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Michael Moore’s latest film, Slacker Uprising, will be made available for free download on the internet for a period of three weeks beginning September 23. The film documents Moore’s attempts at rallying young voters during the 2004 Election. The film was never intended to be released for theaters despite the commercial success of Moore’s previous documentaries, Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Bowling for Columbine(not to mention the fact that Slacker Uprising itself cost about $2 million to make). According to Moore:

“This is being done entirely as a gift to my fans. The only return any of us are hoping for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November. I think Slacker Uprising will inspire (millions) to get off the couch and give voting a chance.”

 

The download will be made available on BlipTV. After three weeks, a DVD of the film will be made available on Amazon and Netflix.

This is an extremely important year to get involved and vote.  You can register to vote at:

Anti-Flag had a busy week with traveling to Bumbershoot which you can view a killer photo here: http://www.spin.com/images/anti-flag-bumbershoot-08-0.

Also, they are to perform two shows at the RNC which you can read a full account of their experience on their brand new blog here:

http://www.nowarwithoutwarriors.blogspot.com/
 

Malus Clothing Presents The One Moment Tour Featuring Before Their Eyes With Special Guests Eyes Set To Kill, LoveHateHero, A Kiss For Jersey, Oceana and Ice Nine Kills.

Malus Clothing proudly presents the One Moment Tour featuring Before Their Eyes with special guests Eyes Set To Kill, LoveHateHero, A Kiss For Jersey, Oceana and Ice Nine Kills. The tour will kick off in Toledo, OH on October 14th 2008 and will run through late November. The tour will also be sponsored by Alternative Press Magazine, Hot Topic, Buzznet.com, Dj Rossstar Radio Show and AbsolutePunk.net.

“Since we started this company we’ve never had the opportunity to present something like this”, says One Moment co-owner, Lance Brown. “I am very excited to see the future in rock music all be involved on our first tour as a management company.”

Before Their Eyes, five piece Christian hardcore band from Findlay, OH, are gearing up for the October 28th release of their sophomore effort The Dawn Of My Death through Rise Records. The band took the screamo world by storm with their self-titled debut, which combined ear-catching melodies with introspective lyrics. The album quickly became a hit with fans of Drop Dead, Gorgeous, A Day To Remember, and Finch.

Eyes Set To Kill have been trampling everything in their path since the release of their self-titled debut album. The band debuted at #29 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Charts and #77 on Billboard’s Independent Music charts and turned the buzz to deafening levels with tours supporting Otep, Human Abstract and I Am Ghost. The band’s dual vocalists deliver sparkling melodies and neck-breaking aggression that has stolen fans from Paramore, In This Moment and Escape The Fate.

LoveHateHero’s new album “White Lies” is a combination of pop-sensibility and stylistic toughness that results in an entirely memorable album, with songs you will find stuck in your head for days. Outburn Magazine proclaimed that LoveHateHero’s “Melodic mix of hardcore, screamo and metal is perfect for mass consumption.” The band’s relentless tour schedule has saw them tour alongside Chiodos, Funeral for A Friend, He is Legend, and Calico System.

Also joining the tour will be A Kiss For Jersey, Oceana and Ice Nine Kills.  For tickets, videos and blogs fans can head on over to www.buymalus.com/onemoment and for exclusive fan photos head on over to the One Moment Tour Community at 
www.buzznet.com/concerts/theonemomenttour 

THE ONE MOMENT TOUR DATES:

 10/10-Toledo, OH @ Club Bijou 
 10/11-Dayton, OH @ The Attic 
 10/12-Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheels 
 10/13-Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance 
 10/15-Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock 
 10/17-Wilmington, DE @ Harmony Grange 
 10/18-Sayreville, NJ @ Goodtimez 
 10/19-Springfield, VA @ Jaxx 
 10/21-Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox 
 10/22-Augusta, GA @ Sector 7G 
 10/23-Douglasville, GA @ The 7 Venue 
 10/24-Orlando, FL @ Island Oasis 
 10/26-Pensacola, FL @ The Red Door 
 10/29-San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit 
 10/31-Plano, TX @ Event Center 
 11/01-Houston, TX @ Java Jazz 
 11/02-Tulsa, OK @ King Clubs
 11/08-Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction 
 11/11-San Jose, CA @ San Jose Skate 
 11/13-Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven 
 11/14-Boise, ID @ The Venue 
 11/21-Louisville, KY @ Bulldog Cafe 
 11/22-Detroit, MI @ Skateland 
 11/23 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s

Southern California rockers Unwritten Law have posted the cover art for the group’s upcoming live CD/DVD, “Live & Lawless”, as well as a live version of the track “Shoulda Known Better” online at the following location www.myspace.com/unwrittenlaw. Unwritten Law’s “Live & Lawless” is scheduled to hit stores on September 30^th, 2008 through Suburban Noize Records.

With nearly 2 million album sold, 5 top 20 singles – 3 of which hit top 10, and one #1, you don’t know Unwritten Law until you’ve seen them live. The band captured one of their trademark killer live performances at the Key Club on Sunset Strip last March for the release of their first ever live album and DVD release, “Live & Lawless”. The album showcases the band live in their element performing such power-packed rock hits as “Up All Night,” “Save Me (Wake Up Call)” and the #1 smash “Seein’ Red” as well as a five-song acoustic set in the middle of the performance.

