thursday wake up call

New Gallows single/video "Chains", out now on Bridge Nine Records.

saturday wake up call

New Gallows video for the track "Cross of Lorraine":



"Cross of Lorraine" is off of Gallows, out now on Bridge Nine Records.

wednesday wake up call

"Outsider Art" — new Gallows song/video from the band's upcoming S/T record, out on September 10th (UK)/ 11th (US).

friday wake up call

Here's "Last June" — the latest song/video by Gallows, which features footage from G20 in Toronto.



"Last June" is taken from the band's upcoming S/T record, out on September 10th through Bridge Nine.

monday wake up call

Gallows took a break from writing new materials to record this cover of Minor Threat's "Seeing Red":




The original:



Live:



"Seeing Red" is off of First 2 7"s via Dischord Records.

my 30 favourite songs of 2011

#30 "The Copper Top" by Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, from Everything's Getting Older




#29 "Surfer's Hymn" by Panda Bear, from Tomboy




#28 "Queen Of Hearts" by Fucked Up, from David Comes To Life




#27 "V.E.N.O.M" by Pulled Apart By Horses, from Tough Love — out on January 23, 2012

tuesday wake up call

Gallows' first post-Frank Carter release, Death Is Birth EP is out now, check out the video for "Mondo Chaos" below.



You can pre-order the limited edition Death Is Birth EP 7-inch via 6131 Records... and go check out Gallows' Daytrotter session here.

tuesday wake up call

Gallows' new single "Mondo Chaos" is out via iTunes today.



Holy shit, I miss Frank Carter already!





Gallows' new/first release since the departure of Frank Carter/addition of Wade MacNeil, Death Is Birth EP will be available new week

song of the moment

I woke up with this wicked song in my head this morning... it was my alarm.



We are the rats and we run this town!

i'm a fox trapped in the headlgihts

Holy crap, it has been a whole week since I updated this blog... sorry, I just have been sort of busy/lazy at the same time!

Noah and the Whale new record The First Days of Spring will be out on October 6th in the US (August 31st in UK). There will also be a series of live dates and screenings of the film (OMG!)

Noah and the Whale from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

Patrick Wolf's The Bachelor is FINALLY out in North America this week!

Brand New released their first single, "At The Bottom" off of their upcoming record, Daisy on Tuesday. You can get the single from iTunes. Go to Spin.com for a great interview with Jesse Lacey.

Port O’Brien is heading out for a fall tour with Sea Wolf. Their new record, threadbare is out on October 6th, you can download a brand new song over at Stereogum.

Gallows are heading back to North America with AFI and Flogging Molly, go to the band’s MySpace for the dates.

"Cone of Light", a brand new song from King Khan & BBQ Show + The Black Lips hybrid aka The Almighty Defenders is available for download via Vice Records.

...and finally, RIP Les Paul!

cover song of the moment

Black Flag released their first ever 7" EP, Nervous Breakdown, back in 1978. The EP is not the same Black Flag that most of the general public know; it was a pre-Rollins released... in other words, the entire EP featured Black Flag’s original vocalist, Keith Morris. Since the title track, "Nervous Breakdown", is my favourite Black Flag song, I have always been very interested to hear other band’s cover of it. So far, I have heard Rise Against, Gallows, and Ryan Adams’ version of the track. Although both Rise Against and Gallows’s covers are great, they are rather safe. On the other hand, Ryan Adams’ take of "Nervous Breakdown" is practically unique. He definitely put his own style to it as Adams transformed the hardcore punk anthem into a solo electric blues sensation!

Rise Against: Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag cover)
Gallows: Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag cover)
Ryan Adams: Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag cover)
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