This past Saturday lucky Brits at Reading got to see Glassjaw and some HQ video from the festivals performance has surfaced. I thought I’d throw it up as I still think Coloring Book is a top 5 release of the year right now and that’s saying something. They’ve done it again, those brilliant bastards.

MP3 // GOLD
MP3 // JESUS GLUE

Since I got my hands on Coloring Book i’ve struggled to listen to anything else. When I learned of the EP’s release I was tied up and unable to immediately listen. I asked my little brother who shares the same passion for things on the harder side of the spectrum to listen to it. After asking for his initial reaction, his meager response was:

“It’s unlike anything they’ve ever done, but I have a sneaking suspicion you’ll really like it.”

He was supremely correct on both counts. For a band that has been long known for their unrepentant ferocity, Coloring Book is completely void of the pressing screams or pummeling mosh-pit instrumentation they’ve become so well known for. Instead, the EP consists of a water-tight percussion section, slowly layered with jazzy-keys and euphoric atmosphere, coupled with intermittent glitches and lullaby-like interludes. Daryl Palumbo continues to impress as one of the most dynamic frontmen in today’s scene. His distinct delivery showcases the greener side of his pipes ranging from the pleading chorus of “Gold” to the timid and emotionally draining performance on standout track “Daytona White”

I’ll be completely honest, Our Colour Green was solid, but it left me definitely craving more material. I can’t say I feel the same after digesting on Coloring Book. While I certainly will be listening anytime these guys put out something new, this EP has me feeling strangely satisfied after such a draining wait.

MP3// Vanilla Poltergeist Snake
MP3// Daytona White

tracklist
1. Black Nurse
2. Gold
3. Vanilla Poltergeist Snake
4. Miracle in Inches
5. Stations of the New Cross
6. Daytona White

millionyoung “calrissian”
ryan gosling “you always hurt the ones you love”
modest mouse “cowboy dan”
the good life “black out”
wild orchid children “where the mexican boys go”
lykke li “i follow rivers”
gods revolver “cantina poetry blues”
black keys “everlasting light (the mummers remix)”
local natives “sun hands (here we go magic remix)”
harvard “on with disease”
balance & composure “i can’t do this alone”
beach house “i do not care for the winter sun”
madvillain fancy clown (ft. viktor vaughn)
mimicking birds “burning stars”
alexander “truth”
glassjaw “stars”
bright eyes “ladder song”
outkast “return of the g”
states “anxious”

ZIP //BEDWETTING COSMONAUTS JANUARY 2011 MIX

1. All Good Junkies Go To Heaven
2. Jesus Glue
3. Natural Born Farmer
4. Stars
5. You Think You’re (John Fucking Lennon)

Now Now Every Children – Neighbors
The Shaky Hands – Summer’s Life
The Swellers – Do You Feel Better Yet?
Young Man – Up So Fast
Perfume Genius – Mr. Peterson
Deerhunter – Coronado
Class Actress – Terminally Chill (Neon Indian Cover)
Cursive – Discovering America
Prefuse 73 – I Got No Time For Rearviews
Kanye West – Runaway
Angus and Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane
Freelance Whales – Generator 1st Floor (Aislyn Remix)
Glassjaw – Jesus Glue
Oceana – Joy
Ugly Casanova – To Roads to Go, to Roads to Go
Land of Talk – Goaltime Exposure
Bad Books – You Wouldn’t Have To Ask
The Meligrove Band – Bones Attack!!!

Earlier this week, I caught a low quality rip of Glassjaw’s latest 7″ release, Jesus Glue. Fret not, Glassjaw faithful, here’s a better quality rip of the fierce track. It’s the only way to listen to Palumbo sound like he’s literally channeling demons. TURN IT UP

MP3 // Jesus Glue

MP3 // Jesus Glue

As 2009 nears it’s end, it’s time to look ahead to a year full of more new music. I always get excited during the crossover from December to January when best of the year lists start dropping and the new release period starts picking itself up out of the holiday lull. Don’t forget to check out my best of 09 list if you haven’t already, in the meantime here’s some of the records I’m looking forward to for 2010.

