I hate use the cliché “band name to music” comparison in the case of DAYTIME VOLUME, but their music actually does negate their band name. When thinking of music worthy of the play during the day, I tend to think of some kind of rock or heavy band that does everything to keep their listener’s [...]

Via MySpace Bulletin:

WITH HONOR will be playing four shows in January with the original lineup, and a benefit show in CT for Mike Gang. Full details to be announced soon, but here are the dates:

Dates w/ BANE, WITH HONOR

Thurs Jan 10th @ The Knitting Factory NYC

Sat. Jan 12th @ The Worcester Palladium w/ Bane, With Honor, Silent Drive, I Rise

Sun. Jan 13th @ Welfare Records Haverhill MA

Sat. Jan 19th CT Venue TBA Benefit Show for Mike Gang

Aversion.com is presently streaming the new full-length from California’s AUTOMATIC 7. The long-running on-again/off-again punk rock band is back with their first release since 2000′s Vagrant Records release Begger’s Life. If you’re into SOCIAL DISTORTION, or just really good, melodic punk rock, you’ll want to give this a listen. Check out the stream of At Funeral Speed here.

The tech/gadget/really awesome stuff blog Crave discussed today a Sky Mall like item named the “Treetent,” sold by high-end retailer Neiman Marcus. Below is a photo of the tent, which clocks in with $50,000 price tag.

Apparently the tent is designed for the comfort of two people and includes a wooden floor and “grooved” mattress. That must be some flexible wood…

From the inbox:

Volcom Entertainment is proud to announce the birth of the Volcom Ent. Vinyl Club (VEVC), a yearly – 6 release – subscription based split 7inch vinyl series, with the following artists scheduled to contribute songs in 2008; BIRDS OF AVALON, DARK MEAT, EARTHLESS, MONOTONIX, RED FANG, RTX, TOTIMOSHI, TURBONEGRO, TWEAK BIRD, VALIENT THORR, WITCH, and YEAR LONG DISASTER.

Turbonegro and Year Long Disaster will share the first 7inch release, which will ship to VEVC subscribers in February.

While most of the music industry is scrambling in a frantic Рif not altogether existential Рsearch for meaning in this modern age of shifting digital paradigms, we rather take a step back for a moment. Instead we intend to provide the “more than casual” fan with a piece that is timeless, tangible, and probably collectible, something that isn’t your run-of-the-mill bonus mp3.

Subscriptions are $30 for six 7inches to be released every other month and are available worldwide.

link: volcoment.com.

- This is probably worth joining just for the TOTIMOSHI and BIRDS OF AVALON material alone.

Detroit-area pop-punkers FIREWORKS have posted a brand new demo on their MySpace page, titled “Closet Weather.” The band is hard at work on a release for Run For Cover Records.

From the inbox:

Although we have yet to have our Festivus Dinner, Airing of Grievances, or Feats of Strength, we have been delivered a Festivus miracle. Drag the River will reunite in January to celebrate the release of their upcoming album, “You Can’t Live This Way”.

When the band went their separate ways earlier this year, it just didn’t feel right. I mentioned this to anyone who would listen and as we prepared for the release of, in my opinion, Drag the River’s greatest album, I talked to both Chad and Jon about the possibility of playing a few shows to celebrate the album’s release. I told them that I absolutely missed Drag the River and felt that all of us Drag the River fans needed another opportunity to drink way too many beers and to sing along at the top of our lungs to some of the greatest songs ever written.

Somehow my persistence paid off. Jon and Chad are set to play shows in Colorado Springs, Denver, and Ft. Collins, and if you are not already booking your plane tickets, I will expect you to be driving out to Colorado to see the shows. This is going to be the greatest weekend of 2008!

So far, we have booked 3 Kings Tavern on Friday, January 25th, but we will soon announce shows in Colorado Springs and Ft Collins as well as how you can buy advanced tickets. As an added bonus, Scott Reynolds and the Steaming Beast will play all 3 shows in Colorado to support his upcoming album, “Adventure Boy”. Fuck yeah!

After a lifetime of waiting, CLAIR DE LUNE’s sophomore effort titled Assisted Living has finally seen the light of day via a digital release through Deep Elm. While there are a limited number of hardcopies available, Assisted Living is really the label’s first large-scale push in distributing an album solely by digital means. It makes [...]