Duffy and I are done waiting for a new Soul Asylum album and, thankfully, we’ll get a new one in July. A radio station in Minnesota premiered the first single, “Gravity”, yesterday.
In my professional career, I don’t have the type of job that requires much travel. However, when I do have the chance to visit a city other than Columbus while on a trip, I try to find the cool club in town and catch a show. I’ve been lucky … in the past I’ve seen Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer in Orlando, Florida, Youth Group in Los Angeles, Kill Hannah in New York City, 500 Miles to Memphis and Warbringer in two separate trips to Des Moines, Iowa.
This week I’m heading to Philadelphia for a conference so I checked out Songkick.com to see who was playing. I came across a name that sounded familiar but that I didn’t (at the time), know anything about – We Are Serenades, a project featuring Shout Out Louds singer Adam Olenius and Laasko singer Markus Krunegård. The duo’s debut album, Criminal Heaven, came out just a few weeks ago.
Before checking them out at Johnny Brenda’s on Tuesday night, I sent Adam send questions via email. (If you’re a Donewaiting reader from Philly and are going to the show, let me know in the comments section).
I looked at the club listings in Philadelphia to see who was performing when I’ll be there. At first, I thought maybe it was a misprint and that We Are Scientists were performing. And then, there is also a new group called We Are Augustines. Have you encountered any confusion based on the name and were you aware of these two other bands with similar names?
We were first called just Serenades but we had to change it and added the “We Are” because it works well on stage. I was familiar with We Are Scientists but never thought about it in that way. It is strange with such an uncommon name like that.
It sounds like this collaboration was a long time in the making. Was there a certain point in time where the two of you said, “We really need to set some deadlines and get this done because if we don’t, it’ll be something that we talk about doing the rest of our lives but never complete”?
Exactly. We found some time in between touring and just set a deadline. SOL was having some time off so we just booked a small studio in Stockholm and started working. We found a swedish label that we liked but we never thought we would release it outside of Sweden. It’s like a big bonus. Continue reading →
Saw a post on Facebook that lead me to Archive.org and the following message:
I taped this from the radio a long time ago (I think from the Riverside CA college station- and have never been able to find out WHO it is. If you know, leave a comment- and if you don’t know, leave a comment(?)
Sounds very mid-to-late ’90s … kind of like Ultimate Fakebook but definitely NOT that band. So … let’s see how good you are Donewaiting readers. Can anybody name the artist performing this song?
If you haven’t subscribed to the Dig Me Out Podcast, you’re missing out on a couple of serious music geeks reviewing undiscovered ’90s alt-rock gems. And every once in a while, Jay and Tim bring in special guests like yours truly to wax poetic about albums.
This week’s episode, #68 (!!!!), is about For Love Not Lisa’s 1993 album Merge. I’d tell you how this is one of my favorite albums ever but you’re better off just listening to the podcast where we’re joined by FLNL guitarist Miles who recalls the early days of the bands and tells a great story about talking Ace Frehley into performing a cover of his “Rocket Ride” with the band.
Killer bill with a pretty diverse lineup of bands performing at Cafe Bourbon Street on Saturday night.
Here’s what I wrote about Boston’s 28 Degrees Taurus’All the Stars in Your Eyes for the spring 2011 issue of The Big Takeover.
The fuzzy guitars, the mildly-detached vocals, the lo-fi recording of a hazy sound that deserves to be recorded in hi-fi – Boston’s 28 Degrees Taurus leaves me with a longing for the mid-90s DIY concert scene in which donations helped buy the band enough gas to get to the next college town where they wouldn’t wash or rinse but would definitely repeat. While “ambient” makes me think of Moby, there’s an undeniable dream-like quality to the music which is part Beach House, part Sonic Youth, part Seam. I think that secretly Karina Dacosta (bass, vocals) and Jinsen Liu (guitars, vocals) know just how good they are but in public are humble about their talents which makes them even more charming and endearing.
Brujas del Sol, my new favorite Columbus discovery, have just released Moonliner Vol.2 – a trippy 2-track EP finding a hypnotic groove somewhere between space and the desert. (And this volume’s got vocals!)
Royal Thunder opens for Baroness at Ace of Cups on Wednesday night. The Facebook event page says doors open at 8, with Royal Thunder going on at 8:30. Tickets are $15 at the door.
On heavy rotation in my ears the past few weeks has been an advance copy of Royal Thunder’sCVI which Relapse Records will be releasing in all sorts of different formats (sorry, no cassettes) on May 22. In simple terms, the Atlanta band sounds like Ann Wilson of Heart fronting Led Sabbath – Royal Thunder obviously influenced by the early stoner rock bands of the ’70s.
Already making a wave in Atlanta and the south – where heavy music is thriving – Royal Thunder’s been invited to join Baroness on a few dates in the next week including a Columbus show at Ace of Cups on Wednesday night, giving the four-piece an opportunity to try new material out in front of metal-loving crowds.
Singer/bassist Mlny Parsonz was kind enough to answer questions via email and she responded within an hour of receiving them which makes for the quickest response I’ve ever received when conducting interviews this way.
I have 3 kids and I won’t answer the question, “Which is your favorite?” because each one brings joy to my life in a different way. BUT … I’m asking you to pick – If Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin both announced reunion tours running the entire summer of 2012 and somebody owed your booking agent a huge favor and gave you the option of opening one of these tours, which one would you pick and why?
When I was in high school, some friends and I piled into a van and drove to PA to see the Black Sabbath reunion tour with Pantera in the late ‘90s. So we pull into PA and turn on the local rock station only to hear the DJ say “The Sabbath show is canceled due to Ozzy having voice issues”. Being a HUGE Sabbath fan, I was surprised at how much I hated them at that moment. We went to a hockey game instead; I walked away a Pittsburgh Penguins fan(!) and finished off the night drinking booze, and sulking while we watched “What Dreams May Come”. Our tickets were good for the reschedule in ATL, so we eventually did get to see ‘em and needless to say it ruled.
Saw Page and Plant in the late ‘90s as well! They were doing some homoerotic tour together and I enjoyed every bit of that sexy display while smoking PCP.
All this to say, what was the better show? Sabbath. Who would I wanna tour with? Zeppelin. Sabbath. Zeppelin. Sabbath. Well fuck, what came first, the chicken or the egg? That’s how I feel about this question. Ha. Legends man, LEGENDS!! Continue reading →
The Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle) fronted Puscifer has added a number of summer 2012 tour dates in support of Conditions of My Parole.
Tickets for all the shows go on sale this Friday.
June 9 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Festival
June 11 – Tampa, FL – Ferguson Hall @ Tampa Performing Arts Center
June 12 – Miami, FL – Olympia Theatre @ Gusman Performing Arts Center
June 13 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
June 15 – Baltimore, MD – Lyric Opera House
June 16 – Asbury Park, NJ – Paramount Theatre
June 17 – Reading, PA – Soverign Performing Arts Center
June 18 – Richmond, VA – The National
June 20 – Buffalo, NY – Riviera Theatre
June 21 – Columbus, OH – LC Indoor Pavilion
June 24 – St. Paul, MN – River’s Edge Festival
June 27 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
June 28 – San Antonio, TX – Lila Cockrell Theatre
June 30 – Prescott, AZ – Yavapai College Performance Arts Center