Arcade Fire//TBA
Release Date//TBA
Theres been a lot of speculation as to when Arcade Fire would release their follow-up to Neon Bible, but speculate no more. The band are currently working on their third full-length with Neon Bible’s producer Markus Dravs. The band are also said to be prepping for some tour dates in early 2010.

The Bled//Heat Fetish
Release Date//TBA (Early February?)
Haters be silenced. The Bled might actually make Rise Records relevant again. Heat Fetish, the fourth proper full-length under the band’s name is the first release since the band’s massive lineup change (3 out of the 5 members who penned 2007′s Silent Treatment left the band) and is sure to be at the very least an interesting listen. Oh and vocalist James Muñoz has to be the wittiest bastard on Twitter (tweet tweet!)

Blink-182//TBA
Release Date//TBA
As with many people from my generation, Blink-182 was the centerpiece to my childhood playlist. The band are said to begin work on the new album in early January with a new single to surface around the same time. This will be the first Blink release in seven years, to say that it’s anticipated is a vast understatement.

Bright Eyes//TBA
Release Date//Fall
Back in July, Conor Oberst announced that he would be doing one more album under the Bright Eyes moniker before officially retiring it. Robb Nansel, president of Saddle-Creek records has also said that Oberst will be recording stuff over winter and spring to hopefully have something out by fall of next year.

Circle Takes The Square//Ritual of Names
Release Date//TBA
Circle Takes the Square has been one of my all-time favorite band’s since they released 2004′s As The Roots Undo, one of the few and far between releases that I would consider a 5 star record. Since then, the wait for it’s follow-up has taken on glassjaw-esque proportions. The band’s last update was in June in a blog which they stated things are still coming along, albeit a little slowly. One blog reader said it best, Ritual of Names must be a crock-pot album, but I’m sure when it’s done, it’s gonna be good.

Dillinger Escape Plan//Operation Paralysis
Release Date//March 23
One of the most influential bands in modern metal are back with their fourth studio full-length. The follow-up to 2007′s Ire Works should be everything fan’s have come to expect from this band. Uncompromising brutal and mind bending math metal.

Envy On The Coast//Lowcountry
Release Date//March
Lowcountry, the sophomore full-length from Long Island native’s Envy on The Coast could very well send this band into notoriety claimed by the likes of scene peers like Brand New and Glassjaw. The band have a sound that is beyond their years. Head over to their myspace to preview a new song. Lowcountry is said to be completed, with a speculated release date of late March
stream//the devil’s tongue

Four Year Strong//TBA
Release Date//February
Ever since I belatedly got a hold of Four Year Strong’s 2007 release Rise or Die Trying i’ve been instantly addicted to their perfect blend of catchy anthemic pop-punk. Hopefully the band can pick-up from where they left off with their next album due out February via Decaydance.

Glassjaw//Glassjaw
Release Date//TBA
It’s hard to think of anything else that would make me happier in 2010 than a new Glassjaw release. From what it seems, 2010 is a good a year as any for them to put it out and if you’ve been following vocalist Daryl Palumbo on twitter at all, it looks like he’s been working on it, but honestly who knows with these guys? It could be tomorrow, or it could be another decade. One thing’s for sure though, if it gets released this year, 2012 might be coming a little bit early.
mp3//you think your john fucking lennon

Kay Kay and His Weathered Undergound//Introducing Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground
Release Date//TBA
While the release date is still being worked on for Kay Kay and His Weathered Undergound’s sophomore full-length, that didn’t stop the band from streaming their new album in it’s entirety back in August. Here’s to hoping that the release date isn’t too far away.
mp3// passed out

MGMT//Congratulations
Release Date//TBA
MGMT stole the show in 2008 with Oracular Spectacular, which was more or less an album chock-full of psych-pop singles that has had the majority of the northern globe on their feet since it’s release. “Congratuations” was produced by David Fridmann and just got done being mixed.

OK Go//Of the Blue Colour of the Sky
Release Date//January 12
If the album’s single WTF? is any indication of the step-up in songwriting on OK Go’s sophomore release, we should be in for a treat and with Fridmann turnin the knobs, you can expect just that.
video// OK Go – WTF?

