Oceana is selling their 1992 Ford Clubwagon for $4,500.  The van can hold 15 passengers and has only 93,000 miles on it.  If your band needs a van for an affordable price send them an e-mail: oceanaband@gmail.com.  Oceana has posted pictures of the van on one of their Myspace blog posts.  You can view the pictures here.

Good afternoon everyone! Well it looks we have zero news for today so I thought i’d add a piece for you. My favorite band and friends, Quick and the Dead, have posted a new song titled “What You Wanna Hear” to their myspace page. These guys sure know how to write a catchy hook.

Outrun the Gun has posted on their Myspace blog that they are currently in the studio recording a new album to be released on Torque Records.  Click here for more details.

AkissForJersey are letting us decide what song they’ll shoot their first video for!

To see the choices and place your vote; go HERE!

MyChildren MyBride has posted a new song called “The Machinist” on their myspace page.

Listen to it here.

You can click here to get an Underoath widget for your web page or blog. It’s essentially an E-card. If you would like one for your facebook, just click here to add the Underoath Survive Kaleidoscope Application.

Visit www.milkrocks.com/flyleafcontest for a chance to win a personal phone call from Flyleaf.  The first 5,000 calls will win a Fly Leaf ring tone. 

In case you didn’t read my Thrice review, I’ll announce the news tidbit here right now. Thrice announced at their show on Wednesday night that they were filming a LIVE DVD to be released soon. They played a LOT of old songs so you’re in for a real treat when it’s released.

Avery Pkwy have posted up a new studio demo track to myspace. Give it a listen and then comment with your thoughts. I love this stuff, it’s so great!

Relient K have posted up three new tracks from “The Bird and Bee Sides” album on myspace. Give them a listen and then comment.

Haste the Day have posted a new blog about their recording process and you can read it below.

“We can’t wait for all of you to hear the new songs. They
are heavier, catchier, darker, more honest, and more personal than
anything we’ve released in the past!”

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Relient K announced via their website RelientK.com, that they are releasing a new ep called The Nashville Tennis EP.  Although the c-d will contain 13 songs it being called an ep. Also, the cover for the b sides record called The Bird And The Bee Sides was recently posted on this site.  I wanted readers to note that the record will contain at least 20 songs.  Relient K definetly plans to pump out the music.

I added a few more albums and release dates to our Album Release List. Any missing albums, please email me their titles and release dates. Thanks.

Two new featured acts, The Famine and Hands. The Famine just released “The Reaping” on Solid State Records this week. HANDS will release “The Everlasting” ep to digital retailers on June 24th through Lobster/Oort Records. Lobster is the same label that gave Over It and Yellowcard their starts. Pretty big for a band like Hands.

Ever Stays Red have posted their Echoing Green remix of the track “Life In the Fire” on myspace.

Capital Lights have posted a new track, “Out of Control,” to their MySpace.

Well after many unsuccessful tries, I finally got the site working for me this morning. I couldn’t access it earlier which is why I didn’t post anything. So how is everyone today? It appears we have some rather lively debates going on in other threads most notably on the question of “manliness” with the current crop of bands. Interesting. Well I decided (against my better judgement) to write a mini-Thrice Show Review for our site. You can read that here. I haven’t written a whole lot of reviews in quite awhile so bear with me. I don’t get out a lot (to shows) so when I do, I feel like sharing my experience. There you go.

Well, I attended the Thrice show last night at House of Blues in Anaheim, CA. (Downtown Disney) and it was quite a show. I got there kinda late and we were hungry so we ate in the restraunt portion of the venue while Aushua and Pelican were playing. I didn’t hear either band so I apologize if I can’t comment on them. We finally finished up our meal and I entered the venue just before Circa Survive went on…..

