The new episode of Issue Oriented features interviews with The Bouncing Souls and The Fest mastermind Tony Weinbender. There is also an acoustic performance from Bridge and Tunnel. Check it out over at Issue Oriented or to your right on our player.
No Idea has announced the most up-to-date lineup for The Fest 7. I don’t know about you but I am ready to freakin’ party! Lineup after the jump.
An initial lineup for The Fest 7 has been announced. All I gotta say is that ….freaking….LEATHERFACE is playing! Yeah! Along with them, The Bouncing Souls, Atom & His Package, Strike Anywhere, Dillinger Four, Coalesce, Paint It Black, amongst many others, will be playing this year. Be on the lookout for the official announcement from No Idea.
The world’s greatest music festival, The Fest, has announced the dates for this year’s festivities, the seventh edition. On Halloween weekend, October 31st-November 2nd, Gainesville, FL will be the place to be. No lineup announcements yet but be sure to check back.
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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