet with the album while supplies last. Also, check out the bands new song, “New Skeptic” from the new album here.
Anberlin and Bayside Show Review – March 07
Anberlin, Bayside, Meg & Dia, Jonezetta
March 10th & 17th, 2007
Pomona, CA at the Glasshouse & Seattle, WA at El Corazon
As you can tell by the above information, I got to do something not many people get to do with this tour. Due a pre-arranged trip, I discovered I would have the opportunity to check out this tour a second time while at home in Seattle. So this review is from two different shows.
Venue dynamics played a huge role in my opinion of the two shows. Pomona supposedly caps at about 900 people, a large room with a decent sized stage, barrier, and about 15-20 security guards. El Corazon has a posted capacity of 807. However, since I’ve been going to shows there since I was 13, I know from experience that anything over 500 is ridiculous. This tiny room where the farthest you can be from the stage is about 60 feet, there is no barrier and crowd surfers take out the lead singer’s microphone cause there is no where else to go.
Opening band, Jonezetta, for me was the surprise on this tour. Only hearing the free EP that was released a long time ago, I didn’t really have much of an opinion of the band. Pomona was the first date with a new keyboardist, and I don’t know how much of a difference it made, but this band is absolutely phenomenal live. Dance-pop rock jams like “Backstabber” and “Get Ready” make it impossible to stand still. With three vocalists, their harmonies aren’t anything new or special but they’re executed perfectly, and that’s much more than I can say for a lot of bands today. Due yourself a favor and check out their new record out on Tooth & Nail.
Up next was sister duo Meg & Dia. My first experience with them was on the Daphne Loves Derby tour, and considering I’m listening to their album right now you can guess that I’ve been converted to a spot in their growing fanbase. I was impressed at these shows how many people in the audience were singing along. They played my favorite song, “Masterpiece” along with “Roses,” “Indiana,” and recent contribution to the Take Action compilation, “Monsters,” and quickly made their way up my charts of the best females in music. Next month they will be playing the Warped Tour kickoff party in Hollywood, for only $10!
Bayside, this band is surrounded with controversy, passion, and triumph between a van accident that killed their former drummer and the open, honest rebuttals their singer Anthony makes at any crude or unjust review of the band. Bayside, attitudes aside, are solid vocally and musically, live and recorded. When you add in their pure disregard for what people think of them, they get even better because you can know everything they do is genuine. Debuting songs off of their recently released, “Walking Wounded” as well as an acoustic song, and plenty of tracks off their last record, the band charged through their set and never really backed off. This being the first time I have ever seen Bayside live, I’m hooked. Pomona was an interesting experience. I severely underestimated their draw to this tour and after the band finished their set, more than 1/3 of the crowd left. In Seattle, while the percentage was not as great, a good amount of people did leave after Bayside. The bands fans seem like some of the most dedicated and passionate I have seen.
After being totally focused on Bayside, I had almost forgotten one of the major reasons I attended this tour. Jamie Tworkowski, founder of To Write Love On Her Arms, and author of the story, took the stage to speak a bit about the vision of the movement. His brief description was met with complete attention of both crowds, and for the first time in a long while I sensed the audience was giving true respect to a speaker. Jamie ended with the introduction of his long time friends and headliners- Anberlin.
Tooth & Nail Records’ band Anberlin have been touring heavily since the release of “Blueprints for the Black Market” in 2003. I first saw them that year with Further Seems Forever, Movielife and Autopilot Off- Anberlin is the only surviving act of that tour. Never really giving them a proper chance, I always held their music as good, but nothing special. When I received a copy of “Cities,” my perspective definitely changed. I immediately tackled the chance to catch their first ever headlining tour.
Normally, I’m not a fan of bands that over produce their live shows. Anberlin, was a definite exception. Carrying along their own lighting rig, group of techs, and many additional pieces of stage equipment, their production equaled almost that of a boy-band. Opening on a dark stage to “A Whisper & A Clamour,” Stephen Christian controlled the crowd as they followed his every move. Pushing through “Never Take Friendship Personal,” the lights danced to the hooks of the songs, growing dark right before the first chorus of “Hello Alone,” the show reached full speed from then on. Playing favorites from “Never Take Friendship Personal” and “Blueprints,” the band balanced out new tracks from “Cities” and even pulled out the acoustic track “Unwinding Cable Car.” One of the best parts of the evening was seeing how perfectly new guitarist Christian (formerly of Acceptance) fit in with the band. His background vocals and stage presence complemented Deon, Nate and Joey’s musicianship perfectly.
Anberlin has reached a level that very few bands will ever push for. As their album continues to climb the charts, the band will continue to tour relentlessly throughout the US, Canada, Japan and more with bands like Copeland, Daphne Loves Derby and also almost all of the entire Warped Tour. It’s doubtful that you’ll be without opportunity to catch their stunning live show.
Photos by Michael Schneider at Glasshouse in Pomona, CA
*my apologies to Bayside-Glasshouse somehow had about 10 too many people doing photo during the set*
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