Entries Tagged as 'Lawrence Arms'

The Fest VI: Day Two Recap


Ladies and gentleman, the wait is over. It’s time now for part two of our Fest VI day-to-day coverage special feature. Onwards my bearded friends!

Saturday was the most action packed day of the weekend in terms of the large volume of bands that were scheduled to play. A full day of music was at hand, with bands playing from 1 p.m. to nearly 2 a.m. There was even an early bird gathering at DIY record shop Wayward Council at 6 a.m. Well, I wasn’t mentally or physically prepared to wake up that early even though I wanted to see just how many people would actually show up. I did, however, get up early enough to hit up the annual No Idea Records yard sale at the label’s headquarters. The event was a little bit different than last year but the hour and a half wait was well worth it. An mindblowing amount of Hot Water Music and Against Me! test pressings and various rare and out-of-print records could be purchased. I could have easily spent all of my money in no more than five minutes but after dropping eighty bucks on some wax, I was ready to see some bands.

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Mutiny PR/Punknews.org CMJ Showcase | Knitting Factory, NYC | 10/18/2007

Photos from Bill.

Although I don’t feel too strongly about their new album, I was more than little excited to see the return of American Steel to the Big Apple. I was, however, a little worried about how the crowd would react to the band. The showcase, which featured both Lawrence Arms side projects the Falcon and Sundowner, along with Fake Problems, Tim Barry, and the Loved Ones, might have been either the perfect audience or the worst one. I still couldn’t decide but as soon as they started with the new number “Sons of Avarice,” I knew there were a handful of Am. Steel faithful in attendance. The band, unfortunely, played for only 20 minutes and did not play “Optimist,” but it didn’t matter really in the end. The band seemed incredibly happy to be back and if anything, it made me look forward to the Fest that much more.

More thoughts and photos after the jump.

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CMJ 2007 Wrap Up: In Photos

This year’s CMJ Music Marathon featured a ton of great shows. Here is a little wrap up of a few things we didn’t fully cover

Pictures taken by Bill Shouldis, unless noted.

Spoon

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Red Leader Announce CMJ Showcase At Bowery Poetry Club

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Red Leader will be taking place in the week long CMJ Music Marathon in NYC with a showcase at the Bowery Poetry Club on on October 20th.  The Fat Wreck Chords showcase is also that night at the Hook with The Lawrence Arms and Flatliners scheduled to perform…but does anyone really want to go all the way out there?

Red Leader Showcase Lineup
6:00pm Fire When Ready
6:40pm The New Dress
7:30pm Scream Hello
8:00pm Dear Tonight
8:40pm Nakatomi Plaza
9:20pm Polar Bear Club

American Steel To "Destroy Their Future" In Fall


Hot damn kids! Tons of American Steel news! First things first; the band will release their new album Destroy Their Future on October 3rd via Fat Wreck. The band had this to say about the new album on their myspace page.

“Ok ok, so a little of the first record, a little more like Rogue’s March, a smattering of Jagged Thoughts and then some of it’s own new jam. If that even makes any sense. I’m not so sure after reading all that. We got a big name producer and engineer (at least in our world), who also wrote all the songs and babysat us. Ourselves. We’ll be posting some shiza pretty soon so stay tuned.”

Along with the new album info, American Steel has announced participation in the “8th Annual Unbelievable Self-Indulgence Fest” tour, which will feature the Lawrence Arms and all their related projects (The Falcon, Sundowner). Of course, we all know that the tour is heading straight for the Fest VI.