They’re back! The Faint are hitting the road for a few weeks worth of shows. They will be testing out some new songs and playing some old favorites. The band is currently hard at work in their studio, crafting the followup to 2004’s Wet From Birth. The Faint – US Winter 2006 Tue-Nov-28 Denver, CO, Ogden Theatre Thu-Nov-30 Bellingham, WA, Viking Union Fri-Dec-01 Vancouver, BC, Richards on Richards Sat-Dec-02 Seattle, WA, Showbox Sun-Dec-03 Portland, OR, Roseland Theatre Tue-Dec-05 San Francisco,...
Wed-Nov-15, Asheville, NC, The Orange Peel Thu-Nov-16 Charlottesville, VA, Satellite Ballroom Fri-Nov-17 Charlotte, NC, Tremont Music Hall Sat-Nov-18 Carrboro, NC, Cats Cradle Mon-Nov-20 Tallahassee, FL, Florida State University – The Moon Tue-Nov-21 Gainesville, FL, University of Florida – Reitz Union Ballroom Wed-Nov-22 Orlando, FL, The Club @ Firestone Fri-Nov-24 Houston, TX, Warehouse Live Sat-Nov-25 Austin, TX, Emo’s Sun-Nov-26 Dallas, TX, Gypsy Ballroom Mon-Nov-27 Tulsa, OK, Caine’s Ballroom Jeremy Enigk supports...
SEEMLESS ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH IN FLAMES, THE SWORD Hard-hitting Massachusetts quartet SEEMLESS have announced North American tour dates alongside Swedish metal titans IN FLAMES. SEEMLESS has been added as special guests on the IN FLAMES tour, which will kick off on December 5 in Norfolk, VA. THE SWORD and Lacuna Coil will also appear as support on the much-talked about package tour. SEEMLESS, who continue to tour in support of their critically acclaimed new album “What Have We...
Boyskout Offers U.S. Another Life, City By City. The San Francisco based girl group Boyskout is currently on tour across the U.S. in support of its sophomore album Another Life. The critically-praised album has just hit record shelves and digital download sites like iTunes and the band’s rapidly growing momentum seems reflected by its packed shows beginning from the outset of the tour on the west coast. Boyskout’s synth-laced post-punk pits the dark-tinted early-80s bounce of The Cure up against...
Updated: 9:37 a.m. PT Nov 10, 2006 LEWISTON, Maine – Guns N’ Roses canceled a performance in Portland, Maine this week after being told by state officials that the band could not drink on stage. Inspectors from the state fire marshal’s office gave the band the no-drinking order when they came to look over the pyrotechnics planned for Monday’s scheduled concert at the Cumberland County Civic Center, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Public Safety Department. McCausland said the...
Bound Stems Take CMJ By Storm Chicago quintet Bound Stems kicked off their CMJ Music Marathon week as the featured band of the festival on the front page of the Arts and Leisure section of the The New York Times. The band played a tireless four-day, five performance run just coming off of a seven-week tour across the U.S. The band’s constant presence on the road and growing support from the press and the blog world positioned Bound Stems to...
Bound Stems Take CMJ By Storm Chicago quintet Bound Stems kicked off their CMJ Music Marathon week as the featured band of the festival on the front page of the Arts and Leisure section of the The New York Times. The band played a tireless four-day, five performance run just coming off of a seven-week tour across the U.S. The band’s constant presence on the road and growing support from the press and the blog world positioned Bound Stems to...
“…brutal, malevolent, and inhumanely fast…” — Revolver on Slayer SLAYER ANNOUNCES WINTER 2007 HEADLINE TOUR Unearthed to be Special Guest on All Dates Los Angeles, CA – November 14, 2006 — SLAYER – Tom Araya/bass, vocals, Kerry King/guitars, Jeff Hanneman/guitars, and Dave Lombardo/drums – the pioneers and undisputed kings of extreme speed/thrash metal – will hit the road on January 24 for a four-week North American tour. The dates are in support of the band’s latest album,...
Mike Kinsella (of Joan of Arc, Owls, Cap’n Jazz, American Football, and probably six or seven other art-spazz bands) will be taking off on a fairly rigorous tour of the lower 48 as his (mostly) solo incarnation, Owen. The tour is in support of At Home With, his latest offering on Polyvinyl. Dates are as follows: OWEN ON TOUR 11.09.2006 – Indianapolis, IN – Emerson Theatre 11.10.2006 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre 11.11.2006 – Cleveland, OH – House...
Song for song covers of albums tend to be a pretty lame affair. Every once in a while, someone knocks out an all star Beatles re-enactment and effectively flattens it of any spirit. Which is why it is practically startling just how good this track-for-track version of Harry Nilsson’s Pussycats is. Why does it work? Because this notorious album, (originally half sung in drunk-speak with John Lennon), was never very good to begin with. What people expected to be a...