Cartel has signed with Wind Up Records. A message from Will can be heard here. The band will be recording this Fall for a new album due out early next year.
Lets just hope they don’t do another band in a bubble show.
Holiday Parade Update
Holiday Parade have started writing new songs for an upcoming, yet-to-be-titled full length. About 10-15 songs are close to being completed and the band has plans to hit the studio in the Spring. In other news, the guys are featured in February’s Alternative Press, you can check that out right here. They’ve also posted a slew of new tour dates on their Myspace.com page, with bands such as Between The Trees, Cartel, Forever The Sickest Kids and Powerspace.
Holiday Parade Post New Song Clip
Holiday Parade posted a clip of a brand new song titled “Make It Count” on their MySpace page. The track was produced by Zack & Kenneth (Cartel, The Fold, Mayday Parade). The band is wrapping up their tour with Asteria and The Morning Light, and then hitting the road with Cartel for about two weeks. Check out a brief statement from the band below.
“holllaaaa!
we just posted a clip of a new song titled ‘Make It Count’ on our Myspace.com profile and we would love to hear some first impression feedback. Whether it be amazing, good, bad, brutal, whatever…we’d love to hear it, so please let us know your thoughts, they mean A LOT to us, probably a lot more than you’d think. We will be announcing some pretty big news soon… stay tunedddddd.
<3 us”
Staff Recommendations September 30, 2007
Bryce Jacobson
This week marks the release of Emery‘s new album, I’m Only A Man. I’ve always been a fan of what this band has to offer. Be sure to check out their new album streaming here.
For fans of Anberlin & Mae.
We The Kings new album is also set for release this week. You’ve heard me rant on the band for a while now and its finally your chance to fully check them out. Take a listen to their single here, and pre-order their album on iTunes (Plus DRM Free) for only $5.99.
For fans of Boys Like Girls & Cartel
I would also suggest checking out The Quick And The Dead‘s new album this week. Their upbeat rock is sure to please many ears. Pick up the album for cheap at these places, Indie Vision Music, Smart Punk, InterPunk.
For fans of Spitalfield & The Wedding.
Adam Weidman
All I can say is… Foo Fighters. Their latest album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace is phenomenal! Also a huge congratulations to the one and only Brett Favre for breaking the record for career touchdown passes!!!
Staff Recommendations August 26, 2007
Trevor Bivens
I’ve been listening to way too much lately. Stuff sticking out on the un-signed front comes from The Real You(think Acceptance meets Ivory) and The Thief. And if you’re into electronic-ish stuff, Murfreesboro, TN’s Mr. Satisfaction has totally been rocking my world. Best party music ever. Awesome live show, too. New Archie Star and All Time Low songs are up and amazing, too.
Bryce Jacobson
Pop punk, pop rock… whatever you want to call has been a big part of my life ever since Blink 182 broke it to me a decade ago. This year has been filled with a lot of pop rock releases and there is still more to come. This week is the release of Barley Blind‘s new EP, The Way We Operate. This is a great EP for fans of the genre.
How many of you were disappointed with Cartel‘s sophomore album? I found it rather a disappointment with only a few catchy songs like “Lose It”, “The Fortunate”, and “Tonight.” Other then that the album seriously put me to sleep, something I didn’t expect from a band who’s EP and first album I loved and promoted to everyone. There has been several bands in the past that I believe that this site has helped break to the mainstream and that has been Cartel and Boys Like Girls. With Cartel’s self-titled album coming in as a disappointment for me, I’m still not sure weather to blame “The Bubble” or just call it off as a sophomore slump. In the wake of this Cartel void there is a need of a great new band that we can promote here at DFO that hasn’t yet hit the radars of anyone else. Today I would like to tell you about We The Kings. The band hails from Florida and they bring a sound that I can literally say consists of a van crash between Cartel and Boys Like Girls. Crazy right? Well it happened and We The Kings will be on everyones radar in the near future but I wanted you all to know about them now before your friends do. If you have ever wondered what we really do here at Driven Far Off this is what we do, we tell you about upcoming bands before anyone else. Enjoy!
Julie Watanabe
It’s been incredibly long since I’ve shown face here, let alone had time to show face here, but before I head back to Washington, here’s a quick pop-rock rec for everyone. From the great country that brought you Sick Puppies, Parkway Drive, and The Veronicas(!) as well as Vegemite comes Aussie’s new rock sensation The Mission In Motion. Their EP The Window debuted about 5 months ago, but its tracks have had a considerable staying power on my playlist over the past few weeks. With great riffs, high energy deliveries, fetching lyrics, and a breed of polished cohesiveness that’s rare in a young band, The Mission In Motion are certainly living up to their moniker. Check out “The Window” and “Don’t You Just Love Theater” to hear TMIM at their best.
Albums In Stores Tomorrow 8-21-07
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
Cartel Album Stream
The Honorary Title and Cartel Tour
The Honorary Title will be joining Cartel as the main support on a two-month jaunt through the U.S. and Canada — beginning August 20th in Chicago. The band is touring in support of the much anticipated full-length album, and major label debut, Scream and Light Up the Sky, which will be released on Reprise Records on August 28th.
Tour Dates
8/20 Chicago, IL House of Blues
8/21 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
8/23 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
8/24 Raleigh, NC Reynolds Coliseum — NC State University
8/25 Nashville, TN Rocketown
8/27 Houston, TX Meridian
8/28 Dallas, TX House of Blues
8/29 Austin, TX Emo’s
8/31 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
9/1 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theater
9/2 San Diego, CA House of Blues
9/3 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
9/6 Los Angeles, CA Avalon
9/7 Los Angeles, CA Avalon
9/8 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
9/9 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
9/11 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
9/12 Seattle, WA Showbox
9/15 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
9/16 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater
9/17 Omaha, NE The Rock
9/18 Minneapolis, MN First Ave
9/20 Milwaukee, WI Rave
9/21 Detroit, MI Clutch Cargo
9/23 Toronto, ONT Opera House
9/24 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
9/25 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre
9/26 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
9/28 Worcester, MA Palladium
9/29 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
10/2 New York, NY The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza
10/4 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
10/5 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
10/6 Baltimore, MD Sonar
10/7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10/9 Norfolk, VA The Norva
10/10 Charlotte, NC Amos’ Southend
10/12 Atlanta, GA Roxy
10/13 Atlanta , GA Roxy
Cartel Post New Song
Cartel have posted a new song titled “Wasted” on their MySpace page.