Past Lives//Tapestry of Webs
Release Date//February 23
From the remnants of the now defunct chaotic post-hardcore group Blood Brothers arose Past Lives featuring three members of the brother’s fame including co-vocalist Jordan Billie. Tapestry of Webs promises to be a step up on the calm and collected groove oriented post-punk demonstrated on the band’s debut EP.
mp3// hex takes hold

Portugal. The Man//American Ghetto
Release Date//TBA
Back in early November, we got word that the prolific Portugal. The Man were holding listening parties for ANOTHER completed album, entitled American Ghetto. Since then, it’s been hard to track down any more info on the release, much less a release date. I still can’t get into Satanist, but this is still right up there with my most anticipated

The Strokes//TBA
Release Date//TBA
Rumors have been running rampant regarding the new Strokes album since the beginning of 09. Will 2010 finally be the year that the gods of american modern rock can finally get it together? It seems so, as recent reports state that the band have already booked studio time starting in early 2010, along with some festival gigs set for the summer.

Wild Orchid Children//TBA
Release Date//TBA
Capitalizing on one of the catchiest songs I’ve ever heard in my life with 2007′s “Ahead Of Us The Secret” Wild Orchid Children is the second project on this list from former Gatsbys American Dream bassist Kirk Huffman (the other being Kay Kay and His Weathered Undergound). It’s been nearly three years since the band put out their debut EP, and with their last studio update coming in April, one can only hope a proper release isn’t too far off the horizon
mp3// gasoline rainbows

Yeasayer//Odd Blood
Release Date//February 9
Mark my words. By the end of 2010, Yeasayer will be a name learned and remembered by many. The brooklyn natives are set to release their sophomore effort Odd Blood February 9th. Check out their first single “Ambling Alp” which is just about as catchy as a cold in December.
mp3// ambling alp

Whilst these are some of the confirmed releases out next year, there is still a lot to be said for some of the artists that haven’t confirmed anything, but theres a good chance that we will be hearing something from them sometime in the near future.

Aesop Rock// Aesop Rock has reportedly been recording his follow up to 2007′s None Shall Pass for the latter part of 09. There’s a good chance we’ll hear something from him early next year
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Annuals// Earlier this year, they announced they would be putting out an EP, but have failed to deliver any release or any news on it since then.
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Circa Survive//Remember all the sweet studio updates the band posted for a solid 3 months? The album’s done, but since it’s completion the band have been hush hush on any further details.
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Colour Revolt//Haven’t heard much from these guys since their best of 08 release Plunder, Beg, and Curse. Currently they’re still signed on with Fat Possum and have been playing a few local shows. Vocalist Jesse Coppenbarger is supposedly still working on his solo debut, maybe a new colour revolt release will soon follow?
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Evangelicals//Dream-pop best of 08 darlings have been touring the latter part of 2009 with some new songs that should hopefully be out on a new release next year.
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Fleet Foxes//Demo’s are already flowin for Fleet Foxes second full-length. In a recent interview, vocalist Robin Pecknold told Pitchfork that he expects it to be out the latter half of 2010.
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Head Automatica//Earlier this year, Daryl Palumbo announced that Head Automatica’s third full-length was finished and had even been titled Swan Damage. Since then, news on the release has run dry
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Interpol//The band announced in March that they were working on their fourth full-length. Since then, Paul Banks has gone on to release a solo album and is currently playing some shows in Europe and information on the new album has since dried up
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La Dispute//Got a chance to speak with adam vass, the bassist for La Dispute who said they’ve been piecing together some new ideas. Not sure whether we’ll see another full-length from the band in 2010, but we should see some kind of new release.
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Lydia//Another best of 08 alumni who is rumored to be currently penning the follow-up to their gorgeous sophomore release Illuminate
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Miniature Tigers// Sure, why not?
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Panda Bear//News arose earlier this month that animal collective’s Panda Bear was working on new material for a full-length he hopes to put out next year. He has since then put the project to a halt while Animal Collective finish up their touring which is supposed to be over with later this month.
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Right Away,Great Captain!//With the prolific nature and the exceedingly fast nature of Andy Hull’s songwriting pace, it’s highly probable that the Manchester Orchestra frontman will release the finale to the trilogy of his solo moniker.
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Tokyo Police Club//The band are currently in studio writing their sophomore full-length. Check out a new song here

mp3// glassjaw – you think your john fucking lennon

Fans still awaiting the album that is seemingly never coming will hopefully be somewhat satiated by this post. Hit up the video for some footage from Glassjaw’s performance at the Glasshouse in Pamona with the heavy hitting duo of new song “You Think Your John Fucking Lennon” and Worship & Tribute classic “Tip Your Bartender”.

