2007 This is Hardcore Festival Lineup Announced

Once again This is Hardcore will grace Philadelphia's with it's mosh-tacular presence. The lineup so far for this year is up below and the festivities will be taking place on August 17, 18, and 19 at The Starlight Ballroom in Philly.

Word from the festival's myspace is that " Headliners are being worked on as we speak. Reunions? Maybe... Bands that rule - Definitely.."

Sweet.

Lineup as of right now:
BLACKLISTED
PAINT IT BLACK
CEREMONY
COLD WORLD
HAVE HEART
RISE AND FALL
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR
WISDOM IN CHAINS
STRENGTH FOR A REASON
AMBITIONS
VERSE
TRASH TALK
MELTDOWN
COLIN OF ARABIA
STEEL NATION
MY TURN TO WIN
THE MONGOLOIDS
KNOW THE SCORE
PULLING TEETH
BRAINDEAD
LIGHTEN UP!
CRIME IN STEREO

65daysofstatic announce U.S. tour!!!

Oh dear god yes. Tour dates below. The band is touring with Fear Before The March of Flames, Hot Cross, and This Will Destroy You. DO NOT MISS THIS BAND LIVE!

Jul 18 2007 8:00 - ICC Performance Hall Boston, MA
Jul 19 2007 8:00 - Rock and Roll Hotel Washington, DC
Jul 20 2007 8:00 - Europa Club Brooklyn, NY
Jul 21 2007 8:00 - Alley Katz Richmond, VA
Jul 22 2007 8:00 - Green Street Greenboro, NC
Jul 23 2007 8:00 - The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Jul 24 2007 8:00 - The Social Orlando, FL
Jul 26 2007 8:00 - Meridian Red Room Houston, TX
Jul 27 2007 8:00 - House of Rock Corpus Christi, TX
Jul 28 2007 8:00 - White Rabbitt San Antonio, TX
Jul 29 2007 8:00 - The Door Dallas, TX
Jul 31 2007 8:00 - The Clubhouse Tempe, AZ
Aug 1 2007 8:00 - The Troubadour Los Angeles, CA
Aug 2 2007 8:00 - Soma San Diego, CA
Aug 3 2007 8:00P - TBA TBA
Aug 4 2007 8:00 - Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, CA
Aug 5 2007 8:00 - Satyricon Portland, OR
Aug 6 2007 8:00 - El Corazon Seattle, WA
Aug 7 2007 8:00 - The Venue Boise, ID
Aug 8 2007 8:00 - Avalon Theater Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 9 2007 8:00 - Marquis Theatre Denver, CO

65daysofstatic myspace

Quick Update

- New Minus the Bear song "Dr. L'Ling" can be found here. Their new album Planet of Ice comes out August 21st on Suicide Squeeze Records. The band just started a month long tour with The Honorary Titles and Chin Up Chin Up and dates for the band can be found on their site.

- Wu Tang Clan's website has posted tons of demos and unreleased material that you can download for free. You're a fool if you don't check it out here.

- Set times for Coachella have been posted. If you're going, I probably hate you.

- Texas is the Reason sent out an update, linking to a video of what I believe is their first show opening up for Snapcase in Buffalo, NY. Definitely check this out. If you missed the reunion shows, then I feel sorry for you.

- Long Island hardcore band Crime in Stereo have signed to Bridge 9 Records. This band put out one of the best albums of 2006 and this is a great band/label pairing.

- I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the Brand New/Kevin Devine/Manchester Orchestra show tonight at the Avalon in Boston. Expect a review but most likely sans photos. Stupid camera policy.

Record Hospital Fest

Record Hospital, a Cambridge-based radio show on WHRB 95.3FM, are holding their annual fest this coming week. Not sure where the venue is, but the lineup is pretty sweet:


FRIDAY, APRIL 27th:
Witches with Dicks
Turpentine Brothers
Heart 2 Heart
Russian Tsarcasm
Conversions

SATURDAY, APRIL 28th:
Casket
Sinoloa
Ampere
They and the Children
Off Minor

Record Hospital
Record Hospital Myspace

Random bits of news

- A track from the new Bjork album Volta leaked today. It features beats by Timbaland and percussion from Konono n°1, and you can find the track, "Earth Intruders" here.

- Pitchfork is reporting that M.I.A.'s new album, Kala, will be released on June 26th through Interscope. I highly recommend you check out the video for the single "Bird Flu" here.

