Soundwave Photos

A little late, but here are my phone pics from soundwave: blurry. Watch as we appear to become more drunk as the day goes on! Also Geoff Rickly doing cool stuff. I realised at this that I have seen both Thursday and Motion City Soundtrack every time they have been to Australia. Emo cred.

The City On Film 'In Formal Introduction' LP

Hobbledehoy Records are stocking a limited supply of black/white swirl copies of In Formal Introduction by The City on Film. So glad there are a few good places to get cheap vinyl in Australia. I'm lucky to not hit the $30 mark half the time. Blueline 7" is coming out soon, too. I <3 Hobbledehoy.
buy it

Replacements' Twin/Tone Catalog Reissued, Expanded

The Replacements are one of my favourite bands, and I think one of the post influential bands when it comes to the whole country/punk crossover genre. It weirds me out when someone doesn't know who they are though, they seem like a pretty accessible band; Hopefully the fact the catalogue is going to be re-released (starting with their twin/tone stuff) will mean more cool kids will realise that yeah, that against me song, Bastards of Young, is actually a cover.

From Pitchfork

Pete Wentz's Bape Hoodie up on Ebay.

So apparently Pete's ex found this old bape hoodie in her closet and she's selling it on ebay now. It's already over $200.

pitchfork top 100 songs of 2007 downloads.

I usually grab the top 100 of the year whenever I find it online, pitchfork is pretentious indie crap sure, but they usually pick some pretty good songs to put in the list (hence the whole "top" thing).

Anyway I found some zips of the tracks here:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Enjoy.

Rancid completes writing for new album

I wasn't a huge fan of Indestructible, though it did grow on me (so poppy!) But I'm looking forward to this nonetheless. I still like rancid, And Out Come The Wolves was the best album ever.

Mix Tape USB Drive

This is a pretty cool idea, but I still prefer making real mixtapes (when I'm not feeling lazy)

New Dashboard Album

On October 2, 2007, Dashboard Confessional will return to their roots with the release of The Shade of Poison Trees, their fifth album for Vagrant Records. The album marks a notable return to the signature acoustic sound that Dashboard first developed on early albums like 2000’s The Swiss Army Romance and 2001’s The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most.

Sounds like it could be good. I havent really listened to Dusk and Summer much, it kinda sucks when you grow out of your favourite band.

CRIME

Why am I always out of the office when crazy stuff like this happens on the internet? Certainly makes good lunchtime reading. True story, Tom came and stood next to me and some friends at the corner show and I didnt even notice. My friend Elliot did, however and was like "It's Tom fucking Gabel!!!". Then a whole bunch of kids noticed he was there and he ran away.

Thrash Unreal

This is my favourite song on New Wave, I think, along with up the cuts. I dunno about the clip, it doesnt really match the song.

GOOD COPY BAD COPY

I watched this documentary tonight, its really interesting for anyone who has ever downloaded something illegally off the internet (so anyone, basically). I especially found the stuff about techno brega, and the whole soundsystem culture in Brazil that seems to be a real throwback to Jamaica in the 50s/60s.

I really want this book.

Glen E Friedman is awesome but why are his books always so expensive in Australia? He is releasing a book full of photos of fugazi, looks ssssick. Maybe i will preorder it.. I'm sure it will cost heaps though. Personally, I would have called it "this is not a book of fugazi photos" ala their old Magritte-esk band tees. Anyway here it is:
FUGAZI : Keep Your Eyes Open : photos by glen E. friedman