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2 August 2010 | The Startover in Big Cheese
The latest edition of the great UK music and skate mag, Big Cheese, has a new band piece on The Startover, as well as a review of their new CD 'Survivors Guide' and a track by them, 'Worst case scenario' on the cover-mount CD, along with Bad Religion, Gallows, etc. Please try to pick up a copy and check it out.
The review is great and after seeing them play live again this weekend i would say very well deserved, but the best is still to come.
The recording of their new video is also now complete and the final mixed version should be with us very soon.
28 July 2010 | NEW Kyoto Drive streaming on Punktastic on Aug 2
On Monday, the 2nd of August (this Monday!) the NEW Kyoto Drive album This Is All We Ever Wanted will be streaming over on PunkTastic! Head on over and judge for yourself why you need to add this album to your CD collection (or iPod playlist?!?) ~cheers.
28 July 2010 | a Call Off The Search bit...
Look, Listen, because we want you to...22 June 2010 | Seen Ramona?
Ramona's the highlighted band currently on GotSeen.com. Click on over to check out their profile, and upload one of your own (note to bands).11 June 2010 | A Message from Road To Kansas
"Break the silence!After a long time without any news, but with the ’CONTRACT WITH THE GHOSTS’ in our hands, we’re finally back with a lot of news. We’re really glad to introduce Kevin to you. He’s the ‘new guy’ behind the drums. It’s been hard to say good-bye to Stefan after six long years, but Kevin evidenced quickly, that he’s the best to take a seat behind the drums.
Furthermore, we’re proud to tell you, that we are a part of ENGINEER-RECORDS now. They will help us to release our first L.P. ’CONTRACT WITH THE GHOSTS.’ Check www.engineerrecords.com to get further information about the label and its mentality.
You also should check www.myspace.com/roadtokansas and www.facebook.com/roadtokansas. There you can listen to our new song ‘DYNAMITE-MAN’ to get a first impression of the upcoming album."
Take care,
Road To Kansas
11 June 2010 | Semmi Rise
6 June 2010 | Fresh Kyoto
Kyoto Drive have been play-listed by the Fresh radio show. Fresh show 12 is online now on their audio player with Kyoto Drive's "I'd Give It All", just head here www.freshunsigned.webs.com3 June 2010 | The Startover play HEVY FEST!
HevyFest has announced that Engineer Records' The Startover will be playing again this year alongside some serious heavy-weights on the Rock Sound stage at the summer weekend Kent rock and extreme sport festival. Along with The Startover bands rocking it up will be Glassjaw, Comeback Kid, Gallows, Rolo Tomassi and Madina Lake. 6th to the 8th August. See www.hevy.co.uk or their band page for more info.30 May 2010 | The Separation gets RECHARGED!
Phil, Mark & Stephen of <b>The Separation</b> were on <b>Recharged Radio</b> - <i>Friday Forum</i> last week and the podcast is now available for download athttp://www.rechargedradio.com & it's the 21st May Friday Forum.
15 May 2010 | Video Channel: RAMONA
Come see Ramona's new YouTube Video Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ramonaHQ You can see the video for their new single "Kids in Tokyo" as well as an album recap for Mornington Crescent Now Open.
2 May 2010 | Italian Interview with KYOTO DRIVE on Audiodrome
Italy's Audiodrome.it interview with KYOTO DRIVE! [ click below ]
21 April 2010 | RAMONA!
The new RAMONA CD is calling for your attention!
1 April 2010 | Join Engineer Records on FACEBOOK
Become a Fan of Engineer Records on FACEBOOK.
Clichés are flying high here at Engineer, but luckily only in our
news announcements, and not our awesome new releases.
Click below for a new way to network with us and stay tuned in the coming weeks for some "facebook only" quick-response specials. We'll post a trivia contest here and there, maybe something more creative, and as if the modern age stress levels weren't high enough, timing is everything, and winners will be based on quick response. We want to send your blood pressure through the roof.
7 March 2010 | BMX VIDEO with ENTIRE ENGINEER SOUNDTRACK!
NineNineZeroFour BMX Video trailer.
from NineNineZeroFour.
25 February 2010 | ROCHESTER SKATE PARK BENEFIT ROUND-UP
On Saturday the 13th of February Engineer Records put on a benefit show at Rochester Skate Park. The venue is run by a group of cool people as a charity for the kids of Kent and South East UK to have a safe and friendly environment for skating, BMXing and just hanging out but...it is struggling to pay its rent and has a five year lease to cover on a monthly basis for the local council. This show and others like it will provide some extra money towards that cost and keep the place open.The bands that rocked the place were Kyoto Drive, The Startover, My So Called Life, SpeakYourHeart, Call Off The Search and The Separation. Engineer Records arranged the sound system and gave out Cds and shirts to everyone who'd paid the five quid entry to support the skate park. www.unit1skatepark.co.uk All money went to the venue and over £1200 was raised. There was also a skateboarding competition and filming & lighting by 3rider.tv and a cafe, games room, etc. The show was supported by local radio and press and advertised nationally by Big Cheese magazine and on Recharged Radio.
The Separation - http://www.theseparation.co.uk/
Call Off The Search - http://www.myspace.com/calloffthesearch
SpeakYourHeart - http://www.myspace.com/speakyourheartband
Kyoto Drive - http://www.myspace.com/kyotodrive
My So Called Life - http://www.myspace.com/mysocalledlife
The Startover - http://www.myspace.com/thisisthestartover
25 February 2010 | KYOTO TOUR in MARCH
For Dates/Details click here:
22 February 2010 | Engineer does another podcast on Recharged Radio
Link: Engineer on Recharged Radio21 February 2010 | NEW RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT album avail in UK!
Red Light Green Light - Everything Has Gone Wrong CD. IGN147.The new album Everything Has Gone Wrong by Red Light Green Light is "one of those records" and they are "one of those bands." They are one of those bands that gets listed in bands influences rather than the Billboard Top 100 and they wouldn't have it any other way. They preach old school punk rock ideas with a new school intensity all their own. In the song "Code Red/Almost Dead" the chorus sings "this is our contribution, but we are not your revolution. as youth dies dreams fade away. so live your life extraordinary and never settle for ordinary. be who you want to be, just live your life!" and that is what this record is about. Having the guts to follow your dreams and actually living your life. Red Light Green Light is one of those bands that you may have never heard of, but your favorite band has... and Everything Has Gone Wrong is a fine example of just that! Do yourself a favour and pick up a copy.
What to do now: You can order your copy now direct from
http://www.engineerrecordsusa.com/ukstore/ and will receive special goodies with it.
Promotional copies available now for review - just get in touch.
Promoters get in touch as our bands need more shows. (We are looking for a booking agency too)
Mags & zines get in touch as we're looking for media partners.
Radios get in touch for airplay copies, interviews, live sets, etc.
Labels get in touch as we're looking to trade. Ask for a list.
Please make contact and support the underground.
16 February 2010 | Kyoto Drive purely blazing the charts
The PUREVOLUME promo for Kyoto Drive is blazing the charts. Congrats on the well-deserved reception and new ears on the boys—check this out:Their kick-off track "Transitions" is #1 in the Emo Chart, #2 in the Pop-Punk Chart, #6 in the Rock Chart, #11 in the Most Popular Song!
3 February 2010 | CALL OFF THE SEARCH progress with album cover...
CALL OFF THE SEARCH recently turned this over to us...We think it's a beautiful piece of art by Pete Duffield. ( http://peteduffield.blogspot.com )
The new CD is currently being mastered and should be with us soon.
1 February 2010 | Exeter caps off short tour
Exeter caps Midwest tour [thanks for the booking help from Sound&Shape's Jerry Pentecost!].Texas' Exeter finished up their eight-date Midwest tour last week. Starting in Houston, Texas and heading as far north as Manhattan, Kansas. This is the first real tour for the four-piece band from Austin, Texas, which released its first full-length album, Grey Noise, White Lies, in August 2009 (Engineer/Pop Up Recs). Some stops in the tour included Rudyard’s in Houston, Texas, Murphy’s in Memphis, Tennessee, the Riot Room in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Prophet Bar in Dallas, Texas. Exeter shared the stage with some talented bands including A Revolution of Kings, Shots Fired, Audiovox, Latin, Twin Pilot and the Rainy Saturdays. Exeter made a lot of new friends on the tour, and created some strong contacts for future tours in the area. All the venues asked for the band to come back and play a show. Brad Chancellor of Orion, Anakin and Audiovox fame opened his house in Lawrence, Kan., to the band for a place to sleep and recuperate after several days of driving and sleeping in interesting places. Outside of Brad, fans of the band in nearly every city offered a place to stay for free. Exeter is now setting sights on playing local shows and hitting other Texas cities throughout the winter and spring. The set list for most shows should include new material written in the past few months, and there are more to come.
1 February 2010 | KYOTO DRIVE'S new CD released!
Kyoto Drive This Is All We Ever Wanted CD is available now.This is a split label release from Engineer Records and our US pop-punk friends at Pacific Ridge Records and will absolutely rock your world. Fans and reviewers can pre-order the new full length album, although it isn't officially released until February 23rd we have advance copies to send out now. Ten great new songs from this awesome post-hardcore emo four-piece that will grab you by the throat and never let go. For fans of: This Providence, Owl City, Jimmy Eat World, Cinematic Sunrise, Saves The Day, The Get Up Kids, YouMeAtSix, Piebald and Hot Water Music. Kyoto Drive have a video update on the label website and are on tour now.
29 January 2010 | ROCHESTER SKATE PARK BENEFIT GIG - FEB 13
Engineer Records presents:A benefit gig at Rochester Skate Park.
In support of the skate park at Unit 1, Airport Ind. Est, Laker Rd,
Rochester, ME1 3QX which is run as a charity for the kids of Kent and South
East UK to have a safe environment for skating and alternative sports events
and has a five year lease to pay to the local council.
Directions and info at www.unit1skatepark.co.uk
Saturday 13th February 2010. 7pm to midnight.
Bands playing: Kyoto Drive, The Startover, My So Called Life, SpeakYourHeart, Call Off The Search and The Separation.
Also a Skateboarding competition, filming and interviews by 3rider.tv www.3rider.tv/
Free Cds for everyone attending from Engineer Records www.EngineerRecords.com
Cheap records stall, food and drink, etc.
£5 entry - all proceeds to the skate park.
Come along and show your support!
18 January 2010 | Kyoto Drive Jan '10 Video update
Kyoto Drive Jan 2010 Update!!
9 January 2010 | CALL OFF THE SEARCH vid updates
CALL OFF THE SEARCH (formerly The Sketch) check in with their latest visuals:9 January 2010 | SPEAKYOURHEART tour starts next week
4 January 2010 | THE STARTOVER & SOUND&SHAPE on PROTECT2 comp
"PROTECT 2: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children" will be co-released today between Scissor Press and GC Records in both CD and digital formats. One-hundred percent of all proceeds will go to The National Association to Protect Children (www.protect.org), a powerful, nonpartisan political action committee dedicated to child safety.The compilation features 27 tracks from 27 bands, including exclusively recorded material from both The Startover and Sound&Shape, as well as Yesterday’s Ring (Suburban Home), Hit The Switch (Nitro), Greg Ginn & The Taylor Texas Corrugators (SST), and Intro5pect (GC/A-F), and many, many more. Eighteen of the songs included on “PROTECT 2” are rare and/or previously unreleased, and the cover artwork was created by Keith Rosson of AVOW and Razorcake fame.
PROTECT 2 is available in CD format or in digital format through GCDownloads.com. For more information or to order, please visit http://www.gcrecords.com/protect2/. If you are a distributor or vendor wishing to carry the CD, please email jackson@scissorpress.com.
4 January 2010 | NEW INTERVIEW with Engineer Recs The Ripple Effect
Check out a brand new interview with David and Craig of Engineer,
on The Ripple Effect posted yesterday.
[copy paste this link]
http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2010/01/sunday-conversation-with-engineer.html
2 January 2010 | RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT LAST SHOW - JAN 2 - farewell
from the band's MySpace page:"Hello Friends!
Like all good things, Red Light Green Light has come to an end. We started this band to have fun and play some shows/hang out with our friends. We played a ton of shows and made a ton of friends along the way and now it's time to go on to other aspects of our lives...
Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to our music and watching us play (if you had the opportunity to see us live). Thanks for the memories!!
Love,
Derek and Red Light Green Light
p.s. - Some of us have new projects and I will post a new blog about them all complete with fun/informative links, and what not, after our final show on January 2, 2010 at the Boonton KOC in New Jersey (with Vinnie from I AM THE AVALANCHE, TROPHY SCARS, HOOVER FLAGS, SWIMMING, JAGUAR SHARK and WITNESS). more info on the band's MySpace page."
2 January 2010 | Behind The Scenes video footage by The Startover
2 January 2010 | NEW The Startover tune...
New Year--new song up for The Startover! Check out "Tactics" and send 'em some love while joining their cyber army over at: http://www.myspace.com/thisisthestartover13 December 2009 | Vic of MSCL sideways acoustic in a classroom?
30 November 2009 | NEW The Separation TEE
Head on over to myspace.com/the_separation and message the band for info on how to get their new TEE, you need em and so do your freinds!
26 November 2009 | Engineer, Interviewed
David Gamage of Engineer Recs,Interviewed!You can check it out: HERE
22 November 2009 | URGENT: THE STARTOVER VID SHOOT 2MORR NEEDS YOU!
IMPORTANT: KENT, UK area FANS, THE STARTOVER VID SHOOT 2MORRA Message from the band:
"On the 22nd of November, tomorrow - Sunday, THE STARTOVER will be filming their new video at Unit 1 Skatepark in Rochester, Kent, UK. http://www.unit1skatepark.co.uk/
If you are in the area and can make it over we need around 50+ extras to make a crowd for a "live" performance for the finale of the Worst Case Scenario video. All ages welcome, arrive to the skatepark for 5:00pm!
If you're interested in coming please email:Carolina@carograph.com with the title "Music Video Extra's" and you will be sent a release form that you need to fill in and bring with you.
We'd love a big turn out for this, plus you'll get to hear the brand new single off the upcoming "Survivors Guide" EP.
One Love!!!
THE STARTOVER"
17 November 2009 | Glide Magazine Interviews Sound&Shape
“how could I ever fully express myself in, say, the mixolydian mode, if I had not first become technically proficient and educated myself to the possibilities of that particular mode?” Best quote ever? Find out in Glide Magazine's newly published Interview of the wonderous Sound&Shape.[click the image]
2 November 2009 | Interested in video work for THE SEPARATION?
Attn Video producers: Here is a video by The Separation.Please get in touch with us at info[at]engineerrecords.com about making a true video for this band. (spread the word)
24 October 2009 | Exeter INTERVIEW on Audiodrome (Italy)
JUST IN:Exeter interview on Audiodrome (IT):
HERE
24 October 2009 | Kyoto Drive SlamDunk an awesome Vans gig!
Kyoto Drive have just been confirmed to open the Slam Dunk/Vans Off The Wall night at the Birmingham Academy on Oct 30th w/ Funeral For a Friend, Fightstar, Kids In Glass Houses, Attack! Attack! & many more! Birmingham - get ready to be rocked!23 October 2009 | Congratulations to Vic of MSCL
MySoCalledLife have been busy with their new bass player John fitting in extremely well and the band preparing a whole new set of songs for their new cd and rocking them live at shows but they recently had to cancel one (a first for them-they never cancel) as Vic had to rush to the hospital—he now has a second lovely baby daughter! Our congratulations go out to him and his family—now get back out there rocking. (NOTE: Engineer Recs stall at the MSCL show on 27th November at the Winter gardens in Eastbourne).18 October 2009 | THE FIRE STILL BURNS REUNITE - MON NIGHT
13 October 2009 | EXETER on FREE COMP w/ NIRVANA, SDRE, DESCENDENTS
NEWS JUST IN FROM VERBICIDE MAG: "Welcome Verbicide Select Mixtape Volume 1, our collection of the best and most popular tracks featured on VerbicideMagazine.com. These are our personal cuts, so each mixtape is fat free and delicious. And because we love you, each mixtape is not only good, but good for you. It’ll make you faster and stronger and when you tell your friends about these bands, your friends will be impressed, then grow envious, and ultimately seek to destroy you" Download it now! http://www.verbicidemagazine.com/?p=3899TRACK LISTING:
1. Sunny Day Real Estate
“Seven” From the album Diary
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records
2. Exeter
“Bittersweet Vanity” From the album Grey Noise, White Lies
Courtesy of Engineer Records
3. Bamboo Shoots
“Graceland” From the album Music for Cotillions mixtape
Courtesy of Bamboo Shoots
4. Nirvana
“Scoff” (Live) From the album Bleach: Deluxe Edition
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records
5. AwShockKiss
“Perfect Truth” From their self-titled debut EP
Courtesy of AwShockKiss
6. Intro5pect
“Collateral” From the album Record Profits
Courtesy of GC Records
7. Lou Barlow
“Gravitate” From the album Goodnight Unknown
Courtesy of Merge Records
8. Zaza
“Sooner or Later” From the album Cameo
Courtesy of Zaza
9. Raegan Butcher
“Bone Yard” From the album Pale & Skinny: 1986 – 1992
Courtesy of Scissor Press
10. Descendents
“Nothing With You” From the album Cool to Be You
Courtesy of Fat Wreck Chords
15 September 2009 | SABOTEUR NEED YOUR VOTE (for slurpees?)
Saboteur fans of the world unite. If not, then at least head on over and help them win free Slurpees® for a year (and possibly 10 Thousand Dollars!). Just click the link here and cast your vote—it's that easy. SABOTEUR SLURPEE!6 September 2009 | ENGINEER audio for back-drop to NEW BMX vid!