Circa Survive went on and immediately I wanted to cover my ears. I was checking my watch all during their set. I mean I appreciate their musicianship but I’m not a fan of the vocals, sorry. I wanted to leave and come back but we decided to stay. Well CS finished up their set a good 30-45 minutes later and the crowd grew anxious for Thrice. When the Thrice “Alchemy Index” banner dropped behind the stage, the crowd was elated and cheered. It was only a banner but you could tell what this crowd was there for. The band finally took the stage after what seemed like endless minutes of set up time. This is where my review gets a little sketchy. I cant entirely remember what song they started with but it was one off of Alchemy Index. I believe it was “Firebreather”. Everyone cheered in unison as soon as they hit the last note of the song. It was nuts. It was also unbearably warm in the venue and my legs were beginning to hurt, yeah I’m a big baby and not used to “standing” so long in a venue. Anyway, the band immediately ripped into another Alchemy Index track next and I can’t remember which one. I do know they played Digital Sea, Come All You Weary, The Whaler, Open Water, and the Frodus cover. Before all this went down, the band informed us of one very important tidbit, the show was being taped for a future LIVE DVD! So that was pretty cool. When the band decided to tear into songs from the Artist in the Ambulance album, the crowd went nuts. Everyone seemed to know the words and were singing along. It was classic. I know they played Stare at the Sun, All That’s Left, The Melting Point of Wax and a few others that I can’t remember the names to. Sorry guys and gals, I’m terrible with memory retention. In a suprising move, someone from the crowd was chanting for them to play T&C (Identity Crisis) and Dustin kindly asked them to be patient and that they weren’t going to play it just yet (I think that’s what he said of course I could be dreaming he said that, I dont know, my hearing isn’t near what it used to be. They did play an Illusion of Safety track that I can’t remember which one off the top of my head but it was good, believe me. The crowd ate up the older material and you could have sworn from the energy of the room that they were playing brand new songs but they weren’t, this was classic Thrice in all their glory. Just as I was getting fired up about the older material, my wife was kindly asking me to leave so we could get some air. I was in agreement with her and felt I needed to get outside too. This is where the story sadly ends, once we got out from behind the ropes, that was it for the evening. I knew we weren’t coming back. I worked all day and was just too tired to stand there and listen to 1 1/2 hours of Thrice, even though I regrettably wish I had. I have a feeling and I’ll have to check some sources later today but I think they WERE going to play Identity Crisis songs, maybe one or two. I am sure they played another Illusion of Safety track as well. Bummer for me. The point is this. I have grown accustomed to “sitting” in venues and going to shows where I can comfortably enjoy myself from the safety of the seat rather than standing in a hot venue for hours on end. Call it lazy or call it age, I dont know which it is but I’ve grown tired of going to shows. I loved Thrice however. One of my favorite bands and the fact that they played classic songs further cemented my love for them, my attraction to their music. After tonight (last night), I have decided to retire myself from going to any more stand up venues for a while, especially on a work night, I just don’t have the energy for it. ha ha. I know I’m not THAT old but sometimes I feel age creeping up behind me. I have gone to shows steadily since I was 15 and my hearing isn’t what it used to be. That’s 15 years of live and loud shows!! I’ve had my fix and I really don’t desire to go to that many shows much anymore. I enjoy listening to cds from the comfort of my Ipod in the car stereo on the drive to work each day, so much that there really isn’t a point in seeing a live band. Gasp! Yikes! Wowzers. ROFL. Since Anberlin is one of my favorite live bands, I think I’ll wait till they play our area again before I go to my next show. However Jimmy Eat World and Coldplay sound incredibly enticing to me. Maybe I am just full of crap and I’ll hit another show up in 4 months, who knows. I just feel that the allure of the LIVE show is growing increasingly dim for me.

All in all, Thrice put on one of the best live shows I’ve seen in recent years and I couldn’t recommend a better band for people to check out. They are tight and in precise tune with one another, a better band would be hard to find. They mix the perfect balance of hard, heavy, and soft rock to complete the ideal sound for any music listener. Will I see Thrice again? Well I’d love to, if only they’ll play a bigger venue with lots of seating. Lol.

