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I hate to bring up sad news, but the hardest to swallow out of all of this is a recent accident involving the little daughter of Rodney Sellars from Sense Field. Rodney's daughter, Leilani, was involved in a car accident with her mother on May 12th, that has left her paralyzed from the neck down. Donations are being accepted to help ease the great costs associated with her rahabilitation. Please send donations to Leilani Gutierrez, c/o Globe Packaging, 179 E. 17th St., Box #400, Costa Mesa, CA 92627. Cards and/or letters can be sent to (c/o Leilani, June & Rodney) Sense Field, 3940 Laurel Cyn, #165, Studio City, CA 91604. Our thoughts are very much with this family as they struggle down the road to recovery. Due to serious health problems of Piebald frontman Travis, the band has completely cancelled their scheduled Europe tour. The Weakerthans have lost a tragic courtroom trial about their domain name. From now on, the band's webpage can be accessed via http://www.theweakerthans.org Recover starts their US tour with Midtown and Taking Back Sunday in Lancaster, PA on September 12th. Coheed and Cambria dropped off their current tour with Juliana Theory a week early. The band had been on the road since February in support of their debut release, The Second Stage Turbine Blade. Complete exhaustion and tension within the band led to the decision to return to the east coast. Reports of the band breaking up are completely untrue. Coheed and Cambria will resume their touring schedule in September with dates on the Plea for Peace tour and more U.S. dates in October. After digging through the Viva Death archives, punkbands.com has come across the true identities of its band members. The debut Viva Death album which is self-titled comes out September 24th on Vagrant Records. After careful research and confirmation by those close to V.D. it was revealed that the line-up will consist of Trever Keith and Scott Shiflett (Face To Face), Chad Blinman (Face To Face's producer), Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters) and Josh Freese (Perfect Circle, Vandals). Today Is The Day will unleash the long-awaited
and highly anticipated Sadness Will Prevail on September
3rd. The culmination of 10 years of spilled blood, torrid sweat,
and stinging tears, Sadness Will Prevail is an epic double-CD
collection of over two hours of music. Dillinger Escape Plan will be on tour in Europe from August 27 through Sept 13 in Germany, Italy, England, Holland and Ireland. Drummer Joey Castillo has left Danzig to sit behind the kit on the upcoming Queens of the Stoneage tour. The Neurosis-founded Beyond the Pale sound series will return to San Francisco from November 14 to 17 at the DNA Lounge. Among the bands participating in the second annual event are the reunited Steel Pole Bath Tub and Savage Republic, as well as Low, Sonic Boom, Neurosis/Tribes of Neurot, Phantom Limbs, Lotus Eaters, Tarantula Hawk and Pleasure Forever. Jimmy Eat World, the Donnas, Guided by Voices, Mars Volta, El-P, Pretty Girls Make Graves and Blonde Redhead are among the acts who will take the stage on October 5 at the third This Ain't No Picnic festival at the Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine, California. Kill Rock Stars recording artists Tight Bro's From Way Back When have decided to call it quits, according to the label's official website. The punk rock band has released two full length albums, Runnin' Thru My Bones and Lend You a Hand. Guitarist John "Quitty" Quittner explained that the cause of the break-up was "just plain old movin' on," though he and fellow Tight Bro Dave Harvey are apparently starting a new band. The Tight Bro's are the second Kill Rock Stars act to call it quits this year; Unwound broke up this spring after an eleven-year run with the Olympia-based label. Hives guitarist Nicholaus Arson posted a message on the band's web site recently explaining why the band severed a seven-year relationship with Burning Heart Records/ Epitaph to sign a reported multimillion-dollar deal with major-label conglomerate Universal Music Group. Arson claimed there were "extremely serious issues" with their former label, and explained that the group "did this simply to control our own destiny and regain the control over our work we once enjoyed with Burning Heart Records." Victory Records postet two new songs on their website. "Eternal Gates Of Hell" from Dead To Fall and "Armchair Quaterback" from Ten Foot Pole. Check them out here: www.victoryrecords.com/sounds.html The Swedish team of Pelle Henricsson and Eskil Lovstrom has signed on to produce Poison The Well's Velvet Hammer. Henricsson and Lovstrom are best known for their work with Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come. The album is tentatively expected to see a release date in May or June. Thursday will be finishing up their Victory Records career with an EP that will feature live songs recorded at Warped Tour shows and an unreleased track. The EP will feature three live tracks an unreleased one, and will be out in the fall. According to Vagrant Records, Rocket From The Crypt will be releasing a new album October 22 titled Live From Camp X-ray. The Suicide Machines will release their last Hollywood release on August 27. It will be titled The Best Of The Worst Of. Sources say that the album's being released to fulfill a five album deal with Hollywood, after which the future plans of the Machines are unknown. The (International) Noise Conspiracy are about