Cool NEW BMX DVD in the works, with soundtrack suppliedby Engineer Roster of fine music.
NineNineZeroFour BMX DVD SECTION Preview Part One
from NineNineZeroFour on Vimeo.
25 August 2009 | OUT NOW - Exeter [ecopak CD + digital]
18 August 2009 | EXETER - GREY NOISE, WHITE LIES PRE-ORDER w/EXTRAS
EXETER - GREY NOISE, WHITE LIES PRE-ORDER w/EXTRAS!
Exeter MySpace; Pop Up Recs; Engineer Recs
***PRE-ORDER SHIPS NOW—THE WEEK PRIOR TO STREET DATE: AUGUST 25, 2009. (usually sooner!)***
This SPECIAL PRE-ORDER ships with two additional Engineer CD Releases (our discretion) & also comes with a special 11x17 POSTER of EXETER!
QUICK POINTS:
• For fans of Hum, Elliott, Failure, Shiner, Sunny Day Real Estate, Year of the Rabbit, Swervedriver, Moments In Grace.
• Produced and Engineered by Kevin Butler at Test Tube Audio, Austin, TX.
• Previously self-released “Intra Venus” EP as well as contributed a track to “The Nurse Who Loved Me: A Tribute To Failure” CD on Pop Up Records.
• Split-label release between Engineer Records and Pop Up Records.
[ click image for overview ]
Exeter MySpace; Pop Up Recs; Engineer Recs
10 August 2009 | Go Go Gavin! SUPERFAN APPROVED.
Our next installment of an Engineer superfan goes to Gavin Shields of North Wales. Gavin's holding some of his favourite Engineer releases--see he fancy's vinyl!
Gavin, owning nearly every Engineer release to date and offering help on the design front--is someone we cherish close to home. Thanks Gav.
Listed here are some of his tops, and as he states... "As far as my favourite releases goes you could say pretty much the lot, but to narrow it down here's a list of my faves in no particular order:"
Hunter Gatherer - Low Standards For High Fives
Planes Mistaken For Stars - Fucking Fight
Rydell - Hard On The Trail
The Babies Three - The Luzhin Defence
Elemae/Memorial/Soon - split
Argetti - Flags of Karma
Losing Six Seconds - Omniscient and in Control
The Blackout Argument - Munich Angst
The Fire Still Burns - The Fire Still Burns
Eden Maine - The Treachery Pact
Hot Water Music and Rydell - Split 7"
6 August 2009 | CALL OFF THE SEARCH is the new Sketch.
The Sketch are changing their name to Call Off The Search.They have just completed their latest tour (as The Sketch) and are booking the next one now and going back into the studio to record new tracks as Call Off The Search.
Look out for more news and the new record soon.
5 August 2009 | VERBICIDE WEB LAUNCH + FREE EXETER mp3
See below from our friends over at VERBICIDE MAGAZINE... they have a NEW WEB LAUNCH TODAY! (see below for details, and click the DOWNLOAD LINK on their site for a FREE mp3 from our new family members, Austin, TX's EXETER!)VerbicideMagazine.com Launches Today!
We are pleased to announce that after months of rebuilding and archiving, VerbicideMagazine.com has launched today, August 3rd!
VerbicideMagazine.com is the online successor to the print version of Verbicide, which had a 10-year, 25-issue run from 1999 to 2009. With a staff that includes both returning contributors and new additions, including features editor Heather Schofner and fiction editor Erin Gambrill, VerbicideMagazine.com will be updating every day, Monday through Friday:
Features: Every Tuesday and Thursday
Film Reviews: Every Tuesday and Friday
Columns, comics, art galleries, free MP3s, and show reviews will be updated at least once per month.
23 July 2009 | KYOTO DRIVE w/MAYCOMB TOUR STARTS FRIDAY
20 July 2009 | THE SKETCH touring with SMUDGE starts THIS WEEK
8 July 2009 | WELCOME Austin, Texas' EXETER to the family
A split-label Release from Pop Up Records, and Engineer Records is ready to see the light of day. Its not everyday two labels can work together to expand their power, yet in the current trivial musical climate, it makes sense. Engineer's had an efficient ethic of co-releasing albums over its lifespan and when approached about the forthcoming EXETER album, immediately accepted the partnership. Strength in numbers is the way Pop Up and Engineer will be able to combat the iTunes era.
After working with them on the 2008 Pop Up Records release, The Nurse Who Loved Me: A Tribute To Failure; a strong future with the band was eminent. Let it be known, the time has come to let the beast that is EXETER bring you to your knees. Combining epic space-rock with moody shoegaze, the band brings to mind nothing less than the best reference points within their own brand of moody alternative rock. Let's be clear though, this album will speak for itself, no matter who's behind it. On August 25th, 2009, the partnership will yield Grey Noise, White Lies from Austin Texas' own EXETER.
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Exeter MySpace; Pop Up Recs; Engineer Recs
5 July 2009 | The Sketch on the Farm
THE SKETCH are playing MAIN STAGE at Lounge On The Farm due to a lot of hard work and popular festival voting. The festival consists of bands such as The Horrors, Ghost Of A Thousand Underground Hero's and much much more. The Sketch are on at 5pm Saturday - such an awesome slot and are testing out a brand new setlist! All info can be got here - www.loungeonthefarm.co.uk19 June 2009 | Review of all Reviews
Check out The Ripple Effect's review of Sound&Shape's The Love Electric.It's gushing as should be.
17 June 2009 | FESTIVAL NEWS for THE STARTOVER
THE STARTOVER's new track on the Engineer Myspace Player.+ Big news over here for one of our most recent additions to the Engineer roster, THE STARTOVER! A sweet festival show, check out the line-up ...and should you find yourself at THE HEVY on August 1st at The Folkstone Seafront, find yourself in front of THE STARTOVER on the third stage! [click below]
22 May 2009 | NEW VIDEO!
"The Love Electric" by Sound&ShapeDirected By Greg and Memry Smith:
11 May 2009 | My So Called Life a "quote unquote" update
Hey Engineer fans, a little message from <i>Vic</i> of <b>My So Called Life</b> popped up over the weekend...<p>"A few months back, we were approached and asked if we would like to be part of the 10th Annual <b><i>'Beatles Day'</i></b> at the White Rock Theatre in Hastings. With the <i>Beatles being possibly one of my biggest influences</i>, I very quickly gave the go ahead!...then consulted the others...oops!<br>I chose 3 songs that neither Ollee, Duncan or Kai had ever heard before; "I've Just Seen a Face" from the <i>Help</i> album, "Fixing a Hole" from the <i>Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band</i> album and "I Feel Fine" which was fairly recently released as part of the <i>'1' compilation</i>. All of these songs were performed on the day and seemed to please the very strong crowd at the South Eastern theatre. Pictures will follow on our My So Called [website/myspace] for sure."<p> In other MSCL news, for those of you that don't know, MSCL now has a new member--ROY the Van! He is brilliant and happily transported us around the UK for their tour this past January.11 May 2009 | Kyoto Drive LIVE review!
"Don’t Take ‘em for Granted - Kyoto Drive" @ The Hob 3rd MayBirmingham-based band Kyoto Drive is a 4-piece pop punk/emo band consisting of Adam Binder, Mike Levell and Chris and Mark Piper. They played the Hobgoblin, Staines on Sunday night. The band played a selection of reasonably catchy songs to an audience already knocked out by The Sketch and The Sunshine Getaway. This is the curse of being the ‘headlining’ band on a Sunday evening in a provincial town. By the time you get to the stage i.e. around 10 pm, the crowd begins to thin out / come apart at the seams / fall over.
Fortunately, there was still a fair amount of buzz and fizz left in Hob and KD put on an energetic and exhilarating show to match the vibe.
The Kyoto Drive brand of semi-commercially viable melodic pop punk (think New Found Glory / Good Charlotte) has many pretenders to the throne, but none possess so strong and sure a hand as this band. They seem to be fully confident in their ability to perform above and beyond expectations. Sometimes the dynamic tension on stage sizzled and crackled like a police Taser aimed at an unfortunate protester.
The crisply starched vocals and the prominent guitar motifs, together with their distinctively harmonic style of vocals and a sense of grandeur in their ambitions, mean that Kyoto Drive put on a positively shameless performance. Their super-floppy hairstyles and larger-than-life egos meant that the audience could not keep their eyes off the wild antics.
Big and powerful Chris gave us huge proportions of snappy rolling thunder on percussion whilst Mike and Mark shared out the guitar duties with aplomb. Bass and vocals were handled with skill and dexterity by Adam. The whole junket was a huge bowl of excitement and sparkling sound.
© Neil_Mach / May 2009
28 April 2009 | Sound&Shape EP re-launch!
EP relaunched today through larger distribution--let's keep 'em going.
Tell a friend and pick up the physical CD, it's a classic.
Visit the band's page over at http://www.myspace.com/soundandshape1
"Movement. Forward motion. Evolution. All of these terms describe what Nashville, Tennessee's Sound&Shape bring to the sonic landscape, an otherwise barren wasteland of overdone, overused and uninspired thoughts and ideas. Sound&Shape is a trio of musicians that just might be the missing piece of the puzzle from Rock Music over the past few years."
14 April 2009 | SOUND&SHAPE new Interview in Jersey Beat
NEW, just in: SOUND&SHAPE interview up on JERSEY BEAT magazine's website, check it out!23 March 2009 | ARGETTI back in the UK next month!
ARGETTI will back in UK this April (next month!), so please help the band promote the following shows, aqnd if they hit a venue near YOU, then hop in that auto and burn that petrol!
9 apr 2009 21.00 w/ Die Emergency (UK) @ The Packhorse Leeds - UK
10 apr 2009 20.00 w/ Above Them (UK) + Die Emergency (UK) @ The Crown Nuneaton - UK
11 apr 2009 21.00 w/ Die Emergency (UK) + Pure Graft (UK) @ Cooperage Newcastle - UK
12 apr 2009 21.00 w/ Above Them (UK) + Die Emergency (UK) @ The Loft Castleford - UK
18 March 2009 | SPEAKYOURHEART speak to us
SPEAKYOURHEART have sent over the masters for their new album "This Is How We Communicate" and it is as catchy as a cold on an aeroplane. It should be available for review in a few weeks. Hang tough.14 March 2009 | Sound&Shape + Exeter at SXSW 2009!
BIG NEWS: Sound&Shape & Exeter will both be appearing at next week's South BySouthwest Music Festival (SXSW) on Friday, March 20.
They'll be plugging in on the DCN Live Stage (Digital Club Network) which is located at the corner of 7th St & Neches (7:15pm-9:45pm) in AUSTIN, TX - USA.
If you plan on attending the SXSW festival, write this show on the palm of your hand, and be there.
3 March 2009 | KYOTO DRIVE interview on AlterThePress.com
COURTESY OF ALTERTHEPRESS.com!
26 February 2009 | FUGO with dead people!
Our favorite band from Aarau, FUGO confirmed the opening slot (for the 2nd time) for the amazing ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF THE DEAD at Flösserplatz (the youth club's 20-year anniversary gig) to be held onApril 3rd, 2009. Check with www.myspace.com/fugoothermusic for more details.
14 February 2009 | Long Live RocknRoll (Italy) SOUND&SHAPE Interview
Click the above ^ and read an interview
from Italia's Long Live Rock N Roll webzine,
as they have a Q&A with Nashville's SOUND&SHAPE.
Interview in both Italian & English (directly under Italian version).
We'd like to suggest purchasing the physical disc as well.
3 February 2009 | LABEL PROFILE: Engineer Recs on ROCKSNAIL.CO.UK
COURTESY OF ROCKSNAIL.CO.UK!
27 January 2009 | MY SO CALLED INTERVIEW on Blood & Fire Prod zine!
NEW My So Called Life interview on Blood And Fire Productions webzine, click here:
27 January 2009 | FULL-STREAM AHEAD: Sound&Shape
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"The Love Electric"
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It's far more rewarding on a long trip,
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18 January 2009 | FIRE ALIVE (IT) - CONTEST & Review
Thanks again to the staff of Fire Alive (Italy) for showing us more support. (Great team over there!) Click the image below and you'll find album reviews of some of our CD releases including the NEW one from Nashville's Sound&Shape.
...and the CONTEST!
Have fun on their site, they have loads of content, including many interviews and more reviews from our family of bands. Ciao.
14 January 2009 | THE BEAT SURRENDER bands on tour CONTEST!
8 January 2009 | PUNKNEWS.ORG host full EP stream
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"The Love Electric"
by Nashville's SOUND&SHAPE streaming
exclusively
on PunkNews.
We'd like to suggest purchasing the physical disc.
It's far more rewarding on a long trip,
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6 January 2009 | SOUND&SHAPE Pre-Order + ROCKSNAIL INTERVIEW!
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TRACKLISTING:
1. The Love Electric
2. The Space Between
3. And the Clouds Begin to Part
4. And We Began as Two
5. The Solitary Journey
Movement. Forward motion. Evolution. All of these terms describe what Nashville, Tennessee's Sound&Shape bring to the sonic landscape, an otherwise barren wasteland of overdone, overused and uninspired thoughts and ideas. Sound&Shape is a trio of musicians that just might be the missing piece of the puzzle from Rock Music over the past few years. Their music can be feral and unrelenting at times only to release it's tension and carry the listener through beautiful and gentle passages, creating a complete musical journey.
Forged through deep friendship and brotherhood, Sound&Shape have a union and symmetry few musicians are lucky enough to obtain. The incomparable, unshakable rhythm section comprised of Jerry Pentecost (drums, percussion, backing vocals) and David C. Somerall (bass, backing vocals), keep their invigorating chaos as controlled as a magnificent ocean. Tumultous at times, yet always returning to it's natural majesty. Riding atop these musical waves, singer/guitarist Ryan Caudle's vocal and guitar work flow perfectly between the two. Ryan's extremely melodious voice soars and dips effortlessly as his guitar playing winds around his bandmates intricate rock orchestrations.
Experiencing Sound&Shape live is a pure extension of the honest, powerful and passionate music they create. With a distinct ability to encompass and entrance the audience, their live show is an immersion into the hearts and souls of the players. With a tipped hat to the blue-collar work ethic, these foot soldiers of Rock and Roll have logged many many miles on the road in support of their debut full length, "Where Machines End Their Lives" (Smithseven Records, 2006). With their signing to Engineer Records and the release of the breathtaking new 5-song EP "The Love Electric" internationally, Sound&Shape plan to mount a campaign of unbridled joy, pure excitement and soul-baring Rock and Roll for many years...and ears to come.
