antiMusic reports: Alternative rockers ism's great new sophomore album 'Urgency,' just hit stores last week and to celebrate the release we asked frontman Andre Mistier to tell us a little about his five favorite tracks. Andre went well beyond the call of duty! So let's cut this intro short and let Andre tell you about today's song:
Ash and Rose: While somewhere on the road, I picked up a book called The US Guide to Surviving Terrorism. This was in the first couple years after 9/11. It was a serious, government-issued book on how we should deal with the threats that we might encounter going about our lives. My favorite section was about what to do if terrorists boarded the plane you were on. It said, if terrorists board the plane, do not try to deter them, lie down on the floor and wait for further instructions. A page or two later it said, if US Marshalls enter the plane to attempt to apprehend the terrorists, do not try to help them. Lie down on the floor and wait for further instructions. So basically, no matter who is doing something, we're just sheep whose job is to mutely lie there while other people tell us what to do. Sounds fun.
Now, I'm not exactly sure why, but for some reason this whole thing made me think of the children's song Ring Around the Rosie. You know, ashes ashes we all fall down? As you may or may not know, that song is about the bubonic plague- ashes ashes, we all are going to die, so let's sing and dance in the meantime. These two ideas fused together into this song.
antiMusic reports: It's only fitting that a producer of the musical equivalent to fast food would take the plunge and get into the real fast food business. NME has the scoop: Kanye West's company has reportedly bought the rights to open a fast-food chain in the rap star's hometown of Chicago.
KW Foods LLC is set to open 10 Fatburger locations throughout the Chicago area, as well as another one in Los Angeles.
Chicago's first Fatburger restaurant is scheduled to open in September in Orland Park, reports Chicago Business.
FMQB reports: After spending the past few years promoting their album The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance has decided to put the band on the backburner for a while and pursue other interests before writing a new album.
Singer Gerard Way has been working on his comic book series The Umbrella Academy, while brother Mikey Way has been penning his own comic book as well.
Guitarist Frank Iero is starting a new band called Leathermouth, guitarist Ray Toro is getting married and drummer Bob Bryar is spending his time off in Chicago.
antiMusic reports: There is a rumor swirling around that Kid Rock will team up with Britney Spears for a performance at this year's MTV VMAs ceremony.
"No! What?! Right. I can give you a definite no on that. In one word: No. In two words, hell, no!," Rock said on Ryan Seacrest's Los Angeles based radio show Wednesday.
Obviously our headline was a joke but maybe Rock doth protest too much? Maybe he and Tommy Lee can line-up a boxing match at the after party? That would be far more entertaining than anything at the VMAs (unless the rumor of a Guns N' Roses appearance to hype their new song in the Rock Band game pans out.)
antiMusic reports: Former Guns N' Roses/Rock Star Supernova guitarist Gilby Clarke will take part in the Wade Morris Golf Invitational on Tuesday, September 2 at the Angeles National Golf Club in Los Angeles. Gilby will perform and golf at this event. more
Coldplay have added four shows to their October/November tour of the US which resumes October 26 in East Rutherford, NJ. The band will now play shows in Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Atlanta. more
Apparently, there are talks between Paul McCartney and Louise Harrison—George's sister, who's lived in the U.S. since before the Beatles blew up—to open a Beatles museum in Branson, Mo., Harrison's home city. more
A new set of Elvis and Priscilla Presley Barbie dolls have been unveiled. The dolls sport replicas of the outfits the couple wore on their wedding day in Las Vegas in 1967. more
Madonna PR rep shot down a slew of rumors: "There are several totally untrue rumors currently floating around about Madonna. One is that she is canceling shows, canceling a birthday party, that she's adopting a second child from Malawi and that she hurt her ankle. None of these are true," Liz Rosenberg told E! News. more
The Cult has reportedly parted ways with Roadrunner Records, the label that released the group's latest album, "Born into This". That CD sold 12,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release [not really surprising given that label's PR dept] On the good news front, the band have announced some new tour dates. Grab those here
Swedish metallers Opeth have announced that they will perform in Dubai, United Arab Emirates at the 2009 Desert Rock festival, scheduled for March 6th - 7th at Dubai Festival City. more
Circa Survive has apparently fulfilled their contractual obligations to Equal Vision Records and should be announcing a new record label soon. more
Misery Index has been added to the Brutal Truth show on August 14 at the Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. Javelina + others will open the show - doors at 8pm/$15 - show is at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St
Big City Kids, the newest act to join the Authentik Artists roster will be exclusively premiering their new track "One Night Stand" on August 18th via Tap Tap Revenge, the wildly successful music game for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard will honor songwriter Diane Warren with the inaugural Film & TV Music Career Achievement Award at an exclusive lunch reception in Los Angeles on Nov. 14. more
Michael Schenker will once again share the stage with one of the band's he helped found, The Scorpions, when they roll through the UK in October. details
Canadian hardcore act Comeback Kid have announced the release of their first DVD. Along with a full length live show, the DVD will include a retrospective documentary. Dubbed ""Our Distance," the film uses intimate footage to follow the band both onstage and off, touring, and recording from Comeback Kid's first show to present day. more
The Who will perform at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan on October 21st, with proceeds being given to Detroit charities Gleaners Community Food Bank and Focus: HOPE.
