HM News Update: Week Ending 8-19
As Cities Burn Album Release Special
For a limited time, when you purchase the new album from As Cities Burn, "Come Now Sleep," at select music retailers, you'll get a free As Cities Burn EP with purchase. The EP includes 4 songs, including three demo versions of songs from "Come Now Sleep" and an incredible live performance of "The Widow" by Cody Bonnette from Cornerstone 2007. Watch and listen to Cody's live version of "The Widow" on youtube. For a complete list of locations where you will be able to get the EP for free, click here!
HM Magazine Stage To Rock Purple Door This Weekend
As the countdown to Purple Door 2007 begins, the east coast’s premier alternative arts and music festival is pleased to announce the winners of the Mono Vs Stereo New Band Showcase and the Warehouse 54 Battle of the Bands competition, as well as highlight the changes and additions to this year’s Art Gallery.
HM Magazine Stage (Saturday, Aug 18):
10:00 AM The Wedding
10:40 AM Inhale Exhale
11:20 AM August Burns Red
1:25 PM The Devil Wears Prada
2:15 PM The Chariot
3:05 PM Haste the Day
4:00 PM Norma Jean
In its third year, the Mono vs Stereo New Band Showcase welcomes entries from unsigned bands across the country who would like a shot at performing on the Gallery stage on Friday night of the Festival. Interested bands submitted a three-song demo cd, along with a band bio for consideration and a panel of industry judges chose the top three most promising acts. This year’s winners are: After the Sirens from Wenham, MA, The Apathy Eulogy from Baltimore, MD and Cabot, AR-based After the Tragedy. Warehouse 54 in Manheim, PA hosted a regional Battle of the Bands competition to find the band most worthy of filling the coveted opening slot on main stage Friday night. Three separate competitions were held and the top two bands from each competed in the finale competition. A combination of panel judges and audience votes were tallied to determine the ultimate winner. Between The Two, hailing from Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, soared past more than 25 other bands in the competition and will be kicking off Purple Door 2007 on Friday night. “We are very pleased to partner with Mono vs Stereo for the third year and Warehouse 54 for the first time, to help cultivate young talent and give artists the ability to showcase their musical ability,” expresses Timothy Eddings, festival program director. “Purple Door is an excellent place for bands to hone their performance skills, expand their fan base and gain knowledge from the nationally known acts participating in the event and we feel privileged to be a part of this important step in their career.” With the goal of encouraging and developing all types of artistic abilities, Purple Door also features an eclectic Art Gallery where both young and emerging artists can use their talents as a careful, well-considered expression through various visual media, as the artist relates to the surrounding world at large. For the 2007 event, the Art Gallery will feature the work of five main artists, Ben Volta, Will Stichter, Matt Neff, Christopher Van Auken and Timothy Hoover. Continuing with tradition, Purple Door has also accepted entries from local and regional artists. A new addition for this year, all Festival attendees will be able to participate in the creation of a 3D art structure that will grow and transform throughout the day as both artistically-minded and interested people can easily involve themselves in this project. The Art Gallery will also feature experimental and ambient music from the band Soporus and multi-media musician, Steve Hoffman. Chris Strayer, festival producer, explains, “The Art Gallery is an integral part of Purple Door. We not only want to encourage musical talent, but creative and artistic abilities take on many forms and we strive to showcase those as well so that others are inspired to embrace their own God-given talents.” Purple Door Arts and Music Festival will be held at Ski Roundtop in Lewisberry, PA, August 17 – 18, and will feature three stages of performances from some of the hottest bands impacting the music scene today, as well as an art gallery, skate park, paint ball and top speakers from across the country. Artist slated to perform at the 12th Annual event include: mewithoutYou, Relient K, Anberlin, Haste the Day, Norma Jean, As Cities Burn, Colour Revolt, Denison Witmer, Red, The Devil Wears Prada, Derek Webb, Family Force 5, Leeland, and Cool Hand Luke, as well as local favorites August Burns Red, Kheris and Farewell Flight. For late-breaking info, go to: purpledoor.com
Thrice To Release Two Albums At Once (Part Of A 4-set)
Taking an unsullied approach to the writing, recording and production of their upcoming release, the decision to find a new record label was evident and expected for Orange County’s critically lauded, Thrice. Assuming control of their creative direction, Thrice has parted ways with Island records after releasing 2003's The Artist and The Ambulance and 2005's Vheissu, and have signed with Vagrant Records, on which they will release the four-volume Alchemy Index. The Alchemy Index: Vols. I & II - Fire & Water will be released on October 16th, 2007, with The Alchemy Index: Vols. III & IV - Earth & Air to be released in Spring of 2008. The specific details about this ambitious project will be revealed over the next few weeks. Stretching their innovation even further Thrice’s, Dustin Kensrue, Teppei Teranishi, Riley Breckenridge & Ed Breckenridge, expressed their musical diversity resulting in their most stunning effort to date. The Alchemy Index is an uncompromising artistic collection that represents the band’s evolution and shatters conventional boundaries. This quartet prides themselves on continually pushing the envelope creating the dynamic sound they call their own. It is this equilibrium that helps the band develop such richly crafted tracks and in doing so, it raises the bar once again for all that follow. In support of the first installment of The Alchemy Index, Thrice will be headlining a 9 week – 42 date U.S. tour with Brand New. Over the course of the next ten weeks, Thrice will release one video snippet per week giving the fan a hint of what is yet to come. Here is the first of ten:
youtube.com. For more information on Thrice and The Alchemy Index please check out thrice.net or alchemyindex.com and stay tuned for their upcoming tour.
