All You Cannot Live Without 06.22.09: Better Than Sniffing Glue

Posted by Ben Czajkowski on 06.22.2009

Reznor says goodbye forever to the U.S. Former members of Evanescence give huge “f*ck you” to Amy Lee. Lamb of God directly supporting Metallica on tour. More free Radiohead. Pearl Jam, Muse sets a release date. Soundgarden reunion possibilities. Limp Bizkit demoing new material. Listen to full streams of Evans Blue, Alexisonfire, Ex Deo, Transformers Soundtrack.

Band/Artist	Album Title	Notes
Out Now
Sworn Enemy	Total World Domination
Incubus	Monuments & Melodies	Greatest Hits
Green Day	Nimrod	Vinyl Re-Release
Street Sweeper Social Club	Street Sweeper Social Club
Everyday Sunday	Best Night of Our Lives
The Wallflowers	A Collection: 1996-2005	Greatest Hits
Out This Week
Cheap Trick	The Latest
Evans Blue	Evans Blue
Dream Theater	Black Clouds & Silver Linings
It Dies Today	Lividity
The Mars Volta	Octahedron
Darkest Hour	The Eternal Return
Goatwhore	Carving Out The Eyes Of God
Young Widows and Pelican	Split 7"
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster	III
Killwhitneydead.	Not Even God Can Save You Know: A Trilogy Of Terror
Various Artists	Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen	Original Soundtrack
June 30
Rob Thomas	Cradlesong
Killswitch Engage	Killswitch Engage	Multiple Formats
Ex Deo	Romulus
Suicide Silence	No Time To Bleed
Cult of Luna	Eternal Kingdom Redux	Deluxe CD/DVD
Cancer Bats	Digital EP
In This Moment	The Dreaming	The Ultraviolet Edition
Parabelle	A Summit Borderline
July 3
CKY	Carver City	Vinyl Re-Release
July 7
Skinlab	The Scars Between Us
Clutch	Strange Cousins From The West
Poison The Well	The Tropic Rot
Born of Osiris	A Higher Place
Job For A Cowboy	Ruination
July 13
Opeth	The Candlelight Years	Europe Release
July 14
Green Day	Warning	Vinyl Re-Release
Devildriver	Pray for Villians
Death By Stereo	Death Is My Only Friend
Sick Puppies	Tripolar
Suffocation	Blood Oath
August Burns Red	Constellations
Arkaea	Years In The Darkness
Arsonists Get All The Girls	Portals
Project 86	Picket Fence Cartel
Daughtry	Leave This Town
The Killer and the Star	The Killer and the Star
Marcy Playground	Leaving Wonderland…in a Fit of Rage
Billy Talent	Billy Talent III
Adelitas Way	Adelitas Way
July 21
Sugar Ray	Music For Cougars
Our Lady Peace	Burn Burn
He Is Legend	It Hates You
July 28
Divine Heresy	Bringer Of Plagues
This Is Hell	TBA
Ryan Star	11:59
Various Artists	New Tales To Tell, A Tribute To Love And Rockets
August 4
Candiria	Toying With Insanities
Dead And Divine	The Machines We Are
Tantric	Mind Control
August 11
Behemoth	Evangelion
Green Day	International Superhits!	Vinyl Re-Release
Protest The Hero	Gallop Meets The Earth	CD/DVD
Crossbreed	KE 101
Cavo	Bright Nights, Dark Days
Vertical Horizon	Burning the Days
August 18
Otep	Smash The Control Machine
Gwar	Lust In Space
Third Eye Blind	Ursa Major
Sister Hazel	Release
Mute Math	Armistice
August 25
Jet	Shaka Rock
Municipal Waste	Massive Aggressive	Overseas Release
Smile Empty Soul	Consciousness
Caliban	Say Hello To Tragedy	Overseas Release
Oh, Sleeper	Son Of The Morning
Collective Soul	Rabbit
Skillet	Awake
September 1
Megadeth	Endgame
The Black Crowes	Before The Frost
Dirge Within	Force Fed Lies
The Used	Artwork
September 8
Thousand Foot Krutch	Welcome to the Masquerade
3 Inches Of Blood	Waits Thy Doom
Chevelle	Sci-Fi Crimes
September 9
Stroke 9	TBA
September 15
Green Day	Shenanigans	Vinyl Re-Release
Muse	The Resistance
September 22
Pillar	Confessions
Alter Bridge	Alter Bridge - Live in Amsterdam	double-disc DVD
Porcupine Tree	The Incident
Pearl Jam	Backspacer
September 29
Alice In Chains	Black Gives Way To Blue
October 13
Green Day	American Idiot	Vinyl Re-Release
October 20
30 Seconds To Mars	The War
October 27
Between The Buried And Me	TBA
November 10
Green Day	Bullet in a Bible	Vinyl Re-Release