* Touring all over USA 2009. Tour history includes 220 shows in 2006; 170 shows in 2007; 150+ shows in 2008.
* New video for "The Love Electric" (track 1) currently in production.
* Guest musicians include Jim Horn (Steely Dan, Frank Sinatra, etc) on Saxophone and Anton Patzner (Bright Eyes, Mates of State) on violin.
* Previous Full-Length "Where Machines End Their Lives" out on Smith7 Records (2006).
COURTESY OF ROCKSNAIL.CO.UK!
1 January 2009 | 2009 GREETINGS from ENGINEER RECORDS
Engineer Records wishes all our bands, friends and fans, a vibrant NEW YEAR. Ring in 2009 with a blown-out speaker and some bloody guitar strings.NEW RELEASES from SOUND&SHAPE, KYOTO DRIVE, SEMMI KOMOLY, MADELEINE, SPEAKYOURHEART, and more in the pipeline already...and stay tuned for some FREE MUSIC as we finally wrap-up our double dose of a download compilation spanning the first hundred releases. It'll be the ENGINEER 50 and the ENGINEER 100 comps, simultaneously launched early this year! We're estimating 60 downloadable tracks culled from various releases at your fingertips.
28 December 2008 | Updates galore on LIGHTNING DAZE.
• New interview on www.roomthirteen.com• Support band of Chuck Ragan's show in Argelato - Bologna (IT) @ Ke me meo on February the 6th (there will be also Coffee Shower from Engineer records)
• Online soon at www.myspace.com/lightningdaze the first episode of "Lightning Daze On the road", with sketches from our trip and shows.
• European tour with Mofa (DE, Hamburg Records) to be announced soon.
• New shirts available at the band website www.lightningdaze.com
21 December 2008 | HOT NEWS from Argetti! TOURS, SHIRTS, JAPANESE CD
• German tour for December/January (dates on www.myspace.com/argetti)• Japanese release on February 7th thru Fast Life Records (with 2 bonus tracks!)
• support band of H2O show in S.Giorgio in Bosco - Padova (IT) @ LA Gabbia on April 29th, 2009. Locals, mark your calanders.
• UK tour to be announced soon.
• New shirts available at the band website (www.myspace.com/argetti)
19 December 2008 | My So Called Life on tour in January!
The boys that are 'cooler than the other side of your pillow' MY SO CALLED LIFE have bought themselves a new van and called it Roy. Roy is a '97 transit and is about to have his guts thrashed to celebrate being allowed out of their local police curfew. MSCL are off on tour again around the UK. They will play and probably destroy, fifteen venues in fifteen days throughout January starting in Doncaster on the 3rd and finishing in Sheffiled on the 17th after a huuuuge loop of the UK's seediest rock pits. Full details up at http://www.myspace.com/mysocalledlifeThere will be a brand new four track CD available for these shows as well as their nearly sold out 'On Phonelines and Letterheads' CD and the recent split vinyl with Ryan Mills [ex-Kover], both on Engineer Records. There will also be various shirts available too, most have luminous kisses are or butterflies on them, but that can't be helped.
17 December 2008 | The Sketch! Touring hard + NEW Sketch Tee
The Sketch have been busy as hell lately, promoting 'The Best Kid in Town' CD on Engineer Records and gigging constantly around the UK. The CD is selling out fast and with a new UK tour booked for February (with Mimi Soya, Chaos Days and Go Vegas), to be followed by a stint on the new BritBusTour [ This takes UK bands on the road round America, Japan, Australia etc - http://www.thebritbustour.com ] it'll hopefully keep getting into more hands. In other news, The Sketch are looking for a cool band to release a split record with, so we invite demos to be sent to the usual Engineer addresses [title your envelope Sketch-Split consideration]. There is also a brand new shirt being printed now, pic attached, and new stickers & samplers for the shows.
16 December 2008 | Adjudgement photos and Congratulations Wilko!
Engineer's German fathers of hardcore, ADJUDGEMENT will finish a very busy fifteenth year of rocking with a show on December 28, 2008 at the Kulturfabrik in Hildesheim. Following the performance, they will take a well earned break as Wilko is going to become father of the first Adjudgement child! They won't play any concerts in January and February. Let's hope they aren't getting old. To be sure and to catch them at their peak, Nadine of Bilderraum in Hannover, has taken some pics of Adjudgement at her studio and you can find them at the bands myspace profile: www.myspace.com/adjudgement
15 December 2008 | Tune in to Kyoto Drive on TV this week
KYOTO DRIVE are playing live on a TV show called Ditto Music on Brit Hits (Sky Channel 385) on Thursday, 18th December - the show is on from 8–9pm and they will be smashing the place up during that time, so please tune in and watch it. These guys will rock your world and their new CD 'Spotlights & Stars' will be out on Engineer Records any day now. If you want a sneak preview just go to myspace.com/kyotodrive or see them live near you on tour in January and February.
15 December 2008 | Son Of The Mourning to become LIFE WITHOUT ARMOUR
Long time Engineer band Son of The Mourning have had a few line up changes over the years they've been with us and this has helped them change and develop their cutting, heavy style of hardcore. After several great releases with Engineer you'll see that their new album is even sharper than ever and the band feel that it's time for a fresh start and a name change. LIFE WITHOUT ARMOUR is the band's apt new moniker, and soon to follow there will be shirts, stickers and various merch reflecting this change at their upcoming shows in the New Year. The new album, for which the artwork is in a very cool Sin City style, will probably be called 'Son of The Mourning' to carry the link through and there will be posters and 400 free 3 track samplers going out with all orders and correspondence for the next few weeks. The album is being mastered by Stu McKay of Your Demise / External Lord and the band have a mini-tour booked for the New Year with Empires Fade as well as local UK shows at Manchester's Music Box and Bradford's Heavens Basement before festivals in Spain and Bulgaria. So although you'll definately be rocked, you may be confused!
3 December 2008 | OUT OF PRINT? Go Digital.
Reminder: Having trouble finding a physical copy of an older release from our previous Ignition Records days? Is a "limited edition" CD or Vinyl out of stock thru our webstores or alternate distribution outlets? Well, try the next best thing...GO DIGITAL. Try iTunes, Downloadpunk, Amazon and a ton more...! We've been working at ensuring most of our older releases are available in the digital format. We can't guarantee they will all be downloadable for various reasons, but there sure is a LOT out there that we have no more physical stock of, and will not be repressed.
11 November 2008 | SOUND&SHAPE update EP & Tour.
SOUND&SHAPE art and audio masters APPROVED. "The Love Electric" EP hits streets JAN 27th '09. You can preview the album cover HERE.Sound&Shape have just returned from a few weeks of a West Coast USA run of touring which took the Tennessee boys out to California, up the Cost and back inland. A tour of the East Coast is scheduled for December, check the Engineer or Sound&Shape myspace for details. Come on out--relieve the seasonal stress with a 3-piece that'll blow your mind.
- Engineer Records -
Photo by Danielle Holbert.
31 October 2008 | Engineer CONTESTS on ROCK MIDGETS!
Hey fans... there are TWO contests we have up and running on the loveable RockMidgets.com website. Check out the links below, and try out your luck for some Free Releases! (we won't even tell your friends if you re-gift it for the holidays...)Seaweed Tribute Albums:
Engineer Records DVDs:
16 October 2008 | A few more bits...
SpeakYourHeart have finished their great new album, This Is How We Communicate. The new HSD album will be out soon on Koi Records and we will have promo copies of both the new Madeleine release, The City Is a Story About People and the new Kyoto Drive Spotlights and Stars CD, both out on Engineer Records very soon.The Sketch, Junior Achiever, Seaweed Tribute, My So Called Life, Argetti, Lightning Daze, and all other recent releases still available for review, trade, etc.
Also we have new tracks on our revamped MySpace page! Please go check it out and hang out a bit on our page: http://www.myspace.com/engineerrecords
Thanks, Dave & Craig of Engineer Recs.
13 October 2008 | THE SKETCH gear up for some more action!
Here's some news from the Southeastern land of Kent; Sketch Central, we call it!"So its been a crazy ride. We've been hitting the gigs hard, even during the line-up change. But we're now fully alive and kicking, not to mention writing with our new line-up. Joe is now on bass and the new kid on the block, Ajay. They're both doing amazing and already have many shows under their belt, including one at Underworld with My Awesome Compilation! Now that show was a blast!
Our next tour for the moment is in early 2009 with 3 great bands, all to be announced on our page REAL SOON! *Hit us up on MySpace if you haven't already!* With over 100 shows in the last 9 months its been a damn busy year. We did a 2 week tour and a tour with the BBC, even hitting Scotland—we couldn’t ask for more...but we do, so we're setting out to gig some more as well as demoing our new songs REAL soon...in fact, there is a NEW SONG called MovieLife on our page! Go check it out—its like a party being held in the sweetest of venues, something not to be missed!
With plans of hitting Europe and Japan next year, we know 2009 is going to be even a BIGGER one! Here watch this, have fun!
10 October 2008 | SON OF THE MOURNING : revamped.
The NEW Son Of The Mourning --band and album--are almost at your fingertips. The album is currently being mastered by Stu Mckay (Eternal Lord, Annotations of An Autopsy & Your Demise). The artwork is shaping up - Sin City themed, with new shirts, stickers, etc. coming along as well. SOTM will start hammering gigs again in October/November and are organising a tour with Empires Fade towards the end of the year. Stay Tuned!6 October 2008 | SOUND&SHAPE update October
Nashville's SOUND&SHAPE have finished recording "The Love Electric" EP at Reprosound Studio in Historic East Nashville with Will Wilson engineering and it recently finished the mixing process over at Twin Oaks Productions with Jason Dietz (of Serotonin) handling the faders. The cover art is nearing completion by up and coming Nashville artist by the name of Katy Fischer. The band has been hard at work writing and arranging material for their full-length follow up later in 2009. Though they've been writing like crazy, SOUND&SHAPE are not one's to remain steadfast to their town roots. In three weeks, they head out on another tour which will take them to the West Coast (USA), and have already begun booking their following two jaunts taking them well past the New Year, East Coast, and more Mid-West.Current Dates Below:
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October:
4th-Vincennes,IN @ Wabash Trails (MusicFest)
10th-Nashville,TN @ Exit/In w/The Toadies
23rd-Little Rock,AR @ White Water tavern
24th-Dallas,TX @ The Green Elephant
25th-Lubbock,TX @ Bar PM
26th-Albuquerque,NM @ The Atomic Cantina
27th-Las Cruces,NM @ El Patio
28th-Tucson,AZ @ The Living Room
29th-Phoenix,AZ @ The Phix
30th-Los Angeles,CA @ House of Blues (Hollywood)
31st-San Fransisco,CA @ Tempest
November:
1st-Chico,CA @ Cafe Coda
2nd-Sacramento,CA @ The Press Club
3rd-Portland,OR @ The Tube
4th-Boise,ID @ Terrapin Station
5th-Salt Lake City,UT @ Burts Tiki Lounge
6th-Denver,Co @ 3 Kings Tavern
7th-Manhattan,KS @ Auntie Mae's
8th-St.Louis,MO @ The Underground
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15 September 2008 | Engineer+NoReason = OUT NOW!
27 August 2008 | ENGINEER WELCOMES: SOUND&SHAPE
Photo by Danielle Holbert.
For Immediate Release:<br> Nashville, Tennessee's SOUND&SHAPE join the Engineer Records roster to release their soon-to-be timeless "The Love Electric" EP. Adventurous in a way only SOUND&SHAPE know best, this compelling EP is set to blow minds. We're not jesting...we truly believe SOUND&SHAPE are planting the seeds to a long career ahead. Armed with an insight and musicianship beyond their years, alongside a bombastic quality to their live set that leaves most jaws dropped, SOUND&SHAPE are a blue-collar progressive rock band, wearing their hearts on their sleeves, and machine guns under their coats.
This EP is a taste of what is to come. With already a boundless amount of music to stand behind, SOUND&SHAPE released their first full-length, the enveloping "Where Machines End Their Lives" thru local label Smith7 Records, and hit the road relentlessly. (220 shows in 2006). They've continued on this path supporting their ambitious debut from coast to coast and back again in the continental US during 2007 and 2008, all the while writing and recording what was to become "The Love Electric" EP, as well as an entire second set of songs to be recorded over the Winter of '08/'09 which will make up their next full-length.
While searching for a new label, mutual friend and We're All Broken guitarist Frank Giokas caught wind, an introduction was made, and not much more convincing was needed than a few listens to the pre-masters of songs which would shape "The Love Electric." A partnership was born, Engineer Records welcomes SOUND&SHAPE to the family. A January release is set for this EP, and the turn of the year couldn't come soon enough. Keep an eye out on the road, SOUND&SHAPE will be headed your way shortly.
19 August 2008 | LOSING SIX SECONDS: COME UP FOR 1 LAST GIG!
After a year's hiatus Losing Six Seconds have decided to play one last show, which will be Friday, August 22 in Pencoed, South Wales. Losing Six Seconds were together for seven years, recording 2 EPs (one of which, 'Omniscient and In Control' was released by Engineer. This gig will most definitely be their last!
14 August 2008 | JUNIOR ACHIEVER TOUR DIARY : JAPAN
CLECK HERE FOR THE JUNIOR ACHIEVER JAPANESE TOUR DIARY, as said so by Dave Fritz, guitarist/keys/vox:
12 August 2008 | Announcing: NEW Son of The Mourning Shirt
Cover your backs! Click the Image for more information, or go to SOTM's BIG CARTEL PAGE for orering direct:
9 August 2008 | THE SKETCH song up and streaming!
Come hear THE SKETCH's "A Thousand Times Before"
from their EP
Best Kid In Town CD
recently released on Engineer!
Some sweet 90's flavoured emo rock, recalling times when this kind of music mattered!
Click the Image to Hear it:
9 August 2008 | LOOK WHAT I DID track streaming on MySpace
Come hear LOOK WHAT I DID's version of "One Out Of Four"
from the
Hours And Hours: A Tribute To Seaweed CD
recently released on Engineer.
Throw your punk rock fingers in the air and salute their excellent job in making a fast song...faster!
Click the Image to Hear it:
26 July 2008 | LIGHTNING DAZE is here.
* For fans of The Get up Kids, Jimmy Eat World, Hot Water Music, Red Car Burns, Rydell, Cornflames, Braid, Jawbreaker, Fugazi, Foo Fighters
* Recorded by Stefano "Timba" Silva at Hard Sound Studio in Lodi, Italy.
* 'Touring Austria/Nederland/Slovenia/Germany/Italy in August/September.
10 July 2008 | OUT NOW - 6 NEW RELEASES!
Elemae/Memorial/Soon - Split CD - IGN109
Hours And Hours: A Tribute To Seaweed - CD - IGN110
Ryan Mills/My So Called Life - Split 7" - IGN111
Lightning Daze - Caught In A Frame - CD - IGN113
Junior Achiever - All The Little Letdowns - CD - IGN115
The Sketch - Best Kid In Town - CD - IGN118
8 July 2008 | ADJUDGEMENT hit 15 years!
2 July 2008 | SOTM's Gavin Brady hosts Charity Fest
//cheersthanks.
26 June 2008 | Junior Achiever in Japan
Engineer's new pop-punkers Junior Achiever are in Japan right now touring to support the release of the new Cd 'All the little letdowns'. The shows started on June 19th at the O-East with the Shakalabbits and will take them all over Japan until June 27th at the ACB Hall with Aru and Wake Up Call. They'll be back in Toronto for donuts on June 29th before heading out around North America again.
There will be a Junior Achiever Japanese tour diary going into Mass Movement Mag when they get back, stay tuned.
The CD is back here from the pressing plant now and available for pre-orders and shipping and if you've not heard them yet and been infected by their super-catchiness then check out a new track on our myspace now at http://www.myspace.com/engineerrecords
If you fancy checking out a show then gig listings are there for Junior Achiever, The Sketch, Red Light Green Light, Rentokill, Soon, Landmine Spring, Son of the mourning, SpeakYourHeart and Adjudgement too!
24 June 2008 | Hours and Hours: A Tribute to Seaweed OUT TODAY.
LISTEN TO THE ENGINEER MYSPACE PLAYER...