antiMusic reports: Need another reason to get cable TV if you don't already have it? Maybe this news from NME will convince you:
Jennifer Lopez is set to add TV producer to her resume, with the news that she will executive produce a remake of her 2002 movie 'Maid in Manhattan'.
The series is being developed by the ABC network and a pilot has already been green-lit. "The show is a different maid in a different Manhattan," pilot-writer Chad Hodge told the Hollywood Reporter.
PR reports: One of Earache's newest signings, the heaviest, most pissed-off deathcore band in the world, Oceano, recently posted up a number of pictures onto MySpace which were promptly removed by site administrators for being "too violent".
Under MySpace rules and regulations, "images of violence are prohibited" on the popular social networking site. This led to the photos being taken down "within a half hour" according to Oceano guitarist Andrew Mikhail. "They even took them off our personal profiles. Guess they were too raunchy after all."
The pictures in question from a recent Oceano photo shoot hit every measure of violence imaginable, both simulated and real."On a scale of 1 to 10, we'd say it was about a 6 on the blood scale." says Mikhail. "We knew how bloody it was already, but we told the photographer we wanted more. You could never have enough blood." The models used in the photographs even contributed to the raw physicality captured in the graphic photos. "These girls were hardcore" says the imposing Oceano guitarist. "One of the models kept telling us stuff like "pull my hair" and "choke me like you wanna fuck me!" It really made things easier for all of us to get in the spirit of things...other than the studio smelling of rotten meat."
Noble PR reports: Warner Music Entertainment is pleased to announce the UK release of Morrissey 'Live At The Hollywood Bowl' on Monday October 6th.
This forthcoming DVD captures Morrissey 'Live at the Hollywood Bowl' 15 years after his last gig at the legendary venue. A 17,000 plus audience is captivated with a career defining performance that includes The Smiths' classic tracks 'The Queen Is Dead', 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side', 'Girlfriend In A Coma', 'How Soon Is Now?', Please, Please, Please Let me Get What I Want' and 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'.
Morrissey's darkly raw and witty lyrics are teamed with a flamboyant stage persona as we see at least 2 shirt strips and a constant flow of impassioned stage invaders. He delivers an unforgettable set spanning three decades of new and classic material on a night where his voice and performance is at it it's very peak.
Century Media reports: The hard rock world is about to get a nice, swift kick in the ass as the Seattle-based sonic force Duff McKagan's Loaded, led by the current Velvet Revolver bassist, has returned after a lengthy hiatus with their much anticipated, new full-length release.
The quartet has signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records and a five song EP, Wasted Heart, will be issued in September in conjunction with their upcoming European headlining tour. This run also marks the band's first trip to the UK. The new offering was recorded by Martin Feveyear and the full-length album is set for an early 2009 release.
McKagan, having carved out a place in rock 'n roll history selling millions of albums with the legendary Guns N' Roses, requires no lengthy introduction. However, with Loaded he gets a chance to further show his songwriting prowess and versatility assuming the role of vocalist/guitarist. This is an all out assault of pure rock and punk infused fury that pulls no punches.
antiMusic reports: Who hasn't misheard a song lyrics. We thought it might be fun to feature some favorites here for you to enjoy.
Today's misheard lyric is to Fall Out Boy's "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" and the line "I'm the leading man, and the lies I weave are oh so intricate! Oh so intricate! " That lyric has been misheard as "I'm a little man! And I'm also evil! Also into cats! Also into cats!"
