L7’s new documentary “L7: Pretend We’re Dead” will officially be released on October 13 via VOD and Blu-ray/DVD. It will also hit select theaters on September 1. The film will focus on the band’s career, and will contain never before seen footage, performances, as well as interviews with Exene Cervenka (X), Shirley Manson (Garbage), Joan Jett, Brody Dalle (The Distillers), Lydia Lunch, Allison Robertson (The Donnas), Louise Post (Veruca Salt), CSS, etc.
Film Screenings:
09/01 – Portland, OR @ Hollywood Theater
09/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
09/08 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic/Brew & View
09/08 – Santa Ana, CA @ Frida Cinema
09/09 – Santa Ana, CA @ Frida Cinema
09/10 – Santa Ana, CA @ Frida Cinema
09/12 – Long Beach, CA @ Art Theatre
09/14 – Boston, MA @ Regent Theater
09/15 – Boston, MA @ Regent Theater
09/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent
09/17 – Austin, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse
09/19 – Washington DC @ The Black Cat
09/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Roxie
10/05 – Brooklyn, NY @ Nitehawk Cinema
L7 Live Dates:
09/26 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst
09/27 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
09/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
The Darkness have premiered a new video for their song “Solid Gold.” This song is from their new album “Pinewood Smile,” which will be released on October 6. Justin Hawkins commented:
“We have written this song to reassure you all that having now released more music in the period after our well-publicized hiatus than in the period before it, we have no intention whatsoever of stopping. Hence the lyric ‘We’re never gonna stop… Shitting out solid gold.’ Barring any unforeseen circumstances, The Darkness will always be here to delight and beguile. You’re welcome.”
Fireball Ministry have revealed the cover art and track listing for their new album “Remember The Story.” That effort will be released on October 6.
“Remember The Story” Track Listing:
01. “End Of Our Truth”
02. “Everything You Wanted”
03. “Back On Earth”
04. “The Answer”
05. “Dying To Win”
06. “Stop Talking”
07. “Weaver’s Dawn”
08. “Remember The Story”
09. “All For Naught”
10. “I Don’t Believe A Word”
Emily J Burton said the following:
“‘Remember The Story’ is about moving forward while staying connected to your past. With this album we’ve reached a new stage of crystallization and prowess in our riffage.”
James A Rota added:
“This is a very personal record to me and was written from down deep. It’s also an honor to be playing alongside Emily [Burton] and John [Oreshnick] for the last twenty years. Having Scott [Reeder] with us along for the ride has made our greatest music to date, in my humble opinion.”
Caitlin Mattisso, who created the cover art, also commented:
“The vulture represents renewal and transformation and has connections to many mythologies and cultures, from being descended from Griffins in Greek mythology to the scientific (Latin) name of Turkey Vulture translating to Golden Purifier, which ties in to Jim’s theme about a second chance at life. Elements inspired by Hildgard of Bingen have been worked into the border shapes, as well as two blown-out candles on the front. The book on the front is a Fireball Ministry hymnal shooting light. On the back of the album the candles are lit again and the vulture is flying away towards a new moon, new beginning.”
After the appalling events that took place in Charlottesville, VA, many musicians have decided to come forward to speak out against racism. Among them are members of Machine Head, Prophets Of Rage, Green Day, etc. You can read their comments below:
Robb Flynn (Machine Head) shared the following:
Prophets Rage’s Tom Morello told Uproxx the following:
“We should be totally pissed off by what happened in Charlottesville and by what our president is saying. He is clearly on the record who he’s representing.”
Chuck D added:
“He knows damn well there’s a contingent out there that he inspired and made rise with the rhetoric he was spinning in his campaign.”
Morello then continued:
“Resistance to injustice happened before Donald Trump, it’ll happen during Donald Trump, and it’ll happen after Donald Trump. So can it get worse? Of course it can get worse.”
“The Nazis and the KKK have unhooded themselves, because they’ve taken off the hoods in the Oval Office, so they feel more comfortable taking off the hoods in the streets.”
Chuck D continued:
“It’s very important that culture and music speaks its loudest as being a voice, because we can’t rely on government. Things don’t fix itself, we gotta make it happen.”
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) posted the following:
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James Hetfield referenced equality during Metallica’s Edmonton, Alberta show as well:
“Metallica doesn’t give a shit, all right? We don’t give a shit about the differences, okay? We care about the similarities. So the fact that you’re here — we don’t care who you voted for, what you do or don’t eat, we don’t care what color your skin is, what you do for a job. We don’t care what you’ve done in the past. What we do care about is the fact that we’re all together here, celebrating life with music. So for me, you are Metallica family. All are welcome. Are you with us?”
It has been revealed that Foo Fighters‘ episode of the PBS series “Landmarks Live In Concert” will now air on November 10. The show will feature a set that took place on July 10 at The Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
Setlist:
01. “Times Like These”
02. “All My Life”
03. “Learn To Fly”
04. “The Pretender”
05. “Wanted Dead Or Alive“/”Another One Bites The Dust“/”Blitzkrieg Bop”
06. “Cold Day In The Sun”
07. “La Dee Da”
08. “Walk”
09. “These Days”
10. “My Hero”
11. “We Will Rock You” (Queen cover) (feat. Harper Grohl)
12. “Dirty Water”
13. “This Is A Call”
14. “Arlandria”
15. “Rope”
16. “Arrows”
17. “Monkey Wrench”
18. “Sunday Rain”
19. “Best Of You”
20. “Run”
21. “Everlong”
A live version of Stone Temple Pilots’ “Plush,” which was recorded at the Castaic Lake Natural Amphitheater in Castaic Lake, CA in 1993, is now available to stream via Loudwire. This version of the song will comes with the new 25th anniversary edition of “Core,” which will be released on September 29.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra have announced a massive tour for the Christmas season. The band are calling it the “Ghosts of Christmas Eve” tour, and are planning to make it a “one-of-a-kind audio-visual experience.” The trek will contain two separate touring groups, who will be honoring their late founder Paul O’Neill, who passed away in April. This season is especially difficult, due to the fact that they not only lost O’Neill, but they also lost bassist David Z., who was tragically killed when Adrenaline Mob’s RV was hit by a truck.
