SHOW: TONIGHT 2-25-2010

DONNYBROOK SHOW MOVED

The donnybrook shows moved to Justins parents house! 11651 West 83rd place, Arvada, CO. Still $10. Let everyone know! Starts early, 5pm!!

BANKROBBER: "PACK YOUR SHIT"

MAX WEINBERGS SON PLAYING IN MADBALL

Max Weinberg's (of the Conan O'Brien show) son, Jay Weinberg to play in Madball? Weird.

CROOKED WAYS APART OF COMPILATION SUPPORTING BED AND BREAKFAST RIGHTS

"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH is a free online compilation to be released in March
2010 in support of Bed & Breakfast rights. Forty punk, hardcore, and indie bands
are contributing to this cause, including Shook Ones, This Is Hell, The
Effort, Transit, Make Do And Mend, Hostage Calm, Balance, Jake Newcomb, Composure
and many, many more. All donations will be directed towards freedomtomarry.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting the policy that denies the rights for Bed & Breakfasts to marry.



This comp is going to be released as a digital download and on vinyl in 4 parts. The first release should be out at the beginning of March. Downloads are going to be donation based so give whatever you can. More info on the vinyl releases coming soon.


PARTICIPATING BANDS:
TOUCHE AMORE (Los Angeles, CA hardcore/screamo)
SHOOK ONES (Bellingham, WA punk)
THIS IS HELL (Long Island, NY hardcore)
THE EFFORT (Merrimack Valley, MA hardcore)
BRIDGE AND TUNNEL (Long Island, NY punk)
TRANSIT (Boston pop punk)
MAKE DO AND MEND (Hartford, CT punk)
BALANCE AND COMPOSURE (Doylestown, PA indie)
MY HEART TO JOY (Connecticut emo/punk)
HOSTAGE CALM (Connecticut punk)
INTO IT. OVER IT. (Chicago, IL indie)
I REFUSE (Ottawa, ON post-hardcore)
MOUNTAIN ASLEEP (Louisville, KY hardcore)
DEBASER (Stoughton, MA hardcore punk)
NAME (San Fransisco, CA grindcore)
MAKER (Springfield, MA pop punk)
REVIVER (Salt Lake City, UT hardcore)
MAINTAIN (Boston hardcore)
CROOKED WAYS (Denver, CO pop punk)
AMBUSH! (Panama City, FL hardcore)
STRIKE TO SURVIVE (North Bay, CA hardcore)
RESOLVE (St. Louis, MO hardcore)
CRUCIAL DUDES (South Jersey pop punk)
MILES APART (Greenville, SC hardcore)
THE FAKE BOYS (Lowell, MA pop punk)
MIDNIGHT SOULS (Belgium hardcore)
HANDGUNS (Lancaster, PA pop punk)
XERXES (Louisville, KY hardcore)
NOTHING TO NOTHING (Columbia, MO hardcore)
OVERLOOKED (North Carolina hardcore)
BLOCKED OUT (Los Angeles hardcore)
FUMBLEROOSKI (Long Island, NY pop punk)
CRUCIAL TIMES (Burlington, VT hardcore)
DAYBREAKER (Boston, MA pop punk)
STAND BY ME (Merrimack Valley, MA pop punk)
TABERNACKLE (Providence, RI hardcore)
FORMING (Long Beach, CA indie punk)
REVEAL THE TRUTH (Tampa Bay, FL hardcore)
SUMMONS TO YOMI (Lewes, DE screamo)
SKYSCRAPER (St. Louis hardcore)
FROST GIANT (Philadelphia hardcore/metal)
JAKE NEWCOMB (Portland, ME shoegaze)
HOLDFAST (Wilmington, DE punk)

ALL THAT REMAINS SINGER FILLS IN FOR KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

Speaking of replacement singers, Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones recently left the bands current tour amid a flurry of rumors that he had either been fired or quit. The remaining band members have been pretty quiet about it for the last week while All That Remains singer Phil Labonte filled in.

Killswitch Engage released a statement on the situation that you can read here.

Sounds like Jones will be out for a while and Labonte will be in.

Here's a clip of Labonte preforming "The End of Heartache" with the band.

IGNITE'S ZOLI TEGLAS NAMED FULL-TIME PENNYWISE FRONTMAN

"What started out as a temporary position was just too good to put an end to," said Pennywise bassist Randy Bradbury. "Zoli brings to the table a tremendous vocal ability, creativity, and a die hard work ethic. There is a bond that makes this change feel like it was simply meant to be, and considering the recent unfortunate events, having Zoli join the band is a well needed shot of positive energy."


Check out a clip Teglas performing with the band before the official announcement. What do you think?

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW VALENTINES DAY CAME TO BE

The Story behind St. Valentines Day is a fascinating one. Although February 14th is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, Valentine's Day card and other gifts between couples in love, it originated as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop.

As early as the fourth century B.C., the Romans engaged in an annual young man's rite of passage to the God Lupercus. It's earliest orgin was the Roman festival Lupercalia, observed on Feb. 15. Lupercalia celebrated the coming of Spring on the Roman calendar. Lupercalia became a celebration intended to ensure the fertility of flocks, fields and people.

