What's He Building In There Canada

In keeping with the haunting Tom Waits composition that spawned their name, What's He Building In There have ripened their own deranged fruit in the form of their debut self-titled LP. Drawing influence from the contrasting musical worlds of Mike Patton, Tool, Les Claypool, Between the Buried and Me, Frank Zappa and many other innovators, WHBIT have synthesized their many facets into one gripping and demented melodic masterpiece. Clocking in at just over 54 minutes, this self-produced saga will dash the preconceptions of heavy music listeners everywhere.- dates

Never Enough Tracks

Never Enough Track Listing is as follows: 1) "THE CRAVING" 2) "THE DEVIL I AM" 3) "TO THE BOTTOM 4) "NO ONE CARES" 5) "ON SUNDAY" 6) "POISON HEART" 7) "SHOUT" 8) "HUSH" 9) "WHERE THE RAIN NEVER STOPS" 10) "RELEASE"

A perpetually touring underground favorite, guitarist Keith Barney and drummer Trevor Friedrich of Eighteen Visions released 6 full length LP's and a string of EP's and 7 inches, racking up sales well in excess of a quarter million records, before announcing their break-up in early 2007, less than a year after releasing their Epic/Sony debut 18Visions, which debuted in the Billboard top 200, selling over 12,000 copies the first week. 18V also spawned the Top 20 Rock single "Victim", which led to successful worldwide tours with the likes of Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage, HIM, Deftones and Hinder. Texas based LYLAH, the brainchild of vocalist/guitarist Norman Matthew, became an underground phenomenon of their own, touring with the likes of Evanescence, Static-X, Sevendust and as a part of the Vans Warped Tour. 

Two songs from the band's debut album are currently streaming on the group's- Myspace page

Amy Winehouse To Give Us A Woodie

The only awards to honor the music voted best by the college audience, the 2007 "mtvU Woodies" will take place November 8th at Roseland Ballroom in New York City and premiere simultaneously on mtvU and mtvU.com November 15th at 8pm ET.

In February of this year, Amy Winehouse was named to mtvU's "Freshmen Five," a semi-annual list of emerging acts poised to ride college student support to mainstream notoriety, and a few months later she did just that – quickly becoming one of the biggest names in contemporary music. The acclaimed North London songstress will treat students to a rare U.S. performance at the "Woodies," one of only two scheduled for the remainder of 2007. Also on hand to shake things up will be student favorites The Academy Is…, backed by mtvU since the release of their debut album, Almost Here. Since then the band has rocked mtvU's "Campus Invasion Music Festival '07," "Spring Break" and registered some of the most highly streamed video premieres in the history of mtvU.com. In addition, The Academy Is… is currently headlining a nearly 60 stop fall tour presented by mtvU and also featuring Armor For Sleep, The Rocket Summer and Sherwood. Philadelphia-bred hip hop group Spank Rock are getting noticed with their breakout first single "Rick Ruben," off of their experimental debut album YoYoYoYoYo, and with strong student demand, have found themselves in heavy rotation on mtvU. The group's new release Bangers & Cash EP, released on Downtown Records, hit stores on October 9th.- more on this story

Puffy AmiYumi US Dates

You may have recently seen the girls modeling wide-leg jeans in the Annie Leibovitz-shot Gap campaign also featuring Sarah Silverman, Forest Whitaker and Selma Blair. Or you may know them from the hit Cartoon Network series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, but it was Puffy AmiYumi's music that initially gained the band attention.

After reaching superstardom in Japan, their left-field, anything-goes take on J-Pop attracted the likes of indie icons Jon Spencer of Blues Explosion fame, Dexter Holland of the Offspring and Butch Walker, writer-producer for Avril Lavigne and Pink, who has also collaborated with Puffy AmiYumi for the new honeycreeper LP.- dates

Metal Terrorist or Art?

'The Bombs Of Enduring Freedom' are currently holding an exhibition of artworks related to, and coinciding with, the release of their self-title limited edition debut album, at the Red Gate Gallery in Brixton, London."...apparently a neighbour saw us loading one of the pieces for the exhibiton into our car. The piece of work resembles a bomb, which is placed so it appears to be coming out of the ground. 