4 new versions of Seaweed's classic tunes have been posted for streaming. The Porter featuring members of We're All Broken, Thursday and The Gaslight Anthem, Ryan Mills of Kover, Steve fuckin' Brodsky of Cave In and Elemae... LISTEN LOUD, IT'S RELEASE WEEK!
20 June 2008 | Our friends in FAVEZ rip it up
They might even have the best song we've heard in a good while on their myspace player...from their new album on Gentlemen/Stickman Records. Listen to "She Wakes Up Every Night."
GO see our friends in FAVEZ at their Summer '08 Festival appearances,
if you are local to their country of Switzerland:
June 27 Open air st gallen
July 18 Gurten festival
July 26 Klingen open air
July 27 Paleo festival
July 30 Estivale open air
Aug 15 Open air gampel
19 June 2008 | EASTPAK® BMX DVD UPDATE
Get This? über cool BMX DVD w/ tracks from Engineer artists Nathaniel Sutton, Saboteur, Elemae... // Europe. Click:
10 June 2008 | FREE The Blackout Argument EP
Passing on...A LETTER FROM THE BAND:
Dear lovers & fighters,
In times when the music industry is stumbling across its own feet, it is time to break new ground. As a band you have 2 choices, you either play the game by the old rules hoping you’re one of the few at the mercy of the old marketing and promotion strategies. Or you can trailblaze your own pathway through the ever-changing music business jungle.
Sounds a lot like biz-talk, but in the end it’s all about you, the fan, the listener, the fuel that keeps The Blackout Argument running. We have toured with Boy Sets Fire, Parkway Drive, This is Hell, just to name a few, played shows all over Europe, we have various releases out on great independent labels, a ongoing record deal with Lifeforce Records, got massive press attention all over the place, worked with some of the most renowned designers and have a long list of partners and supporters. Yet still, this is all about you. It’s you who we are trying to reach with our message and music.
To go the most direct way without detour to your hearts and ears we decided to release a FREE DOWNLOAD EP on June 1, 2008. It’s titled “Smile Like A Wolf” and contains 5 brand new and exclusive songs, by the way the first recordings with Roughael, our new singer. No fees, no email-registration, no myspace friend requests requiery or any other bullshit. Just go to SMILELIKEAWOLF.com and download the songs for free alongside a complete cd artwork and lyrics.
We put at least as much effort in "Smile Like A Wolf" as in any other release we put out so far. We spent hours and hours at the practice place, later on in the studio, forced our most drastic life experiences into lyrics, got Dave Quiggle (Rise And Fall, Sick of it All, Atreyu, War of Ages, etc.) to do the artwork and Milchglas Media to do the web development, to make sure “Smile Like A Wolf” is gonna fully satisfy us and you. This is our hearts and our lives, this is what we love to do and this is what we want to share with you, the fan, the listener, the fuel that keeps us running.
Chris, Sascha, Phil, Roughael, Chris
(a.k.a. THE BLACKOUT ARGUMENT)
3 June 2008 | Introducing: Semmi Komoly
SEMMI KOMOLY are finishing work on their new album for Engineer Records and have been busy out of the studio as well as in it. There is a new interview with the band on their MYSPACE profile. They will have a new video on there soon too.Also they will have tracks on two international compilations, one by the Deadlamb Records from Ireland and the other by the Kickass Records from Belgium. These will be supported by gigs in Germany, Belgium and Austria this summer, although nothing booked for the UK or Ireland yet - promoters get in touch!
30 May 2008 | PRE-ORDER INFO: SEAWEED TRIBUTE IS HERE
STARTING JUNE 1st, SPECIAL PRE-ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED
VIA BOTH ENGINEER WEBSTORES (USA, UK)
& CANADA'S www.MYMERCHTABLE.com
PRE-ORDERS COME w/LIMITED EDITION "SEAWEED" BUTTON AND
A BONUS FREE CD FROM THE ENGINEER CATALOGUE. (our discretion)
WE'LL SHIP PRE-ORDERS PRIOR TO PHYSICAL STREET DATE.
COME LISTEN to FAVEZ's version of "Free Drug Zone" & WORLDS BETWEEN US's version of "Card Tricks" from the forthcoming SEAWEED TRIBUTE in our player...NOW!
Street Date: June 24, 2008
THANK YOU from your friends at ENGINEER RECORDS.
20 May 2008 | SEAWEED TRIBUTE samples streaming
A quick bit of news to announce the release date for the Hours and Hours: A Tribute To Seaweed on Engineer Records is rapidly approaching (June 24, 2008). We'd begun streaming tracks a few weeks ago in bunches of two, rotating through our MySpace player. Kicking it off first was Killwhitneydead and The Company We Keep (Treos/Moneen), though we've recently swapped them out with Kane Hodder's rendition of "Stagger" and The Fire Stil Burns' version of "Crush Us All". (You can still hear the initial two streaming from the band's own respective MySpace pages). We'll update you every two weeks as we swap out streaming leading up to--and beyond this release.There will also be a special "Pre-Order" going up on the web (three seperate places, UK, USA, Can) starting June 1st, for anyone desiring the tribute a little earlier along a little something extra. Detail coming shortly.
29 April 2008 | ELEMAE - MEMORIAL - SOON: OFFICIAL RELEASE TODAY
ELEMAE, MEMORIAL and SOON
on Engineer/Embrace Records hits stores physically and web,
TODAY April 29th.
Trust us, you need this in your collection
Moody, depthful indie rock—feels so right.
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Get your headphones warmed-up and SAMPLE a TRACK from EACH in the Engineer Records MySpace Player, the Embrace Records MySpace Player or the respective band MySpace Players.
26 March 2008 | Eyesight Update 2008
Some news directly from From Andy of <b>EYESIGHT</b>..."In the year of our 10th anniversary, with the same line-up up until now - 2008, we've decided to change a major part of our music: <b>the language we sing in</b>. Consequently we're shifting from English to German! A first glimpse of what we're doing now can be heard on our MySpace profile. After recording in July we'll be hitting roads again and touring heavily with the songs we´re currently working on. Thanks everyone for your support and everything you've done for us so far, Cheers from Germany!"16 March 2008 | ENGINEER BANDS GET SOME BMX ACTION!
BIKE FANS, LISTEN UP! If you're a fan of two wheel mayhem, or like to watch reality sports documentaries, we urge you to head on over to PROPS VISUAL website and pick up a copy of the new PROPS MEGATOUR EUROPE DVD which has just been released. Engineer Bands represented as partial soundtrack to this truly addictive sport are Sabotuer, Elemae and Nathaniel Sutton, alongside other great artist throughout (These Arms Are Snakes, Glos, Radon, Russian Circles + more).15 March 2008 | FREE STUFF? Who's a winner?
DVD COMPETITION:Just go to the MASS MOVEMENT website, click the forum link and it's there in the "Competitions" section. Good Luck!
15 March 2008 | THE SKETCH news brief
The Sketch are working hard for their release of their debut EP with Engineer "Best Kid In Town" along with their music video for the track "Superman Take III." A summer tour is being organized and booked to push the CD, its going to be a very busy year for them. We've just uploaded a bunch of shows for the near future into our MySpace page, go check them out and show The Sketch how much you love 'em.2 March 2008 | Elemae/Memorial/Soon: store street date + webstore
Just a quick note that the intriguing new 3-way split from ELEMAE, MEMORIAL and SOON on Engineer/Embrace has a street date of April 29th (for stores), but if you want yours NOW, head on over to the UK or USA Engineer distro sites at the links above and get your copy shipped direct to you with some stickers or other little goodies NOW. Trust us, you need this in your collection. Moody, depthful indie rock—feels so right.2 March 2008 | Another NEW band Profile up: THE SKETCH!
Head on over to the BANDS link tab above, and navigate to the NEW band profile for THE SKETCH on the Engineer site. Drop them a line at the links on their page, hit them up on MySpace...help us welcome their goodness to the Engineer fold.
21 February 2008 | Three New Band Profiles!
Three NEW band profiles went up today on the Engineer site... FRANKLIN LAKES, LIGHTNING DAZE and JUNIOR ACHIEVER! Go to the "BANDS" section now and read a little history on who's joined the family.19 February 2008 | DISTRO STALL w/THE SKETCH THIS WEEKEND
Anyone in the general region of Sheerness....An ENGINEER RECORDS DISTRO STALL will be at this weekends gig with THE SKETCH! Come on out and pick up your favourite indierock, hardcore, punk and alternative releases from our roster and tons more. We'll have selected various stock to hurdle over our shoulders and make it easy for you to snatch it up at great pun rock prices. Come on down, see one of our newer UK bands at the IVY LEAF (Sheerness).
29 January 2008 | SABOTEUR on upcoming Chemical-X DVD
Out early Summer, stay tuned on their page!
7 January 2008 | Apple Update 2008, and we're not talking ipods!
Another NEW YEAR'S UPDATE, this time from Apple of Discord's James Cuartero..."Since the release of "You're Not The Answer", Nolan bought a new house and has a baby on the way in April, Brian got a new dog and Mike's been taking guitar lessons from someone in Cinderella. I've been playing some solo shows, went hiking in the Delaware Water Gap and have had my car jimmied open by a one-legged locksmith and no less than three police officers on two separate occasions.
Response to the album has been great and we are checking into the studio next month to start putting down tracks for our next release, tentatively titled Nothing Is Possible.
I once read an interview with Christina Aguilera where she said her songs were about "you know, hangin' out, havin' fun". She may as well have been talking about these tracks. At the moment it is going to be four rock songs and two sleepy ones. You can check out the latest acoustic demo for a song called "We Will Not Be Stars" at myspace.com/jamesxoxo.
KIT,
James (Apple of Discord)
7 January 2008 | 2008 SHRODINGER update!
Hey Engineer fans! Top of the New Year to you...We asked our good pals at Schrodinger Records for an update on some of our co-conspirator artists...so here we go. An update from Shrodinger Records for 2008:
The last year has proved to be a difficult one for Shrodinger Records. A lot of our Engineer Records co-released bands have parted ways and those that have not have led a fairly secluded 2007. Bodies! has since split up and Nick D. has started a new project with some of the former members of Bodies!, check it out at Slithering Beast. Sadly, Ayin has also split up, some of the previous members are now playing in Foxy Shazam go take a peak at them as well. Squarewell has also since been deceased, with members filling up other projects like Lincoln and the Lost Prayers, Collisionary, and a new band named Selu which will feature several members of Squarewell.
We're also going to be releasing a compilation of several Shrodinger Records bands in the Spring of 2008 with a few surprise releases from bands not formally on Shrodinger Records. We hope everyone enjoys this as the plan is to make it free for everyone and we will hopefully be getting copies to the Engineer Records folks to give out with all orders.
We appreciate everything from everyone, check out the web site Shrodinger Records for any other updates.
24 December 2007 | Red Light Green Light update
Rockaway, New Jersey's <b>RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT </b>are going into the studio to start pre-production on a long overdue 2nd full length. The band is very stoked about the new songs and will also include a few re-worked, re-recorded, older songs. RLGL hopes the new cd will be ready for a Spring or early Summer release and be followed by non-stop touring. Currently, RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT has an upcoming tour w/ JET LAG GEMINI (Doghouse Records) and LADY RADIATOR (Emrald Moon Records). If you are still warming up to RLGL now, you will be hot on them in '08, they promise you!19 December 2007 | FINAL PMFS SHOW ANNCMT
PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS will being playing their last show:February 16th, 2008
Marquis Theater
2009 Larimer St.
Denver, CO 80202
http://www.sodajerkpresents.com
ALL AGES!
$10 Advance and $12 at the door!!!
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU BUY PRESALE TICKETS BECAUSE CAP is around 500!!!
THIS WILL SELL OUT!
The Lineup is as Follows:
Planes Mistaken for Stars
Mustangs and Madras
Kingdom of Magic
16 December 2007 | LAST MINUTE BIG HOLIDAY SALE
We hope you have some friends and family time set up to look forward to, or failing that, some speakers to blow pointed at your annoying neighbors!
As usual with the 'hand to mouth' nature of independent labels, we need to shift a few records to help finance the New Year releases, so in true punk rock spirit we're sending you an email with special holiday "gift pack" offers on Cds and Vinyl 7inches!
There's packs of Cds and vinyl, cheap as chips, just go to the site and check it out. Both stores, USA and UK have 'em up! Quick delivery too, we'll bust our butts on over to the Postal Couriers to get them off to you quick as possible! Head on over to the store links:
Engineer USA DISTRO
New stock in at the distro includes more bands and labels than we can fit here...! We still have random free stickers, badges and posters for ALL orders between now and, well, forever...
Thanks again and have a great holiday.
David, Craig and team Engineer.Engineer Records
12 December 2007 | off to PRESSING!
2 December 2007 | Live SEAWEED footage wanted NOW!
"Classic" FAN FOOTAGE of SEAWEED wanted!* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
We'd like to send out a public request for anyone that had their video camera's out in the 90s and shot some SEAWEED footage at a live concert big or small.
As previously noted, there were just a couple bands dropping last minute from the HOURS AND HOURS: A TRIBUTE TO SEAWEED cd, and with not a hell of a lot of time left, we were thinking of a worthwhile way to fill up the rest of the data on this CD, and make an extra special feature for the fans. This idea is to add an enhanced video feature to the tribute of SEAWEED in their blood, sweat, and glory ripping it up on a stage somewhere (anywhere) for their fans. Our aim is to include a small Quicktime file of this, as an added bonus feature.
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FANS: If you have footage like this, please get in touch with craig@engineerrecords.com ASAP for consideration. Please be able to send on DVD or a private web link. (if "private" is possible on the web nowadays). We'll be going through the submissions and choosing a live song we feel best suitable. Of course this is open to any era of Seaweed, though we'll start with the old and then entertain the new if we can't find a presentable feature. Of course you will get name/link credit in the liner notes of the this tribute if we choose your video, as well as a bunch of complimentary copies and also a copy of every Engineer CD & Vinyl we still have in print and available in our webstore.
Thanks/Cheers
Craig & David of Engineer Records
19 November 2007 | SEAWEED TRIBUTE: cover art & songlist
HOURS AND HOURS: A TRIBUTE TO SEAWEED
will feature (not in this order):
[note: CAPS = song title]
--START WITH - Ryan Mills (of Kover)
--FREE DRUG ZONE - Favez
--CHALK THE CRACKS - Steve Brodsky
--CLEAN SLATE - Nora
--STEADFAST SHRINE - The Company We Keep (feat. Brian Southall of The Receiving End of Sirens w/Kenny Bridges of Moneen)
--BAGGAGE - Killwhitneydead.
--CRUSH US ALL - The Fire Still Burns
--ONE OUT OF FOUR - Look What I Did
--NEW TOOLS - The Draft
--MAGIC MOUNTAINMAN - Elemae
--COMMON MISTAKE - The Porter (feat. members of We.re All Broken, Thursday & The Gaslight Anthem)
--ANTILYRICAL - The Story Changes
--CARD TRICKS - Worlds | Between | Us
--KID CANDY - The Action Design
--LOSING SKIN - Rob Avery (ex-Boysetsfire)
--SQUINT - Four Star Alarm
--STAGGER - Kane Hodder
--STARGIRL - Joshua
--RETHINK - I Am The Avalanche
NOW GO LISTEN TO <a href="http://www.myspace.com/seaweed">SEAWEED!</a>
14 November 2007 | Come Ye: Speakyourheart
COME YE:27th November @ The FUNKTION ROOMS, EASTBOURNE
19th December @ BAR BLUE, EASTBOURNE (complete *new* album playback, in order)
Speakyourheart are using these two shows as major promo for their loyal following. Are you one of them? SYH played in Bar Blue a few weeks back and got a massive response from many of you wanting to hear their new album material, they are currently working on (recording in a couple of weeks). SYH are going to play the entire forthcoming album "'This is How We Communicate," start to finish. In related news, the band is also headed off to Wales, very soon (though we won't tell you so you don't pull a paparazzi on 'em) to record said new album in the most isolated studio ever, The Mighty Atom (albums by Funeral For A Friend, Million Dead, +more).
