… I’d place a basket of USELESS DRM-crippled promos outside of my house tomorrow for all of the trick-or-treating kids.
Here’s a flashback to the internet of the late 90s…
From the inbox:
BlanKTV.com, the Net’s biggest DIY punk, hardcore and indie music video site has just gone live with a complete relaunch offering lightning quick video speeds, live chat, a completely revamped site and hundreds of new and classic music videos and live clips. BlankTV first launched in 1999 and currently offers almost 3,000 free, uncensored music videos and live clips spanning the past twenty-five years of indie and underground music. Please come by and take a look at what we’ve been working on all this time!
link: blanktv.com
- I killed many an hour watching videos from Victory bands on this site years and years ago. Interesting to see them make their way back in this boom of internet video sites.
From the inbox:
We are happy to let you know that we will be releasing a CD in early 2007 by GLOS. GLOS started as Keeley Davis (Engine Down, Denali) and Cornbread Compton (Engine Down). After collaborating on over 20 songs and having never physically played the songs together in a rehearsal environment, the duo decided to take even more advantage of the freedom that this style of writing offered. They invited Keeley’s sister Maura Davis (Denali) to join the project and add her beautiful, sultry vocals to the songs that already seemed perfect for her. If it weren’t for the internet, none of the songs would have grown into the theatrical landscapes that they have become, since each member was working on different projects full-time in Texas, California, Virginia, North Carolina, and Illinois. After two years of writing and refining, Gl√∂s has its first album entitled Harmonium. We have posted a Gl√∂s song in the radio player on the web site and you can also listen to more on their myspace page (myspace.com/glos).
From the inbox:
CURSIVE via Saddle Creek and Creative Commons are offering their fans a chance to create their very own version of “Bad Sects” from the band’s critically acclaimed new record, Happy Hollow.
The remix site, badsects.com, which launched on Friday, October 27, allows users to register and download separate elements of the song to create a remix, and to subsequently submit the track for entry in the Bad Sects Remix Contest. The band will listen to each individual remix and the winner will be used as a b-side on a future Cursive single. The band will also pick 5 runner-ups who will receive a Cursive Prize Pack containing a poster signed by the band, t-shirt, buttons, stickers and the complete Cursive catalog on CD.
Contestants may only submit remixes containing elements created by the user or elements provided by Creative Commons. All entries must be received via e-mail at badsects@saddle-creek.com by January 31, 2007.
- Hooray for Creative Commons!
WAX ON RADIO will be touring throughout the country this fall and winter in support of their recent Downtown Recordings album, Exposition. The routing includes a stop at CMJ in New York City. In addition, the band has a stream of the song “Time Will Bind Us To The Guilt Of Commitment” available in Windows and Real.
Oct 26 – Cambridge, MA at Middle East Upstairs
Oct 27 – Wilton, CT at Trackside
Nov 1 – New York, NY at BB Kings -
Purevolume CMJ show w/, Wax on Radio, Mute Math, and more
Nov 3 – Tampa, FL at Orpheum
Nov 4 – Orlando, FL at AKA Lounge
Nov 6 – Atlanta, GA at The Masquerade
Nov 7 – Nasvhille, TN at Exit/In
Nov 8 – Memphis, TN at Hi-Tone
Nov 10 – Ft. Worth, TX at The Door
Nov 11 – Houston, TX at Walters on Washington
Nov 12 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Nov 13 – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit
Nov 16 – Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
Nov 17 – Fullerton, CA – The Alley
Nov 18 – Los Angeles, VA at Echo
Nov 21 – San Francisco, CA at Bottom of the Hill
Nov 27 – Denver, CO at Hi Dive
Nov 28 – Lawrence, KS at Jackpot
Dec 1 – Detroit, MI at The Shelter
Dec 2 – Columbus, OH at The Basement
Dec 4 – Buffalo, NY at The Icon
Dec 5 – Philly, PA at North Star Bar
Dec 7 – Grand Rapids, MI at Skelletones
When SMALL BROWN BIKE broke up it was inevitable that new bands would rise from their ashes. With Expedition Songs, Mike Reed and Dan Jaquint have ushered in LASALLE, the first commercially available post-Bike project. Joined by Reed’s wife Katy on bass and vocals, the trio creates a sound that will resonate with SMALL BROWN [...]
Decadance-HEAD AUTOMATICA
Blank Wave Arcade-THE FAINT
White Doves And Smoking Guns-THE AKA’s
Red Eyed Soul-THE WORLD/INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
Via MySpace Bulletin:
Friends, Family, Fans:
Ryder has parted ways with VAUX to pursue other artistic endeavors. We are sad to see him go. He will be greatly missed. Ryder has and always will be family to us. Greg is taking over on bass. He and Adam will be covering the keys. VAUX will be a quintet from now on. Randy from FINCH is going to run lights for us on the upcoming RX BANDITS tour.
- VAUX