-Bradley's Almanac posted up a ton of live Ted Leo mp3s from his stop at the Opera House with Death Cab for Cutie back in November.

- Connecticut are going to adopt an official state punk rock song. This is too weird to believe.

- Indie HQ has an interesting interview with Chris Wrenn, founder/owner of Salem, MA punk/hardcore label Bridge 9 Records. The interview discusses the labels future and how they are doing in the download era.

- AbsolutePunk.net is reporting that mewithoutYou will be doing a headlining tour this summer featuring supporting acts like Piebald and Manchester Orchestra. Sweet.

- I noticed this on the Middle East's website. It sounds interesting, shame I won't be around:
"Fri 8/10 - MEP The Porn Debate featuring Porn King Ron Jeremy vs. Porn Pastor Craig Gross – All Ages – $10adv/$15dos – plus $1 facility charge - NOTE: 7pm Doors – Reserved Seating - Tickets on Sale 4/13" - it takes place at the Somerville Theater. More tour dates are at the website.

Some random news and upcoming Boston shows

Here are some random upcoming shows in the Boston area with some small and local bands, which I copied from the Lemmingtrail board. Enjoy. Check 'em out.

3/13/07 - Ratatat/Despot/Ezra Furman @ Tufts University Oxfam Cafe - Medford, MA (free but will be packed, get there early! 8:30pm)

3/17/07 - Positive Reinforcement/Sick Fix/Dustheads/TBA - @ The Cuntree Club (don't know the exact address, sorry) - 7pm $5

3/21/07 - The Young Knives/Protokoll/TheMainDrag/The Daily Pravda @ Harper's Ferry - Allston, MA - 18+ ($8, 8pm)

3/22/07 - Read Yellow (last show ever)/Planes Mistaken for Stars/Lock and Key @ Middle East Club - Cambridge, MA (this show is going to sell out, get tickets now!)

3/24/07 @ Jamaica Plains Public Library - 12 Sedgwick St, Jamaica Plain, MA - $5 (2pm-5pm)
Kamikaze Noise
Sonorous Gale - On Tour from Buffalo, NY. thunderous Drum and bass duo. very heavy and amazing to watch live.
Scheisse Krieg - On Tour from Buffalo. lightning fast crusty hardcore.
Furnace - Dark and heavy hardcore from Manchester, NH via Allston

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The Silversun Pickups are playing an in-store performance at the Newbury Comics on Newbury Street on March 29th. I'm not sure of the details but I don't think you need a wrist band or anything. More info to come.

Ted Leo will be on WFMU tonight during their pledge drive, sometime between 8-11pm. Listen at WFMU.org

Billboard has a short interview up here with Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse, discussing their new album coming out next week on March 20th.

LiveBonnaroo.com is offering mp3s and FLAC downloads of past performances from the festival. Whole albums cost $9.95 in MP3 format and $12.95 in the CD-quality lossless FLAC format.

AOL.com is currently hosting the entire Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony that occurred recently. Watch it here to see the induction of REM, Patti Smith, and numerous others.

Sub Pop Records has launched an imprint label, Hardly Art, whose first release will be by Arthur & Yu and will come out June 19th, 2007.

Sub Pop is also offering a scholarship open to high school students from Oregon and Washington for $5750. Details can be found here and entrants are encouraged to have a strong interest in music.

Spin Magazine has a cool new feature called "Spin.com Book Club", which has band members read a book and then write about it each month. Check it out here.

Lastly, Crayola used Animal Collective's "Sweet Road" in their latest commercial. Pretty weird, huh? Watch it here.

some news taken from punknews.org, spin.com, and pitchforkmedia.com

Boston Zine Fair

I just heard about this, but it sounds pretty sweet. The Boston Zine Fair (formerly known as Beantown Zinetown) is an event taking place March 24th and 25th "with the aim of bringing together zinesters, artists, small presses and other producers of independent media. The conference includes two full days of tabling, an opening night show with live bands and readers, as well as potluck meals throughout the weekend." According to their website, there are also workshops and discussion panels. The fair is free and open to the public, takes place from 10am-6pm on both days, and will be held at Mass Art (621 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA). Registration for tables is available on their website and is open until March 3rd (too late for this I guess, oh well). There is also a yahoo group which you can join here to receive the latest updates, and the main Boston Zine Fair site, with all the information you need, can be found at Bostonzinefair.org