Cry Of The Afflicted E-Card!
The debut album, "The Unveiling" from Cry Of The Afflicted is in stores now! Check out the new e-card to preview songs from the album, download Cry Of The Afflicted wallpapers and buddy icons, and a whole lot more.
Inhale Exhale Co-Headlining Tour ... Sponsored in part by HM Magazine
Inhale Exhale's co-headline tour with Nodes of Ranvier is underway! The band is heading out with Nodes of Ranvier, Odd Project and their good friends and labelmates Oh Sleeper for the "Defined by Struggle Tour." Also joining the tour for the second half will be My Bitter End. This will be a killer tour you won't want to miss.
Tour Dates:
8/16 Charlerloi, PA @ Club Octane
8/17 Bloomsburg, PA @ Phillips Emporium (no Inhale Exhale)
8/17 Canal Fulton, OH @ Blink Fest w/ Haste the Day & more (Inhale Exhale only)
8/18 Lewisberry, PA @ Purple Door w/ August Burns Red and more (Inhale Exhale only)
8/18 Ronkonkoma, NY @ Traxx (no Inhale Exhale)
8/19 Baltimore, MD @ Riva Trace w/ Spoken and more
8/20 Virginia Beach, VA @ Club Relevant w/ It Dies Today
8/21 Fredericksburg, VA @ KC's Music Alley
8/22 Thomasville, NC @ The Soundvent
8/23 Charleston, SC @ The Remnant
8/24 Jacksonville, FL @ Fuel Coffeehouse
8/26 Tallahassee, FL @ The Beta Bar
8/28 Douglasville, GA @ The 7 Venue
8/30 Montgomery, AL @ The Rave
8/31 Memphis, TN @ The Rally Point
The First Oh, Sleeper Song Online Now!
The first Oh, Sleeper song from their Solid State Records' debut, "When I Am God," is online now! Check out the song, "I Will Welcome The Reaping," now at myspace.com/ohsleeper. The new album hits stores everywhere on October 23rd, so stay tuned for more news, more music, and much more!
Hawk Nelson Rawks!
HAWK NELSON continues to dominate the sports realm with a new national promotional NBC NFL campaign featuring “Bring Em’ Out,” which includes online and television trailers. Starting this past weekend on sundaynightisfootballnight.com. “Bring Em’Out” is featured on the “Preview” for the next six weeks. This site promotes the move of Monday night football on ABC to Sunday night on NBC. “Bring Em’ Out” has already received airtime with its debut in the family movie “Yours, Mine, & Ours,” it was also part of a promotion for 2006 NBC coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup, as well as selected song in a USA Today Critic Blog. Festival attendees were greeted from above as daredevil HAWK NELSON members took the plunge from the sky as they entered their set for Spirit West Coast this past weekend. Each band member flew tandem as they skydived into the 20,000+ attended festival on Saturday. HAWK NELSON will finish out the summer with the HAWK NELSON BASEBALL TOUR that has already traveled across the country hitting major & minor baseball league games with a concert prior to the games. Upcoming games that will feature the band include: LA Dodgers on August 19th...for updated list check out their myspace: myspace.com. HAWK NELSON will finish the summer and early fall with the baseball tour, followed by the REVOLVE Tour ( revolvetour.com ). The band is also working on their third studio project due in 2008.
