i'm a junkyard full of false starts

If you know me in real life, I'm sure you've heard me talk about this (and I'm not sure how many people are reading this that don't actually know me in real life, but anyway...)

Falsestart Junkyard was never meant to be just a music/photo/etc. blog. It's the clothing/publishing company that I've been putting together these past few months. So go check out the myspace and make sure you friend it! There's not much there just yet, but there will be soon!

it is a sad day for the jersey music scene

The Ergs! are breaking up.

My sadness cannot be properly conveyed via text. (And now I'm kicking myself for missing their recent show at the Court Tavern.)

looking forward to the future

A few things I am currently looking forward to:



» The new Fall Out Boy album: Folie À Deux, to be released on election day (Nov. 4th). If you think my big plans for that day are anything other than going to vote and then driving to the store to pick up this album, you are sorely mistaken. (The announcement of this record was the culmination of the “Citizens for Our Betterment” viral marketing scheme which, was tracked very thoroughly by this website.)



» Robots and Racecars upcoming EP, which at one point was being called “Robots and Racecars Are Out of Their Element.” However, that was over a month ago and who knows how many name changes it’s gone through since then. Guitar and drum tracks have been recorded and they are currently working on vocals. Nicholas assures me that it will be “epic.”



» All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash. Even more than the Gaslight Anthem track, I’m looking forward to the Loved Ones cover of my all time favorite Johnny Cash song, Cocaine Blues. This is the one thing I have to wait the least for as it comes out next week! UPDATE: Apparently I spoke too soon, because the release has been pushed back to October 21st.



» The Decemberists are putting out a series of singles entitled “Always the Bridesmaid” to be released in three volumes, starting in October. They are also currently in the studio recording their next LP. That is a lot new music and that makes me very happy, as it has been far too long for my taste. Also, they must have heard me complaining about how they haven’t toured in forever, because they are going back out and will once again be hitting up The Electric Factory in Philadelphia, where I last saw them two years ago. Their complete tour dates can be found here.

early one mornin' while makin' the rounds

The Gaslight Anthem, originally uploaded by falsestartjunkyard.

Joining The Loved Ones, The Bouncing Souls and The Dresden Dolls, among others, The Gaslight Anthem will be contributing a song for Anchorless Records' compilation album All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash. The release date for the album is September 9th and all proceeds will go to the Syrentha Savio Endowment

All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash Tracklisting:

1. “Man In Black” The Bouncing Souls
2. “Country Boy” Fallen From The Sky
3. “Wreck Of The Old ’97″ Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music)
4. “Let The Train Whistle Blow” Joe McMahon (Smoke or Fire)
5. “Delia’s Gone” Ben Nichols (Lucero)
6. “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” The Gaslight Anthem
7. “Cocaine Blues” The Loved Ones
8. “Give My Love To Rose” OnGuard feat. Jason Shevchuk of Kid Dynamite and None More Black
9. “I Still Miss Someone” Casey James Prestwood (Hot Rod Circuit)
10. “Hey Porter” MxPx
11. “Cry,Cry,Cry” The Flatliners
12. “Ballad Of A Teenage Queen” The Dresden Dolls feat. Franz Nicolay of The Hold Steady
13. “Folsom Prison Blues” Chon Travis (Love = Death)
14. “There You Go” The Sainte Catherines
15. “I Walk The Line” Russ Rankin (Good Riddance, Only Crime)
16. “Delia’s Gone (Alternate Version)” Ben Nichols (Lucero) *Bonus on the vinyl release only

the best of us can find happiness in misery

You can now stream the Fall Out Boy's new single, "I Don't Care" at falloutboyrock.com or the band's myspace.

It's not what I was expecting after hearing the ten second clip that was aired last week, to be honest, it's so much better. Patrick Stump, I would listen to you sing the back of a box of cheez-its, but I much prefer this.

what's new for fall

AbsolutePunk.net has announced that Panic At The Disco will be touring this fall with The Plain White T's and Dashboard Confessional. (My sources say that The Cab will also be joining them on this tour.) No dates yet, I'm just interested to see what sort of turn out this tour is going to bring, I like all of these bands to varying degrees but Panic and Dashboard aren't two bands I would have pegged for touring together.

Meanwhile, The Mountain Goats will be touring the across the U.S. through October and November. You can find dates and venues on their website.

However the tour I'm really looking forward to is still being kept under wraps. Back in June I asked Andrew Volpe if Ludo had plans to tour more after Warped. The answer I got was, yes, but they're not allowed to talk about it yet. A friend asked a similar question of Tim Convy and got a similar answer.