Anybody out there have any idea what Sooyoung Park (ex-Bitch Magnet, Seam, ee) is doing these days? Dug a few Seam CDs out this week and miss his brilliance.
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The Damnwells documentary finally gets a release date
A recent post on The Damnwells website says:
Many of you have been asking about this documentary for some time. We are happy to announce it is finally here! Come out to the Music Hall of Williamsburg next Friday, August 28th to celebrate the release of this really embarrassing film and we will melt your faces with an hour or so of scorching mid-tempo rock!!! Oh, and the DVD will be for sale at the show, too.
This is our last show for a while, so if you’re on the fence about coming out, take the plunge and come hang out with us for a night in Brooklyn!! We’ll tell jokes and drink beer and forget each others names.
The last two NY shows sold out. We recommend getting advance tickets.
I had an advance screening of the film – Golden Days – a few years back and it’s a wonderful – yet sad – look into the triumphs and struggles of a band trying to “make it”. I can’t wait to own a personal copy of the DVD though I’m not sure what the global distribution plans are (and, unfortunately, I won’t be at the release show).
New bands announced for Riot Fest (Chicago)
You may remember my excitement a few weeks ago at the announcement that Rights of the Accused (featuring my good friend Wes Kidd) and Wax were reuniting for a show at Riot Fest in Chicago, October 7-11. The Fest keeps adding acts to the 4-day, multiple venue punk rock festival. Just announced (thanks Bill) are: 7 Seconds, Cobra Skulls, Deals Gone Bad, The Bomb, Das Kapital, Beer Nuts, The Pinstripes and She Likes Todd.
Here’s the schedule and, as always, you can keep up to date with the latest announcements at the official Riot Fest website.
New band alert: Celan (Chris from Unsane, Ari from Einstürzende Neubauten)
I’m not sure I’ve ever acquired the Unsane taste, their destructive Demolition Derby noise is jarring and raw and most of the time a little too visceral for my tastes although it does provide a decent soundtrack to the drive home from work when I’ve had a bad day and feel like mowing down other drivers who think the left lane is the leisurely-driving lane.
Unsane’s Chris Spencer hooked up with Ari Benjamin Meyers of Einstürzende Neubauten in early 2008 in Berlin and decided it was worth trying to collaborate on some music. The rhythm section of flu.ID (Philipp Körner, Xavi Thiem) joined in (Spencer familiar with the duo as flu.ID had toured with Unsane in ’07) as did Niko Wenner of Oxbow and the newly christened Celan spent two weeks in a studio writing and recording what became their debut, Halo. Halo is currently available in digital form and the actual CD will be released on Sept. 8.
Check out “One Minute” from Halo.
New band from ex-Aereogramme members
Good God, how I loved the Scottish band Aereogramme and I feel very, very fortunate to have had the opportunity to see them once back in 2003. They never made it through Ohio on their farewell tour in 2007 and while bands like The Twilight Sad have helped fill the void for me, nothing will top Aereogramme in their prime. The good great news is that Aereogramme’s Craig B (vocals/guitar) and Iain Cook (guitar/programming) seem to be in the infancy of a new project – The Unwinding Hours – and have posted their very first demo track, “Solstice”, up on their MySpace page. It’s not as noisy/loud as Aereogramme was but keep in mind this is just a first taste of hopefully many, many more tracks to come.
To remind you (or introduce you) of the glory that was Aereogramme, check out the video for “Indiscretion #243” from their 2003 album, Sleep and Release.