Glassjaw On The Move?

Glassjaw have been fairly dormant years. Since the release of 2003’s “Worship and Tribute” the band had been on hiatus. Promises of a new album were made, and here we are towards the end of 2010 and still no album. Things have been heating up for Glassjaw fans though. The band has been playing shows on and off all year, and a few weeks ago they released their first physical release in years; a new song “All Good Junkies Go To Heaven” on vinyl. This was followed up with a film clip for another new song “You Think You’re (John Fuckin Lennon)”. Follow that with another vinyl release of another new song “Jesus Glue” and yet ANOTHER new video called “Stars” and all signs are pointing to a new release coming very soon.

Enjoy the new videos and head over to glassjaw.com to purchase a digital copy of “All Good Junkies Go To Heaven” for $1.

You Think You’re (John Fucking Lennon) Video

Stars Video

Break Even To Support Alexisonfire

It seems that all the good news is coming from Twitter of late – Blink-182 headlining the Big Day Out and now coming straight from the horses mouth Aussie hardcore band Break Even announce they are supporting Alexisonfire during their Australian tour.

Well it’s been announced, we will be supporting Alexisonfire – @aof_official on their upcoming australian tour in October, can’t wait!!!

We contacted the band for a full press release to which they replied “Will be out within the day!”

Alexisonfire will be touring the country this October.

THURSDAY 7 OCTOBER BRISBANE, THE TIVOLI – 18+
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FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER SYDNEY, UNSW ROUNDHOUSE – Lic A/A
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SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER MELBOURNE, PALACE THEATRE – 18+
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MONDAY 11 OCTOBER ADELAIDE, HQ – Lic A/A
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WEDNESDAY 13 OCTOBER PERTH, METROPOLIS FREMANTLE – 18+
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Final Soundwave 2011 Additions

Soundwave 2011 was already big, but recent addition of One Day As A Lion has certainly made it even bigger. A new collaboration between Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against The Machine) and Jon Theodore (The Mars Volta) will be heading to Australia for the very first time to dazzle audiences with their amazing live show.

Add this to recent news of Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon, The Murderdolls, Millencolin, Coheed & Cambria and local heroes The Amity Affliction and we have a very solid Soundwave Lineup for 2011.

Who are you excited to see?

Kurt Travis Talks About His Departure

While fans of Dance Gavin Dance are jumping for joy at the fact that Jonny Craig is back in the line up Kurt Travis has discussed his departure from the band in a recent interview.

He has denied rumours that he quit the band, coming out and saying he was kicked out so Jonny could rejoin the band.

“I definitely was never going to quit, I got kicked out. The band told me that they were going to break up because they weren’t happy with it, but before they did they were going do a tour with Jonny and just do Downtown Battle Mountain songs. Things didn’t really happen the way they told me it seems. I was just trying to stay in DGD as long as I could, knowing one day it would come to an end.”

You can read the full interview over at DeadPress here.

Murderdolls – Women and Children Last Review

Shock rockers Murderdolls have been missing in action for a while. Their debut album Beyond The Valley of The Murderdolls was creepy, hilarious and poked a lot of fun at the state of the music industry at the time. Six years after their last tour Murderdolls hit back with a new album “Women and Children Last” but do they still have relevance in todays music climate?

Murderdolls have delivered fourteen new tracks filled with morbid themes, sex, drugs and rock & roll for your listening pleasure. The album opens up with the dark and sinister “The World According To Revenge” which is filled with manic laughter and a dark and deep bass line backed up by chunky guitars which sets the mood for a good album.

I can’t decide if it’s just bad, or it’s the fact I’m not sixteen anymore but by the time I hit track three I was bored with the lyrical content on the album. The constant “Fuck everyone and fuck you” attitude wears pretty thin which is a damn shame because the riffs are as catchy as ever.

The highlight of the album is easily “Nowhere” which is full of catchy hooks and laced with classic 80’s solos to cement it as one of Murderdolls finest examples of what they can do. The track is then immediately followed up with one of the worst songs on the album “Summertime Suicide” which honestly sounds like some shit Guns & Roses would put on a new album. It seems to last an eternity and it gets to a point where you just want to destroy your media player of choice just so you don’t have to listen to it any longer. It’s boring, it’s uninspiring, and it is completely frustrating considering the track before is so damn good.

That is how the whole album pans out, a solid song backed up by two or three sub-par pieces of shit. Tracks like “Bored ’Til Death”, Drug Me Baby and Death Valley Superstars” which feature slick guitar work, catchy choruses and danceable properties are let down by the shit stains on the album such as “Summertime Suicide, Chapel of Blood or Blood Stained Valentine”.