The Chariot Hit YouTube
The Chariot has launched their own Chariot-vision channel this week on youtube.com. The band has posted a whole series of videos on YouTube, seven episodes in total including live footage from their performance at Cornerstone IL, and deleted scenes from their travels on the headlining tour with The Human Abstract and Misery Signals leading up to Cornerstone. The deleted scenes detail the crazy antics of tour life, and all the pranks the band pull on each other, including a pair of shoes set on fire, a TV thrown from the top of an abandoned shack, and a homemade music video to Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys. The Chariot will continue to post videos on the site over the course of the next few weeks. The band’s first official music video for the song They Faced Each Other, off of their new full-length, The Fiancée just premiered nationally on Uranium on Fuse TV. They will be shooting their second video, for Forgive Me Nashville, in the next few weeks. The Fiancée has been receiving an overwhelming amount of national acclaim since it’s release this Spring on Solid State Records when it cracked the Billboard Top 200 it’s first week and landed at #169! Within three weeks the album hit the 12,000 scanned mark and the numbers keep rising. The band was on the cover of the April/May issue of HM Magazine, and received feature coverage in Alternative Press, Decibel, Revolver, Hit Parader, and AMP. A recent issue of Chord praised the Chariot, saying, “The music on The Fiancee is a hulking chunk of nasty and gnarly noise that rips and snorts with the pugnaciousness of a pitbull….It’s full on, full bore from stem to stem, and sounds as if it is recorded live.” Outburn agreed, giving the album a 10 out of 10 and 10 review, and said “The Chariot is here to rip the roof off the metalcore scene and shake things up. The Fiancée is a thrilling odyssey of noisy, chunky metal that dares to swim against the current of typical metalcore.”
Nate Allen Stays On The Road
Nate is out on the road again, supporting his new record, Take It Easy: On The Road With Destroy Nate Allen.
Tour Dates:
Roseburg, Oregon - Aug 16 2007 5:00P Riversdale Grange
Grants Pass, Oregon - Aug 17 2007 7:00P The Trove
Medford, Oregon - Aug 18 2007 9:00P Johnny Bs (21 +)
Merlin, Oregon - Aug 19 2007 7:00P Nicoles House
Paradise, California - Aug 20 2007 7:00P Coffees On
Reno, Nevada - Aug 21 2007 7:00P House Show!!!!
Sacramento, California - Aug 22 2007 7:00P Cafe Refugio
Gilroy, California - Aug 24 2007 6:00P The Sanctuary
Oakland, California - Aug 25 2007 7:00P Mama Buzz Cafe
San Francisco, CA - Aug 26 2007 8:00P Blondies Bar...
Arcata, California - Aug 29 2007 7:00P Big Pete's Pizzaria
Sutherlin, Oregon - Aug 30 2007 8:00P Carlson Estates
Portland, Oregon - Sep 1 2007 8:00P Black and Red Cafe
Stevenson, Washington - Sep 2 2007 8:00P X-Fest
For more info call 415-368-7195 or visit
myspace.com/destroynateallen
SXSW ... Get Ready Already!
The twenty-second South By Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference and Festival is now open for business. You may register, make a hotel request, and apply for a music festival showcase slot. SXSW Music takes place March 12 - 16, 2008 in Austin, Texas. A keynote address anchors four days of panels, interviews, workshops, peer meetings and the trade show exhibition at the Austin Convention Center. Daytime events flow into the world-renowned music festival, which showcases over 1000 acts on stages throughout downtown Austin. Registration for SXSW Music allows you access to all daytime events at the Austin Convention Center, entry into official SXSW day parties, and priority access into all SXSW nighttime showcases. In addition, registration will allow you to access the 2008 Online Registrants Directory, a great tool to aid in planning your SXSW meetings. New for the 2008 conference are the SXSW Quickies - informal forums in which registrants will have a series of short discussions in small groups led by music professionals from all corners of the business. Designed to give increased access to a number of our speakers, the Quickies will run every morning from Wednesday through Saturday, and will offer a fresh opportunity to learn and share experience. Click on sxsw.com to learn more and to register to attend.
Ex-Sacred Warrior Guys Jam
Broken Volume will be playing a show in Chicago next week, and you're all totally invited! Some of you are probably wondering "who's Broken Volume?" Check out purevolume.com/brokenvolume or myspace.com/brokenvolume for more info on the band, as well as a few music samples. Here's The Scoop: There are a couple churches coming together to sponsor a big community outreach, and we'll be providing musical entertainment as well as leading worship for the event. There is no cost, and there will be food provided. So if you've got a casual, potentially uneventful saturday coming up, and want to spice it up with a bit of God-loving rock-and-roll worship, here's an option.