“This will be our first performance DVD since the ‘Music in High Places’ video,” says Unwritten Law bassist PK. “What makes this DVD so great is that it is our first performance DVD the way we play best; with our guitars plugged into our amps and cranked to as loud as they can go!”

Catch Unwritten Law LIVE (and Lawless):

September 6th Mission Beach, CA @ Wavehouse

September 12 Anaheim CA@HOB

September 13th Salt Lake City Utah @In the Venue

September 19th Hollywood, CA @ Key Club

SLINGSHOT DAKOTA - Fall Tour Update 
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* U.S. Tour begins today 
* First two shows = Street Smart Cyclist’s last two shows EVER

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Today and tomorrow, Brooklyn, N.Y. / Easton, P.A. duo Slingshot Dakota kicks off a two-month tour of the U.S. in style, playing what is sure to be two amazing shows with Street Smart Cyclist .

Of course, the news is a tad bittersweet as the Street Smart Cyclist boys have decided to call it a day. The festivities at tonight’s show in Brooklyn - as well as tomorrow’s Allentown, P.A. gig - will be the band’s last. It’s a shame too; Street Smart Cyclist’s sound combined jazzy, intricate emo and joyful punk rock abandon in a way that always evoked a warm feeling of nostalgia for bands like Cap’n Jazz while also pointing toward new ideas and a progression of their sound.

They leave us with an acoustic tour EP and a three-song seven inch…one of the first releases I ever worked for Beartrap and which remains a favorite to this day. Rumor has it that the band’s last few songs will eventually be released on vinyl and cd format. It’s a silver lining, I suppose.

Back to happier thoughts, namely Slingshot Dakota on tour. Most of September and October is booked / being booked, but there are a few shows that the band is trying to nail down. If you can help out, drop me a line or send an email directly to Tom and Carly atslingshotdakota@hotmail.com.

Tour
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AUG 29 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Silent Barn w/ Street Smart Cyclist (2nd to Last Show!), Small Arms Dealer 
AUG 31 - Allentown, PA @ Jan’s Room w/ Street Smart Cyclist (LAST SHOW), Yo Man Go (Last show as well - wtf?) 
SEP 05 - East Stroudsburg, PA @ East Stroudsburg University 
SEP 06 - Baltimore, MD @ Frisbee House 
SEP 07 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Model Home 
SEP 08 - Washington, DC @ The Girl Cave 
SEP 09 - Richmond, VA @House show! - 418 W. Marshall 
SEP 10 - Raleigh, NC @ TBA - being booked 
SEP 11 - Greensboro, NC @ Nate’s Place 
SEP 12 - Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern 
SEP 13 - Charleston, SC @ House show!!! 
SEP 21 - St. Augustine, FL @ TBA - being booked 
SEP 23 - Orlando, FL @ The Blackbox Collective 
SEP 24 - Tampa, FL @ Transitions Skate Gallery 
SEP 25 - Gainesville, FL @ Wayward Council 
SEP 26 - Tallahassee, FL @ TBA - HELP NEEDED 
SEP 27 - Pensacola, FL @ Sluggo’s 
SEP 28 - New Orleans / Baton Rouge, LA @ TBA - HELP NEEDED 
SEP 29 - Austin / Houston, TX @ TBA - HELP NEEDED 
SEP 30 - Ft Worth, TX @ 1919 Hemphill 
OCT 01 - Oklahoma / Kansas @ TBA - HELP NEEDED 
OCT 02 - St Louis, MO @ House Show 
OCT 03 - Bloomington, IN @ TBA - being booked 
OCT 04 - Lexington, KY @ The Shrieking Shack 
OCT 05 - Louisville, KY @ Skull Alley 
OCT 06 - Cincinnati, OH @ TBA - being booked 
OCT 07 - Northwestern IN @ TBA - being booked 
OCT 08 - Grand Rapids, MI @ TBA - being booked 
OCT 09 - Somewhere, MI @ TBA - being booked 
OCT 10 - Columbus, OH @ TBA - being booked 
OCT 11 - Kent, OH @ The Vineyard w/ Lemuria 
OCT 12 - Cleveland, OH @ The Soggy Dog - Afternoon show w/ Lemuria, Sidekicks 
OCT 12 - Pittsburgh, PA @ TBA - being booked 
OCT 13 - Buffalo, NY @ TBA - being booked 
OCT 14 - Rochester, NY @ TBA - being booked 
OCT 15 - Oswego, NY @ TBA - being booked 
OCT 16 - Syracuse, NY @ Women’s Info Center 
OCT 17 - Plattsburgh, NY @ Koinonio Center 
OCT 18 - Winooski, VT @ The Monkey House 
OCT 19 - Boston, MA @ TBA - being booked 
OCT 29 - Richmond, VA @ TBA 
OCT 30 - North Carolina @ TBA - HELP NEEDED 
OCT 31 - NOV 02 - Gainesville, FL @ THE FEST 7

Slingshot Dakota’s latest full-length, Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Are The Golden Ghost was released in early 2008. Throughout the record, fuzzy, nimble keys collide with expolosive drum work, triggering heartfelt songs about friendship, community, living on the road and ultimately, following your dreams. Golden Ghost is a unique mix of sweet indie-pop melodies and DIY-inspired enthusiasm, and Slingshot Dakota’s music has never felt so honest and moving. Recorded by Latterman’s Phil Douglas, you can order a copy directly from the band via theirmyspace page or pick one up at a show.