Women and Children Last shows that Murderdolls still have some of the qualities that made them such a great band all those years ago, yet more thought needed to go into the tracks that were placed on the album. While the band didn’t re-invent the wheel when it comes to their song writing they certainly need to take a hard look at what works and what doesn’t because far too many filler songs have seemed to slip through the cracks. At the end of the day it does feature some good tacks that will appease fans, but the album fails to reach its full potential.

2.5/5

Related Articles

• Murderdolls: ‘Women and Children Last’ Streaming Now! (hardrockhideout.com)
• JOEY JORDISON: ‘Women And Children Last’ Is Really The First MURDERDOLLS Record (roadrunnerrecords.com)

New Alexisonfire Digital Album

Canadian post-hardcore giants Alexisonfire have some new material on the way, yet it will only be available as a digital download from iTunes.

The creatively titled “iTunes Originals” is due for release on September 28th. The interesting thing for fans is that the album comprises of medley of content; you will be treated to interview clips, album tracks and some new live versions of some of the bands signature material.

The album was wrapped up in April this year with the band recording six tracks live in the studio for the release. The track list is below.

1. ‘The Northern’
2. ‘You Burn First’ (iTunes Original version)
3. ‘Heading For The Sun’
4. ‘Boiled Frogs’ (iTunes Original version)
5. ‘Midnight Regulations’
6. ‘Waterwings’ (iTunes Original version)
7. ‘Young Cardinals’
8. ‘This Could Be Anywhere in the World’ (iTunes Original version)
9. ‘Accept Crime’
10. ‘Born and Raised’
11. ‘No Transitory’ (iTunes Original version)
12. ‘Happiness By The Kilowatt’ (iTunes Original version)

The Red Shore Stream New Album

Melbourne metal gods The Red Shore are streaming their highly anticipated album “The Avarice of Man” on their MySpace page for the next four days. Fans can begin listening to the album in its entirety until the official release this coming Friday.

Check it out at here

Miles Away – Endless Roads

For years now, Perth hardcore band ‘Miles Away’ have been a prominent name on the Australian hardcore scene. After national tours, visits overseas, and a catalog of solid releases the boys have upped the notch with their latest LP ‘Endless Roads’.
The opening track ‘Hibernation/Seasonal’ is emblematic of the bands hard, fast style and sets the bar for the remainder of the album. I think musically, the band have come a long way. Whilst their previous albums were all good fun, there is a lot more finesse with the production and structure in their tracks.
A stand out for me is the song ‘Rain Eyes’. Whilst they’ve stayed true to their roots; they’ve done it better. Griding guitars, fast drums and catchy vocals make it (along with the other tracks) something that you’d want to play over and over again.
Another track to take note of, is ‘Endless Roads’. Starting soft, and finishing heavily; it is somewhat of a masterpiece that comes straight from the heart.
Sure, they could have knocked up another album in 6 months and sung about alcohol, drugs and cigarettes with no real message other than getting fucked up; but they didn’t. With careful planning, hours of writing and a professional approach, ‘Miles Away’ have released what I perceive to be their best album to date.
4.5/5

Also, they have a tour coming up, playing a string of dates with Melbourne band ‘Hopeless’. Catch them on September 23rd at the Arthouse for what should be an awesome show.

“No Sleep Til” lineup announced!

I think most will agree that this is a fairly decent lineup for a festival. Leave the pingaz at home, and come listen to some wicked bands.

Megadeth, Descendents, NOFX, Dropkick Murphys, Parkway Drive, A Day to Remember, Gwar, Atreyu, Alkaline Trio, Frenzal Rhomb, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Suicide Silence, August Burns Red, Katatonia, 3 Inches of Blood, We Came As Romans, House Vs Hurricane, Break Even, Heroes For Hire & Confession.

Friday the 17th of December, tickets through Moshtix.

What are your thoughts?

Homebake 2010 Cancelled

It seems this year has been fraught with festival announcements and cancellations, and today we have yet another to add to the list of cancellations. Ogranisers of the Homebake Music, Film and Arts Festival have cancelled the long running festival, the first time in 11 years.

“We’ve not been able to have the ‘planets align’ to a standard we feel appropriate to the long standing reputation of Australia’s largest ‘locals only’ event, we’d rather focus on a positive future and are instead planning for a unique return version of Homebake Festival to take place during the first week of December 2011,” was the statement issued to the public.

It’s a shame that the festival has been cancelled but hopefully this ‘unique return’ will bring with it something new and exciting.