If you have a misheard lyric we'd love to hear from you. See the contact link at the bottom of the page for how to get a hold of us to tell us about your favorites. Is it even possible to hear Fall Out Boy lyric's correctly? Find some more funny ones
PR reports: Dark Funeral's Lord Ahriman issued the following update about the band's recording plans:
So, finally it's time. On Monday, August 18, Chaq Mol and I will enter the studio together with producer Örjan Örnkloo (Misery Loves Co.) to begin the songwriting process of a new, yet untitled full-length album.
Exactly how long it will take is hard to say, but we hope to be done with pre-production within the next 3-4 weeks. We already have quite some material written so I feel that we are as pre-prepared as we can be at this stage.
We will only work in the studio during the weekdays. So every weekend when we're home we'll post a studio report to keep you updated. If you don't already subscribe to our newsletter make sure to sign up now
PR reports: Formed in 1999 by self-styled pharmaceutical business magnate Trevor Middleton (who boasts a net worth of $30.5 million) and "third-generation divorce lawyer" Deuce Hollingsworth, the Yuppie Pricks is a different sort of punk band, eschewing the woe-is-we traditional working-class punk clichés in favor of a decadent, over-the-top image and sound.
Best described as a "reverse-psychology" punk band, the Yuppie Pricks has much in common with the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols. Their backgrounds, bank accounts and fashion sense however, do not. Like Middleton and Hollingsworth, guitarist Preston Hetherington III is a multimillionaire stockbroker who lists among his hobbies "hunting endangered species." The group's third album, Balls, out now on Chicken Ranch Records further ups the ante of PC-baiting on both sides of the fence, especially in this heated election year.
As one might expect, the songs the Yuppie Pricks write range far from the usual anarchic, spleen-venting rants of the old-school punks. Instead, they remake the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy In The UK" as "Prosperity In The USA," complete with lines like "I am the next Bill Gates / I buy and sell real estate." As for the group's live performances, from McEnroe-esque gleaming tennis whites, to naked sushi-girls, to silver champagne buckets, the Yuppie Pricks surround themselves with the kind of on-stage accoutrements that reflect the highly-evolved sense of style and class that permeates everything they do. And, in so doing, the Yuppie Pricks bestow upon the common people a brief reprieve from their mundane, middle-class existence -- providing a tantalizing taste of the high-life they could never begin to afford.
Blabbermouth reports: Hank Williams III (Assjack, Superjoint Ritual, Arson Anthem) will release his sixth album, "Damn Right Rebel Proud", on October 21 via Sidewalk Records.
According to a press release, the CD is "filled with a self-described 'Jekyll and Hyde' mix of disturbingly dark stuff and 'good ol' country.'"
The first single is the mutated truckers' tune "Long Hauls & Close Calls", for which a video has been shot. III thinks of it as the album's "crossover" track, explaining that "It's got a little bit of the scream for the kids in black and a little bit of the banjo and dobro for the country folks."
antiMusic reports: Ludo will be checking in with us all summer as they rock the Warped tour in support of their Island Def Jam CD "You're Awful, I Love You". Here is the band with today's entry:
After a day off in blustery Winnipeg, Manitoba (twas a holiday called Civic Day and the streets were bare), we were all geared up to take Saskatoon, Saskatchewan by storm. There were very few people at Warped Tour that day (probably by extension of the fact that there are very few people in Saskatoon), but the ones who were there kicked it hard. Ludo volunteered at lunch time at catering by helping serve foods from 11:30-2:00. I served Saskatoon Salad, Matt did Canadian Shrimp, Randall served Manitoban vegan chicken, Ferrell served something (beef? no...), Marshall served something (justice? no...), and Convy served Prince Edward Island smoothies. Yay. Ate with The Randies, convinced Oreskaband to play horns on Epic with us onstage, and then headed back out into the Saskatchewanian day.
We played to a scantish chunk of humanage (80 people??), but it was a good time the whole way through. As we were breaking down the merch tent at the end of the day, some drunk kid in a Canadian band pissed on our merch tent. He then insisted for 20 minutes that we were wrong and he didn't. It was very douchetastic. Whatever. I will never be friends with that guy. He cannot come to my birthday party. Packed up, loaded out, and shortly thereafter found ourselves en route to Calgary! Home of Byron!
Find out where you can see them, preview tracks from their new CD and learn more about Ludo here.
