Check out my review of Cymbals Eat Guitars at Great Scott on Bostonist tomorrow/today. As a brief aside, Joe (the singer) has a singing style not unlike many frontman from many a mid-90s emo band. I’ll leave it at that. Stumble your way onto Bostonist tomorrow if you’re more interested in the band…
Please pardon me for the lack of updates after the whirlwind of SDRE-related posts. I took the weekend off and have been doing a little research for something that will crop up in a few weeks. Until then, a video clue. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTE5j7aEf0]
Yep. And this one’s a doozy: Clearly an incorrect rumor from the get go. Big ups to Aaron at Unlikely Words for catching this one. Dude’s been working quite a bit to track down information concerning the slightly-guarded/unknown state of Thorns of Life and their debut album. But seriously – who thought this would happen? … [Read more…]
Check out Bostonist tomorrow/today for a review of the recent Team Robespierre gig at the Middle East Upstairs. I’ll leave it at that – check out the piece for what I thought (and you might be able to pick up on my not-so-subtle hint of a title for this post.)
The Jealous Sound have confirmed a rumor I tracked down a little while ago: they are in fact touring with Sunny Day Real Estate and sharing bass players, one Nate Mendel. Whoa, is Mendel trying to one-up his bandmate Dave Grohl on the how-many-bands-can-I-perform-in-at-one-time? So far, Mendel’s got Foo Fighters, SDRE, and The Jealous Sound… … [Read more…]
You can say that again Brian! Our old Twitter buddy dropped the hint back in March about the potential reunion, which I promptly picked up and got a screen shot. One month later and BAM, instant SDRE reunion meme… possibly fueled by the combination of Marco Collins’ tweets and blip.fm entries, Travis Hay’s bit on … [Read more…]
Ok, last email post. Seriously. Here’s where you can buy tickets for the Sunny Day Real Estate reunion: http://www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&q=Sunny+Day+Real+Estate&search.x=15&search.y=10 Enjoy!
One last email… Thanks to Kyle Ryan at the AV Club (http://www.avclub.com/articles/sunny-day-real-estate-releases-tour-dates-announce,29550/) for finding this sweet bit of info. Sunny Day Real Estate now have a website. And it’s got the LP2 image all over it: http://sunnydayrealestate.fm/ And a Twitter: https://twitter.com/sdreband And Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/SDRE/113325584362 And Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/onedayistoppedbreathing It’s official!
Another quick email post. Billboard and Rolling Stone both have complete tour dates for the Sunny Day Real Estate reunion online now: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/sunny-day-real-estate-classic-lineup-reunites-1003986740.story http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/06/23/sunny-day-real-estate-confirm-pair-of-fall-reunion-shows/ Here’s the full lineup: Sept. 17: Vancouver (Commodore Ballroom) Sept. 18: Portland, Ore. (Crystal Ballroom) Sept. 20: Salt Lake City (Murray Theatre) Sept. 21: Denver (Ogden Theatre) Sept. 23: Minneapolis (First … [Read more…]
Another day, another email post of SDRE updates. This time, the Anaheim date that @chriscantore dropped a hint at on Twitter is on the table. Here’s the word from House of Blues Anaheim: On Sale Saturday: Down 8/1, Collective Soul 9/10, Happy Mondays & Psychedelic Furs 9/19, Sunny Day Real Estate 10/10! 1 minute ago … [Read more…]