Our friend Jeremy Silveira sent us a clip he just finished that showcases a brand new song from I Am The Avalanche called “Brooklyn Dodgers.” The song will be found on their new full length coming out later this year. Click on the image above or here to view the high quality video.

Jeremy also let us in on some updates from the filming of The Fest 6. “The video group I work with, National Underground, that did all the filming at The Venue during The Fest 6 is about to go fully live with the new website. There is some stuff from Fest 5 that is already available. Once everything is set we will have the Dead To Me, Smoke or Fire, and American Steel footage up first with more coming out every other week or so.”

For now you can check out the site for the forum and video profiles on Planes Mistaken for Stars, Glass and Ashes and Haram.

Jeremy also wrapped up some filming with Gallows, Cancer Bats and This Is Hell. Expect to see those clips surface soon.

Tags: Nation Underground, The Fest 6, The Movie Life, video by bill
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Down in Florida, I had a chance to catch up with guitarist/vocalist John Baizley of Georgia-based-shred-fanatics Baroness. John is also the talent behind album artwork and merch designs for the likes of Daughters, Torche, Kylesa and more. The band’s performance at the Fest VI was definitely the highlight of my Friday night. The crowd at Common Grounds swayed in front of the stage with raised fists in the air, as they lost themselves in the music. Pure, raw emotion is what defines Baroness’ music; a feeling that most artists never quite achieve, especially those in the “metal genre.” Definitely expect the band’s profile to continue to rise in the ‘08.

I feel you guys are on a few different genre lines. You’ve got a punk and a metal fan base and you are getting a lot of recognition in the indie world – Pitchfork gave you a great review – how do you feel about that? Are those different fan bases showing up at the shows or is it still a metal crowd?
John: It’s actually never really been specifically a metal crowd. It’s always been sort of a cross-genre crowd coming out to see us ever since we first started. I think most of the typically metal kids coming out now is sort of a new thing for us. The early tours we were doing were almost exclusively with punk and hardcore bands. That’s the world we come from. [Read more →]

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We can’t stop listening to Paint It Black’s New Lexicon at LNWF home base and this video does a great job of capturing PIB’s live performance .  Shot by Jeremy Silveira, you can see PIB  performing “Pink Slip” and “Atticus Finch.”  The video also catches the band asking the fans for infinity plus 1 stage dives as previously reported.

Check out clips from No Trigger and The Ergs at The Fest 6 after the Jump
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Here is the final installment of our Fest VI wrap up. Here we go, here we go, here we go!

It’s been said that Sunday is the hardest day to play during the Fest weekend. Everyone, for the most part, is hungover and/or tired and it definitely starts to show on that final day. Exhaustion aside, I think it’s pretty safe to say that everyone was ready to go out with a bang.

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Tags: Affirmative Action Jackson, Armalite, Bloodbath and Beyond, Off With Their Heads, Seaweed, Small Brown Bike, Stressface, The Arrivals, The Fest, The Fest 6, The Marked Men by Matthew
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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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Tags: Avail, Bridge and Tunnel, Dear Landlord, Dillinger Four, Lawrence Arms, Modern Machines, Monotonix, News, Paint It Black, The Fest, The Fest 6, Vaginasore Jr. by Matthew
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