22 October 2007 | Ryan Mills(Kover) Euro-solo-tour!
BOOK THIS MAN, GET IN TOUCH WITH NO REASON BOOKING NOW, and invite Ryan out to your beautiful country.
http://www.myspace.com/ryanmillsmusic
http://www.myspace.com/koverrock
20 October 2007 | Elemae Memorial Soon: update!
Mid-week, mid-October and we have an update with MUCH progress on the upcoming split release between our own Elemae, Memorial (ex-Rene Heartfelt) and Soon (Funtime Records incredible band). All tracks are back from mastering and sounding crisp, clean, and ready for pressing. (tip: The bands should be sneaking some STREAMS of a track each on their myspace pages in the near future, keep heading there!) We also have complete artwork for this special release. This will be a digipak, with silver metallic print and also an Enhanced section containing a new concept video from Elemae, as well as a video track from Soon. Exciting times... We don't have a release date yet, but hope to publish it in the not-too-distant future! Tracks on this split will be:
"Pulse"
"Hospitals & Mazes"
"Fiction Mouth"
MEMORIAL
"Who Are We To Say?"
"If It Helps"
"Munich"
SOON
"There Go The Boys"
"Inverse Ratio"
"Serenade The City"
8 October 2007 | Planes Landing
We just received word that PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS have called it a day, yet are going out with a BANG and booking a few farewell tours to celebrate their existence as a band and to thank all their fans for the growing support over their many storied years. Catch them once again, while you can. You can read their official statement and jot down the tourdate nearest you by heading over to www.PMFS.net. Go NOW.26 September 2007 | Weed Changes
Just a minor update here at Engineer regarding the Seaweed tribute, HOURS AND HOURS: A TRIBUTE TO SEAWEED. Due to scheduling conflicts, we have lost THIS IS HELL. They will no longer be a part of the tribute, and unfortunately, we are sad to see them go. They would've ripped a great cover version. In similar news, two changes have been made to the final line-up. Dallas Green of Alexisonfire had to withdraw on his collaborative track with Brian Southall of The Receiving End of Sirens, but in a quick switch of the hat, Kenny Bridges of Canada's MONEEN will be taking his place and is already recording his vocals over their chosen track. They will be going under Brian's solo identity "THE COMPANY WE KEEP" in which he plans too do more solo material in the future. Lastly, Ryan Mills of KOVER is now recording his contribution as a solo effort as his bandmates in Kover could not get their track worked out in their time off/with side projects going on. To hear some of Ryan's previous solo work, you can go here: http://www.myspace.com/ryanmillsmusicThank You fore your patience, just wait until you hear these tracks. We have about 25% of the final tracks in, with the bulk of them due here over the next 2 weeks. An early 2008 release is still on the table.
5 September 2007 | in loving alumni...
THE BLACKOUT ARGUMENT - BATTLE OF THE BANDS
11 August 2007 | SPECIAL BAND completed for the...
We're just been notified by Frank of WE.RE ALL BROKEN, that the line-up is complete for one of the *special* bands contributing to our forthcoming SEAWEED tribute.Let us welcome Benny and Brian of THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM joining the yet to be named band with Steve and Tim of THURSDAY and as mentioned above, Frank of WE.RE ALL BROKEN. Are you as excited to hear this as we are?
16 July 2007 | This One's a 7
Engineer would like to welcome the incredibly talented, smooth and witty Joshua English to the roster! Josh who? you ask.... JOSHUA ENGLISH from the 90s Post-HC power trio SIX GOING ON SEVEN. He also had a brief stint in ATTRACTIVE, before going the solo route and releasing his first excellent studio album "Trouble None" on Welcome Home Records this year. Engineer is working on a "unique" companion EP to said album for Josh and it will be out sooner than later. This will be a limited edition tour/webstore only EP, and have a special "look" to it. He wants to have this sucker out for his upcoming September European tour with Frank Turner (Million Dead) and Jonah Matranga (Onelinedrawing, Far, New End Original). Stay tuned, Josh is constantly on the road around the USA and Canada and check out his awesome full-length tracks streaming on his myspace page for now: http://www.myspace.com/joshuaenglishYou can preview his profile under the "BANDS" link above.
7 July 2007 | serving up some more ADJUDGEMENT
Online Interview with Markus at Mosh-Club. Check out this brand new interview with Adjudgement guitar player, Markus. He shares words about the band and the new release. INTERVIEW.6 July 2007 | Hours and Hours
Coming early 2008 on Engineer...HOURS AND HOURS: A TRIBUTE TO SEAWEED
Including these fine artists:
This Is Hell (Trustkill/Deathwish) [New York]
Kover (Engineer/Chorus of One) [Canada]
Capital (Revelation) [New York]
Favez (Stickman/Doghouse) [Switzerland]
Stephen Brodsky (HydraHead) [Massachusetts]
The Draft (Epitaph) [Florida]
Brian Southall of The Receiving End Of Sirens & Dallas Green of Alexisonfire [Boston/Ontario]
Elemae (Engineer/Embrace) [New Jersey]
I Am the Avalanche (Drive Thru) [New York]
Nora (Trustkill) [New Jersey]
Killwhitneydead (Tribunal) [North Carolina]
The Fire Still Burns (Engineer/Koi/Blackout) [New Jersey]
Look What I Did (Combat/Koch) [Tennessee]
*We're All Broken/Thursday/The Gaslight Anthem collaboration(*bandname t.b.a.) [New Jersey]
The Story Changes (Future Destination) [Ohio]
Worlds Between Us (Engineer) [Austria]
Rob Avery & Chad Istvan (*ex-Boysetsfire *bandname t.b.a.) [Pennsylvania]
Four Star Alarm (Thick) [Chicago]
Kane Hodder ( ? ? ) [Washington]
Joshua (Doghouse/Immigrant Sun/Engineer) [New York]
The Action Design (Pop Smear) [California]
6 July 2007 | DOWNLOADPUNK CONTEST: Hurry!
Go here QUICK! NOW! HURRY! ALREADY IN PROGRESS...6 July 2007 | SABOTEUR headline gig, and video
Friday July 6th@ the Granada Theater in Dallas TX
(on Greenville Ave (just south of mockingbird)
Just finished, Saboteur's Video for thier awesome tune off the Engineer 3-way split with Red Light Green Light and The Mockingbird Nightmare! This video is NOT on the multimedia portion of the CD, it's brand new...!
SABOTEUR: This Is A Bike Crime
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7 June 2007 | CLICK IT
Seaweed Tribute, accepted artists partial list HERE.5 June 2007 | Want a WONKA?
The new WONKAVISION MAGAZINE has Engineer Records all over it. Check out Issue 37 with the awesome Silversun Pickups on the cover and you can read the LABEL PROFILE in the "new indies" section. Yeah, we're not new, but they mean in making some waves...after 100 releases we're still aiming at new heads to turn!Also, If you scan to the back pages and want to get a nifty Limited Edition Engineer pack, subscribe for a year and you'll not only get a year's subscription, but exactly that along with it. Some goodies like a DVD, a limited Edition Kover and Elemae CDs, and a poster. FREE when you subscribe. Get your WONKA.
5 June 2007 | SPEAKYOURHEART and MY SO CALLED LIFE
Two good, melodic and rocking band releases from the UK. SPEAKYOURHEART and MY SO CALLED LIFE are out in the UK now. Soon to be in the USA webstore as well, and at your fingertips. Reminding you possibly of Cap 'N Jazz's off kilter moments, SPEAKYOURHEART's vocals remain fragile and tilting, yet their music is tight and rhythmic, and highly acoustic based. Don't be fooled, it packs a punch. My So Called Life need little introduction, as they have been touring for ages now, and probably played in your backyard at some point. No stranger to foreign shores, these melodic men want you to sing-along to their also Illinois-tinted sound. To read more, go to the BAND and RELEASES link above and check 'em out.5 May 2007 | under the influence of SEAWEED?
Engineer Records presents: A Tribute To SEAWEED
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For immediate release:
Engineer Records is proud to announce that we will be assembling a tribute to the late Tacoma, Washington post-punk band, SEAWEED! Seaweed started out releasing material on their own Leopard Gecko imprint in 1989, before moving onto a vinyl single with K Records, signing to Sub Pop a few years later for their career building albums "Despised," "Weak," and "Four." Then Hollywood Records picked the band up in 1993 and released their largest album to date, 1995's "Spanaway," their bombastic major label offering. Lasting only 1 album on Hollywood, the band and label unhitched and Seaweed then moved back to the indies. Merge Records issued their final release in 1999, "Actions and Indications" turned into their swan song and the band split later the same year. Seaweed's decade of existence came to an end.
Seaweed's live show was impressive--they played their particular brand of post- Black Flag, Dischord-esque, Minneapolis-tinged rock (Okay, a hint of the mighty Grunge as well) with such zeal, they could have wrung their shirts into a cup after every show. By the time they decided to call it quits, Seaweed had seen about 300,000 faces, and rocked almost all of them.
"Seaweed has been an important role-player of both myself and my partner David (Engineer/Ignition Recs) in not only our label, but musically for both of us as well over the years. An impression was made in our formative years, that still hangs on us, just as strong to this day. They were a post-hardcore landmark in the 90's next to the likes of Quicksand, Samiam and Jawbox and easily just as vital in their own way. Remembering how much I wore out "Four" and "Spanaway" is as easy as reciting the alphabet. I'm definitely a die-hard fan. I hold high regard to their sense of jagged melody, charge, and just plain gut permeating Seaweed's catalogue of releases.
We'll be soliciting some bands personally, and also are open to submission requests. Please check with us first via email (craig@engineerrecords.com), and please, don't go record a cover song and waste your money before getting the "OK." Be prepared to have quality recordings of YOUR band ready to hear either via link or CD. Yes we are judging you on the quality you can produce, not the popularity of your band. There will be a limited number of slots of course. Most importantly, please be a fan of the band, not just trying to land a slot, as there is a reason this is a tribute. Not to add any pressure, but it's quite likely a few Seaweed members will hear ya too. We've caught up with them and have their approval for the project intact. We're keeping in touch along the way."
-Craig of Engineer Records
www.EngineerRecords.com
24 April 2007 | North America
5 April 2007 | Saboteur/TMN/RLGL split is here.
2 April 2007 | Adjudgement ALBUM RELEASE
- NEW ALBUM "HUMAN FALLOUT" OUT 2nd APRIL ON ENGINEER RECORDS & TANK RECORDS!HUMAN FALLOUT was recorded in February 2007 in Steimbke, at the Woodpecker Studios in Nienburg and at the Tank Records Studios, mixed and mastered at the Tank Records Studios in Luthe by Marc Dörge.
13 new tracks of uncompromising, politically charged hardcore, coming as a well illustrated CD.
Follow these links to fully download 2 NEW songs :
- Start Thinking: www.adjudgement.de/downloads/adjudgement-hf-start_thinking.mp3
- Du Warst Mal Echt Sympathisch: www.adjudgement.de/downloads/adjudgement-hf-du_warst_mal_echt_sympathisch.mp3
CD-Release-Party 14th of April
The CD will be released at Indiego Glocksee, Hanover at the 14th of April. Adjudgement is proud to play with Bubonix from Limburg and Settle The Score from Mönchengladbach
More Adjudgement gigs on the Engineer and Adjudgement MySpace page.
30 March 2007 | Congrats Blackout Argument!
So, BIG NEWS in the BLACKOUT ARGUMENT camp. We wanted to share with you, some very intense news from one of our fave heavy bands here, the BLACKOUT ARGUMENT. Since selling out of the "Munich Angst" EP, the Blackout Argument decided it was onward and upward and we mutually agreed it would be a great leap for them! They fucking rock, so shit, ya just can't stop the rock from rolling. We are proud to have worked with them on their first EP, which is now re-released with revamped packaging courtesy of Bastardized Recordings. (As if their initial EP didn't look killer enough!) If that wasn't enough, breaking news is that Lifeforce just signed them on for a full-length coming out later this year, and they've just been tapped for a slot opening the Boy Sets Fire on their farewell European tour. Check out the links below for some new sounds, visuals, news and hype from BLACKOUT ARGUMENT!new E-card.
press statement.
Fastbreak video.
23 March 2007 | CONTEST
Interpunk is hosting a contest for Engineer, and you could be the lucky winner. Head on over by clicking the banner below, and you could be a winner of one of the new ENGINEER DVD's or even greater: the grand prize winner of the DVD and a 10 CD pack of Engineer Releases!
23 March 2007 | FULL STREAM AHEAD
We'd like to announce the wonderful folks over at Punknews.org has upped a FULL ALBUM STREAM of the new Apple Of Discord album. You can listen in by clicking the banner below:Then head on over to the webstores and get yourself a copy of this beautiful recording.
10 March 2007 | live TONIGHT
Saturday Night, TONIGHT, APPLE OF DISCORD CD RELEASE GIG in Philadelphia!
Apple of Discord's new full-length, You're Not The Answer, co-released by Engineer Records & Azteca Records, was released February 27, 2007. To celebrate, the record release show with friends Bamboo Shoots, The Prestige & SheKeepsBees is at the North Star Bar, in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, March 10 (today) 2007.
26 February 2007 | TOMORROW: Apple of Discord & Ayin
18 February 2007 | Nathaniel on Deep Elm Sampler
Have you picked up the new Nathaniel Sutton disc yet? YES, it's out now. GO get it from your favorite record store now. Its charmingly good indie rock. If they don't have it, tell them to get it from Stickfigure Distro(USA) or Shellshock(UK)! Why?Nathaniel Sutton is on the brand new Deep Elm Records sampler, "Cover Your Tracks" as the hidden track, right after Sounds Like Violence. Pretty cool, Nathaniel wrote a tribute song to the label, and they picked it up and decided to add it to this release! (yes, this is his other favorite label.) So before your kid sister or best friend's friend tells you about him, be the first! Get Nathaniel Sutton's - Dramatic Scene now.
15 February 2007 | Put HSD on your backs!
New HSD shirts on Trashmark! Buy Here.10 February 2007 | PUNKNEWS.org DVD Review!
Our 1st DVD gets 4 outta 5 stars and some huge props to back it up on the almighty PunkNews.org. Go Team Engineer! REVIEW31 January 2007 | OUT TODAY, thru STICKFIGURE DISTRO!
27 January 2007 | Mending the Broken
We.re All Broken LOOKING FOR A SINGERWe.re All Broken has parted ways with Warren, their singer and long-time band mate. It was a very tough and exhausting decision, yet a mutual one. You can read more on their Myspace Page if interested. They are now looking for a new voice for We.re All Broken and have asked us to post this as they are remaining on-track writing new material, and any interested, comitted individuals that would like to 'try-out' please get in touch, as they will be auditioning vocalists over the next couple months. Here is a brief criteria:
•male or female
•age 18 – early 30’s
•must have a love for singing and have some band experience
•must be able to be in a full-time, nationally touring band
•we rehearse in north-eastern New Jersey
They have an audition process already set up. If you are interested in trying out send an email to info@wereallbroken.com with the subject: singer audition. Someone from the band will send you ther rest of the details. The audition process is set up to be very easy on you, you do not need to live in the NJ area to audition, this is open to anyone who wishes to try out.
24 January 2007 | Lost and Found
FOR THOSE LOST ANNOUNCEMENT:Word just in from the band, here it is:
"So, unfortunately the time has come and now gone where the band has had to part ways with vocalist and founding member, Leigh Cripps. He's made the responsible, if hard, decision to leave because he's gonna be a Dad soon. Whilst this has affected the band hugely, we have to carry on and we've roped in a new guy to fill Leigh's slot.
His name is GILLON LOCKETT, he's 25, and was previously in a band called 'Cavity'. He's from the Bracknell, Berkshire UK area (home of Ali G) and has heaps of experience and a voice that will rip your face off! Its a cross between Cory Brandan from Norma Jean, Dani Filth and even Eddie Vedder! Gil loves his Sat Nav and likes sleeping in cars, which means he'll be fine on tour given the sleeping conditions we had in the fuckin van last year!
While we're glad he's joined the FTL family, we hope that the local scene and community who know us give him time to gel into the band and that they remember he's NOT Leigh, will ALWAYS be different and have his own touch - but this is an opportunity for the band to progress to pastures new."
