* Oct 20 @ Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012* featuring Polar Bear Club, Dear Tonight, The New Dress, Nakatomi Plaza, Scream Hello and Fire When Ready Red Leader Records Showcase October 20 @ Bowery Poetry Club – 5:30pm A ridiculously amazing showcase for Red Leader featuring some of the label’s most ridiculously amazing bands. Seriously…the lineup… Read more »
October 15, 2007, Rams Head Live!, Baltimore, Maryland I hadn’t heard of De Novo Dahl prior to seeing them on the bill for this show. Other than a few tracks I sampled to get an idea of what to expect, this show was my first exposure. That being said, I don’t think there was much that could have prepared me… Read more »
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Check out this documentary about the making of the Joy Division film Control at XFM in Manchester, UK.
Not really, but this story is kinda funny (or annoying if you’re Ian and Dischord who I’m sure got inundated with calls).
Label: MVD Visual Released: September 1, 2007 In the days where a huge corporate rock band like Rage Against the Machine reunites to enrich themselves under the guise of protest music, seeing a band who lived their message as DOA did is engaging and inspiring. When DOA was tearing up stages in protest to all they saw wrong with the… Read more »
Flogging is currently cutting tracks for their new album expected in early 2008. They spent the pre-production period and are recording in Dave King’s native Ireland. The band is really excited about the new material, new album and the return of their brother in arms. Long time accordion player and gentleman, Matt Hensley has re-joined the band after leaving in… Read more »
Label: CD on Black Numbers Records and 7″ on Chunksaah Records Released: August 2007 Oddly enough, even hardcore can over think itself and often enough it ends up getting away from is visceral core as a result. That makes a band like Static Radio NJ refreshing. They aren’t rewriting the genre by any means, but they play straightforward East coast… Read more »
Awhile back, I did a myspace review for the Explicits. Here’s their video for “Indestructible”. Check it out.
Label: Barracuda Sound Released: August 11, 2007 It seems odd that a band would mix something as generic as hard rock with something as unconventional as post-hardcore. Still, that’s just what Towers of Hanoi do on their latest release, Paranoia for the New Year. While most bands that dabble in the avant-garde seem embarrassed by any association to the formulas… Read more »