Listeners' Lounge Media Player
Band	Track/Album	Notes
August Burns Red	"Thirty And Seven"	From Constellations
Alexisonfire	Old Crows/Young Cardinals	Entire Album
Ex Deo	Romulus	Entire Album
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster	"Step Up (I'm On It)"	From III
Suffocation	"Blood Oath"	Title track
Darkest Hour	The Eternal Return	Entire Album
Smile Empty Soul	"Don't Ever Leave"	From Consciousness
Evans Blue	Evans Blue	Entire Album
Various Artists	Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen	soundtrack
Third Eye Blind	"Don't Believe a Word"	From Ursa Major

Rock News For All You Newbs

Radiohead made the second disk of their In Rainbows album available for download here. Track listing is as follows:

01. MK 1
02. Down Is the New Up
03. Go Slowly
04. MK 2
05. Last Flowers
06. Up on the Ladder
07. Bangers + Mash
08. 4 Minute Warning

 

Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor told the crowd at the show last Sunday (Bonnaroo Music Festival) that the performance would be his group's last-ever U.S. date.

"It just dawned on me that this is our last show ever in the United States," Reznor told the crowd. "Don't be sad. I'll keep going. But I think I'm going to lose my … mind if I keep doing this, and I have to stop."

Reznor also recently announced that he would be taking a break from all social-networking due to "the degradation of the experience by spammers and trollers".

 

Pearl Jam set a tentative September 22 release date for their upcoming new album Backspacer. The disc is expected to initially be a Target exclusive release with other partnerships in the works.

 

Nothingface continues to make progress with both their new album and the band members various other projects.

Frontman Matt Holt is focusing on pre-production vocal work on a number of new Nothingface songs with producer Drew Mazurek (Hellyeah, Dog Fashion Disco) for the next few weeks. Guitarist Tom Maxwell has begun writing some new material for Hellyeah; while band bassist Bill Gaal has begun recording a new album for his group "In For The Kill...", enlisting Nothingface drummer Chris Houck to handle the drumming duties for the sessions.

Follow the completion of Holt's work, Nothingface plans to reconvene and finish up writing another batch of new songs.

 

Maynard James Keenan has taken on his Puscifer moniker to record a cover of Love And Rockets' track "Holiday On The Moon" for an upcoming tribute to the aforementioned band entitled New Tales To Tell, A Tribute To Love And Rockets. The outing will see a digital release on July 28 and will be followed by a physical release on August 18. Other artists contributing include Monster Magnet, Blaqk Audio, The Flaming Lips and more.

 

Angels and Airwaves will be releasing a free album / film titled Love sometime before the end of the year. DeLonge said it is "the biggest release of my life, the pinnacle of my creativity" and likens it to Pink Floyd's The Wall in the scope of its ambition.

 

Courtney Love decided to re-work her long-delayed album Nobody's Daughter into a more rock direction and release it as a Hole album. Love said ex-Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur will be recording some backing vocals for the songs, and says that she could be touring with a new version of Hole in 2010.

