Upcoming tourdates for Rumble in Rhodos:
09/28 - Lades kælder, Copenhagen (DK)
09/29 - Magnet Club, Berlin (GER)
10/03 - PDZ, Besancon (FRA) w/Welcome To Miami
10/04 - D:QLIQ, Luxembourg
10/05 - JH Bunker, Glabbeek (BEL) w/Meleeh, Autumn Delay
10/06 - tba, Gee (BEL) w/Autumn Delay
JR Ewing's final shows have been announced:
08/24 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
08/25 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
08/26 - Ieperfest, Ieper (BEL)
08/27 - Backstage Club, München (GER)
08/28 - Garage Club, Saarbrücken (GER)
08/29 - Batofar, Paris (GER)
08/30 - Underground, Cologne (GER)
10/18 - Garage, Bergen (NOR)
10/19 - Rokken, Volda (NOR)
10/20 - Isak, Trondheim (NOR) (all ages/early show)
10/20 - Blæst, Trondheim (NOR)
10/21 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
The band promises to mix up the set every night and will be playing songs from every one of their albums. Fellow Norwegian hardcore act Rumble in Rhodos will support.
The mainstreaming of emo/hardcore took me by surprise. I remember laughing at the kids with the backpacks and too-tight sweaters quivering to bands like Evergreen and Mohinder back in the day. It's not that I have anything against the music - I actually still listen to a lot of 90s hardcore - I just can't understand how it became cool. I guess I'm already on my way to becoming an old fogey. Kids these days, y'know? Regardless of all that, Norway seems to leading the way when it comes to keeping the scene alive. Mainstays like JR Ewing and Kaospilot have been at it for awhile, but up-and-comers like Rumble in Rhodos are stealing the show (and awards like "Favourite new international artist" at Canadian Music Week earlier this year, beating out Finnish also-rans Disco Ensemble). I'm posting this particular track today because it reminds me of Texas is the Reason, one of the trailblazers of the melodic emo/post-hardcore genre or whatever you want to call it. Good stuff - bring on the octave chords!
The mainstreaming of emo/hardcore took me by surprise. I remember laughing at the kids with the backpacks and too-tight sweaters quivering to bands like Evergreen and Mohinder back in the day. It's not that I have anything against the music - I actually still listen to a lot of 90s hardcore - I just can't understand how it became cool. I guess I'm already on my way to becoming an old fogey. Kids these days, y'know? Regardless of all that, Norway seems to leading the way when it comes to keeping the scene alive. Mainstays like JR Ewing and Kaospilot have been at it for awhile, but up-and-comers like Rumble in Rhodos are stealing the show (and awards like "Favourite new international artist" at Canadian Music Week earlier this year, beating out Finnish also-rans Disco Ensemble). I'm posting this particular track today because it reminds me of Texas is the Reason, one of the trailblazers of the melodic emo/post-hardcore genre or whatever you want to call it. Good stuff - bring on the octave chords!
Rumble in Rhodos - Step into the night
Norwegian label Mas-Kina Recordings (Infidels Forever, Stargun, Rumble in Rhodos) has a new website: http://www.mas-kinarecordings.com/
Norwegian hardcore act Angora Static will be contributing tracks to two upcoming compilations. First up is the track "Bretton Wood Abducted My Mother" which will be included on the CD that comes with the first issue of the zine "No Cage is Big Enough". Other artists on the collection include Catena Collapse, The Spectacle, Purified in Blood and Beyond the Fences. Second is "Follo for Faen!" by Mas-Kina Recordings which will feature the song "Kalashnikov Retro". All of the bands on this comp are from the same area of Follo in Norway and include Rumble in Rhodos, Infidels, Sissy Wish and Insense. Look for it in November.