Show Details:
New Life Community/Central Assembly Outreach Event
Location: New Life Community Church
Address: 3039 S. Normal, Chicago, 60616
Date: August 18th, 2007
Time: 4:30pm (music starts at 5:00)
Broken Volume is
Chris Corbett - Vocals
Bruce Swift - Guitar/Vocals
Derek Funkhouser - Guitar
Galen Theodorou - Bass
Tony Velasquez - Drums/Vocals
Fireflight Back In Studio
Fireflight is taking a much deserved break from the summer heat to record a new record. The band will be in the studio for the month of August before the Scars Remain Tour with Disciple, Fireflight, Dizmas and Wavorly in mid-September. Look for video blogs and updates of the recording process from Fireflight at their MySpace page: myspace.com/fireflight.
Going To The Chapel
Congratulations to Nevertheless’ frontman Josh Pearson, whowill be getting married next week. Even the excitement of a wedding doesn’t slow down this band. Nevertheless is playing a show with Cartel two days before the ceremony, in a city 15 hours away. Check out their official website for upcoming shows: neverthelessmusic.com.
Until September:
Until June’s song “What I’ve Done,” from their self-titled debut album was chosen as the theme song for the Private Practice trailer included on the Grey’s Anatomy Season 3 DVD, on sale Sept. 11. Private Practice is a spin-off of hit TV show Grey’s Anatomy, and will premiere on Sept. 26. Until June has been favorably compared to bands such as Mae, Keane, and The Fray, and the New York Post calls the band’s sound, “bright, catchy pop.” Exciting news about the band’s upcoming involvement with ABC television is forthcoming.
EDISON GLASS’S EP on iTunes
Yes! Finally! New Edison Glass music will be available on iTunes on August 28th. The Let Go EP will be made up of 3 songs from their upcoming release “Time is Fiction” as well as two other tracks exclusive to this iTunes release. And all for the low low price of $3.95. You can’t beat that! Edison Glass decided they really wanted to get to know all of you out there, so they got the ultra-awesome Edison Glass cell phone. Anyone can call them to just chat, leave a voicemail or a text! (917) 338-3878 is the number if you would like to call the guys and say hello. We’re really excited that Edison Glass has not one, but 2 cuts on the “Stranded in Stereo” compilation by the Planetary Group. The project goes out to about 15,000 key music industry people, tastemakers, influential retail and cyber music communities who we hope will be inspired, amazed and enamored by Edison Glass! The band has one song on the CD and their amazing “This House” video is on the DVD.
TOUR DATES:
08/18/07 West Orange, NJ The Red Door
08/19/07 Levittown, NY Vintage Lounge
09/07/07 Wyckoff, NJ Bethany
SPOKEN To Unleash A Self-Titled Album
We’re ramping up to release the new self-titled CD by Spoken that comes out Sept 25. To get you excited, we put a lot of new songs up on the MySpace and PureVolume pages. And to get you more excited, if you pre-order the CD on interpunk.com, you’ll receive a free Spoken T-Shirt. Hurry though, supplies are limited, and we don’t want you to miss out. What we’re really excited about though is The Spoken Syndicate! The fans have always been the driving force behind the band, so we wanted to put that in action. You can sign up on
spokenmusic.com and myspace.com/spoken to join. It’s free, it’s easy, and Syndicate members will be a big part of the grassroots marketing of the new album. In exchange, members will have access to special meet and greet contests, exclusive merch, promos, etc. So go and sign up!
Spoken Tour Dates:
8/17 Lewisberry, PA Purple Door
8/18 Lewisberry, PA Purple Door
8/19 Davidsonville, MD RTBC
8/20 Southington, CT
8/22 Manchester, NH
8/23 Absecon, NJ
8/24 Gettysburg, PA
8/25 Cortland, OH
8/26 Grand Rapids, MI
9/2 Sioux Falls, SD
9/8 Mt Juliet, TN
9/9 Chattanooga, TN
9/15 Toledo, OH
9/18 Strafford, MO
9/21 Green Bay, WI
9/22 Minneapolis, MN
9/23 Mankato, MN
9/24 Omaha, NE
9/25 Des Moines, IA
9/26 Dewey, IL
9/28 Westerville, OH
9/29 Lansdale, PA
9/30 Conneaut Lake, PA
DIZMAS HITS FIRST #1 IN RADIO
Congratulations to Dizmas on their first number one single! This week Dizmas’s current single “Play it Safe” hit the #1 spot on the R&R Christian Rock charts! Sweet! It’s a really good song, so we’re not really surprised though! The Dizmas guys will be heading out Sept 13 on the Scars Remain Tour with Disciple, Fireflight at Wavorly. Make sure you check out the tour dates at the end of this email and hit one of these shows when it comes through your town.
