I need not bore you with details about how Tony Hawk has become a huge icon in American pop-culture, but it bears worth mentioning because having his name attached to this project virtually guaranteed that it would be a product of outstanding quality. “Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland” is the moniker of the latest Tony Hawk [...]

KILLING THE DREAM-In Place, Apart

OUTBREAK-Failure

MODERN LIFE IS WAR-Witness

HAVE HEART-The Things We Carry

BANE-It All Comes Down To This

Do you ever listen to a CD and just cannot seem to decide what you really feel about it? In the example of CLASSIC CASE (who feature former members of GLASSJAW and BELOVED), these guys play a style influenced by what seems to be everything popular in melodic, heavy music right now, including similarities to [...]

Kansas’ THE ESOTERIC have made available three new songs from their upcoming full-length Subverter, their second for Prosthetic Records. The five piece has brought in a large atmospheric guitar influence to their normally tech-intense metalcore sound. The first song posted, “Don’t Waste Guts,” exemplifies the band’s progression. Check out the tunes on their pureVOLUME page and look for the album’s release on October 17th.

From the inbox:

STRIKE ANYWHERE dropped by the Alternative Press Magazine Recording Studio before their recent performance in Cleveland to record a live acoustic set. It will premiere on “THE AP SHOW” on XM SATELLITE RADIO this Sunday, October 1st at 5pm.

“THE AP SHOW” only on XM SATELLITE RADIO!

New show every week/1-hour of great music!

Sundays at 5PM(EST) on Fungus 53

Re-airs: Wednesdays at 9am & Saturdays at 6pm (EST)

Tune in for the chance to hear STRIKE ANYWHERE’s unique delivery of some of their classic tunes as well as the new hits from their latest album, Dead FM, on Fat Wreck Chords.

The Eyeball Records newsletter has this interesting point in their sorta-weekly mailout:

“This week is Banned Books Week. The annual event reminds Americans not to take for granted the precious freedoms of the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United Sates. After centuries of censorship for every conceivable reason, The American Library Association ‘celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one‚Äôs opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them.’ This expression holds true beyond the traditional printed medium and we encourage you to not only enjoy the words but the rest of the sights and sounds associated with free expression.”

- Always a great point worth stressing. My mom was a librarian for nearly 30 years and never strayed from the anti-censorship spirit of the ALA (Hi Mom!).

Congratulations!

From the inbox:

Philly rockers JENA BERLIN are hitting the road for a two-month tour of the US in support of their debut full-length Passion Waits As The Program Keeps Going. The tour will take them from coast to coast and also includes a stop in Gainesville at the Fest V. The band recently finished recording their sophomore record Quo Vadimus which should see an early 2007 release.

SEP 29 – Carlisle, PA @ Arts Haus

OCT 01- Southgate, MI @ The Modern Exchange

OCT 02 – Kalamazoo, MI @ The Dolphin House

OCT 03 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Melody Inn

OCT 04 – St. Louis, MO @ Lemp Arts Center

OCT 05 – Kansas City, MO @ The Icehouse

OCT 06 – Denver, CO @ 3 Kings Tavern w/ The Blackout Pact

OCT 07 – Fort Collins, CO @ Surfside 7

OCT 08 – Telluride, CO @ Side Street Tavern

OCT 10 – Seattle, WA @ The Central Saloon

OCT 11 – Seattle, WA @ The Mercury

OCT 12 – Portland, OR @ The Tonic Lounge

OCT 13 – San Francisco, CA @ Balazo Gallery

OCT 14 – Vacaville, CA @ Travis Credit Union Park

OCT 15 – San Diego, CA @ Zombie Lounge

OCT 16 – San Diego, CA @ Static Lounge

OCT 17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Modified Arts

OCT 19 – Austin, TX @ The Parlor

OCT 20 – Houston, TX @ TBA

OCT 21 – Baton Rouge, LA @ The Darkroom

OCT 22 – Birmingham, AL @ Cave 9 w/ Scouts Honor

OCT 23 – Marietta, GA @ Swayzes

OCT 24 – Charleston, SC @ Cumberlands w/ None More Black and No Trigger

OCT 25 – Orlando, FL @ TBA

OCT 26 – Delray Beach, FL @ Backbone Music w/ Scouts Honor

OCT 27 Р29 – Gainesville, FL @ THE FEST

OCT 30 – Jacksonville, FL @ The Pit

NOV 01 – Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone

NOV 02 – Myrtle Beach, SC @ Monkey Business

NOV 03 – Greensboro, NC @ TBA

NOV 04 – Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz

NOV 05 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ An Albatross

NOV 10 – Darien, CT @ The Depot

NOV 11 – Montclair, NJ @ Park Street Studios

NOV 12 – Smithtown, NY @ Smithtown Masonic Temple

NOV 13 – New York City, NY @ The Lit Lounge

NOV 14 – Albany, NY @ Valentines

NOV 16 – Pawtucket, RI @ KC Tap’s

NOV 24 – Trenton, NJ @ The Trinity Church

NOV 30 – Nashville, TN @ The Muse