17 January 2007 | KOVER, something special for ITALY
KOVER's "Assembly" has received a special treatment courtesy of the cool folks over at CHORUS OF ONE
, Italy. There are some extra special tracks on this one, for the die-hard fan! (2 to be exact) A limited number are available NOW in the Engineer USA WEBSTORE and more over at Chorus' myspace page. Rumour has it, the Kover boys might just be soiling the Italian soil in the Spring too. Watch out!
11 January 2007 | Memorial + Soon join Elemae on upcoming split CD
Wishes for a GRAND new year to you all. In our first news update for 2007, we need to tell you of an awesome split CD already in progress. (Our 2nd of upcoming 3-way splits) We'd like to welcome Richmond, VA's MEMORIAL to the Engineer roster as well as Belgium's SOON! Both bands will be joining us for a special release alongside Elemae for Summer '07! All three bands are currently in the studio tracking some brand new material for this release. Here's a highlight of recent activity from each band to wet the appetite and watch out for band pages to show up on the site here, shortly!
Elemae Just in-stock in both Engineer webstores is the repress 'bonus' edition of "Popular Misconceptions of Happiness." This release is special as it is an enhanced CD with video and 2 bonus audio tracks, as well as repackaged with extra artwork and layed in a superb digipak. Each order (while supplies last) come with a FREE poster, sticker and postcard unique to this release. Get yours now, as its a limited edition thanks to the wondeful folks at the Malaysian label Embrace Records,who usherd it into our fingertips. Sample Elemae HERE
MEMORIAL Well there's no hiding Memorial's biggest news now, they've just recently signed a deal with the cool hats at Revelation Records! Congrats to Memorial and we'll be awaiting their 7inch debut through the label prior to the split release with us. Definitely one of our favorite new bands, with members from Rene Heartfelt, how can ya go wrong with that? Sample Memorial HERE
SOON come at us from a far away place...Belgium in fact, home and co-label conspirators with our beloved Cornflames! What's in the water in Belgium nowadays that keeps pumping out grand anthematic bands! All seem to be top-notch Funtime Records bands and we're proud to have Soon aboard for the split! If you aren't familiar, go listen to some tunes off their 1st Funtime release "Under The Wire" which caught our attention in the first place HERE.
18 December 2006 | COOKIES AND MILK.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS from your friends at Engineer! We are anxiously awaiting the snow and the mayhem that goes with it! Until then we have some mayhem of our own! BUY ONE GET ONE FREE AT BOTH THE USA AND UK WEBSTORES! That's right, here are the details for some HO HO HO last minute gift ideas!For every record (cd or vinyl) you order online from EngineerRecords.com between now and New Years 2007, you can choose another one absolutely free! Simple as that. (Order three, get six, and so on). (DVDs included too, sorry not on the clothing). We've got all the great Engineer releases and loads of alternative, punk, indie, emo, straight edge, hardcore and metal in stock. All of which rocks and all as cheap as you'll find anywhere. For every record you order and pay for online you can then send us a seperate email and pick another absolutely free. Just place the order for the bought items, as usual, and complete your transaction. For your extras, our email is info@engineerrecords.com for European orders - or craig@engineerrecords.com if you are ordering from North America - don't forget your address, order details, etc - so we can match it up and ship it immediately. Usually everything is here, but if you're ordering a bunch of stuff a couple of alternatives might be cool too. The records have to be the same format and similar or cheaper costs, but this is way simpler than it sounds because most of our stock is at similar ridiculously low cost and you can search by just typing in a format in the search engine, CD, 7', 12', etc. We'll run this promotion up until the end of the year 2006, so it can help with sorting out presents for people. TELL YOUR FRIENDS! Seasonal punkrock greetings here from Engineer!!!
6 December 2006 | FREE Misconduct DL's.
A note of generosity, directly from Misconduct:Dear All,
On December 1st 2006, Sweden's MISCONDUCT released there NEW CD-EP "Raise Your Voices". The EP includes 4 brand new song + 1 bonus song and will be available for FREE DOWNLOAD from www.misconduct.nu
Yes, you heard right... ...FOR FREE!!!
Beginning today you can download all complete songs, cover art, lyrics, videos and it's ALL FOR FREE! So what are U waiting for?!
ENJOY!
//MCDT News Crew
6 December 2006 | Welcome to the team.
Germany's ADJUDGEMENT have just been added to our family. We'll expect a release out from them in the Spring, as they are hard-at-work on their debut for us. A mix of old school hardcore and punk ethic pervades, where volume and intent of the songs speak louder than any fashion trend. This guys are in it for real having been together over a decade and having the track record to prove it.
30 November 2006 | Kover covered in the wet white stuff!
Skiboard Magazine covers KOVER! Check it out
HERE
19 November 2006 | CALLING ALL ENGINEER FANS!
GET THIS NOW!!!
23 October 2006 | RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT, wants YOU.
Rockaway, NJ's, RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT have posted an already popular new track upon coming out of the studio for their 3-way split CD release on Engineer Records. You can hear it by clicking the image above and redirecting to their Myspace. http://myspace.com/redlightgreenlight123
RLGL is also booking its own way on a few upcoming d.i.y tours and intensly looking for a booking agent. As popular as their MySpace profile lends, seems this should be a win-win situation for aspiring agents out there! (Get in touch if that's YOU)
This multi-media split-release (3 songs per band, including video enhanced footage) includes Texas' SABOTEUR and Kent, England's THE MOCKINGBIRD NIGHTMARE.
In addition to Red Light Green Light's track, you can also hear a new song from Saboteur from this upcoming split which should be released in early 2007. ( http://www.myspace.com/saboteur )
16 October 2006 | Fanning the Flames? Hopefully not Forever.
Words from Belgium's beloved CORNFLAMES:Hello everyone,
Well, it's true. Cornflames have decided to go on 'indefinite hiatus.' We might come back, we might not. The only thing we know right now is that we had a beautiful 10 years as a band playing together, but most of all as friends making new friends all over the world.
Although some of us already started doing new projects (check out Nuns Go Riot, Out of the Band,...), we found some time to rehearse to give you the ultimate Cornflames show (with guests, older songs,...). It will all take place on Saturday, October 21st. We invited four amazing bands that we love-to-death because of their excellent music, but most for being great friends all over the years. On the night we will also be DJ'ing and giving away free drinks!
Let this show be a big "THANK YOU" to all of you!
See you there!
david.::.eppo.::.jeroen.::.kristof
October 21 : : : @ De Stip (Belgium): : : Cornflames w/ Hitch, All Sense Aside, Bronze, Klatters
9 October 2006 | DVD Pre-Order in the WEBSTORES!!!
Engineer Record's is proud to announce it's first VIDEO compilation from some of our bands from around the world! 20-videos in total, pressed in both NTSC and PAL format (*make sure you choose the correct version, NTSC in this link, PAL version thru the UK webstore) and ready to melt your DVD player. PRE-ORDER your NOW and they'll ship to you as soon as we receive them at our HQ.Bands ranging from metal to punk to indie, to folk, emo and good old hardcore. Welcome our first DVD compilation "Building on Sight and Sound - Tier 1."
The Videos:
WE.RE ALL BROKEN
NINE DAYS TO NO ONE
www.ninedaystonoone.com
"Gala Contemplating" directed by Richard Bush of Disconnected in 2004.
Audio taken from the album 'Disrecordings' on Engineer Records.
CASHLESS
www.cashless33.com
"Take Away" directed by Thomas Tutsch in 2006.
Audio taken from the album 'Kisses and Lies' on Modern Noise/Engineer Records.
SON OF THE MOURNING
www.sonofthemourning.net
"August 29th, 1997" directed by Ben at Sitcom Soldiers in 2005. (www.sitcomsoldiers.com)
Audio taken from the split CD featuring My Shining One on Engineer Records.
LOSING SIX SECONDS
www.losingsixseconds.co.uk
"Rebuilding Jericho" filmed by Scott Randall in 2005 and edited by Michael Mead in 2006.
Audio taken from the album 'Omniscent and In Control' on Engineer Records.
THE NO ONE
www.thenoone.com
"Sensazione" directed by Daniele Colzani & Matteo Colzani in 2004.
Audio taken from the album 'Blue Day Way' on Engineer Records.
WORLDS | BETWEEN | US
www.worldsbetweenus.com
"Red Eyed Figures Follow Black Cats" directed by Alexander Kastner in 2006.
Audio taken from the split 7-inch vinyl featuring Cohesion on Engineer Records/Autumn Walker/Moloch Industries/Piccole Speranze.
RED CAR BURNS
www.redcarburns.com
"Regrets & Memories" directed by Niwhapa in 2006. (www.niwhapa.com)
Audio taken from the album '...When Everything Seems To Be In Silence' on Nh-N Records/Engineer Records.
COHESION
www.cohesionhardcore.com
"G.I. Joe vs. Cobra" directed by Cohesion in 2006.
Audio taken from the split 7-inch vinyl featuring Worlds | Between | Us on Engineer Records/Autumn Walker/Moloch Industries/Piccole Speranze.
NATHANIEL SUTTON
www.nathanielsutton.com
"Is This What Love's Like" directed by Nathaniel Sutton in 2006.
Audio taken from the album 'Dramatic Scene' on Engineer Records.
ELEMAE
www.elemae.com
"Disappointment Book" directed by Michael Mead in 2006.
Audio taken from the album 'Popular Misconceptions of Happiness' on Engineer Records/Embrace Records.
RYDELL
www.rydell.co.uk
"Nothing By Morning" directed by Sam Washington in 2002.
Audio taken from the split CD featuring San Geronimo & A Rocket Sent To You on Engineer Records (Ignition).
ANDTHEWINNERIS
www.atwi.de
"All This Was Funny Until She Did The Same Thing To Me" directed by Jan Vollmann in 2005.
Audio taken from the album 'The Punch and Judy Show' on Rockhit Records/Engineer Records/Wynona Records. (www.rockhitrecords.de, www.wynonarecords.com)
CATALYST
www.catalyst666.com
"This Heart Won't Heal On It's Own" directed by Michael Mead in 2006.
Audio taken from the split CD 'Two Sides of the Suicide King' featuring Calm.Murder on Engineer Records.
KOVER
www.koverrock.com
"Deathbed Reflections" directed by Kover & Michael Mead in 2006.
Audio taken from the album 'Assembly' on Engineer Records.
CORNFLAMES
www.cornflames.de
"The Speakers" directed by Paulo Vergalito & Steve Demot in 2003.
Audio taken from the album 'The Farewell Drive' on Funtime Records/Engineer Records. (www.funtimerecords.com)
SOMETIMES WHY
www.sometimeswhy.ca
"Bitter Pills" directed by Brandon Cooper in 2005.
Audio taken from the album 'Keepsake' on Engineer Records.
SIX SECOND HERO
www.engineerrecords.com
"Cairo's Crimson Centrefold" directed by Danny Bettley in 2005.
Audio taken from the album 'Recent History' on Engineer Records.
THE FIRE STILL BURNS
www.thefirestillburns.com
"Insert Motivation Here" directed by Andrew Watson in 2005. (www.andrewdavidwatson.com)
Audio taken from the album 'Keeping Hope Alive' on Blackout Records. Used with permission.
CHAMBERLAIN
www.chamberlain1.com
"Manhattan's Iron Horses (The Last Train Out)" directed by Harry H. Huston in 2002.
Audio taken from the 2-Disc set 'Five-Year Diary' on South Bittersweet Lane/Engineer Records (Ignition).
---The soundtrack to the Menu screen, Flipbook and Credits are as follows:---
Menu Page:
Chapter Select:
Extras Page:
Flipbook:
Credit roll:
Austria's very own punkrock outfit RENTOKILL have a tour coming up with REDLIGHTSFLASH (AF Records / Householdname Records) in November and December. The tour will mainly hit Austria and Slovenia. After that, RENTOKILL will be headin' to Belgium and the Netherlands in the
second week of December, followed by a few dates in the Czech Republic in January. Speaking of touring, RENTOKILL have plans to come back to the UK in summer 2007, hitting most of the big cities in England and Scotland.
They will also have a split 10" coming up in November, sharing the vinyl-space with fellow rockers REDLIGHTSFLASH. There will be 3 new songs on this record.
PROVOKANT WERTVOLL TOUR 2006
Oct. 20. AT - Bludenz, Villa K. w/ The Bakunins
26.08.2006 Hildesheim - Teichrock Open Air (**NEW TRACK UPLOADED IN OUR MYSPACE PLAYER**).
The Cambridge show was probably the best of the lot and we need to thank the sound-guy there. He was a genuinely cool bloke and has promised to help us out in the future. We even went swimming in Cambridge 'coz it was an excuse to use the showers! Though Leigh's TIGHT-ASS shorts were great to see too!
Oli hasnt stopped fuckin' talking the entire time - we're sure he has un-diagnosed ADHD! Its either "How do you think the show went?" or "Anyone up for a kebab?" or "Waaaaaaaaaabs!" or just anything! Gaz has become the fastest mobile-phone porn distributor in the west, something that Neil and Simon took FULL advantage of!
All in all, a fuckin good time! We need to thank Try Drowning for sorting us the Ipswich show (TRY DROWNING are an awesome band from Holland - kinda Minus The Bear meets Hopesfall, check em out...myspace.com/trydrowning) and we need to thank Alex in Ipswich for being kind enough to put us on and send us good luck texts for other shows! Legend!"
Engineer Records would like to welcome Rockaway, New Jersey's own thrash-party-hardcore band RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT to the upcoming 3-way split featuring Dallas, Texas' SABOTEUR and Kent, England's THE MOCKINGBIRD NIGHTMARE. (see previous post below)
Red Light Green Light features former Hidden In Plain View drummer Derek Reilly on lead vox in a high-impact band playing an intense mix of Refused, Beastie Boys and The Blood Brothers like mayhem. With both rich, sugary chorus and shredding breakdowns, fleshed out with keys and a few blast-beats, their commanding live set is an indicator of who owns the room their standing in. This band seriously knows how to throw (and throw down at) a party.
The band will record new material for this split CD at the end of the month and has also just self-released a full-length called "Music Theory Is For Suckers" on FTC Records. Both Saboteur (members of Slowride/Red Animal War) and The Mockingbird Nightmare have already completed 3 new tracks each. This 3-way split on Engineer is headed for a late Fall/early Winter release, and will feature multi-media by all three bands.
For now, visit their Myspace pages:
The Blackout Argument's CD "Munich Angst" has been released in Euro, Germany, etc...and USA to follow soon after. A celebratory gig was slammed full of people and this is what guitarist Christoph had to say:
Taking a much needed break from final production of the Engineer Records DVD compilation, Michael Mead of Cross The Floor Productions and Craig of Engineer, spend time with farm animals. Using the remainder of their budget, an extensive vacation to the BRONX ZOO was taken as nothing relaxes the mind and gives back a genuine sense of humanity than feeding Goatmeal to a few hungry kids...especially after watching rising punk rockers and metal heads beat their chests like gorillas, over and over again, on film. (note: The DVD should be with us this Fall, for a back to school treat.)
Status update on the upcoming Apple of Discord debut on Engineer:
06/23 harrisburg, pa
Keep checking th official APPLE OF DISCORD
After more than a decade together, a letter from Chuck Ragan suggests that Hot Water Music's extended break is now a break up. In the letter, Ragan explains:
My friends, Hot Water Music as we all knew it is no longer. A great chapter in our lives has come to a close. We must say so long, and farewell. This is not to say by any means that we will never take a stage again together or find our way onto some tracks together, but where we are in our lives at this moment, it won't be anytime soon.
He goes on to talk about some of his future plans, including a "long overdue" solo record. Former bandmate Jason Black also had a short letter addressing Chuck's comments and talking about the split and the future. For the entirety of both, you can click Read More.
In a moving world, some days shine and some days burn. We more so accept than create random acts of movement. Those acts of movement make us who we are. At some point they become intentional means of survival. Then as we all know, sooner or later it becomes a survival where we see fit.
My friends, Hot Water Music as we all knew it is no longer. A great chapter in our lives has come to a close. We must say so long, and farewell.
