Music

Reunited Spineshank Set To Tour US

Published

13 years ago

September 27, 2011

Alternative metal band Spineshank has reunited after nearly eight years with a new album, Anger Denial Acceptance, and plans for a US tour. The new album does not have a current release date, though one should be coming pretty soon I imagine. Here are some quotes from the guys:

“The songs on this record are more personal than anything we’ve ever done, and I think it shows when we play them live,” states drummer Tommy Decker. “This is our most varied and challenging record yet, and I can’t wait to get out there and bring these new songs to life.”

“We’re not interested in living in the past, we want to push forward,” adds guitarist Mike Sarkisyan. “We just finished the best record of our careers and we’re really excited to get it out there.”

Tour dates are after the jump.

SPINESHANK tour dates:

9/29 Las Vegas, NV @ Cheyenne Saloon

9/30 Ogden, UT @ Kamikaze’s

10/1 Cheyenne, WY @ Downtown Depot

10/2 Denver, CO @ 3 Kings Tavern

10/4 Kearney, NE @ The Garage

10/5 Des Moines, IA @ House of Bricks

10/6 Fargo, ND @ Nester’s

10/7 Chicago, IL @ Elbo Room

10/8 Janesville, WI @ Back Bar

10/9 Joliet, IL @ Bada Brew

10/10 Kansas City, KS @ AfterShock

10/11 Tulsa, OK @ Marquee

10/13 Dallas, TX @ Trees

10/14 Oklahoma City, OK @ Big Papa’s Poor House

10/15 Amarillo, TX @ Sorority House

10/17 El Paso, TX @ House of Rock

10/18 Albuquerque, NM @ The Amped

10/19 Phoenix, AZ @ Clubhouse

10/20 Rancho, CA @ McAlans Pub

10/21 San Diego, CA @ Ruby Room

10/22 Fresno, CA @ Woodward Park

10/25 Los Angeles, CA @ Whisky a Go Go

Music

“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

Published

2 weeks ago

April 9, 2024

John Squires

It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…