The names of the teenage women were placed in a box and drawn at random by adolescent men; thus, a man was assigned a woman companion (a sexual partner) for the duration of the year, after which another lottery was staged. After eight hundred years of this cruel practice, the early church fathers sought to end this practice.

In an effort to do away with the pagan festival, Pope Gelasius ordered a slight change in the lottery. Instead of the names of young women, the box would contain the names of saints. Both men and women were allowed to draw from the box, and the game was to emulate the ways of the saint they drew during the rest of the year. Needless to say, many of the young Roman men were not too pleased with the rule changes.

Instead of the pagan god Lupercus, the Church looked for a suitable patron saint of love to take his place. They found an appropriate choice in Valentine, who, in 270 AD had been beheaded by Emperor Claudius.

According to church tradition, St. Valentine was a priest near Rome. At that time the Roman Emperor, Claudius II, had issued an edict forbidding marriage. Claudius had determined that married men made poor soldiers because they were emotionally attached to their families. So he banned marriage from his empire.

Valentine, a bishop , seeing the trauma of young lovers, met with them in a secret place, and joined them in the sacrament of matrimony. When Claudius found out about this "friend of lovers," Valentine was thrown in jail and condemned to death.

While Valentine was in prison awaiting his fate, he befriended his jailer, Asterius, who had a blind daughter. Asterius' daughter befriended the kind priest by bringing food and messages to him. Valentine fell in love with the jailer's daughter. Asterius requested that he heal his daughter. Through his faith he miraculously restored the sight of Asterius' daughter and converted the two of them to Christianity.

After some time in prison the priest was ordered to appear before the Emperor. The emperor, impressed with the young priest's dignity and conviction, first tried to convert him to paganism to save him from certain execution. But Valentine reversed the strategy, trying instead to convert Claudius. He failed. Just before his execution, he asked for pen and paper from his jailor, and signed a farewell message to the jailer's daughter and signed it, "From Your Valentine." He was stoned and beheaded on February 24, 270 AD.

Valentine become a Patron Saint, and spiritual overseer of the annual festival. Although the lottery for women had been banned by the church, the mid-February holiday in commemoration of St. Valentine, involved young Romans offering women they admired and wished to court, handwritten greetings of affection on February 14th.

The greetings eventually acquired the St. Valentine's name. One of the earliest cards was sent in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time. The card is now preserved in the British Museum.

BEHIND THE SUIT AND TIE TRAILER

This looks like it could be an interesting documentary. It's about the decline of the industry and the rise of digital downloads told from the perspective of record label executives. At six minutes, I don't think it constitutes a 'trailer' but it's still pretty good.

Unfortunately, it sounds like the majority of the film will be label execs doing their "Oh, poor me!" routine and will probably get really boring really fast. Still, it's an interesting take.

THIS IS HELL: VIDEO DOCUMENTARY

While recording their new album, This Is Hell have been posting video teasers/diaries of the process. You can view them all here. Sadly, none of them really give any insight as to what the new record is going to sound like.


This Is Hell Recording: Day Two & Three.

THIS IS HELL | MySpace Music Videos

LAST NIGHT: OFFICE SPACE V- DAY SHOW

Was amazing. If you weren't there I feel bad for you.

FUNNY SKETCH ON SNL

DON'T FORGET THIS: FRIDAY

Seven Kings also is playing this show.

SUPPORT SERENITY ENDS

We want to spread the awesome news. SERENITY ENDS have left to record their debut album out in Chicago!

It is very difficult doing out-of-state recording, and for those that don't know, it takes A LOT of commitment for a band to accomplish something like this.

SO.....GO HERE: http://www.myspace.com/serenityendsco AND LET THEM KNOW YOU SUPPORT THEM!

They represent our hardcore scene and our fine city and state so let's support local music and wish them the best!One great way to support them is to pick up some merch. BUYING MERCH WILL HELP THESE GUYS OUT A TON!!!!!


SERENITY ENDS (This Is Now cover)

End of Empires (Album reviews up!) | MySpace Music Videos

MORE NEW TUNES: FINAL BLOW

"Fuck Everyone Else"

"We added another NEW song today called "Fuck Everyone Else" off of our self titled ep which will be out next month.

This Tuesday we'll be posting another new song "Live For Revenge" Featuring guest vocals by Puerto Rican Myke from The Legendary New York Hardcore band District 9. Then we'll be hanging out at Tooeys with Tommy as he dj's. "

- Final Blow

I will add they sound amazing. Super stoked.

HARDCORE DANCING GONE WRONG

CONVERGE AT THE MARQUIS

it starts off kind of slow.

NEW MUSIC: FINAL BLOW

Check it out.

VALENTINE' DAY SHOW

END OF EMPIRES DOING PROMO FOR NEW ALBUM IN HOT TOPIC?

CLEAVAGE OF THE ROCKIE MOUNTAIN WEST

SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER

NEW MUSIC: DOWN TO NOTHING

DOWN TO NOTHING - RECORDING SESSION DECEMBER '09 from Daniel Spector on Vimeo.