Listen to Ohio! and the appropriately named Tour Song (Free MP3s)!

- A duo that makes duos exciting again. - Absolutepunk.net 
- Golden Ghost might be one of 2008’s best hidden secrets. - New-Noise 
- Golden Ghost was my first introduction to the band, and one I doubt I’ll soon forget. - The Punk Site 
- Wow. Like seriously, wow. Simple and heartwrenchingly honest in all the right places. - Late Night Wallflower 
- A refreshingly strong emotionally honest album filled with compelling indie-pop anthems. - DryveTymeOnlyne 
- In the case of Slingshot Dakota, less is definitely more; this duo is overflowing with substance. - Pastepunk

Orange County, CA melodic hardcore act, MIKOTO, have announced today a deal with Torque Records who will release their debut full length, WE ARE THE ARCHITECTS, on October 14th.  The band - Ray Harkins (vocals), Matt Moody (guitar/vocals), Martin Diaz (guitar), Kelly Orr (bass), and Max Cuzor (drums) - have posted two songs from the forthcoming album on their MySpace.

MIKOTO has built a fervent buzz since their inception in late 2004 with relentless touring alongside Horse The Band, Misery Signals, Saosin and Chiodos to name a few.  In 2005, the band released a self-titled EP via Level Plane garnering positive critical acclaim from outlets such as Decibel (”…the band’s sound, while employing popular elements like singing and screaming, defies categorization”), Alternative Press (”Not only are their hearts in the right place, but so is their musical ability… refreshing in a scene that’s become watered down”) and Punknews.org (4 out of 5, “Mikoto rips through these 5 songs with the ferocity of a rabid lion loose on an antelope farm”).  The band didn’t stray too far from their sound on the EP when it came time to write WE ARE THE ARCHITECTS.  “It’s an obvious extension of what the band was doing on our EP,” said Harkins.  “It is pretty similar, but with this record we have definitely utilized Matt’s clean vocals a lot more.  These songs still represent the same kind of ’sound’ we’ve had, just a bit more well structured,” added Diaz.

The five-piece recorded WE ARE THE ARCHITECTS in just 25 days with producer & Saosin guitarist, Beau Burchell (The Bronx, Name Taken, The Bled) amidst his busy touring schedule.  “We would send him demo recordings online and he would listen to them on tour and give us his feedback,” Harkins described the process.  “Beau was instrumental in the process of getting this record together.  The record would have sounded drastically different if we recorded with anyone else.”  In agreement, Diaz expressed, “Beau helped us look at each song as a whole and not the parts individually.”

More than just an album title, Harkins elaborated, “WE ARE THE ARCHITECTS was inspired by the idea that we as individuals build, create and attempt to mold our lives into better versions of what they used to be. We wanted to visually capture the idea of each person being an ?architect? and creating their own future and destiny.”  Through their lyrics, the band addresses the current music scene and how it has affected them.  “There are those who really are passionate about what this music scene is about and should not let the bad things outweigh the positive aspects.”

Even with MIKOTO’s many options for releasing WE ARE THE ARCHITECTS, Harkins explained, “Torque was really supportive and above all enthusiastic about our band and releasing the record. They really just want to spread our name in a very organic manner.”
Sharing the love, Torque Records owner, Kevin Gales, stated, “Mikoto is a world-class band who has created an unforgettable record.  The guys had a bunch of options open to them and we?re far beyond fortunate for this opportunity.”

IndieUprising will be back next Tuesday.  Talk to you then!

-Sean

Music By: Norma Jean, Secret & Whisper, Breathe Carolina, MayOrWest, Blameshift, iuengliss, Owen, The Classic Crime, The Windupdeads, Chad VanGaalen, Blitzen Trapper, Children 18:3, October Nites

Show Notes

• Download the Fuel/Tooth & Nail Sampler HERE! (You have until September 15th 2008, so hurry!
• I prounounced iuengliss wrong.  I said luengliss.  So, to set the record straight…it’s “eye-wen-gliss.”
• I was a little harsh on Breathe Carolina.  Sampled more songs from the album….it’s suprisingly good. (I do, however, stand behind my criticism of Metro Station.  Yuck.)
• I still think Secret & Whisper still sound like Saosin’s long lost brother.  (Though rumor has it Charles Furney can pull off the vocals live.  Unlike Saosin.) Discuss.

The Sound of Animals Fighting will release their third album—The Ocean and the Sun—on September 9, 2008 through Epitaph Records.

Characterized by their experimental mashing and molding of musical form, style and genre, the members of The Sound of Animals Fighting—known only by their zoological pseudonyms—have sought to redefine the process and reception of music using whatever tools they can get their hands on; whatever methods, science or alchemy.

The Walrus, the Skunk, the Lynx, and the Nightingale return, delivering the latest piecemeal collaboration as both an album aimed at redefining the structure and style of modern music, as well as telling a story of the raw, awe-inspiring power of nature, and how we can so easily forget it. The record, like the ones that preceded it, was assembled over gaps of geography and time, coalescing as a hand-crafted object from percussion up, passing from one animal to another as a story and aesthetic formed beneath and around it.

At the core of the album is the cornerstone song in four tracks: “I, The Swan”, “Another Leather Lung”, “Cellophane” and “The Heraldic Beak of the Manufacturer’s Medallion.” Collectively, they form the crux of the story of the record around-which the other tracks act as a frame and context.

