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A Plethora of Musical Goodness

March 13, 2009

This week has been full of awesome stuff in the music world…awesome for me at least, and it’s my blog so I say what is and isn’t awesome.

Green Day Reissues Entire Catalog on Vinyl

From Spin:

Attention LP aficionados and Green Day die-hards: While the world awaits their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, due out in May, Billie Joe Armstrong and the boys have announced a campaign to reissue their entire catalog on vinyl over the remainder of 2009!
Green Day Catalog Vinyl Release Schedule:
March 24: 39/Smooth (1990), Kerplunk (1992)
April 18: Dookie (1994)
May 12: Insomniac (1995)
June 16: Nimrod (1997)
July 14: Warning (2000)
August 11: International Superhits! (2001)
September 15: Shenanigans (2002)
October 13: American Idiot (2004)
November 10: Bullet in a Bible (2005)

Mark Hoppus Loves Metric



Mark has been tweeting away about this band Metric. So I checked them out and LOVE them. What I find even more awesome is that this band got the best publicity: word of mouth. AND that mouth was Mark Hoppus, so that’s HUUUUUGE for them. I checked out Metric’s website and they have a new album coming out. Even better than being a really cool band, they are smart. They have a bazillion options for one choose from when purchasing their new album Fantasies. Best deal being the “Fantasies Limited Deluxe Edition”:

# Limited to 500 sales
# Personally signed autographs from all band members
# Set of 6 (4×6″) high-quality postcards featuring “Hollywood in Cambodia” imagery and personal messages from band members (comes as one 12×12″ print that can be poster-ized or cut as individual postcards)
# High quality 12×12″ collage print of band photos taken throughout the creation of Fantasies (from inspiration to live shows)
# Bonus, new studio track, “Waves”, not available in any other package
# 7 inch “Help I’m Alive” vinyl, including the exclusive “Help I’m A B-Side” B-side, and a Metric logo sticker
# Metric VIP Fan Pass – a limited edition laminate that brings you early and sometimes exclusive access to unique offers from the band
# Deluxe, hardcover digipack CD, exclusively available at ilovemetric.com and live performances
# 180g, 12 inch, gatefold album vinyl and 12×12″ print featuring “Hollywood in Cambodia” artwork
# Full-color album artwork booklet and liner notes
# Immediate download of “Waves”, a brand new studio track not available in any other package, “Help I’m Alive” (album version), and 2 other exclusive pre-order tracks.

This band will last forever (or as long as they wish).

Jack White of White Stripes, The Raconteurs. and now The Dead Weather



From Rolling Stone:

White Stripes and Raconteurs frontman Jack White unveiled his two latest projects Wednesday night in his hometown of Nashville: A new downtown office for Third Man Records, the imprint that’s offered his White Stripes and Raconteurs releases, and a new band called the Dead Weather. The new White-designed space for the vinyl-focused Third Man, just down the way from Nashville’s strip of trademark honky-tonks, will house the label office, a vinyl record store, a photo studio/dark room and a rehearsal/performance space. The new band takes White from the front of the stage back behind the drum kit, while the Kills’ Alison Mosshart mostly handles singing duties. The two are joined by White’s fellow Raconteur Jack Lawrence on bass and former touring Raconteur/Queen of the Stone Age Dean Fertita on guitar.

So THIS is fucking fantastic news! I love Jack White, and who SHOULDN’T love this man. Not only is this awesome, but he is on the drums this time. So we get to hear a fresh side to Jack White. I saw a comment somewhere that said “Jack White is carrying Rock n’ Roll on his back”. Couldn’t have said it better. I went to their website and listened to a couple of their songs. I suggest you go and listen…now.

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There ya go. I don’t usually want to report the news on this blog, but this is not JUST news. There is no excuse now for this summer NOT to rock.

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Tip Of The Iceberg, and Beyond.

September 5, 2008

I just picked up the new EP by New Found Glory called “Tip Of The Iceberg”. It has been released on Bridge Nine Records. I actually BOUGHT this CD because I actually like to support bands (and labels that actually help bands).

I have to say though, I am only half satisfied with my purchase. The other half? International Superheroes of Hardcore. A side project with the same members. The difference being NFG guitarist Chad Gilbert gets to scream in every song. My least favorite part of the NFG records is Chad’s screaming.

I do have respect for the way “Tip Of The Iceberg” was released though. They didn’t put the hardcore side-project on the same disc as the NFG songs, and instead made it a double-disc EP. They weren’t double dipping on this one and it was a decent buy at 12 bucks for a double-EP.

The NFG songs on “Tip Of the Iceberg” are not the best they have done, but again, I think it’s a mere celebration of doing whatever they want. In an interview with absolutepunk.net Chad Gilbert said:

Were gonna write and record our entire album and then go to a label and have them put it out. Were doing it the other way around just because it’s nice to be in control. A lot of band will have a record label give them money and they record an album because they are obligated to be on that label but were gonna do it the opposite way.

I know they have already finished recording the next album, and I am really looking forward to it for two reasons: 1. They didn’t have the pressures of a major label on them. and 2. Mark fucking Hoppus produced the album.

Mark Hoppus, in an interview with pickRset:

the new found glory record we just finished recording. this is a band i’ve been a fan of and friends with for a long time. then for past couple of years, as a listener, it seemed like they were kind of adrift. not that the songs were weak, but maybe just that they lacked focus. i can’t really explain it. and then a few months ago i get a call from chad about working on their new record. we met up at the studio and he brought an ipod with a bunch of very rough demos. from the minute he walked in the door you could tell that this was a new band altogether. they had gotten out of their deal with their former label and had a whole new enthusiasm for their music. the tracks were still new found glory, but with a new edge and intensity to them. these guys wanted to come out swinging. so we went in and tracked what i think is the hardest-hitting nfg record to date. we worked really hard to get great, gritty guitars, big drums, edgy bass, and jordan is singing stronger than he ever has. now keep in mind that nfg has recorded a bunch of albums already. this is by no means their first bbq. so it was fun recording an album with a bunch of guys who had a definite sound in mind that they wanted to achieve, but also wanted input and guidance from someone they trusted. it was more of a collaboration, albeit a contentious one at times. usually when we are tracking a band, there are one or two members with definite opinions about what should and should not happen. in nfg, four of the five members hold fast in their opinions, and when it comes to voicing their views about what they do or don’t like, there are no holds barred. throw in me with my thoughts and chris holmes with his, and it made for more than a few heated moments in the control room. but it totally worked. in those short moments of disagreement and raised voices, the songs really came together, and i think it shows through in the music. it’s a great album. when we got the mix of the first track, all of us were floored. seriously. i can’t wait for people to hear this record.

So yeah, I’m pumped.

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