to enter the studio to record four new tracks and a cover of a song
by N.E.R.D. for a new mini-album due out in November. Six Feet Under, featuring former Cannibal
Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes, will support Hatebreed on a string
of dates in September. The trek kicks off September 9 in Houston,
Texas. Before heading out on the Sprite Liquid Mix Tour, 311 recorded a song called "Express Yourself" with the Black Eyed Peas for the rap group's upcoming album, Elephunk. Papa Roach and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker have also contributed to tracks for the project. Spiritualized drummer Kevin Bales is currently being treated for leukemia, according to the band's Web site. The band has delayed the recording of their next album, which was originally set to begin in September. Pink and Brown have decided to part ways. Pink continues on as John in the Coachwhips and other projects and Brown as Jeff in Young People and the Jews. The Strokes have posted the dates for their forthcoming October/November tour on their website. Two of their October dates, in Maryland and Connecticut will be opening for the Rolling Stones on their Licks tour. After four years The Casket Lottery has decided to call it quits to pursue other interests. They will be recording their final four songs later this year. A final show is still tentative, but will most likely take place at the Bottleneck in Lawrence, Kansas in December 2002. Look for a discography sometime next year, featuring all of the tracks that weren't on the three albums or the Dot Dot EP, plus some bonus material. Cursive is in the studio and working on their next full-length, tentatively titled The Ugly Organ, and due out early next year. In the meantime, they have announced US Tour dates and a spot on the upcoming Plea for Peace Tour with Thursday, Poison the Well, Common Rider, and Lawrence Arms. The tour runs Oct. 3 - Oct.26. Now It's Overheard will be out on tour with Azure Ray and Broken Spindles (Joel Petersen from The Faint) from September 6 - October 8. Saddle Creek will be participating in this years CMJ Music Festival 2002 in NYC. Their showcase will be held on Saturday, November 2nd at Irving Plaza in New York, and the list of band playing is as follows: Bright Eyes, Cursive, Rilo Kiley, Azure Ray, Now It's Overhead, Desaparecidos, and The Good Life. Sub Pop recently signed Postal Service. The band is officially comprised by Jimmy Tamborello (DNTEL and Figurine) and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab and All Time Quarterback) and features vocal contributions from Jen Wood and Jenny Lewis (of Rilo Kiley). The record will be coming out early next year and all four of them plan on touring in support of the release. Sub Pop also recently announced the addition of Iron and Wine, the recorded Word of one Samuel Beam, Miami, Florida. Taken as a whole, The Creek Drank the Cradle, Iron and Wine's debut CD, is an ode to an older South; a part of America that is defined by "traditional values," pastoral imagery and arcane manners. Last but not least, David Cross of Mr. Show fame will have a CD out on Sub Pop soon too. Florida indie rock outfit Seville, best known for lending bassist Dan Bonebrake and drummer Mike Marsh to Dashboard Confessional, have called it quits, according to their Web site. Marsh will continue to record and tour with Dashboard, who are on the road supporting Weezer. Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante will begin recording his fourth solo album during the current tour break, according to the band's site. No release date has been set. Badly Drawn Boy has set an October 22 release date for his third album, Have You Fed the Fish? Texas' And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead recently shot a video for their single "Relative Ways" in the Mayan ruins of Uxmal, Mexico. Singer/guitarist Conrad Keely directed the clip, which is inspired by Graham Hancock's book "Fingerprint of the Gods," according to the band's Web site. Waxwing, the band which consists of members Rocky Votolato and brother Cody, who also plays in The Blood Brothers, has just completed work on their eagerly awaited third full length, Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns, due out October 1st, 2002 on Second Nature Recordings. The White Stripes will release a CD/DVD of their next single, "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground," on September 2 only in the United Kingdom. The single will feature the song and new video as well as the video for "Fell in Love With a Girl" and live versions