The nine-track epic from the fringe musician collective embodies the group’s earlier endeavors while simultaneously rocketing into unexplored regions, giving new and old fans alike an aural, operatic feast.

Watch the brand new album teaser here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8867ILQ1g0

THE OCEAN AND THE SUN TRACKLISTING:

The Ocean And The Sun
I, The Swan
Another Leather Lung
Cellophane
The Heraldic Beak of the Manufacturer’s Medallion
Uzbekistan
Blessings Be Yours Mister V.
Ahab
On the Occasion Of Wet Snow

For More Information:

www.Epitaph.com
www.myspace.com/thesoundofanimalsfighting
www.thesoundofanimalsfighting.com

The long awaited Dillinger Four record is finally done, and the release date is set for my birthday!!! October 14th, 2008. It is called C I V I L W A R.  More information & MP3s will be sent in soon from Fat Wreck Chords.

Don’t forget to check out their tour dates with NOFX this fall.

As the first band to sign to Fat Wreck Chords and the label’s flagship since its inception, Lagwagon continues to forge a unique path through today’s complex musical landscape. The band maintains a sense of humor about their enviable longevity with the title of their latest offering, but the content of the album is anything but laughable. The new 7-song EP, I Think My Older Brother Used To Listen To Lagwagon, is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed full length, Resolve, released in 2005. They will tour the U.S. & Canada with MXPX, Only Crime, and TAT beginning next week:

09/15/08 Allston, MA at Harpers Ferry
09/16/08 Philadelphia, PA at The Fillmore at the Theatre of Living
09/17/08 New York, NY at BB King’s
09/19/08 Detroit, MI at St. Andrews Hall
09/20/08 Chicago, IL at Metro
09/21/08 St. Paul, MN at Station 4
09/23/08 Sauget, IL at Pop’s
09/25/08 Denver, CO at Ogden Theatre
09/26/08 Salt Lake City, UT at In The Venue
09/27/08 Las Vegas, NV at Jillian’s/Neonopolis
09/28/08 West Hollywood, CA at House of Blues
09/30/08 Tempe, AZ at The Clubhouse
10/01/08 San Diego, CA at House of Blues
10/03/08 Anaheim, CA at House of Blues
10/04/08 Petaluma, CA at Phoenix Theatre
10/05/08 San Francisco, CA at Thee Parkside

 
Buy the new CD here (vinyl coming soon).

 
Purchase show tickets here.
Download an MP3 of “Memoirs and Landmines” here.
Buy a ring tone here.

Anti-Flag will be playing Bumbershoot in Seattle and some important shows in the coming weeks.  First, on August 30th, they will be at the famous Bumpershoot in Seattle, WA.  Be sure to go to the Washington Bus booth for the Anti-Flag signing, exact time TBA.  And while you’re there you can register to vote if you’re a Washingtonian!  Check out their website at www.washingtonbus.org.

On September 2nd, Anti-Flag will be playing in St. Paul, Minnesota on the Capital Lawn!  Other artists will include Michael Franti & Spearhead, Dead Prez, Wookiefoot w/ Matisyahu, I Self Devine, and many more.  This event, dubbed Ripple Effect, was organized by Substance, a non-profit begun by three activists under the age of 23 all determined to break down issue and generational barriers, while addressing pertinent environmental and social justice topics.  For more info visit www.livewithsubstance.org.

The next day, September 3rd, Anti-Flag will be playing with the legendary political rock band Rage Against The Machine in Minneapolis as part of  a protest show organized to take place at the same time as the Republican National Convention.  You can buy your tickets here.  Read more about the event here and here.

Pygmalion Music Festival will take Champaign-Urbana, Ill. by storm again this fall. Now in its fourth year and taking place over the course of four days, September 17-20, Nicodemus Agency has again partnered with Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Polyvinyl Record Co. to present twenty different shows in 9  different venues. Confirmed artists include everyone from Yo La Tengo and Dan Deacon to High Places and Black Mountain to Asobi Seksu and Times New Viking.

2008 marks a decidedly different approach to the festival, as a great majority of the venues are located within a few minutes walk from each other. The festival will be centered around staple venues The Canopy Club and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, as well as neighborhood additions, Krannert Art Museum and Red Herring.

New to the festival this year as well is the premiere of day parties and pre-parties. Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the festival, venues will be showcasing some of the best up and coming local talent that Champaign-Urbana has brewing, crossing genre lines and mixing it up along the way. And in the weeks leading up the festival, Pygmalion will partner with sponsor Urban Outfitters to present four pre-parties, including a performance from Polyvinyl and Nicodemus roster artist, Headlights, who are local to Champaign-Urbana .