After that, cop a bootleg of the band’s live show in Boston. The quality may not be great, but if your like me, you’ll listen to anything at this point.

Special thanks to the people at b-sides are us for the heads up

setlist
01 John Lennon
02 Bartender
03 Mu Empire
04 Ape Dos Mil
05 Cavalcade
06 Pink Roses
07 Jesus Glue
08 Two Tabs
09 Siberian Kiss
10 Babe

download// glassjaw live in boston

as always, if you dig the song, support the artist!

the picture is of my brother getting punched in the face. i stole it from my good friend’s expansive collection of photography. his name is trevor christensen , do him a favor, hit him up and show him some love.

download:: best of the decade pt 1 (songs 1-25)
download:: best of the decade pt 2 (songs 26-50)

#50
wild orchid children – ahead of us the secret
from elephant ep (2007) ::purchase

#49
city and colour – as much as i ever could
from bring me your love (2008) ::purchase

#48
blood brothers – trash flavored trash
from crimes (2004) ::purchase

#47
forget cassettes – quiero, quieres
from salt (2006) ::purchase

#46
straylight run – big shot (hands in the sky)
from prepare to be wrong ep (2005)::purchase

#45
the arcade fire – wake up
from funeral (2004)::purchase

#44
arctic monkeys – fluorescent adolescent
from favourite worst nightmare (2007)::purchase

#43
moving mountains – 8105
from pneuma (2008)::purchase

#42
manchester orchestra – i can barely breathe
from i’m like a virgin losing a child (2006)::purchase

#41
underoath – everyone looks so good from here
from define the great line (2006)::purchase

#40
kevin devine – time to burn (another bag of bones)
from brother’s blood (2009)::purchase

#39
parallax – the romance
from mediums and messages(2006) unavailable for purchase

#38
explosions in the sky – greet death
from those who tell the truth shall die, those who tell the truth shall live forever (2001)::purchase

#37
death from above 1979 – romantic rights
from you’re a woman, i’m a machine (2004)::purchase

#36
gym class heroes – everydays forecast
from the papercut chronicles (2005)::purchase

#35
mgmt – time to pretend
from oracular spectacular (2008)::purchase

#34
manchester orchestra – i was a lid
from let my pride be what’s left behind (2008)::purchase

#33
david bazan – cold beer and cigarettes
from fewer moving parts ep (2006)::purchase

#32
evangelicals – midnight vignette
from the evening descends (2008)::purchase

#31
the strokes – you only live once
from first impressions of earth (2006)::purchase

#30
animal collective – the purple bottle
from feels (2005)::purchase

#29
conor oberst – milk thistle
from conor oberst (2008)::purchase

#28
aesop rock – daylight
from labor days (2001)::purchase

#27
the sound of animals fighting – act IV – you don’t need a witness
from tiger & the duke (2005)::purchase

#26
bloc party – positive tension
from silent alarm (2005)::purchase

#25
colour revolt – swamp
from plunder, beg, and curse (2008)::purchase

#24
brand new – untitled 05
from leaked demos (2006) unavailable for purchase

#23
the good life – inmates
from album of the year (2004)::purchase

#22
la dispute – damaged goods
from somewhere at the bottom between vega and altair(2008)::purchase

#21
circle takes the square – kill the switch
from as the roots undo(2003)::purchase

#20
mewithoutYou – four word letter pt. 2
from catch for us the foxes(2004)::purchase

#19
modest mouse – night on the sun
from everywhere and his nasty parlour tricks (2001)::purchase

