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Down To Earth Approach will be playing their last show on August 29th in their hometown of Batavia. The band announced their departure on their MySpace page.
As much as I hate to have to say this, DTEA is going to be breaking up after our current tour. We will have a final show on August 29th in our hometown of Batavia. Thank you so much to everyone who believed in us and supported us in any way. We’ve had an amazing run that we won’t ever forget.
Love,
Jonathan and DTEA
Relient K is heralding the holiday season in its own inimitable style with the release of their first-ever, full-length Christmas album: Let It Snow, Baby…Let It Reindeer. The album, scheduled for release by Capitol on October 23rd, features Relient K’s take on 10 holiday classics and six original songs.
From the glory of “Handel’s Messiah†and “Angels We Have Heard On High†to the goofiness of 1950’s novelty song “I’m Gettin’ Nuttin’ For Christmas†and “Santa Clause Is Thumbing To Town†(wherein Relient K imagines a Christmas full of catastrophes that reduce St. Nick to hitchhiking), Let It Snow, Baby…Let It Reindeer captures the many sides of the season. There’s elation (“I Celebrate The Dayâ€) and depression (“I Hate Christmas Partiesâ€), nods to “Boxing Day†and New Year’s Eve (“Auld Lang Syne†— with a new ending) and lots of old-fashioned fun along the way (“Deck The Halls,†“12 Days of Christmas,†“Sleigh Ride,†“We Wish You A Merry Christmas,†to name a few). The collection was produced by Mark Lee Townsend and Relient K vocalist, Matt Thiessen.
The band will launch a co-headlining tour with Switchfoot on October 16th in Charleston, WV
Track Listing
1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
2. Sleigh Ride
3. Merry Christmas, Here’s To Many More
4. Angels We Have Heard On High
5. Deck The Halls
6. 12 Days of Christmas
7. Silent Night / Away In A Manger
8. I Celebrate The Day
9. In Like A Lion (Always Winter)
10. I’m Gettin’ Nuttin’ For Christmas
11. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
12. Santa Clause Is Thumbing To Town
13. Handel’s Messiah
14. I Hate Christmas Parties
15. Boxing Day
16. Auld Lang Syne (new ending)
17. Hidden Track
(tracks 3, 8, 9, 12, 14 and 15 are Relient K original compositions)
All Time Low have posted a new song titled “Six Feet Under The Stars” on their MySpace page. You can get the song for free this week only from SnoCap on the bands MySpace page.
Emanuel are streaming their new album, Black Earth Tiger, on their MySpace page. The album is due in stores this coming Tuesday August 28th.
Congratulations to Janey Harmon who is the winner of our recent Mayday Parade giveaway. Everyone be sure to enter our new Drop Dead Gorgeous giveaway here.
Artist:Boys Night Out
Record: Self-Titled
Label: Ferret Records
Purchase: SmartPunk
Release Date: June 26, 2007
Overall: 8.5
Music: 8.5
Lyrics: 8.0
Production: 9.0
Your headphones are snug over your ears as the record starts. From the first line you hear (“Get your head straight, before it’s too lateâ€), you start to realize this record is going to be more honest than your grandmother’s confessional last Sunday. The guitar riffs are unique and not the typical repetitive norm that you hear over and over again. The chorus hits and it’s the catchiest thing you’ve heard since Hanson’s “Mmmbopâ€. Your spirit is lifted and before the second track begins, you are already humming the chorus from the first track. You remove your headphones and get on with your life, yet still hearing the record being played thanks to your short-term memory database.
Boys Night Out released their self-titled full length on June 26th, 2007 to a boring, typical, blah audience. Fans are now content with mediocre bands that have dollar bills in their eyes and cheat sheets for a sure No. 1 hit. Bands are continually copying each other, whether it’s a distinctive sound or the lyrical content or the way the chorus plunges in the middle of a song. Vocalist Jeff Davis states, “That’s all we ever try to do when making music. We always write for us.†Hats tipped off in an 1800’s fashion. Finally there is a band that is writing music not because the scene demands it or the record labels markets it a sure moneymaker.
Every song on this self-titled record is just as catchy as the previous one. You find yourself listening to one song and humming the chorus, but the next song rolls around and you have a new chorus to start humming. It’s not a matter of catchy choruses sounding the same; each song has its own unique sound and upbeat tempo. The lyrics are honest and easy enough to understand, but vague enough to take your own meaning away.
There are a million of things to think about when you give up getting high. There are so many mistakes in your life that they keep your company. Regardless of the topic, there is a song for every listener on this Boys Night Out self-titled album. There is even a 21st century drinking song that repeats, in an Irish pub chant sort-of-way, “Tonight, to hell with everything else. We’ll drink hard. We’ll drink, we’ll drink to ourselves.†Well, to hell with every blah rock band, we’ll find ourselves listening to this record repetitively.
Track Listing
1. Get Your Head Straight
2. Swift and Unforgiving
3. The Push and Pull
4. Up With Me
5. The Heirs of Error
6. Let Me Be Your Swear Word
7. Hey, Thanks
8. Fall for the Drinker
9. Apartment
10. Reason Ain’t Our Long Suit
11. It Won’t Be Long
Here are some albums hitting stores tomorrow. Let us know which ones you are picking up.
The Dangerous Summer – If You Could Only Keep Me Alive EP
Cartel – Cartel
Just Surrender -We’re In Like Sin
The Panic Division – Songs From The Glasshouse
Verona Grove – The Story Thought Over
Modern Life Is War – Midnight In America
Throwdown – Covered With Venom
Aiden – Conviction
Minus The Bear – Planet Of Ice
Madball – Infiltrate The System
Devil Wears Prada – Plagues
Long Since Forgotten – Theft
Rilo Kiley – Under The Blacklight
Nikki Sixx – The Heroin Diaries
According to absolutepunk.net a fan reported that I Am the Avalanche have 17 songs written for the new album, which some will be on splits before the album’s release. Check out their site for September tour dates with Four Year Strong , You, Me and Everyone We Know, and Daggermouth.
The Steady Riot Tour featuring Big D and the Kids Table, Whole Wheat Bread, The Aka’s and Brain Failure will be hitting the US and Canada this fall, more details about the Canadians dates will be added soon. Big D have also released a video for “Shining On”, their second video off the new album. Click here to check it out.
