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Back from recent tours with Poison the Well, Rune and Blood Has Been Shed, Adam Jackson, Twelve Tribes’ compelling frontman, divulged that the Dayton metal heroes are hard at work on their second Eulogy full-length. This follow-up to their most recent EP “Instruments” will be should be more of the same thought provoking, bone crushing heavy metal we’ve come to expect from this Dayton quintuplet. Perhaps
Dayton’s youngest screamo superstars, Shadyside, are
nearly finished with a new full-length titled, “What Can Save
A Man From Himself.”
Blending the starkest elements of Boy Sets Fire, Hot
Water Music and the like, this effort promises to be a solid
release by the relatively young, yet supremely experienced band.
Talk of a 3-way “live” split CD with Athens’
finest, yet newly defunct metalcore act Keaton, and long-time
dead emocore act, Lopan, abound. Dead
Blue Sky, Dayton’s premiere borderline black metal band,
have completed the first full-length in a series of contracted efforts
for Goodlife Recordings. Though
their debut 7” hasn’t left rotation on my turntable, “Symptoms
of an Unwanted Emotion” promises “masterpieces
of well-orchestrated fast and furious metal.”
Bettawreckonize heard through the grapevine that the release
is already receiving a positive response from hardcore kin in Asia,
and Europe and a Japan tour may be in the works.
Where can I get my hot, little hands on this disc? San
Diego’s Boilermaker is back in action after two tremendously
long years. They will
release a retrospective of old songs as well as a few fresh, soon-to-be
favorites on Better Looking Records on September 18. A full U.S. tour is in the works. In
other Better Looking Records news, The Good Life, featuring
Tim Kasher from Cursive, are currently in the studio with
Mike Mogis recording their follow-up to last year’s “Novena
on a Nocturn.” Their
previous effort dripped with cold and calculated sorrow, reminiscent
of 80’s forefather the Cure and The Smiths…perhaps
this will be a light-hearted record in the vein of Blink-182,
though probably not. The
record is set for co-release with Saddle Creek Records in 2002. Stole
this tidbit from Buddyhead so we’ll approach it as we would
“Ripley’s Believe It or Not.”
Southern California’s snotty yet sexy, post-punk primadonnas,
the Blood Brothers, recently finished their second full-length
effort, “March on Electric Children,” which was recorded
with Matt Bayles. Though the rumor mill was buzzing with speculation that they’d
signed to a “major label,” it seems that Three One G will
bring this effort to the spock rockin’ masses. Columbus's very own DIY co-op
"the Addition 13 Project" had made a valiant effort to
improve the Columbus scene over the past year. The Addition
13 web site states that, as of June 30th, the Project has been evicted
from there current residence on Whittier Ave. in Columbus.
Since late September 2000, the rented building has been home to
a number of self-produced shows ranging from Dead Limp Sleep
and Party of Helicopters to Sidecar. The project
stage has also been host to numerous national acts such as 12
Hour Turn and True North. All is not lost,
the search is on for a new home for The Addition 13 Project.
In the meantime, the men and women behind the curtain are still
doing there best to bring the shows to town and are asking for help
with temporary venues until a suitable replacement is found.
You can contact the Addition 13 Project at addition_thirteen@hotmail.com
or check www.dork.com/addition13/
for updates. According to reports ex-Soundgarden
frontman Chris Cornell has officially signed on with Rage Against
The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and
drummer Brad Wilk for more than just a side project. Cornell has
begun work on a new studio album with the remaining members of Rage
Against The Machine. The
album will feature all-new material and will be produced by Rick
Rubin. The union of
these guys brings up questions regarding contracts with respective
labels and managers. With Cornell signed to Interscope and
Rage signed to Epic, the imprint of the band's debut album remains
a mystery. Word on the streets is that Tom Delonge, Blink 182’s guitarist, is sporting a Camera Obscura shirt in their newest video for “The Rock Show.” Seems unlikely that these MTV darlings would have the slightest idea who Troubleman Unlimited’s premiere post-punk noise rockers are but strangers things have happened…like Jimmy Eat World playing his wedding! It seems that JEW’s biggest fan is no longer Mellissa from “Real World” New Orleans. The long awaited new full-length by Boston's oldest and nerdiest emo pioneers Piebald is scheduled for release on Big Wheel Recreation in January 2002. BWR recently released Totally Travis (Travis from Piebald's solo album) and a Piebald discography complete with a rerelease of "When Life Hands You Lemons" which came out on Hydrahead before most of Saves The Day's fans were out of diapers. In other Big Wheel Recreation news, they released the debut album by (The) Sissy Bars, which includes two members of Boston's Hot Rod Circuit, around June. Though I haven't heard it, it is supposed to sound like 50's rock and roll ala "Grease." In July, Blood Of The Young records released the self-titled debut CD by Columbus' Blowup. Incredible release in the vein of The Locust and Song of Zarathrustra. In fact, Blowup (which features ex-members of Remingtin (West "F"ing Triad, Anchor Baby, etc.) recently returned from a summer 2000 tour with The Locust. Perhaps one of the most terrifyingly loud bands I've seen, in league only with Armstrong Secret Nine and My Blood Valentine, was Thumbnail. Thumbnail retired a couple years back giving our ears plenty of time to heal before the recent release of "The Static" on File 13. Rock your ears bloody with this one. Engine Down (ex/Sleepytime Trio that's all that matters) will, hit the road with Mercury Program during November. Bats and Mice (also ex-Sleepytime Trio, woohoo!) who are currently recording their first full-length for Lovitt also plan an outing in November…no word on what route they will take, but it doesn't matter as long as it leads them through Ohio! Soiled Doves, which features both members of the Vogue and vocalist Johnny from Blood Brothers have agreed to release their full-length record on GSL. Though Skinny Puppy is long-gone, maybe, Columbus' The Lack says it is far from dead. Featuring members of Blowup, The Last Plan?, and Inept's ex-vocalist Scotty will release their Troubleman Unlimited full-length in October. Check out the Blood Of The Young site to wet your appetite
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