Buy Festival Passes: http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS:IBM:08-09:PYGM:&linkID=kcpa&shopperContext
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Pygmalion 2008 Website: http://2008.pygmalionmusicfestival.com/

SCHEDULE

URBAN OUTFITTERS PRE-PARTIES

August 24 - Elsinore
August 29 - Headlights
September 5 - Tall Tale
September 12 - World’s First Flying Machine

Wednesday Sept 17th

The Canopy Club

10:30 - Common Loon
11:00 - Mute Era
11:30 - Elsinore
12:00- Coco Coca
12:30 - Decibully
1:00 - Times New Viking

Thursday Sept 18th

DAY PARTIES

BLUES

12:00 - Carl Hauck
12:45 - Ryan Groff

THE CANOPY CLUB - VOID ROOM

12:30 - Checkerboard Stalemate
1:30 -  Eureka Sky
2:30 -  Everthus the Deadbeats
3:30 - The Brother Whys
4:30 - Underpaid Packy

FESTIVAL SHOWS

THE CANOPY CLUB - SMALL HALL

9:30 - Robots Counterfeiting Money
10:30 - Monotonix
11:30 - Dark Meat
12:30 - Dan Deacon

COURTYARD CAFÉ

7:00 - Jonathan Childers
8:00 - Pontiak
9:00 - Wye Oak
10:00 - The Forms
11:00 - Butterfly Assassins

KRANNERT ART MUSEUM

6:15 - Oceans
7:15 - Catfish Haven
8:15 - Oxford Collapse
9:15 - Evangelicals
10:15 - Murder By Death

Friday Sept 19th

DAY PARTIES

BLUES

12:00 - Good Night and Good Morning
12:45 - Final Pygmalion Effect

THE CANOPY CLUB - VOID ROOM

12:30 - The Ruckus
1:30 - Loaded
2:30 - Post-Historic
3:30 - Zmick
4:30 - Sunset Stallion
5:30 - Girls Next Door

FESTIVAL SHOWS

THE CANOPY CLUB - VOID ROOM / SMALL HALL

7:00 - The Lonely Hearts
7:45 - World’s First Flying Machine
8:30 - The Foundry Field Recordings
9:30 - The Living Blue
10:15 - Pattern is Movement
11:00 - Titus Andronicus
12:00 - Black Mountain
1:00 - The Hood Internet

RED HERRING

6:45 - Jared Bartman
7:45 - Kid, You’ll Move Mountains
8:45 - Gentlemen Auction House
9:45 - Tall Tale
10:45 - Dr. Manhattan

KRANNERT ART MUSEUM

6:15 - Casados
7:15 - Caleb Engstrom
8:15 - Owen
9:15 - Thao with The Get Down Stay Down
10:15 - Santa

Saturday Sept 20th

DAY PARTIES

EXILE ON MAIN ST.

2:00 - Lucky Mulholland
3:00 - Santa
4:00 - Snowsera
5:00 - The Living Blue
6:00 - Sangamon

JENNIFER NORTH

1:30 - Michael Kammin
2:30 - Brian Esmao
3:30 - Peter Piek
4:30 - Hathaways

FESTIVAL SHOWS

THE CANOPY CLUB

Parasol Records Umbrella Showcase

5:00 - Angie Heaton
5:40 - Beaujolais
6:20 - New Ruins

Yo La Tengo Pre-Party

7:10 - Centaur

Polyvinyl Records Showcase

10:45 - The M’s
11:45 - Headlights
12:45 - Asobi Seksu

RED HERRING

9:45 - AMS
10:45 - Animate Objects
11:45 - Krukid
12:45 - Treologic

MIKE N’ MOLLY’S

9:30 - Rod and Martha Stewart
10:30 - Hot Cops
11:30 - The Number One Sons
12:30 - Tractor Kings

KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS - TYRON FESTIVAL THEATRE

7:30 - Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
8:30 - Yo La Tengo

KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS - STAGE 5

9:30: PWFRL Power
10:15: Grampall Jookabox
11:00: High Places

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Philly’s Jena Berlin has just announced that their upcoming 7-inch, This Is Yours As Much As It Is Mine, is now available for pre-order from Jump Start.

Limited to 300 copies, pressed on red vinyl with hand-printed sleeves and inserts, the 7-inch contains two brand new songs as well as a digital download coupon for both, plus two additional tracks not included on the vinyl. The four songs were recorded by Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer’s Vince Ratti, who has also worked with Circa Survive, None More Black, Valencia and Achilles. You can currently stream “The Great Plains” on the band’s myspace page. You can also stream “Foolish Optimism” at Jump Start’s myspace page.

Also, for anyone pre-ordering the 7-inch, you can pick up Jena Berlin’s two long players, Passion Waits As The Program Keeps Going and Quo Vadimus, for a mere five bucks each.

Speaking of Quo Vadimus, Jena Berlin’s amazing 2007 sophomore full-length will also be receiving the vinyl treatment from Ass-Card Records in Europe.  More details soon on how you can pick that up, but it should be available for their upcoming European tour.

Before their trek overseas, the boys will be leaving next Wednesday for a short five-day tour with Scream Hello. They’ll be joined by Static Radio NJ on a few of those dates, as well as cast of amazing bands: Bridge And Tunnel, One Win Choice, The Ergs, Sakes Alive and Nakatomi Plaza.

The August 29th show (see below) in the bands’ shared hometown of New Brunswick will serve as the record release for both albums. Additionally, SRNJ will have another all-ages release show in New Brunswick on the 31st at The Loft with Seasick and Rapid Cities.

Jena Berlin - Tour w/ Scream Hello
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AUG 27 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes w/ Scream Hello, Bridge and Tunnel, One Win Choice, more
AUG 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Party Mansion w/ Scream Hello, Bridge and Tunnel, Algernon Cadwallader
AUG 29 - New Brunswick, NJ @ Court Tavern (Scream Hello / Static Radio NJ Record Release show!) w/ The Ergs, Spanish Bombs
AUG 30 - New York, NY @ ABC No Rio (early show – 3pm) w/ Scream Hello, Static Radio NJ, Nakatomi Plaza
AUG 30 - Brooklyn, NY @ Lost and Found Bar w/ Scream Hello, Nakatomi Plaza, Stay Alive
AUG 31 - Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Community Center w/ The Knockdown, Sakes Alive, more

As previously mentioned, after their short run with Scream Hello, Jena Berlin will be leaving for a three week tour of Europe with label mates Antillectual. Jump Start will be releasing the U.S. vinyl version of the Belgium band’s latest full-length, Testimony, on September 23rd.

