My own summer (blog it).
There is really no better feeling than getting to see a glimpse of what your favorite musicians are cooking up in between records. Sure, it can be great hearing an MP3 of a new song performed live by one of your top bands on your last.fm chart, but in my opinion, it's far better to see just what they're working on. Here's a small sampling of what I am beyond pumped for right now:
TOM GABEL
Heart Burns EP
RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28 on Sire
Anything Tom Gabel is involved in is always worth a few listens, and this being his first proper "solo" release since the early days of Against Me! makes the anticipation all sorts of huge. Out of the seven songs on the disc, only one has officially been released, and it was in the form of a makeshift music video for "100 Years War." It's a little bit chilling, in the best possible way:
100 Years Of War
Another one of the EP's songs, "Amputations," has been played at a number of shows by Against Me! in the past few months, so there's a swath of live clips on YouTube. Here's my favorite:
Anyone else think the hook of that song kinda sounds like Meat Loaf's "Paradise By The Dashboard Light," or am I totally crazy?
DEFTONES
Eros
RELEASE DATE: winter(?) on Warner Bros.
Chino and the boys recently wrapped production on their sixth proper album with Terry Date again at the helm, and while there is no firm release date yet ("winter" could be anything from late this November till next February -- please, please, please, don't make me wait till February), guitarist Stephen Carpenter recently told my cohort Tim that this record is "more melodic" than past efforts, which truly gets my blood pumping. Deftones are good when they're angry and thrashing, but they're truly great when they can true heavy yet melodic masterpieces ("Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)," "Beware," "Minerva"). Here's some in-studio clips the band have released, and of course, they love to tease with hints of new music:
Deftones In-Studio Clip 1
Deftones In-Studio Video 2
Eros In-Studio Video 3
Yeah, exactly. I am pumped with a capital P.
WEATHERBOX
The Cosmic Drama
RELEASE DATE: TBA 2009 on Doghouse
This release cannot come soon enough. I truly look at Weatherbox leader Brian Warren as an unbelievably talented songwriter that not enough people are paying attention to (no matter how much I relentlessly hype the 'Box's debut album American Art, which is damn near perfect). I've been craving new Weatherbox material essentially all year, and am super-bummed that the split 7-inch between the band and Person L has yet to materialize, even though both groups have recorded their songs. In the meantime, I will continue to play this live video over and over and over; it's Brian performing a new song, tentatively titled "God Shuts His Door (It Happens To The Worst Of Us)," and the raw emotion and drive in his voice just kills me. Brian, I believe in you:
TOM GABEL
Heart Burns EP
RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28 on Sire
Anything Tom Gabel is involved in is always worth a few listens, and this being his first proper "solo" release since the early days of Against Me! makes the anticipation all sorts of huge. Out of the seven songs on the disc, only one has officially been released, and it was in the form of a makeshift music video for "100 Years War." It's a little bit chilling, in the best possible way:
100 Years Of War
Another one of the EP's songs, "Amputations," has been played at a number of shows by Against Me! in the past few months, so there's a swath of live clips on YouTube. Here's my favorite:
Anyone else think the hook of that song kinda sounds like Meat Loaf's "Paradise By The Dashboard Light," or am I totally crazy?
DEFTONES
Eros
RELEASE DATE: winter(?) on Warner Bros.
Chino and the boys recently wrapped production on their sixth proper album with Terry Date again at the helm, and while there is no firm release date yet ("winter" could be anything from late this November till next February -- please, please, please, don't make me wait till February), guitarist Stephen Carpenter recently told my cohort Tim that this record is "more melodic" than past efforts, which truly gets my blood pumping. Deftones are good when they're angry and thrashing, but they're truly great when they can true heavy yet melodic masterpieces ("Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)," "Beware," "Minerva"). Here's some in-studio clips the band have released, and of course, they love to tease with hints of new music:
Deftones In-Studio Clip 1
Deftones In-Studio Video 2
Eros In-Studio Video 3
Yeah, exactly. I am pumped with a capital P.
WEATHERBOX
The Cosmic Drama
RELEASE DATE: TBA 2009 on Doghouse
This release cannot come soon enough. I truly look at Weatherbox leader Brian Warren as an unbelievably talented songwriter that not enough people are paying attention to (no matter how much I relentlessly hype the 'Box's debut album American Art, which is damn near perfect). I've been craving new Weatherbox material essentially all year, and am super-bummed that the split 7-inch between the band and Person L has yet to materialize, even though both groups have recorded their songs. In the meantime, I will continue to play this live video over and over and over; it's Brian performing a new song, tentatively titled "God Shuts His Door (It Happens To The Worst Of Us)," and the raw emotion and drive in his voice just kills me. Brian, I believe in you:
posted by Scott Heisel at
10:59 PM
2 Comments:
i agree with you about the weatherbox debut, american art, being good. however, i went to see them live and brians vocals were all over the place. i wasn't sure if he had a cold or that was just his live vocal performance. why not record an album without all of the post production editing? the band came across as less authentic because of it.
Agreed on "Beware", what an unbelievable song.
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