One of hardcore music’s better qualities is voids in the genre rarely last long. Bands rise and fall like roller coaster carts – at the precise moment a popular act calls it quits, another one is waiting in the wings to take charge. I haven’t made an exact timeline on this, but it seemed that [...]
Spotlight On: ALL THE DAY HOLIDAY
Ohio indie/pop-rock band ALL THE DAY HOLIDAY sound like an emboldened DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE on their debut full-length, The Things We’ve Grown to Love. Released last August on Linc Star Records (a label associated with the Bamboozle festivals), the record has steadily been gaining steam with its sterling melodies and majestic feel. I like to think of it as what a full-length would sound like if made up almost entire of JIMMY EAT WORLD’s most ’soundscape’ material. Four songs from Things are streaming on their Facebook page, as well two more from their 2007 EP We’ll Be Walking On Air.
Eulogy Signs THE TIRED AND TRUE
Eulogy’s signing streak continues with the inking of Connecticut’s energetic pop-punk outfit THE TIRED AND TRUE. The group is currently recording their debut full-length, Scenarios, and a summer release is expected. Two new tunes from the band are on their MySpace page.
- I’m liking the urgency in these songs… smart move to have these guys deliver a summer full-length.
Video: HIGH ON FIRE – “Frost Hammer”
Gotta admit, it takes a lot of patience to sit through a six minute plus video for a metal song, patience that I mostly lost long, long ago, but this video, which is both performance and concept oriented, had me sitting on the edge of my seat and shouting out the song title during an epic bridge. Absolutely thrilling stuff.
Release of the Day: TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS – “The Brutalist Bricks”
TED LEO’s Matador Records debut, The Brutalist Bricks, pares down the expansiveness that controlled the band’s last full-length Living With The Living. It still features Leo’s signature mashing of Americana guitar rock, punk, and bits of dub reggae, but there’s maybe a little bit more ’snarl’ in the way it’s presented on this go round.
KILLS AND THRILLS Streaming “Liars”
Long Island hardcore/metal band KILLS AND THRILLS have their new full-length Liars streaming on their MySpace page. It’s the group’s second release for Hotfoot Records.
New HANALEI Record Coming Soon
From Brian Moss via MySpace:
“So, artwork for the new [HANALEI] album, One Big Night, is being finished currently and then it’s off to the pressing plant. The joint should be out late in the Spring. Brickgun is releasing it on CD in the U.S. and there’s talk going on with another label about doing a vinyl issue in the States as well as a U.K./Euro release. Stay tuned on that. Three new shows [have been announced] and I’m gonna start working on a Summer West Coast/Midwest tour shortly. More news coming soon…”
- 3/18 – Maribelle Salon in S.F. (ART OPENING FOR JARED POWELL)
- 4/1 – The Union Room in S.F.
- 4/20 – Mama Buzz in Oakland
HANALEI, then as a full-band, released Parts and Accessories in 2006 through Thick Records.
TRAP THEM Delivers “Carnage Incarnate”
Death thrash destroyers TRAP THEM have added the new tune “Carnage Incarnate” to their MySpace page. The blistering jam is from their upcoming four song 12″ Filth Rations, via Southern Lord. The vinyl only release was recorded with Kurt Ballou at the famed God City studios. A release date has yet to be announced. Filth Rations is the follow-up to the band’s widely hailed 2008 full-length Seizures in Barren Praise (Deathwish). Look for the band at Maryland Deathfest VIII in Baltimore, in late May.
STARKWEATHER Posts New Song “Broken From Inside”
Long-running Philly ‘oddball’ hardcore/metal veterans STARKWEATHER have a brand new song on their MySpace from their upcoming Deathwish release This Sheltering Night. The tune, “Broken From Inside” is the first bit of new music from the band since their 2006 full-length Croatoan on Candlelight Records (and it’s a lot of ‘new music’ as the track almost runs 10 minutes long. Bring snacks.).
