Brian Deneeve of From Autumn to Ashes describes “hardcore, metalcore, scream-o,”
“I honestly don’t have the patience to break it down with different names for kids that sit at their computers all day long and try to describe music.”
Fear not; Haste The Day are eating properly on Warped Tour:
“… the guys from Throwdown talked the caterers into giving us three meals a day instead of just one.”
Dear and the Headlights touring with Mae and As Tall As Lions.
08/07 - Orlando, FL - The Social
08/08 - Tampa, FL - The Orpheum
08/09 - Kacksonville, FL - Freebird Live
08/10 - Charlotte, NC - The Casbah
08/11 - Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
08/12 - Philadelphia, PA - North Star
08/14 - New York, NY - Blender Theatre At Gramercy
08/15 - Cambridge, MA - The Middle East
08/16 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
08/17 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small’s
08/18 - Detroit, MI - The Shelter
08/19 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
08/21 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
08/22 - Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown Event Center
08/23 - Dallas, TX - The Door
08/24 - San Antonio, TX - The White Rabbit
08/27 - San Diego, CA - Soma
08/28 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
08/29 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy
08/30 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
08/31 - Bakersfield, CA - The Dome
09/03 - Boise, ID - The Venue
09/04 - Salt Lake City, UT - Avalon Theater
09/05 - Ft. Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre
09/06 - Spearfish, SD - Black Hills State University


Yakuza - Transmutations
[amazon.com]
Release date: August 7, 2007
Kazunobu Mineta of Japanese rock band Ging Nang Boyz got naked in Taipei:
“Some female fans were astonished, but male audiences were thrilled and screamed.”

Alkaline Trio has signed to a major:
“Alkaline Trio look forward to a prolific and groundbreaking working relationship with Epic, a label whose longstanding track record for nurturing some of the country’s greatest rock acts is an ideal fit for both the label and band.”
No word on the bands make-up sponsor.
Singer Matt Davies of Funeral For A Friend talks classic rock:
“I’ve been getting into a lot of Emerson, Lake and Palmer over the last few years and their blending of classical compositions with rock music is quite inspiring so we’ll see where we can go with it.”
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) talks emo:
“I went to Rites of Spring’s first show, and it was a revelation. I’d never heard anything like it, and it was a really emotional experience. But in D.C., we all hated that ‘emo-core’ tag.”
:: Labrador Records put a 68 track sampler on their site to download for free. Now this caused server problems, so they are asking you to share the music on Pirate Bay.
:: Office is releasing their debut album, A Night At The Ritz, on Sept. 25.
:: Another band releasing a debut album, Shock Cinema is releasing their album titled, Our Way is Revenge, on Aug. 21.
:: Priest apologizes after yelling racial statements at skateboarders, who were taunting him. And, of course, it was caught on video.
Sigur Ros is preparing the release of both a double-album and a DVD Nov. 5.
The album, Hvarf-Heim, will contain studio recordings of unreleased live favorites and acoustic versions of several songs:
the first part, hvarf, will have studio versions of unreleased songs, ’salka’, ‘hljómalind’, ‘í gær’ and ‘von’ - all four live favourites from over the years. the second disc is called “heim” and will have acoustic studio versions of ’samskeyti’, ’starálfur’, ‘vaka’, ‘ágætis byrjun’, ‘Heysátan’ and ‘von’.
The DVD, Helma, is a collection of videos from live performances throughout Iceland. (streaming trailer)



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