Dizmas Tour Dates:
8/18 Carson, CA
8/19 Palmdale, CA
8/24 Paradise, CA
8/25 Loma Rica, CA
8/30 Fresno, CA
8/31 Quincy, CA
9/13 Wichita, KS
9/14 Denver, CO
9/15 Sheridan, WY
9/16 Jamestown, ND
9/17 Williston, ND
9/18 Billings, MT
9/19 Boise, ID
9/20 Spokane, WA
9/21 Vancouver, WA
9/22 Salem, OR
9/23 Medford, OR
9/24 Reno, NV
9/25 Orangevale, CA
9/27 Las Vegas, NV
9/28 Orange, CA
9/29 San Jose, CA
9/30 Vacaville, CA
SEABIRD FINISHES IN THE STUDIO
At long last, Seabird finally finished their debut album! Allen Salmon and the guys just put the finishing touches on their upcoming project and while the release date is is still to be announced, we are super excited that it’s finally on it’s way! More about Seabird in the very near future. Don't miss their August 24 show in New Albany, Indiana if you live nearby!
THE MYRIAD + SMASHING PUMPKINS = LOVE
The Myriad’s cover of the classic Smashing Pumpkins’ song “Perfect” is featured on the Pumpkins myspace page! So head over to myspace.com/smashingpumpkins and give their cover a listen.
The Myriad Tour Dates:
8/17 N Lawrence, OH
8/18 Snohomish, WA
10/4 Austin, TX
10/5 Dallas, TX
10/6 Houston, TX
10/7 San Antonio, TX
10/11 Phoenix, AZ
10/12 San Diego, CA
10/14 Anaheim, CA
10/16 San Francisco, CA
10/18 Portland, OR
10/20 Seattle, WA
10/21 Spokane, WA
10/22 Boise, ID
10/24 Denver, CO
10/25 Manhattan, KS
10/26 Tulsa, OK
11/1 Chicago, IL
11/7 Cincinnati, OH
11/8 Philadelphia, PA
11/9 Boston, MA
11/10 NYC
11/11 Washington DC
11/13 Raleigh, NC
11/14 Columbia, SC
11/16 Atlanta, GA
FUTURE OF FORESTRY SAYS GOODBYE TO NICK AND LUKE
Future of Forestry is sad to say goodbye to Nick and Luke. The band’s vision seemed to be going in different directions, and the guys will be greatly missed. Nick and Luke are going to be playing for some other artists such as Bethany Dillon, so you’ll be seeing a lot more of them in the near future. The bands still has their last shows with this lineup this weekend – Aug 10 in Orange County and 11 in San Diego, and then Eric and Spencer will begin working on the next chapter of the band. Be looking for a tour coming up in December!
Cool Hand Luke On The Road
Where? You Say... Here:
8/17 Lewisberry, PA
8/19 Davidsonville, MD
8/20 Akron, OH
8/23 Sycamore IL
8/25 Trumbull County, OH
8/26 Louisville, KY
9/8 Agawam, MA
9/9 Gettysburg, PA
9/11 Bloomington, IN
9/12 Goshen, IN
9/13 Holland, MI
9/14 Clinton Township, MI
9/15 Horseheads, NY
9/16 Chesapeake, VA
9/20 Brandon, FL
9/22 Daytona Beach, FL
9/24 Tallahassee, FL
9/27 Memphis, TN
9/28 Orange County, CA
9/30 Russellville, AR
MAHTEO Makes Debut
MAHTEO's debut EP, "The NuWave Republic" is officially out. Get it now online at iTunes, Napster, or check your local record store. If they don't have it, then tell them to order it now. You could do the easy and sensible thing and just go to myspace.com/mahteo and order it directly from them. Getting it directly from the band is probably as cheap as you're going to find it. The record features 5 tracks of infectious electronic-tinged indie rock in the vein of The Killers, Panic! At The Disco, Anberlin, and 30 Seconds To Mars. To hear tracks from the album, go to myspace.com/scotomalisteningparty. Be sure to keep an eye out for the band on tour in your area.
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More news from last week:
Radial Angel To Play Showcase Gig
It is at 6pm on August 27th at 12th and porter in Nashville. "We have a few labels that will be there for sure and we are hoping to fill the place with as many people in the industry as we can." It is also open for the public and everyone is welcome.
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