for all you poetry lovers

so if you are into poetry slam, you should check out this interesting author! he already caused quite a stir in the german slam poetry scene and i am pretty sure that you will be hearing from him in the next years. so surf immediately to http://www.lucspada.com and check'em out!

i can't wait for this album to be released!!!

seriously, how awesome is this?!

today i read this on epitaphs homepage (http://www.epitaph.com)

Epitaph Records is proud to announce the signing of Bay Area pop-punk crew Set Your Goals with plans to release their sophomore album on July 21st. The band recently wrapped up recording with Mike Green (Paramore, The Matches) and will be hitting the road with labelmates New Found Glory on a cross-country tour.

"Of all our options, Epitaph was our first pick and we're very excited about having a great team of people behind us who will give this record the push we know it deserves," said singer Matt Wilson. "We've put a lot of time into this and it's reassuring to see that they believe in it as much as we do. The staff is very enthusiastic about working with our ideas and there is a dedication to our band here that we've never felt from any other label."

that's really cool to hear, i mean Epitaph is doing a great job signing awesome bands lately. just have a look at their current rooster and you will find these bands: New Found Glory, Thursday, Everytime I Die and now Set Your Goals! i almost can't wait till july, because then we will see the release of Set Your Goals much anticipated follow-up to "Mutiny". in the meantime it's time for you to check out that album from the year 2006 released on eulogy records. great pop-hardcore at it's best!

ok boys and girls, it's time for another round! today i will tell you about a very talented hardcore band from luxembourg, Everwaiting Serenade (http://www.myspace.com/everwaitingserenade)! the quintet is one of the most promising outfits hailing from our little country. since their foundation in 2005, these dudes have been one of the most active bands in the scene releasing their debut ep "Caress" already in 2006. playing in different bands before like hot buddha, m.d.e or disciplez of cypher and therefore coming from different backgrounds, they soon shared same ideas concerning their sound. on their debut they played metalcore including some clean vocals in the vein of bands like parkway drive. "Caress" was a good album, but it seemed, that there was more to come.

so in the year 2008 they released a self-produced demo "The Next Weekend Revolution" including 3 songs, on which you could cleary see in what direction these guys were heading. they turned away from the popular metalcore sound and evolved with their music. what brings us to this day. a few days ago Everwaiting Serenade released their first full-length "Lungwork". and that album is truly amazing! it seems like they have finally found their own sound with this album. the fundament is still built upon metalcore, but they included at the same time more chaotic, intense and atmospheric parts. they got rid of the clean vocals and showed us their interpretation of melodic hardcore. the bands that influenced them are really shining through "Lungwork", because you can hear a lot of Misery Signals and Everytime I Die in the songs. they described their philosophy with the following words: "We strive for what's in our hearts"!

a very auspicious album from a very talented band, which you totally have to check out and i you have the chance to catch them live, go to the show!

(Picture Courtesy of the Band (http://www.myspace.com/everwaitingserenade)

for your viewing pleasure: "Intro" and "The Downfall Of Us All" from A Day To Remember playing in Karlsruhe a few weeks ago! this was filmed by myself!

this is the beginning

so after thinking about posting a blog or not, i came to the conclusion that i would do it. the reason for this is, that i am really interested in music (like so many other of us) and that i would like to introduce you to bands that you may already know, but most important to bands that you might not know, but which are worth to be aware of. this means that every once in a while i will post a blog about bands i am currently listening to!

so what was lately spinning in my record player? i recently enjoyed very much the new album from New Found Glory (www.myspace.com/newfoundglory)! one week ago these pop-punk heavyweight veterans released their ardently awaited new longplayer entitled "Not Without A Fight". i remember listening to nfg back then when they just released "Sticks And Stones", but during the years i somehow lost interested in them. but lately i took delight in pop-punk, pop-hardcore and pop-mosh bands, so it was obvious that nfg came back to my mind. i bought almost their entire back-catalog and now, one week ago, i got the new full-length. and i wasn't disappointed by it. on "Not Without A Fight", the band is combining the heavyness and recklessness from their early works with the melancholy of their last two efforts. the result out of it is very sweet, because songs like "don't let her down", "listen to your friends" or "47" with their gangshouts will stuck in your head for days or even weeks! so if you like bands like Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong or A Day To Remember (at least the poppier parts), you will dig New Found Glory too!

if you want to check out a band in the vein of NFG, you definitively should try the band called Fight Fair (www.myspace.com/fightfair). these five dudes from san diego released their ep last year on triple crown records and raised some attention with it! the songs of that ep are catchy and i think, we can expect an interesting full-length from them!

so this was my first post and i hope, you will enjoy it! more to come...