 

Details have been released for the first "Warped Tour '09"-themed track pack of downloadable songs being made available for download for the "Rock Band" videogame franchise this coming week. The first pack will land on the Xbox Live Marketplace on June 23 and on the Playstation Network on June 25 and will shape up as follows:

A Day To Remember - "The Downfall Of Us All"
Bad Religion - "21st Century Digital Boy"
Chiodos - "I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was A Wizard"
Escape The Fate - "The Flood"
Underoath - "Reinventing Your Exit"

A second track pack for the aforementioned tour is expected to follow the week after will include songs from the likes of The Devil Wears Prada, Thrice and more.

 

Muse will release their upcoming new album The Resistance on September 14.

 

Thrice set Beggars as the title to their new self-produced album which will see an October release. Band vocalist/guitarist Dustin Kensrue had the following to say about the title for the effort:

"I think we are at most times deluded in thinking that we are totally responsible for our circumstances, but in the end almost everything is beyond our control to a high degree and we can't even be sure we will wake up tomorrow. Whether you believe that God created you for a purpose, or that the world is governed by blind chance, everything in life is a gift at its core; we are beggars all."

 

According to recent postings Twitter postings from band frontman Daryl Palumbo, Glassjaw looks to have a new EP in the works. Palumbo said:

"Beck and I are sitting in his car listening to the new Glassjaw EP that we've just completed. Shit SLAMS."

 

10 Years announced that they are back home from their tour and working on new material for their next album. The band's next show is on August 8 in Syracuse, NY at the K-Rockathon.

 

Every Time I Die completed work on their new album New Junk Aesthetic. The effort was helmed by producer Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sepultura) and features eleven new tracks. Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato guests on "The Marvelous Slut" while The Bronx frontman Matt Caughthran appears on "The Sweet Life". A September release is expected.

 

Between The Buried And Me's as-yet untitled new album has now been scheduled for an October 27 release. The group is currently tracking the effort with producer Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, The Human Abstract).

 

Shinedown front-man Brent Smith spoke recently in an interview about the possibility of a Soundgarden reunion.

"There's talk of a reuniting of Soundgarden in the states soon," Smith said. "I know actually someone specific who told me that, who is actually specifically in their organization. Kinda told me that they're talking about it."

You can watch the full interview here.

 

The Dillinger Escape Plan officially announced that they have created Party Smasher Inc. as the new umbrella that they will be releasing their future albums, shirts and more through. The group recently partnered up with label Season Of Mist to help aid them in the label side of the venture. Furthermore the band has now officially confirmed Option Paralysis as the title to their new album which they will soon begin recording with a release early next year being planned. For now, band frontman Greg Puciato had the following to offer about the new endeavor:

"...We are creating an umbrella known as PARTY SMASHER INC. that we will be putting out all of our future endeavors under. Our records, our shirts, our whatever the fucks....all of it is from now on coming out under that moniker. You'll see that on there no matter where or what it is, and that's how you'll know if something you are getting is really an official DEP release and not a copy, like on the limited shirts and limited other things that we are gonna be doing. That will be on there, and if you don't see it, on EBAY or something, it's not legit."

 

Breaking Benjamin is back in his studio to continue work on their upcoming new album.

 

CKY's latest album Carver City will see a vinyl release on July 3. More details on that can be found here.

 

Default signed with EMI to release their upcoming new album which has now been delayed from a July release to a tentative September date.

 

Cradle Of Filth recently re-entered the studio to finish up their track "Beast Of Extermination" which was a leftover from the sessions for their latest release Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder. In addition to that the group has been the subject of a possible upcoming documentary.

 

The Offspring announced that they are plotting to release a new album next year and are aiming to hit the studio sometime in January.

 

The major label debut from Cavo, Bright Nights, Dark Days, will now be released on August 11.

 

Megadeth chose Endgame as the title to their new album. It is expected to see a September 1 release. Speaking on the effort, band lynchpin Dave Mustaine offered the following:

"Thematically, I've never been known to be a silent bystander in a world that needs our participation. As more is revealed about our former President's legacy, a little-known yet staggeringly frightening document which was signed into law, named 'ENDGAME,' has been uncovered. The album 'ENDGAME' is the most energetic music offering I have penned in over a decade and is far more believable than knowing someone signed 'ENDGAME' -the document- into law. The album is also the perfect 'ass- kicking' music to listen to once you are done reading the aforementioned document!"