"We were just leaving Brighton, when we were pulled over and asked top step out of the car. We were then told in the strongest possible terms to explain ourselves. Once we had, we were basically told that we could continue to the gallery, but that the piece must be covered up until we reached our destination, and that it be destroyed once the exhibition was finished.." The offending artwork can be viewed- here

Secondhand Serenade Sets Release

One of the things that amazes me about this album is how much development it portrays, yet how organic it all came together. There's lots more to hear this time around but the recording process was still very natural. I think that feeling will come across to the fans." John Vesely, Secondhand Serenade 

A Twist In My Story Tracklisting: 1. Like A Knife 2. Fall For You 3. Maybe 4. Stranger 5. Your Call 6. Suppose 7. Why 8. A Twist In My Story 9. Stay Close, Dont Go 10. Pretend 11. Goodbye- 

The Menzingers Tour

With an album comes a tour! Check them out at the following stops: 

Oct 13 2007 The Rotunda Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 19 2007 90 Central Ave. New Brunswick, New Jersey
Oct 20 2007 Cafe Metropolis Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Oct 21 2007 Charm City Art Space Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 23 2007The Spazzatorium Galleria! Greenville, North Carolina
Oct 24 2007 House Show Knoxville, Tennessee
Oct 25 2007 The Infoshop Savannah, Georgia
Oct 26 2007 Very Heavy Music Sarasota, Florida- more on this story

Robbers On High Street Hit The Road Again

October 17 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY (CMJ w/ The Little Ones) 

w/ Great Northern
October 23 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC
October 24 - The Village Tavern - Mt. Pleasant, SC
October 25 - The Bottletree - Birmingham, AL
October 26 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA
October 27 - Jack Rabbits - Jacksonville, FL
October 28 - The Social - Orlando, FL
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The Lodger Coming to the States

On the heels of the successes of bands like The Kaiser Chiefs and The Arctic Monkeys, the north of England is fairly bursting with exciting guitar pop bands, and The Lodger is amongst the brightest hopes. 

Taking its cues from fellow northerners The Smiths and The Wedding Present, The Lodger's music is classic melodic pop, fueled by sparkling hooks and plangent lyrics. The tunes are sharp and timeless, a thoroughly modern distillation of great Britpop from the 60s right up to today. Grown-Ups is a perfect introduction to the thrilling pop charms of The Lodger.- dates

2007 Volcom Tour Goes Euro

Los Angeles, CA's Year Long Disaster are a Rock n' Roll power trio featuring Daniel Davies (son of Kinks guitarist Dave Davies) on guitar and vocals, Rich Mullins (ex-Karma To Burn, Speedealer) on bass, and Brad Hargreaves (Third Eye Blind) behind the drum kit. Recently completing their debut full-length album recorded in Tucson, AZ with Jim Waters (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, R.L. Burnside), this self-titled effort was released in the U.S. on Oct. 9th and is set for release in Europe in early 2008. Year Long Disaster is currently on tour in the US with Turbonegro.

Raleigh, NC's Birds Of Avalon features former The Cherry Valence members; the husband and wife team of Paul Siler and Cheetie Kumar. After leaving The Cherry Valence, Siler and Kumar returned to Raleigh and got to work putting together a new band, recruiting local area musicians, Craig Tilley (The Weather) on vocals, Scott Nurkin (Dynamite Brothers) on drums, and David Mueller on bass, with Siler and Kumar rounding out the group as dueling axe slingers. Birds of Avalon's debut release, Bazaar Bazaar, was produced by Mitch Easter (R.E.M., Wilco, Let's Active) and Birds Of Avalon, and was released in the U.S. in May '07 and will be released in Europe in early 2008. Birds Of Avalon just wrapped up a short tour with The Flaming Lips in the U.S. and will next be doing a few shows with Ted Leo & The Pharmacists.- more on this story

Treaty of Paris Add Dates

Oct 19 2007 Picador w/ Lucky Boys Confusion and Inept Iowa City, Iowa
Oct 26 2007 The Loft w/ The Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, and PlayRadioPlay! Madison, Wisconsin
Oct 27 2007 The Intersection w/ The Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, and PlayRadioPlay! Grand Rapids, Michigan
Oct 28 2007 Metro w/ The Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, and PlayRadioPlay! Chicago, Illinois- more on this story

The Kin US Tour

THE KIN kicked off their US tour in Boston, MA on September 29, 2007 and are hitting over 12 US cities as openers for co-headliners Josh Kelley and the Pat McGee Band. Here are the remaining stops:

The Kin with Pat Mcgee Band And Josh Kelley
Oct 12 - Portland, Oregon – Aladdin Theater
Oct 15 - San Francisco, California – The Independent
Oct 16 - Los Angeles, California – Troubadour- more on this story

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