A quick email post about this sweet bit of information I just received. After finding out about The Kollective’s TwitterĂ‚Â (unofficial) announcement about a Sunny Day Real Estate reunion gig in Salt Lake City, I immediately set out to contact them. It was a bit hard to track down any contact info, but luckily The Kollective … [Read more…]
Salt Lake City, Utah may be the place Sunny Day Real Estate fans would want to be on September 20th. At least, according to The Kollective, a Utah promotion and booking organization that covers quite a bit of emo shows, it certainly is: Yep. Of course, nothing is confirmed at the moment, and this certainly … [Read more…]
A quick little post for the evening/day… I’m running into some odd technical difficulties for posting pieces of the latest interview for America Is Just A Word… but for some reason I keep running into some virtual hole in my idea. I’m just trying to combine some element of clean design and easy access for … [Read more…]
Antz From BrokeNCYDE Arrested During Sold-Out Original Gangsta Tour Albuquerque, NM based Crunkcore innovators Brokencyde have been causing fans to go wild during their current sold-out tour alongside Drop Dead Gorgeous and Eyes Set to Kill, but the group drew a different kind of attention in Allston, MA when Antz of BrokenCYDE was arrested for … [Read more…]
It’s been a long while since I last featured an interview by an individual to be featured in the forthcoming book, America Is Just A Word. I’m pleased to present some snippets of the first part of an ongoing interview I’m conducting with Justin Pearson, a man who’s energy cannot be contained by the sheer … [Read more…]
I’m happy to announce another addition to the America Is Just A Word roster of voices involved in the book. Chris Leo, frontman of The Van Pelt, will lend his voice to the evolving narrative. The Van Pelt were a part of the post-hardcore/emo scene in New York City in the mid 90s and were … [Read more…]
Before the Super Secret Summer Surprise mishaps went down at the ICA the other night, I had the chance to peruse the Shepard Fairey exhibit before it closed for the night. I’m a fan of the guy’s work, so I certainly enjoyed the exhibit. But I couldn’t help but smile when I saw this piece: … [Read more…]
My review of the Super Secret Summer Surprise – featuring Dan Deacon, Ultimate Reality, and Videohippos – is on Bostonist right now. And it ain’t pretty. That had nothing to do with the musicians involved – just the bumbling mess that was the ICA’s master plan for the evening. You can read more about the … [Read more…]
I’ve got some more stuff over at Bostonist today, this time with some big names in emo and underground music history: Joe Lally and Glorytellers. The former is the bass player of Fugazi, the later is fronted by Geoff Farina of Karate (who I’ll be interviewing for America Is Just A Word when the tour … [Read more…]
An odd little entry in the latest line of Sunny Day Real Estate reunion rumors: What’s odd about that? Well, anyone familiar with SDRE’s odd history will tell you that their first go-’round as a band, the group never played California. It was just one of many quirks the group became infamous for among members … [Read more…]