A handful of track titles have also been revealed for the effort, they include:
"Headcrusher"
"1,320"
"How The Story Ends"
"This Day We Fight!"

 

Limp Bizkit announced that they are hoping to release their new album sometime this year. Durst says, "We're getting together our demos right now and we're going to go in and record them."

 

Warning: Touring Updates May Lead To Spontaneous Moshing

36 Crazyfists is planning one more North American run before focusing on writing new material for their next album. In other news, the group's upcoming live DVD, which was filmed at a show in Alaska this past January, is nearing completion and is on course for a fall release date. Whoo!

 

Skinlab cancelled their plans to join Ill Nino and Skin Culture for a South American run after some concerns about the trek. The group has resumed work on their new album.

 

Alexisonfire is tentatively planning some Australian shows for February 2010.

 

In Flames and Killswitch Engage will be co-headlining a September run through Canada together with Between The Buried And Me and Protest The Hero:

September 08th Montreal, QC - CEPSUM - University Of Montreal
September 09th Toronto, ON - Arrow Hall
September 11th Thunder Bay, ON - Community Auditorium
September 12th Winnipeg, MB - Winnipeg Convention Centre
September 13th Saskatoon, SK - Prairieland
September 14th Calgary, AB - Big 4 Building at Calgary Stampede
September 15th Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Centre
September 17th Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum

 

Bring Me The Horizon added the following three shows to their dates to their fall UK headlining run with A Day To Remember and August Burns Red:

November 18th Bristol, UK - O2 Academy
November 19th Portsmouth, UK - Pyramids
November 20th Newcastle, UK - O2 Academy

 

Living Sacrifice booked the following shows for the summer:

June 27th Little Rock, AR - Vino's (feat. Ashes Of Augustine, Soul Embraced)
July 04th Bushnell, IL - Cornerstone Festival
July 18th Wilmar, MN - Sonshine Festival
August 14th Pomona, CA - Glasshouse (feat. Demon Hunter, Throwdown, The Crucified)
August 15th Pomona, CA - Glasshouse (feat. Demon Hunter, Focused)

The band entered the studio last month to track their new album with producer Jeremiah Scott (The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, The Showdown). Andy Sneap (Machine Head, Arch Enemy) is expected to tackle the mixing duties for the outing, which will see a fall release.

 

Graves Of Valor and Wretched will be teaming up for the following shows together:

July 14th Goose Creek, SC - Weekend's Pub
July 17th Tulsa, OK - The Side Stage
July 18th Sullivan, MO - The Ratch Shack
July 19th Terre Haute, IN - The THMV Music Venue
July 21st Wheeling, WV - Yesterday's Draughthouse
July 22nd Rochester, PA - Blue Violet Cafe
July 23rd Binghampton, NY - VooDoo Lounge
July 24th Vernon, NJ - Cobblestone Village in Mountain Creek

 

Withered plan to focus on writing their new album for the remainder of the year sans the following trio of dates alongside Marduk and Black Anvil:

August 12th Baltimore, MD - Sonar
August 13th Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
August 15th New York, NY - Gramercy Theater (feat. Tombs)

 

A Storm Of Light will be joining Minsk overseas later this year for the following run together:

October 25th Glasgow, UK - Ivory Blacks
October 26th Newcastle, UK - Trillians
October 27th Sheffield, UK - The Corporation
October 28th London, UK - Bar Academy
October 29th Brighton, UK - Free Butt
October 30th Groningen, NET - Simplon
November 01st Rotterdam, NET - Baroeg
November 05th Geneva, SWI - L'Usine
November 06th Bulle, SWI - Ebullition
November 07th Den Bosch, NET - W2
November 08th Wiesbad, GER - Schlachtorf
November 09th Hamburg, GER – Hafenklang

 

The Showdown booked the following shows with Hands and Amarna Reign:

July 18th Colorado Springs, CO - The Black Sheep
July 21st Pocatello, ID - Icon
July 22nd Boise, ID - The Venue
July 23rd Portland, OR - Satyricon
July 24th Roseburg, OR - Riverdale Grange
July 25th George, WA - Creation West - The George
July 27th Reno, NV - The Underground
July 29th Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
July 30th Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
August 02nd Austin, TX - Emo's Alternative Lounge
August 03rd Dallas, TX - The Door
August 04th San Antonio, TX - Scout Bar
August 05th Houston, TX - Java Jazz

 

Metallica added Lamb Of God as direct support on their previously announced fall North American run:

September 14th Nashville, TN - Sommet Center
September 15th Cincinnati, OH - US Bank Arena
September 17th Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
September 19th Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
September 20th Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
September 28th San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
September 29th Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
October 01st Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
October 03rd Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
October 04th Atlanta, GA - Phillips Arena
October 12th Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
October 13th Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
October 15th Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
October 17th Charlottesville, VA - JPJ Arena
October 18th Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Bobcats Arena
October 26th Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
October 27th Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
October 29th Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
October 31st Quebec City, QC - Colisee Pepsi
November 01st Quebec City, QC - Colisee Pepsi
November 09th Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
November 10th Buffalo, NY - HSBC Arena
November 12th Albany, NY - Times Union Center
November 14th New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
November 15th New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
December 05th Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay
December 07th Boise, ID - Idaho Center
December 08th Sacramento, CA - ARCO Arena
December 10th Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
December 12th San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion

Lamb Of God is expected to appear on all dates from September through November.

 

It's been a long time since I've had a nice blurb to write about on Amy Lee. People that have been reading my column over the last few years might remember my loathing of Lee, for various reasons that I don't really feel like rehashing.

Over the better part of the last 5 years, basically all of the original male members have left Evanescence, with the exception of one, if I recall correctly. Well, it came out, this week that former members Ben Moody, John LeCompt, and Rocky Gray formed a new band. Moody left Evanescence after Fallen. He cited creative differences with Lee. LeCompt and Gray followed in 2007. I remember posting about that.

Well, helming the new band will be: another female vocalist.

That's "Fuck you" #1 to Lee.

The new frontlady will be Carly Smithson. She finished in sixth place during the seventh season of American Idol. The girl has a set of pipes on her, too. I really look forward to hearing what she can bring. I went looking for proof that Smithson was, indeed, going to provide some poise. Then I found this:

 

Glorious "Fuck You" #2. Smithson does a really nice job there, in my opinion. At least she can sing live (unlike Lee).

The group will use The Fallen as their moniker. This, obviously, alludes to Evanescence's 2003 major-label debut album, Fallen. I also took it as people that have "fallen from the good graces" of Lee.

"Fuck You" #3.

Moody and his new bandmate Smithson sat down with the Los Angeles Times to discuss the details about their new band The Fallen. You can dick around with that here.

What followed in the wake of that announcement was a statement from Lee:

Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
There's some pretty weird stuff flying around right now and I'd like to clear up some confusion in the press. As our fans already know, Ben Moody left Evanescence in 2003. Evanescence came out with a follow-up to Fallen in 2006. It was called The Open Door and it debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts and reached platinum status in just over a month. The Open Door has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. We're currently working on new material that I'm extremely excited about. I believe that to make great music you have to give yourself the freedom to evolve. I don't see the point in making the same record twice, so I always want to challenge myself to make something better, stronger, and more interesting than before. That takes time, but it's worth the wait for me. Hopefully, it will be for the fans too. Look out for new music next year…
-Amy

How deliciously immature. It shouldn't matter how many albums you've sold, as it's not at all indicative of the overall quality. The Open Door sucked. Couldn't get much more overproduced, and it greatly lacked the creative edge that Moody lent to Fallen. I truly believe the only reason it sold as many as it did was because

The Fallen will make a formal announcement TODAY in Hollywood, with a news conference and their first live performance. The debut song "Bury Me Alive" will be available at that time as a free download at wearethefallen.com, followed by a tour in September.

Made of win:

Let's go pens.