Early in the days of all of this I never thought to question outcomes or reactions to my actions. I did what I did and was fueled by words from loved ones, a drive for life and an undying misery of always being on the cusp of understanding (or not), our disarray of society. I found purpose and strength through my best friends, music, and a quest for the truth. Throughout that journey, I became who I am today. I also found the day in and day out monotony of the road and the "job" that HWM had become, had taken a serious toll. Just as I have done throughout my life when my heart turns in a direction for the sake of well being, I followed it. HWM has always been to me living true, free and unbound. Stay true to who you are to begin with and you'll be true to who you are in the end.
This is a letter primarily directed to all of our fans, family, and friends. A lot of you have been left in the dark as to why we decided to stop touring as HWM in the first place. For this I must apologize. Though this letter should have happened a while back, it has taken us all a bit of time to acclimate to where we are in life. Stepping off a moving merry-go-round if you will. I must say overall this is a letter of gratitude, as well as a letter to expel any rumors or things that have lead anyone in the wrong direction as far as what has, is and will be taking place in the life of song for all of us.
My friends, Hot Water Music as we all knew it is no longer. A great chapter in our lives has come to a close. We must say so long, and farewell. This is not to say by any means that we will never take a stage again together or find our way onto some tracks together, but where we are in our lives at this moment, it won't be anytime soon.
This is mainly a public announcement to let everyone know that we have all moved into different directions within our personal and professional lives. As far as our own music goes none of us are slowing down in anyway. George, Jason, and Chris are moving full steam ahead with The Draft as their primary focus and I'm paddling my own canoe. I'm working on a solo record that's long overdue and having a damn good time with it. I'll play shows, but for making my way and a living, I'm called to cutting big sticks into little sticks. For me in many ways, wood has all the same properties as music. I have just as much passion for shaping and working wood as I do playing my guitar or writing a song. They're one in the same and don't even get me started on fishing! So the music will never die, just evolve. I'm moving on a different plane. Ready to settle down, write more songs, make more records, catch more fish, make love and babies with my sweet wife, slide sideways down mountains, build large structures that I draw on paper, and grow more food than we buy. So none of us are gone. Just evolved. So none of us are gone. Just evolved.
Thank you my friends for a decade of support, loyalty and dedication. Thank you for growing up with us living and learning the hard way most of the time. You made it for us. I hope we did the same for you! Thank you for the memories, the support and all of your gracious attention through all of our transitions, battles, broken sticks and strings, breakdowns and revelations that we were able to turn into music. You fueled this fire! What you taught us on this road has been absolutely priceless. I wish all the best in luck, love, and life to each and every one of you and yours. You have helped mold us into the people we are today and it will never be forgotten.
Take care of each other. --------------------------------------
It's definitely not easy to end something that was such a large part of our lives for so long, but it is most definitely time to put the beast to bed. We always said that we would go out when things were still good and true, and hopefully we did. There's nothing worse than watching a band you love go through the motions, aside from being in that band.
To wrap this up, I ask one thing of you all—don't make this anything other than it is. People make difficult decisions everyday. It's not easy to leave something behind or to start something over. That is all that happened here. There is no bullshit drama between, so please don't create any.
We sincerely hope that you all find time to follow our new projects, Chuck with his solo work and Chris, George, and myself with The Draft.
Thanks again, it was a blast.
Peace
This past weekend, Toronto's KOVER took a trip to the USA base of Engineer, and hitched themselves a good time in the Hub City of New Brunswick. :
-Friday Night-May 5:
-Saturday, May 6:
-Sunday, May 7:
Nathaniel is a mid-fi yet extremely prolific writer and has turned in possibly 20 recordings, while selecting his best 10 to complete his first full length offering to the indie world. Sounding exactly like a one-man-band should, this is a home recording where his ideas took shape. He captured that vibe himself, and worked every facet himself. From writing, playing, recording, mixing...you can nearly hear his hard workng gentle touch in the clever songs he completes. Fans of Sebadoh and Eric Bachman, turn your heads.
The album is off to mastering, and artwork just completed (cover below) by Joel Abad, from Grafficants Design Studio. Keep your eyes opened for this quaint release through Engineer, we're excited to see how well Nate's sound holds up to many of our usual loud rock beasts.
Click the cover to preview some demos n his myspace, while you wait.
From the band's mouth: "“Big news from ‘Munich Angst City’! We are more than happy to let you know that we have found a dedicated and strong ally to push the band to the next level. The Blackout Argument has signed to Engineer Records (www.engineerrecords.com
The artwork for the ‘Munich Angst’ EP was created by ANGRY BLUE (Lamb of God, Throwdown, Poison the Well, etc.) and INDEPENDENT INTENSIO (Ephen Rian, Side One Dummy, 11pm, etc.). The mixing and mastering was done by Philip Seidl (Flyswatter, Cashless, For Heaven’s Sake, etc.).
You have no idea how much we are looking forward to the release of ‘Munich Angst’. We will be touring all over Europe in order to support our debut ep and will surely show up in your home town as well!”
Check out their tour schedule on the band's site or off the Engineer Myspace page.
"THE RECORD RELEASE PARTY WAS AWESOME! SO MUCH FUN! IT WAS A LONG, HARD DAY THAT STARTED EARLY AND ENDED LATE IN THE PUBS AND CLUBS OF BASINGSTOKE WITH COPIUS AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL AND WOMEN (MINUS THE WOMEN!).
So there you have it, join into the fury, pick yourself up a copy of their disc, and tell everyone you were there when it all began.
www.wereallbroken.com
"Ambrosia" directed by Grey Sky Films & Steve Pedulla in 2005.
(www.greyskyfilms.com)
Audio taken from the 7-inch vinyl 'Ambrosia +2' on Engineer Records/Koi Records
in cooperation with Fidelity Records. (www.koirecords.com; www.fidelityrecords.com)
Merciana - "Half-Shut Eyes" from the album 'Let It Begin.'
Bodies - "The Rabbit and The Snake" from the album 'Hurricane Bodies.'
The Blackout Argument - "So Much You And Me" from the album 'Munich Angst.'
Squarewell - "It's Fall But Nothing Has Changed" from their self-titled EP.
For Those Lost - "Half Truths" from the album 'This Is Our Fight.'
Rentokill - "Sounds Of A Pityful End" from the album 'Back To Convenience.'
Apple Of Discord - "Magic Lamp" from the album 'You're Not The Answer.'
Speedwell - "Two Conquests" from the EP 'My Life Is A Series Of Vacations.'
Fugo - "N" from the album 'Aie.'
The BOSS - "Disco" from the album 'Lay Down Your Firearms.'20 September 2006 | Kill touring.
Oct. 21. CH - Thusis, Skateboard Cont @ Marktwiese w/ Zebrahead,
Venerea
Nov. 03. AT - Innsbruck, PMK w/ Red Lights Flash
Nov. 04. AT - Dornbirn, Schlachthof w/ Red Lights Flash
Nov. 10. AT - Vienna, Flex w/ Red Lights Flash
Nov. 11. AT - Neusiedl am See, Bergwerk w/ Red Lights Flash
Nov. 17. AT - Linz, KAPU w/ Red Lights Flash
Nov. 18. AT - Salzburg, Rockhouse w/ Red Lights Flash
Nov. 23. AT - Wiener Neustadt, Triebwerk w/ Red Lights Flash
Nov. 24. AT - St. Pölten, Warehouse w/ Red Lights Flash
Nov. 25. AT - Hollabrunn, Alter Schlachthof w/ Red Lights Flash
Nov. 30. SL - Ljubljana, Gala Hala w/ Red Lights Flash
Dec. 01. AT - Klagenfurt, Stereo Club w/ Red Lights Flash
Dec. 02. AT - Graz, PPC w/ Red Lights Flash
Dec. 09. BEL - Mol, Jz Tydeeh
Dec. 15. AT - Studenzen/Stmk. Vier Pfoten Benefit @ Mehrzweckhalle
Jan. 05. CZ - Prague, Club 007 Strahov
Jan. 06. CZ - Bystrice pod Hostynem, Bar 7 w/ Thalidomide, My Funeral10 September 2006 | Free Birds.
Click the Image below and download two demo tracks from THE MOCKINGBIRD NIGHTMARE, FREE for a limited time (tracks that first turned our post-angular rock ears. yes we said post angular). These tracks have been up for streaming, but in anticipation of the brand new recorded material towards their 3-way split on Engineer, they have decided to clean house. Currently going over final mastered tracks, album cover designs--as well as multi-media material for this SABOTEUR / THE MOCKINGBIRD NIGHTMARE / RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT split, all three bands are on artistic overload. We are too. Get stoked.
9 September 2006 | Touring on Bridges...
1 September 2006 | KOVER on the Cover of UTV #93
That's right folks, pick up the latest copy of UNDER THE VOLCANO magazine by clicking the banner below, and read the full-page INTERVIEW with KOVER! Issue #93 on display until November 1st in North America, everywhere else order online at UnderTheVolcano.net !
28 August 2006 | ANDTHEWINNERIS thrusting themselves at you.
Whilst our fave pop-punkers from Germany, Andthewinneris, finish up their new record, they are plotting to take over the world, in a few uneven thrusts! Here they are:
02.09.2006 Ransbach-Baumbach - SPACK!FESTIVAL
21.09.2006 Hamburg - Reeperbahnfestival
22.09.2006 Alfeld - Splitted Festival
23.09.2006 Ravensburg - Earworm Festival
06.10.2006 Braunschweig - B58
07.10.2006 Kaisersesch - M-Box
14.10.2006 Magdeburg - Sackfabrik
21.10.2006 Dresden - Sputnik
02.11.2006 Münster - Go Go Club
01.12.2006 Berlin - Wild at Heart
16.12.2006 Hannover - Bei Chez Heinz19 August 2006 | Amped!
11 August 2006 | Welcoming the new throat shredder: Worlds Between
Austria's WORLD BETWEEN US would like to welcome Jürgen(ex-The Fading Sign) as the new man on the mic. For those of you who want to catch their first glimpse, they have 2 September shows set-up so far, most notably one opening for the glorius Shai Hulud. For the full welcome, click the banner above.11 August 2006 | Nathaniel's Hands are Sweating
Just a little update on our main man from Edmonton. Nathaniel Sutton He's doing mighty fine. Sweating a bit, in anticipation for the arrival of his debut to drop into our, and your hands! It's here at the HQ of Engineer USA and will shortly be at the new UK Engineer base in Ticehurst. (don't tell Nate, but he gets his in Canada at his doorstep tomorrow too, shhhhh!) All of this means, Nathaniel Sutton's brand-new "Dramatic Scene" 15-track CD, will be at your fingertips shortly. Order/pre-order now and get yours first from the webstores here at Engineer. "Dramatic Scene" hits stores in November.11 August 2006 | TOUR REPORT: For Those Lost
A few words back from tour from an FTL axeman:
"So we just got back from tour this weekend and its gotta be said, "we're all for doing it again!" We had so much fun it was unreal! We did a lot of driving, but made some great friends and met some cool people and promoters in the process. There were some low points, namely struggling to sleep 5 people in the van, but other than that the good times out-weighed it all!
-Neil"20 July 2006 | Welcome: Red Light Green Light
RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT
SABOTEUR
THE MOCKINGBIRD NIGHTMARE14 July 2006 | We.re All BACK.
Back from approx 3 months of extensive touring, Frank of We.re All Broken dropped us a status update and this is what he had to say:
"Hey everybody. We just got home a few weeks ago from our tour with Thursday, Minus The Bear, Mewithoutyou and The #12 Looks Like You. It was fantastic and we had an amazing couple months. We are home right now in New Jersey working on material that will become our next full length record. We will be in our laboratory all summer long tinkering on these new songs, coming out to play the occassional show here and there. We will be back on the road very, very soon though. We do have a new record out called "Nothing In Between" which is a collection of demos, acoustic versions, and remixes of songs off our full length "Campagin Moving Slow" as well as some old school covers. If you'd like to purchase it, you can go to http://www.loudmerch.com/webstore.php?storeid=67. It's only $5. In the meantime, check ww.wereallbroken.com for any and all updates on the band. (Pictured L-R: Joe P. and Warren of WAB; random stray dog with the neck cone/x-ray eyes; Benny merch man (of The Gaslight Anthem); Frank, Jarett and Joe S. of WAB.)8 July 2006 | ? ? ? ? ? guess who ? ? ? ? ?
Who Is This Band? Caught last night on a camera-phone, the latest addition to our Engineer roster... If you were there, you know who it is! If not, we'll keep you waiting....but only for just a bit! More news soon on this thrash-partycore band from the land of the rocks. They'll be joining the The Mockingbird Nightmare/Saboteur split CD. Catch them at your latest intersection.
8 July 2006 | Suicidal Tattoo...sick.
Thank You... WALTER KREIDELLfor the most "limited edition" album cover print we have seen yet for one of our releases. That ink is permanant! You've earned a spot in our "Extreme Fandom" page we are building for the site. Killer crazy tat, wear it well.
3 July 2006 | Yes, We said One Hundred Thousand...
3 July 2006 | 100,000 Listens Can't Be Wrong
Just a short note about the "Munich Angst" release parties. They were a BLAST!! We had so much fun and this was definitely some of the best shows we have played so far. Big thanks go out to ESTATE and FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE for supporting us. Two great bands and a bunch of amazing kids! Even bigger props go out to everyone who showed up to watch the show, dance, sing along or just to hang out with us. Mad Props also go out to the Sunny Red Crew for providing an amazing location, the kids in Wangen / Tonne and our friends in EPHEN RIAN. Last but not least we want to thank the film-team for documenting this unique event. More info on this soon! THANK YOU ALL!17 June 2006 | Goat Break
13 June 2006 | Welcome to the fold:
Engineer Recs would like to welcome Kent, England'sTHE MOCKINGBIRD NIGHTMARE, as well as Dallas, TX's SABOTEUR to our growing family. Both bands rock with smart, witty and add an interesting twist to their own brand of indie rock. They will be sharing a split-release with possibly 1 other band(tba), and are in the studio recording/mixing as we type. Head on over to the "BANDS" section and you can read up on the new additions to the Engineer army. (Check out the 1st release from Saboteur on the End Sounds label, it comes highly recommended.)6 June 2006 | The Coveted WAB 7inch could be yours.
Enter here to win a copy of the "oh so coveted" We.re All Broken SIGNED 7inch record. Yep, Fire Alive webzine of Italy, is sponsoring a GIVEAWAY copy of their lush and beautific record for a limited time. There is only ONE of these in the contest, Go here to play:
1 June 2006 | The Honorable KOI COMP is worth it.
Never a slack in creativity, the head honcho over there at our sis label KOI RECORDS, from Texas has outdone himself again, and for charity to boot. Koi is helping Gulf Coast animals abandoned or hurt by Hurrican Katrina, with a double LP vinyl compilation, an intense layout, colors, and tons of extra literature, stickers, promos and contacts for animal relief jammed in there. Proceeds are going to help out our distraught, yet cuddly companions. Click the banner below and read more, and spare some cash for this awesome comp. You are not only donating, you are getting a soundtrack to a hardcore summer with it!
Bands on the compilation: Thirty3...Kill Your Idols...Spitfire...Ensign...Fifty Stars Anger...Bloodjinn...Killed By The Bull...Deathcycle...Nine Days To No One...The Fire Still Burns...H20...Most Precious Blood...Cipher...Know Your Enemy...Farewell...Cattle Decapitation...Celebrity Murders...The Chariot...My Shining One...Worlds Between Us...Static Radio.29 May 2006 | The Fire Still Burns, newest colors.
We still have very few of the original pressing colors left in the webstores, of the The Fire Still Burns limited edition 7inches, but also a newer color pressing has come in. ORANGE as well as a PINK/BLACK vinyl. All these colors still limited, and if you put them all together, damn a fine set of vinyls you will have. The Fire Still Burns is stronger than ever, having recruited a new rhythm section of Brent Hamer from Bigwig, and Chris Ross of Nora, to fill positions after Carl and Derik left to pursue other life interests. (good luck guys, wish you the best.)
We'd also like to add, that TFSB has a great CDep out via Blackout Records called "Keeping Hope Alive" and is currently recording a set of covers for 4 different compilations. Check back for more updates, or head on over to their band site at www.thefirestillburns.com.