European Tour w/ Antillectual
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SEP 05 - Oostende, Belgium @ OHK
SEP 06 - Le Havre, France @ Le Kingstown
SEP 07 - France @ TBA
SEP 08 - France @ TBA
SEP 09 - Toulouse, France @ Caravanserail
SEP 10 - Lyon, France @ Sonic on tour
SEP 11 - Vimercate, Milano, Italy @ Acropolis
SEP 12 - Weiner Neustadt, Austria @ Triebwerk
SEP 13 - Salzburg, Austria @ Zone 11
SEP 14 - Vicenza, Italy @ TBA
SEP 15 - Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Tovarna Rog
SEP 16 - Regensburg, Germany @ Punkhouse
SEP 17 - Munich, Germany @ Sunny Red
SEP 18 - Germany @ TBA
SEP 19 - Celle, Germany @ Buntes Haus
SEP 20 - Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Merelyn
SEP 21 - Mechelen, Belgium @ JC. Metteko

Equal Vision Records has announce the latest addition to their roster: Boston, MA’s Therefore I Am. The five-piece is set to record their debut full length later this year at Strangeways Recording studio in Providence, RI with producer and ex-Hot Rod Circuit drummer Michael Poorman (Piebald, Tsunami Bomb, Paulson) for a Spring 2009 release. Poorman also produced the band’s 2007 EP, Escape. 

Since Therefore I Am’s formation in 2004, they’ve self-released 3 EP’s and toured the U.S. many times over with the likes of Vanna, Endwell, The Dear Hunter, and The Receiving End Of Sirens. The band - Alex Correia (Vocals), Brian Marquis (Guitar/Vocals), Travis Alexander (Guitar), James Creighton (Bass), and Chris Fernandes (Drums) - plan to get back on the road once they are finished recording, tentatively in February ‘09.

About their decision to sign with Equal Vision, Marquis explains, “EVR’s past and current roster boasts bands that have fought the same battles that we face today being thrown between many different genres. Growing up with many of those bands and seeing their success, and more importantly their impact, in underground and popular music is what gives us the reassurance that we’re working with the right team.”

The band has prepared a video announcing the signing at AbsolutePunk and can be viewed here: http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=488541

NOFX are headlining the opening of the Democratic National Convention at Red Rocks in Denver, Colorado this Friday, August 22nd. To celebrate Barack “Punk Rock” Obama’s nomination, NOFX will perform Punk in Drublic in its entirety and in order.

Buy your tickets right now, right here.

Emerald Honor has made tons of changes to their myspace site: New Myspace look, Cover song, Promo pics, Merch…

Check it out!

http://www.myspace.com/emeraldhonor

Featured Band: Sky Eats Airplane. Interview with Lee Duck.

Music By: Portugal, The Man. Dear and the Headlights. Take the Crown. Emarosa. They Mean Us. Cineplexx. Oxford Collapse. Sky Eats Airplane. Death Vessel. Soldiers.

31Knots Worried Well (Polyvinyl)

Canon Alive (One Eleven)

Death Vessel Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us (Sub Pop)

Family Force Five Dance Or Die (Tooth & Nail)

 
Heavy Heavy Low Low Turtle Nipple And The Toxic Shock (Ferrett)

 
Human Highway Moody Motorcycle (Suicide Squeeze)

Jaguar Love Take Me To The Sea (Matador)

One For The Team Build It Up (The Militia Group)

Ra Ra Riot The Rhumb Line (Barsuk)

The Gaslight Anthem The ‘59 Sound (SideOneDummy)

 
The Human Abstract Midheaven (Hopeless)

 
The Showdown Back Breaker (Solid State)

 
The Summer Set …In Color EP (The Militia Group)

The Windupdeads The Windupdeads (One Eleven)

Long-running, long-named indie outfit Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start will be playing their last show ever tomorrow night at The Auction House in Audubon, NJ.

For all you wimps and sensitive types - or for that matter, anyone who can’t make it to Saturday’s festivities - the band will also be playing an acoustic pre-last-show show tonight at Tunes in Marlton, NJ.

Joining Up Up Down Down for both performances will be Lincoln, Nebraska’s Tie These Hands.

While Up Up Down Down’s touring schedule has been admittedly light over the past couple years, the early part of their career found them traveling the country at a time when indie meant independent and emo had nothing to do with jabbing yourself in the arm with your dad’s rusty screwdriver. That is what kids are doing these days, right?

According to front man Steve Poponi, “We have been doing this band with various line-ups for about 10 years, and after making Worst Band Name Ever, I am happy to go out on a good note and pursue other fun stuff (fatherhood, golf, taste testing).”

The last decade has blessed us with some amazing music from Up Up Down Down: the seminal debut full-length And Nothing Is #1, the equally impressive follow-up EP, Perris, CA, and their last release, the aforementioned Worst Band Name Ever. They were also one of the first bands to dive into the realm of free music (waaaay back in 2005) with The Internet EP and the Girls Names EP. Both are still available for download, as are additional releases, videos and other odds and ends. Check it here.