***Thrice appeared live at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA. on May 28th, 2008 and I, Brandon Jones, was in attendance with my wife of 10 years, Charis.***

This review was written by Brandon Jones.

Go here to look at my review for On the Brink of It All, the latest from Ever Stays Red.

Artist: Ever Stays Red
Album: On the Brink of It All
Label: VSR Music Group (EMI)
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Review by: Eric Pettersson

Tracklist:
1. Rocks & Reeds
2. On the Brink of It All
3. To Shine for You
4. Can’t Explain
5. Run
6. Love So Loud
7. Bright Eyes
8. Life in the Fire
9. Glorious
10. Say What You Will
11. Look to the Hills
12. Letters

Despite a lead guitar riff during the intro track that is way too reminiscent of a certain sweet child of mine, On the Brink of It All actually shows to be one enjoyable record. Stylistically, it sounds like a cross between Snow Patrol and David Crowder Band. A good rock energy is maintained pretty much throughout the entire record, and there are no songs worth skipping. Based on the bands Ever Stays Red are marketed alongside, I was expecting another generic piece of CCM mediocrity, but what I found instead was a solid modern/alternative rock album worthy of attention. The spiritual content is certainly present but never cheesy, and the music is creative and original. No rip-offs here. I especially like singer Dustin Carlson’s voice and the vocal harmonies created by guitarist Zach Andresen. It comes across and passionate and developed, a combination that is sadly a little rare these days.

8/10

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It’s official, there will be an On The Cover Vol. 2 released by Mxpx and Tooth and Nail sometime this year!!

Tooth & Nail’s new podcast is up now. It features new songs from Capital Lights, The Classic Crime, Underoath, and more. Go check it out.

12 Stones are hosting a contest where you can win a FREE Autographed Fender Guitar. Click here to sign up.

You can view the video for “Come All You Weary” by Thrice by clicking below. I’m seeing them tonight at House of Blues, it shall be a good time.

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The Almost have posted the Bside “Hold On” to their myspace page. Go listen.

Science Records act, Confide, will release their label debut on June 17th titled “Shout the Truth”. The album was produced by Cameron Webb (Ignite, Pennywise, Silverstein, 30 Seconds to Mars) at Hurley Studios here in Orange County, CA. The band has two new songs up on their myspace and you can see the artwork over there. To read the full press release, click below. So what do you guys think about Confide and their new tunes?

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You can view the e-card for the new Since October album This Is My Heart right here.

Anberlin has set a release date of August 5th for their new album called New Surrender so mark your calenders.

Check out the new track from Inhale Exhale called The Impatient Will Suffer right here.  The song is off their upcoming album I, Swear which hits stores June 10th.  They’ll be having a cd release show on June 14th with A Plea For Purging, Outrun The Gun, The Jeffrey Allens and Forthewhile in Canton, Ohio.

Downhere will release their current album “Wide Eyed and Mystified” completely for free in partnership with their label Centricity Records and Musichrisitan.com, on June 1st! The album will be offered as a free download for one month only. The band will then release their new album on September 23rd, 2008. To read the full press release, click below.

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Since October have posted their new video for “Disaster” off their new album and you can view it by clicking below (Directed by Endeavor Media Group). So what do you guys think of this band?

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Tooth and Nail are releasing two more “Ultimate Collections” listed below, does anyone know what’s on them, like a tracklisting?

VA - The Ultimate Collection: Punk (2 Disc) (Tooth & Nail)
VA - The Ultimate Collection: Swing/Ska (2 Disc) (BEC)

Here is an update from Orion Walsh about his upcoming album “Tornado Lullabies”

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Edison Glass is going on tour and being supported by Nightmare of You, The Working Title and Colors In The Air.  They are also opening up for Paramore on one date which is pretty cool. (HMmag)

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Demon Hunter is going a meet and greet tonight at 6pm at the following address:

Christian Supply Inc
10209 SE DIVISION
Portland, Or. 97266

There will be singings, raffles and prizes so go check it out if you live anywhere near.