#18
grizzly bear – ready, able
from veckatimest (2009)::purchase

#17
cursive – staying alive
from the ugly organ (2003)::purchase

#16
glassjaw- two tabs of mescaline
from worship and tribute (2002)::purchase

#15
bright eyes – lets not shit ourselves (to love and to be loved)
from lifted: or the story is in the soil, keep your ear to the ground (2002)::purchase

#14
the strokes – is this it
from is this it (2001)::purchase

#13
bright eyes – hit the switch
from digital ash in a digital urn (2006)::purchase

#12
brand new – limousine (ms rebridge)
from the devil and god are raging inside me (2006)::purchase

#11
manchester orchestra – pride
from mean everything to nothing (2009)::purchase

#10
emily haines – winning
from knives don’t have your back (2006)::purchase

#9
brand new – okay i believe you, but my tommy gun don’t
from deja entendu (2003)::purchase

#8
portugal. the man – telling tellers telling me
from church mouth (2007)::purchase

#7
la dispute – new storms for older lovers
from somewhere at the bottom between vega and altair (2008)::purchase

#6
right away, great captain! – right ahead, young sailor
from the bitter end (2007)::purchase

#5
rx bandits – tainted wheat
from …and the battle begun (2006)::purchase

#4
the sound of animals fighting – this heat
from lover the lord has left us (2006)::purchase

#3
as cities burn – timothy
from come now sleep (2006)::purchase

#2
mewithoutYou – o porcupine
from brother, sister(2006)::purchase

#1
bright eyes – loose leaves
from brother, sister(2006)::purchase

download:: best of the decade pt 1 (songs 1-25)
download:: best of the decade pt 2 (songs 26-50)

recap: i will be seeing three of my favorite bands all in the same week. i can’t even begin to say how stoked this makes me. enough of my gushing, dates below

*Dates played with Manchester Orchestra
†Dates played with Thrice
^Dates played with Glassjaw

Oct. 1st – Time Warner Cable Amphitheater – Cleveland, OH*
Oct. 2nd – The Fillmore – Detroit, MI*
Oct. 3rd – Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL*
Oct. 4th – Myth Nightclub – St. Paul, MN*
Oct. 6th – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO*
Oct. 7th – Uptown Theatre – Kansas City, MO*
Oct. 8th – Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO*
Oct. 9th – Salt Palace Conv. Center – Salt Lake City, UT*
Oct. 13th – Roseland Theatre – Portland, OR*
Oct. 15th – Rabobank Arena & Conv. Center – Bakersfield, CA*
Oct. 16th – Event Center at San Jose State Univ. – San Jose, CA*
Oct. 17th – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA*
Oct. 20th – House of Blues – San Diego, CA*
Oct. 21st – House of Blues – San Diego, CA*
Oct. 22nd – Mesa Amphitheatre – Mesa, AZ*
Oct. 23rd – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV*
Oct. 25th – Lonestar Amphitheater – Lubbock, TX†
Oct. 27th – Stubb’s BBQ – Austin, TX†
Oct. 29th – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK†
Oct. 30th – The Palladium Ballroom – Dallas, TX†
Oct. 31st – Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston, TX†
Nov. 3rd – The Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA†
Nov. 4th – House of Blues – Orlando, FL†
Nov. 5th – The Ritz – Tampa, FL†
Nov. 7th – House of Blues – North Myrtle Beach, SC†
Nov. 9th – The Fillmore Charlotte – Charlotte, NC†
Nov. 10th – The National – Richmond, VA†
Nov. 11th – Sonar – Baltimore, MD†
Nov. 13th – The NorVa – Norfolk, VA†
Nov. 14th – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA†
Nov. 15th – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA^
Nov. 17th – House of Blues – Boston, MA^
Nov. 18th – House of Blues – Boston, MA^
Nov. 20th – Olympia De Montreal – Montreal, QC^
Nov. 21st – Kool Haus – Toronto, ONT^
Nov. 22nd – Kool Haus – Toronto, ONT^
Nov. 24th – Main Street Armory – Rochester, NY^
Nov. 25th – Chevrolet Theatre – Wallingford, CT^
Nov. 28th – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Uniondale, NY^

edit: wonder if the glassjaw dates mean new material is on it’s way? naaa

Read the full interview for more info on Head Automatica’s forthcoming full length, swan damage as well as some other cool info HERE.