Music By: Dance Gavin Dance. The Ghost Inside. Embrace the End. Sound the City. Just Like Always. The Ms. 31Knots. Girl Talk. 2AM Club. Polaroid. Son, Ambulance. Lynus. Makeout Party. This Is Hell.

Show Notes

• Pay what you want for Girl Talk’s new album Feed The Animals, click HERE!
• I said during the beginning of the show that no notable CDs are out today.  I was WRONG! The Gallery have released their new album , If You Know What I Mean today.  Listen to a preview stream at AbsolutePunk.com HERE.

Alaskan indie/alternative group Portugal. The Man will be releasing their third album, Censored Colors, on September 16th.

Today the band is launching pre-order packages through their official webstore, so you can secure a copy of Censored Colors before it hits stores.

Purchase any of the Censored Colors pre-order packages and get a free MP3 download of the entire album on September 1st (over two weeks before street date)!

Package #1 - CD
Everyone who preorders the CD will aso receive a free MP3 download of Censored Colors on September 1st!

Package #2 - CD & T-shirt
By ordering this presale package, you will receive the Censored Colors CD, MP3 download on September 1st, and the Censored Colors T-Shirt.

Package #3 - LP & T-shirt
By ordering this presale package, you will receive the Censored Colors Double Gatefold Colored Vinyl LP with Die-cut cover (special edition), MP3 download on September 1st, and the Censored Colors T-Shirt.

Package #4 - CD, LP, & T-shirt
By ordering this presale package, you will receive the Censored Colors CD, MP3 download on September 1st, the Censored Colors Double Gatefold Colored Vinyl LP with Die-cut cover (special edition), and the Censored Colors T-Shirt.

Package #5 - Mega Package - CD, LP, Lithograph
By ordering this presale package, you will receive the Censored Colors CD, MP3 download on September 1st, the Censored Colors Double Gatefold Colored Vinyl LP with Die-cut cover (special edition), the Censored Colors T-Shirt, and a Portugal. The Man Lithograph Poster (hand-numbered and signed by John Gourley and limited to 100).

Photographer RYAN RUSSELL recently posted a large update of 161 new photos on his infinitely browsable website.

No joke…you could literally spend hours combing through some truly amazing live, press and off-the-cuff shots of bands like These Arms Are Snakes, Minus The Bear, Russian Circles, Taking Back Sunday, Ted Leo, Fugazi and The Melvins, not to mention some great candid photos of comedians David Cross and Sarah Silverman, actor John Krasinski, Chunklet’s Henry Owings and producer Steve Albini, just to name a few.

Russell’s latest update includes terrific new pics of Death Cab For Cutie, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, Torche, Fake Problems, Harvey Milk, Pelican, My Chemical Romance, The Color Fred, Vampire Weekend and Henry Rollins among others. Oh…and some dudes in a band called Look Mexico. I hear they’re okay.

The Birmingham, Alabama native also hitched a ride with the boys in Against Me! for a week on this summer’s Warped Tour. Lots of never-before-seen candid shots of backstage shenanigans, autograph sessions and of course, the band live on stage. Go here for your viewing pleasure.

Additionally, the update contains photos of Paramore on the set of their video shoot for “That’s What You Get,” as well as a sampling of Underoath studio pictures Russell took for a book documenting the recording process that will be included in the deluxe edition of their upcoming album Lost In The Sound of Separation.

Again, if you’re not familiar with Ryan Russell, go here and introduce yourself to one of the most talented, hardest working photographers in indie rock. The scope of his amazing work spans everything from New Found Glory to New Mexican Disaster Squad. You may have seen his photos in Rolling Stone, Spin, Alternative Press, New York Times, Rock Sound and Playboy Magazine, and his pictures have been used in album art for Hot Rod Circuit, Black Cross and Patton Oswalt’s Werewolves & Lollipops.

Of course, it’s not just the quality of his shots that’s so impressive but also his ability to capture more than the simple live shot or the typical press photo. Russell has shared a tour bus with Ben Gibbard, David Bazan, the aforementioned Against Me!, Paramore and Taking Back Sunday. He’s captured rehearsal sessions for Converge, Death Cab and Minus The Bear, and he has photographed Mastodon’s video shoot for “Colony of Birchmen” and “The Wolf Is Loose.”

Featured Band: The Lives of Famous Men.  Interview with guitarist Ari Katcher.

Music By: The Sound of Animals Fighting. Monument, Monument. Harrison Hudson. Divided By Friday. War Tapes. The Lives of Famous Men. Annabel. Cheap Girls. Tu Fawning. Anthony Green.

Show Notes:

• Download Monument, Monument’s EP: Sleep Well When You Get There
• Download Harrison Hudson’s Album: Blood, Sweat, and Sweat
• Download Cheap Girls’ Album: Find Me a Drink Home

An article on FT.com regarding a recent study held by the MCPS-PRS Alliance (which represents music rights holders) and Big Champagne (an online media measurement company), suggested that Illegal Downloading could be a positive thing and should be embraced.

From the article:

“Rights-holders should be aware that these non-traditional venues are stubbornly entrenched, incredibly popular and will never go away,” said Eric Garland, co-author of the study, which concluded there was strong brand loyalty to controversial “torrent” and peer-to-peer services.

Read the Full Article HERE.