of "Suzy Lee" and "Stop Breaking Down." No Knife have left Time Bomb Recordings and found a new home with Better Looking Records. September 3rd marks the release of their fourth studio full-length album, Riot For Romance and October finds the San Diego quartet on the road in support of long-time touring mates, Jimmy Eat World. Peter Gabriel's Up is due out September 24th on Geffen. The album, Gabriel's first since 1992's Us, includes contributions from Danny Thompson (Talk Talk), and Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) among others. Gabriel is expected to conduct a U.S. tour this fall, kicking off November 5th in Atlanta and continuing well into December. In addition, Gabriel's entire back catalog was recently remastered by Universal This year's Plea for Peace/Take Action Tour 2002 will donate 10 percent of its proceeds to the National Hopeline Network (1-800-SUICIDE). Bands on the bill include Jimmy Eat World, Thursday, Le Tigre, The Promise Ring, (International) Noise Conspiracy, Poison The Well, Bouncing Souls, Common Rider, Cave In, Lawrence Arms, Anti-Flag, Cursive and others yet to be announced. The tour starts in Worcester, Massachusetts, Sept. 13 and rocks up until Oct. 28. For more information, check out www.takeactiontour.com for updates. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion will be hitting the West Coast in September supported by the The Yeah Yeah Yeah's and Liars. The tour will visit 13 cities before wrapping up in early October. Conor Oberst has apparently hired a fifteen-piece orchestra to tour with Bright Eyes in support of his August 13th release Lifted, or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground. The disc supposedly weighs in at over 73 minutes and includes a bevy of eight and ten minute numbers. M. Ward and The Bruces are set to open all shows, which run from mid-September through late October. Ex-Smiths drummer Johnny Marr has just signed a new record deal with ArtistDirect-affiliated iMusic to bring the debut album from his new band, The Healers, to the U.S. in January 2003. The album marks Marr's debut as a lead vocalist. Marr is backed by current Who drummer Zak Starkey and Alonsa Bevan of Kula Shaker. The album will also be released via iMusic in the UK, in conjunction with a new label Marr is still organizing. The Mountain Goats' next effort will be release 4AD label. The album, recorded at Dave Fridmann's Tarbox studio, was recorded and mixed by Mogwai/Belle and Sebastian soundsmith Tony Doogan. The Mountain Goats plans to tour in Europe this October before heading back to the U.S. for an East Coast tour with John Vanderslice in November. After recently wrapping up a 50-date U.S. tour, Incubus announced 39 additional tour dates. The Morning View Fall Tour launches Aug. 31 in Reno, Nevada, and winds down Oct. 31 for a Halloween jaunt in Irvine, California. 30 Seconds To Mars, actor Jared Leto's sci-fi band, are the openers. Desoto Records, the Washington, D.C., independent label run by former Jawbox bassist Kim Coletta, has announced that it will no longer release new material. A statement on the label's Web site clarified that they are still trying to secure the rights to the two Jawbox albums released on Atlantic Records and that they will continue to keep their back catalog in print. The Desoto web site also reported that Burning Airlines have decided to call it quits. According to the statement, singer/songwriter Robbins will continue to compose (a solo album?) and will continuehis role as a producer, while "[bassist] Mike Harbin has started a new label called Silver Three and [drummer] Pete Moffett has been traveling the globe as the drum tech for Alanis Morrisette." On September 17, the Vandals will release Internet Dating Super Studs, which features songs such as "Disproportionate Head," "Little Weirdo" and "Soccer Mom." The 14-track album was produced by Ryan Williams (Rage Against the Machine, Quarashi) and Vandals guitarist Warren Fitzgerald. Polyvinyl Records recently announced the signing of
a new band, Champaign's The Red Hot Valentines. RHV, a 5
piece power pop outfit (think Fountains Of Wayne meets The Cars)
have been turning heads in Illinois for the last year sharing the
stage with such acts as Superdrag, Nada Surf, Alkaline Trio, and
Ultimate Fakebook. The Valentines have released a self titled full
length album in February in addition to a split EP with Chicago's
Retro Morning released on Double Zero Records. They will be heading
into Pogo Studios at the end of August to record a 3 song EP with
Mark Rubel (Hum, Shiner) and will be returning to the studio in
December to record a full length LP for Spring release. Dame Fate will be touring the West Coast this September with Q and Not U. Check the Lovitt website for exact dates. Next month's Seventeen is also going to have a write-up on the band. In other Lovitt Records news, Fin Fang Foom
are in the process of writing songs for their next full-length.
They plan on recording this winter. Ben Davis is also working
on writing songs for his next record. |
