Yearly Archives: 2004

From the band:

So the next three shows look to be our last. Not quite sure on the fate of our last album either. The show at the outpost on sept 24th will be a special show with our old drummer jon finley in cory’s spot. The next night will be back to normal at the beachland ballroom and CMJ looks like it, but who really knows. Maybe we’ll go on that reunion tour in 6 months. Doubtful. Thanks to everyone who has helped us out and come to our shows over the last nine years. Shit has been tight!

September
24 Kent, Oh @ The outpost (Jon Finley on drums) w/ Houseguest
25 Cleveland, Oh @ Beachland Ballroom w/ The Six Parts Seven and LungFish

October
14 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory (CMJ Marathon)

Centromatic singer Will Johnson has a new album out and here’s two mp3s from it: “Just to Know What You’ve Been Dreaming” | “Closing Down My House”

Will is opening up much (all?) of the upcoming American Music Club tour..

Wowweee, the entire Austin City Limits Festival is being streamed live and for free. If you close your eyes, you can almost smell Stubb’s BBQ in the distance.

[credz large heart]

A quick glance at the initial list of performers at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon (in NYC, Oct.13-16) shows 2.5 Columbus bands are scheduled to perform. Congrats to the Black Swans, Watershed, and former Columbus resident RJD2. More bands should be announced very soon, so we’ll just have to wait and see if the Weird Beards got accepted this year.

Not THAT expanded, but a few more dates:

10/13 – Philly, The North Star
10/15 – Cambridge, Middle East
10/16 – NYC, Irving Plaza (venue and date change, midnight show)
10/21 – Seattle, Neumos
10/22 – Vancouver, Richards
10/23 – Portland, Doug Fir
10/24 – Eugene, WOW Hall
10/26 – San Francisco, The Independent
10/27 – Los Angeles, El Rey Theater

[credz summer’s kiss]

Watch it here on MTV.com.

The song is pretty good, but the video sort of makes me want to punch myself in the face. Although, it may be the pretention that oozes from the description of the video that actually hurts my brain:

Interpol delves into uncharted territory with their new video for “Slow Hands.” Prep for the camera tricks and cutting-edge techniques in this excerpt from director Daniel Levi’s treatment:

“This is a performance video with an added twist–a play on split screens and speed changes, all capturing an intense, private performance by Interpol. The video is all about the juxtaposition of varying speeds and showing how beautiful movement is. Viewers will notice something different each time they watch.”

(italics thrown in by donewaiting.com)

[credz melody nelson]

NPR’s Morning Edition is running a 3-parter called Paying for Music in the Internet Age, where they spotlight a number of ways artists are changing their business models. Part one covers Patronage, part 2 covers micropayments and part 3, Friday, covers attempts at taxing ISPs, similar to the royalty payments on blank media.

The AP reports Johnny Ramone has passed. For those keeping track, that’s three original Ramones in four years. Hey God! What the fuck did the Ramones ever do to you?!

Rye Coalition has announced their tour dates. They hit the road for a solid month of hard rock, starting next Thursday, the 23rd, in Boston.

Man, this tour looks like so much fun. I wanna go.

9/23 Boston ? Middle East
9/24 Hoboken ? Maxwells
9/25 Philadelphia ? North Star
9/26 Washington DC ? Black Cat
9/27 New York ? Knitting Factory
9/28 Toronto ? Mod Club
9/30 Chicago ? Bottom Lounge
10/1 Minneapolis ? Triple Rock
10/2 Lawrence ? Bottleneck
10/3 Denver ? Bluebird
10/4 Salt Lake City ? Club Sound
10/6 Vancouver ? Richards On Richards
10/7 Seattle ? Graceland
10/8 Portland ? Dante’s
10/10 San Francisco ? Bottom Of The Hill
10/11 Pomona ? Glass House
10/13 Phoenix ? Big Fish Pub
10/12 Los Angeles ? Roxy
10/15 Dallas ? Gypsy Tea Room
10/16 Houston ? Engine Room
10/17 Austin ? Emo’s
10/18 New Orleans ? Mermaid Lounge
10/20 Charlotte/Atlanta ? The Room/Echo Lounge
10/21 Raleigh ? Cat’s Cradle
10/22 Richmond ? Alley Katz
10/23 Baltimore ? Ottobar

I’ve said it a million times, but I’ll say it again now: Rye puts on such a great live show. They make me feel like a kid again.

Highly recommended.

J. Robbins (Government Issue, Jawbox, Burning Airlines) works wonders with all the bands he produces and records which is why he is one of the most soughtafter talents, on par with somebody like Steve Albini. J. has a new band, Channels, which has just released it’s debut 6-song EP, Open. I swear, no matter how great the bands J. works with are, when you hear his stuff, you forgot about those bands and think, “Now THIS is how it’s supposed to be done!”. Check out an MP3 from Open, “Storytime (in the street of spies“.