Equal Vision and Rise Records have teamed up to offer a split CD sampler showcasing six bands from each label. For the last few weeks, the sampler was only available at Warped Tour dates, but now they’re giving it away as a free download!

Tracklisting:

1. Chiodos - “I Didn’t Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was A Wizard”

2. The Devil Wears Prada - “HTML Rulez D00d”

3. Damiera - “Quiet Mouth Loud Hands”

4. Dance Gavin Dance - “The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 3″

5. Sky Eats Airplane - “Long Walks on Short Bridges”

6. Emarosa - “Heads or Tails Real or Not”

7. The Color Fred - “Minnesota”

8. Take The Crown - “Ride Or Die”

9. Pierce The Veil - “Yeah Boy and Doll Face”

10. Breathe Carolina - “Gossip”

11. Cinematic Sunrise - “Pulling A Piano From A Pond”

12. Oceana - “The Tide”

Download 12-Song Sampler (70.8mb)

July 30, 2008 - As the music industry continues to adapt to allow artists to be more involved in their careers - an act that was perhaps accelerated by Radiohead’s most recent release - and the band’s desire to cater more to their fans, Portugal. The Man and their label and publishing company, Approaching AIRBalloons, and Equal Vision Records have inked a unique agreement, it has been announced. The first release under this exceptional deal will be P.TM’s third full-length CD, Censored Colors, set for a September 16, 2008 release.

One of the factors that makes this partnership so unique is that the members of Portugal. The Man will share in the risk as well as in the rewards with Equal Vision, something that is easier for a Platinum act (like Radiohead) than a developing artist. Having self-financed the Censored Colors album, and while they had other label options, P.TM welcomed the idea of having an “open canvas” with Equal Vision, where they could work at their own pace and be intimately involved in all factors of their recording career.

Under the mainstream radar, Portugal. The Man has garnered an incredible buzz with the release of two earlier full-length CDs, 2006’s Walter: “You Vultures!” and 2007’s Church Mouth (the latter of which debuted on the Billboard Top Alternative New Artists chart at luck #13), and three EPs, The Pines, the Devil (2006), Devil Say I, I Say Air (digital EP, 2006), and It’s Complicated Being a Wizard (2007). They have amassed kudos from an array of media outlets like Filter (”Portugal. The Man hasn’t merely evolved from the avant-garde, neo-soul that shaped their earliest works, they’ve transcended it”) and Alternative Press (”…it’s the songs that truly set this band apart”).

Portugal. The Man’s unique sound has its roots firmly in front man/songwriter John Baldwin Gourley’s abstract vision and unique upbringing. Gourley was raised in a remote log cabin on the outskirts of Wasilla, Alaska that was powered by a generator and had no phone. His mom and dad doubled as a team of dog sled musher’s. Add in an extended period of homelessness, a love of science fiction and a desire to make music that does not sound like every other band, and the genesis of Portugal. The Man was formed. Gourley and childhood friend Zachary Scott Carothers formed P.TM in 2003 with Portland, OR’s Jason Sechrist joining in 2005. To this day, PTM employs a rotating cast of guest musicians outside of the core four. Gourley is also an accomplished visual artist having created the stunning artwork for the “Censored Colors” package as well as P.TM’s previous releases, tour posters, t-shirts and other items.)

The band intends to tour extensively in support of Censored Colors. P.TM - guitarist/singer/songwriter Gourley, bassist/singer Carothers, newest full-time member keyboardist/singer Ryan Neighbors, and drummer Garrett Lunceford (who replaces Jason Sechrist) - is currently on the road supporting RX Bandits for six-weeks worth of U.S. dates, will then headline a European tour from September 10 to October 4, then, beginning October 14, will headline their own 38-city U.S. tour (initial dates below). Support for this tour will be Earl Greyhound and Wintersleep.

Portugal. The Man’s current U.S. dates with RX Bandits, and initial dates for the band’s Fall headline tour are as follows:

(with RX Bandits)
JULY
30 The Fillmore @ The TLA, Philadelphia, PA
31 School of Rock, S. Hackensack, NJ

AUGUST
1 Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
2 Harper’s Ferry, Boston, MA
4 The Club at Water Street Music Hall, Rochester, NY
5 Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH
6 Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
7 Metro, Chicago, IL
8 2 Cents Plain, St. Louis, MO
9 The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
10 Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
12 Marquis Theatre, Portland, OR
13 Avalon Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT
15 El Corazon, Seattle, WA
16 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
17 The Boardwalk, Orangevale, CA
18 Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
22 The Glass House, Pomona, CA
23 Jillian’s, Las Vegas, NV
27 The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
28 The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
30 SOMA, San Diego, CA
31 The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ

SEPTEMBER
1 The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ
(September 10 - October 4 - European Tour)

 
(U.S. Fall headline tour)
OCTOBER
14 The Exit, Fresno, CA
15 Clubhouse, Phoenix, AZ
17 Rock Bottom, San Antonio, TX
18 Emo’s, Austin, TX
19 Meridian, Houston, TX
20 House of Blues/Parish Room, New Orleans, LA
22 State Theatre, Tampa, FL
23 The Social, Orlando, FL
24 Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville, FL
25 The 7 Venue, Douglasville, GA
26 The Brewery, Raleigh, NC
27 Canal Club, Richmond VA
29 Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
30 Philadelphia, PA
31 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

NOVEMBER
1 School of Rock, S. Hackensack, NJ
2 Harper’s Ferry, Boston, MA

(more dates TBA)