25 May 2006 | Apple Of Discord: progress...
(taken from the AoD website: "The mixes are sounding great so far and the record is so close to being done that I can taste it in my spit. The newer (and much better) version of "Magic Lamp" is going to be on the second "Mass Broadcast" comp, due this summer. Thanks to Dave Downham at Gradwell for mastering it in record time.
I'm kicking off my summer vacation with a nice 2200 mile trip from here to Indiana and back in a roundabout way. Right now my (AoD solo = just James...) schedule reads like this:
06/24 ambridge, pa
06/25 pittsburgh, pa
06/26 cleveland, oh
06/27 ft wayne, in
06/28 indianapolis, in
06/29 nashville, tn
06/30 bristol, tn
07/01 norfolk, va
07/02 arlington, va"
site or their MySpace site for further details.14 May 2006 | Hot Water Music: 1994-2006
source: punknews.org
I must say that I have never in my life ever known such a display of dedication, desire, and will to carry on than through the HWM fans around the world. I don't believe I could ever truly find the right words to express my gratitude and sincere thanks to all the amazing souls who sacrificed what they had to make it to our shows and make them live! All those who traveled, followed, escaped, sneaked in or barged in to be apart of this movement. You are all a huge reason that we survived through days that most don't. Some of you know the tolls and trials of the road. As well as the glories and lights at the end of the tunnels. Some of you may be completely oblivious as to what it can do to a spirit and a body by subjecting yourself to what can be an extremely unhealthy way of life. It can most definitely feel like your being torn apart from the inside out at times. To say the least, it can be far from glamorous most of 23 hours in a day. I must say though that the moments that I found myself amongst my best friends and a crowd of people singing and sweating, laughing and moving to words, melodies, and busted up rhythms that we created in a beat up warehouse in Florida, were nothing but pure magic. Even through the hard times we always laughed, wrote, fought, slept, drank, and rocked to found our way to why we were there to begin with. We had to. It was our duty and our responsibility to ourselves, each other as brothers and to the good people who would come to support us through all of it. A lot of you would always ask us if we were ok. How the tours were treating us. How we survived. How we did it and why we did it for so long. A lot of the times we weren't. Some of the times we were truly on top of the world. It was the calling, it was the healing, and it was the enlightenment that was felt after releasing every ounce of energy, thought, and motion throughout a show. It was as we once called it, "The Lifting." Even though at times of being there and putting ourselves through what we had to do to get up on that stage and let it rip like it was our last was more hurtful to ourselves than anything, you sacrificed for us, let us sacrifice for you.
Chuck Ragan
It's not easy to leave something behind or to start something over. That is all that happened here. There is no bullshit drama between, so please don't create any.
Clearing the air about this is a good thing, for sure. Figuring on you having read Chuck's statement, I'll feel free to reiterate his thanks to all of you who have supported us over the years. It's cliché but true—without you we wouldn't have ever been able to experience any of the amazing things we did as Hot Water Music.
Black 11 May 2006 | Kover spans North Jersey
Kover arrives with a few hours to spare, settles into their digs, strolls through Main Street, Boonton with Craig Engineer and devours some beer(light beer, unfortunately for them!), pizza and conversation. Pile in the truck, drive to New Brunswick, 40 mins South of Boonton, hook up at the venue with We.re All Broken, The Gaslight Anthem, and Outsmarting Simon and all around play a real good show at the Court Tavern, one of NB's few still standing rock clubs. Damn Hub City, where has your ROCK gone?
(digressing)...the gig: good crowd containing a bunch of NB's tried and true converted (Alf from Engineer alum The Fire Still Burns, Stanley of My Shining One, as well as dudes from Philly's Marigold and John of the old Ex Number Five (r.i.p) come in support. Hey wasn't Dan of Elemae there too? No way.) Gear share worked out, (thanks TGA, OSS, WAB). A highlight...Kover RIPPED thru their set playing 3/4 of the "Assembly" tracks and also worked their rendition of a SEAWEED song "START WITH" for all in the know, letting their roots shine through .
Leave the gig, hit a tried-and-true NJ Diner at 2:30am for some coffee and grub, and sleepdrive back to bed at 4:30.
Wake up call at 11am, pick-up at 2pm, drive back down to the Hub City and directly back to The Court Tavern for the very special "secret" LIFETIME reunion show to a packed hometown crowd. Band and Craig Engineer get in, sweat their ass off in a packed room to a set of old LT favorites, seing the Kov guys sing along. Thanks to Andy "Diamond" for the being THE MAN at the Court for the past two nights. Kudos to that guy, damn, someone buy him another beer.
After the gig, we get in the car, striaght to Fuddruckers to eat like Americans and the Kov guys mention how the average American is like 1 and a half the size of the average Canadian(go USA).
So we all gain a few pounds, head 20 mins to Vintage Vinyl in Fords, NJ (HUGE ASS RECORD STORE, East Coast version of Amoeba...well...as close as the east coast can get!) A handful of Cd's, Records, and even a book on "The Band" was purchased. That's it, enough fun, go to sleep.
Final morning...woke up pretty early, had a breakfast buffet at the Engineer USA humbe abode, took some pictures and shipped the Kovs back to canada at around 1pm. Classic weekend, rock and roll-- through and through--live it, love it.27 April 2006 | NEW SONGS POSTED. Send us a 'comment'
:: Kover (from toronto, gruff, melodic and classic post hc to beat the best of 'em)
:: The Blackout Argument (this band could filla stadium with one riff. heavy and melodic hardcore metal)
:: The Boss (an indie rock three piece with a Detroit-meets-Wash D.C sound. fans of garage and punk indie will love em.
:: We.re All Broken (epic/challenging. NJ experimental rock on tour with Minus the Bear and Thursday now. beautiful acoustic rendition of an album closer.
*Hit us up and leave your love (or hate!) in the form of a "Comment" on Myspace. Send the link to your friends, we're only as big as you and your friends make us! Building the blocks to the indie rock. We'll Get Good Music Out There Even If It Kills Us"Go Team Engineer.20 April 2006 | Nathaniel Sutton moving along...
Just an update on our new singer/songwriter to join Engineer Records since the early days of Ignition. Not since the long-defunct Last Year's Diary, have we had a singular vision individual, aquaint us with his/her unique spirit and sweep us off our feet. Coming almost out of nowhere with barely a name for himself, we hope to bring Nathaniel Sutton from Edmonton, Alberta Canada to a much wider audience. (and yes, it is THAT Nathaniel...the guy who was our biggest Engineer fan...odd how paths are crossed and noticed sometimes!)
17 April 2006 | Now this E-Card is the new BLACK...
CLICK HERE, and be scared: The Blackout Argument E-CARD14 April 2006 | THIS is the new BLACK...
Engineer proudly welcomes The Blackout Argument to our expanding roster! We are more than pleased to announce their ridiculously huge sounding "Munich Angst" EP is set for a June release, just in time for all the summer stadium tours. You think we're joking? Put on a stadium gig, and they'll play it.
-THE BLACKOUT ARGUMENT "
7 April 2006 | Shred To This
For those of you who haven't noticed, Engineer released a follow up record of heavy-toned mayhem, our 2nd shredder of recent memory (to follow Nine Days To No One "Ark"). What we are speaking of is the shredding new release by Basingstoke, England's FOR THOSE LOST. We've had a track up on the Engineer MySpace player, and reviews are starting to come in. The band returned from a record release show a few weeks ago with this to say:
THE SHOW SOLD OUT AND PEOPLE WERE BEING TURNED AWAY UNFORTUNATELY. THE 45 MINUTE SET INCLUDED ALL ALBUM TRACKS PLUS 4 NEWER SONGS AND A COVER OF MADBALL'S "DEMONSTRATING MY STYLE"! EVERY SONG WENT DOWN A STORM AND THE SET FLEW BY. IT WAS AWESOME. THE SOUND WAS AMAZING AND THE ENERGY FROM THE CROWD LANDED ON US MAKING US PUT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR LIVES! WE ENDED THE SHOW SIGNING CD's (WHICH IS JUST NOT COOL, BUT HAD TO BE DONE! haha) AND MAKING SOME WELL EARNED £££s!
WE WERE GUTTED THAT DAVE COULDN'T MAKE THE SHOW AND THAT CRAIG WAS IN THE STATES BUT WE HAD THEM THERE IN TRUE ENGINEER SPIRIT AND PLAYED IT OUT FOR THEM!"
3 April 2006 | Catalyst
Order now while ya can, before the band takes 'em on their Canadian tour.
3 April 2006 | Tip: New *demos* from some of our roster
In a little tip-off, some new *demos* have been posted by quite a number of Engineer bands. Though many are not ready for "mass consumption," and are either definitely in demo-form or out of a proper studio and ummastered, your fan comments are more than welcome. If you are a fan of any of the following, drop some love, send them a message, and let them and us know what you think.
SON OF THE MOURNING
MADELEINE
CATALYST
NATHANIEL SUTTON
CALM.MURDER
24 March 2006 | DVD forthcoming: Building on Sight & Sound
If you've been watching the "Upcoming Release" list over to the left, you'll see we've been working at the grindstone, and assembling our first jump into the video world. We will be releasing a DVD compilation hopefully by the Summer, entitled "Building on Sight and Sound." This release contains a ton of videos from our broad family of bands. Almost at the final stages of editing and art production, we are excited to announce contributions from:
cornflames
cashless
kover
we.re all broken
catalyst
losing six seconds
the no one
chamberlain
elemae
cohesion
nathaniel sutton
rydell
andthewinneris
red car burns
nine days to no one
sometimes why
six second hero
worlds between us
the fire still burns
dependent
16 March 2006 | Kentucky Fried Hardcore
What's in the water down in Louisville? Maybe it's not water afterall, and just vats of intense cooking oil making every band burning hot. Ok that was a terrible joke. We'll sure find out soon with the two new releases from BODIES! as well as SQUAREWELL, both whom reside in Kentucky. Full-of-life, and desperate to be heard, both bands with great new quick-shot EP's for the '06, and we couldn't be more stoked. Both bands come to us via Shrodinger Recs, we'll be getting these releases to you together.You might be familiar with Squarewell from their "Two Toy Model" full-cd we licensed and help them get to you, or even cooler, their beautiful PICTURE-DISC release we ushered as a split-deal with Koi Recs from Texas. Either way, we hope the road was paved for their new EP which should be in our hands within a month or so. Already at the pressing plant, this "self-titled" EP is 4 new tracks of honest, noisy, blues-induced indie-rock, harking back at the heydey of post hardcore. Both Rites of Spring and Rye Coalition come to mind, with a bit of an ambient bend of Mewithoutyou. Sound good? Pre-orders up soon in the DISTRO.
Onto slaying Bodies! If you haven't been hit over the head like a combat wounded veteran with the track on our Myspace player from BODIES!, then you'd better click it out of random auto-play to track 3, and put a helmet on. Recorded at Headbanging Kill Your Mama Studio by Chris Owens (LORDS), this sonic ode to classic rock HUGENESS, comes your way via the "Hurricane Bodies" EP. Too much can't be said for the great things coming out of that studio nowadays. If you've been keeping up with the music news sites, you'll know what we're talking about and BODIES! are a testament to that. "Hurricane Bodies" is full of life, dynamics, and well, it actually even sounds like you have the best spot on the floor at a BODIES! gig. Imagine that, it sounds real.
The pre-order is now up in the USA store, and the UK store is soon to follow. The band is ready for touring. Get 'em now if your a fan of Black Flag or Black Sabbath, or hell, Converge...chances are you'll get your spastic fix all in one, right here. (NOTE:this recent Bodies! live pic was taken by Jill W.K., the least we can do is give her some cred for nabbing it: http://www.myspace.com/downassbitch812 -Thank you Jill!)
9 March 2006 | Engineer Is On 'Fire' in Italy
Thanks to the staff of Fire Alive (Italy) for showing us their ultimate fandom and support. Truly a great team over there, with an informative and current site. Click the image below and you'll find album reviews of some of our CD releases including ones from Andthewinneris, Madeleine, We.re All Broken, The Moirai, Elemae and Nine Days To No One amongst others.
ALSO, two interviews just went up, so head on over as they picked the minds of Nine Days To No One (england) and Elemae (usa) after taking well to their recent releases. A We.re All Broken interview is coming soon too, keep an eye peeled, we're on fire at Fire Alive!http://www.firealive.it 19 February 2006 | Get in line for the KOVER Assembly
Engineer Records rips the heart out of Canada, and adds KOVER to the family! Yes, the day has come for this very exciting announcement, as the water has been boiling for awhile now. After receiving their 'demo' disc and barely getting it out of our player here (and in the car, and in the headphones, in the alarm clock, and in the...) we befriended Kover and hit it off instantly. With razor sharp guitars, super tight rhythms, and low-depthful-melodic dueling vocals, our favorite bands were brought to mind, yet dare we say surpassed? Oh we just did.
With artwork nearing completion and 12 tracks ready-to-go, things are progressing fast and we hope to have their new "Assembly" full-length disc at your fingertips through our webstore in just a month or two. Official 'street date' to follow, but you can always get it right from us here, first.
More news on Kover to come, and Band/Release pages forthcoming. For now show them your love and get an advance listen on a couple tracks from the forth coming "Assembly" CD here: http://www.myspace.com/koverrock
Who said 2006 couldn't birth a classic?
19 February 2006 | Rentokill - UK Tourdates w/PMX
march, thurs 16th - stoke, the glebe (rentokill only)
march, fri 17th - burgess hill, the junction
march, sat 18th - littlehampton, the railway inn
march, sun 19th - coventry, the jailhouse
march, mon 20th - leeds, the packhorse (rentokill only)
march, tues 21st - bolton, number 15
march, wed 22nd - norwich, ferryboat
march, thurs 23rd - manchester, star & garter (venue might change)
march, fri 24th - alton, community centre
march, sat 25th - worthing, leisure centre
*all dates are together with PMX (scot) except in stoke on trent and Leeds.
25 January 2006 | This Tour Will Fix You
Exciting news in the world of WE.RE ALL BROKEN! Two new tours are booked for the rest of the Winter and into the Spring, so come out and see their dynamic, ambient and explosive music in a town near you (USA)! Touring with THURSDAY, MINUS THE BEAR, and THE NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS LIKE YOU, as well as a partial tour with Patent Pending, The Forever Endeavor and Monument! This band lives to play for you they are on the pavement so much. The dates can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/engineerrecords NEW BANDS forthcoming...Engineer would like to welcome BODIES from Louisville, KY; NATHANIEL SUTTON from Edmonton, Canada (yeah that guy); and APPLE OF DISCORD from Philly, PA. Releases forthcoming, and a warm handshake for joining our team!13 January 2006 | Elemae, Malaysian ears are smiling
With their 1st pressing sold out solely through Engineer Records, the 2nd pressing of Elemae's sophmore full-length "Popular Misconceptions of Happiness" will be a split release between Engineer Recs USA/UK and new Malaysian label Embrace Records. This 2nd pressing will be issued as a digipak with extra artwork/pics, 2 bonus tracks including an awesome cover of Shudder To Think's "X-French Tee Shirt" and a bonus "mini-movie" tracing the bands evolution over the past 6 years shot by Michael Mead. There will also be a free poster, sticker and postcard given away in limited quantities at the initial re-release date set for early Spring.
Ensuring all parts of the globe are covered. It's great when indies tag-team in support of a band, no egos, no alterior motives...just getting the music to more ears.
12 January 2006 | Reigning Metal in Dingman's Ferry
Catalyst have taken a breather from their usually active gig schedule to chisel out some new material towards their next release, presumably a full-length slated for this Summer of 'O6. With an active 2005, promoting their split EP "Two Sides of The Suicide King," sharing many stages with the likes of The Red Chord, Turmoil, Bleeding Through and a slew of others, its about time the band settles into their Pennsylvania rehearsal room to mold some new material. When we asked the band to hint at the sound of the new material, they kept using the term...METAL as if they were saving the word from extinction.
In other news, Fugo has also taken to the studio and writing new material, as well as completing mixes of a few more songs left unfinished during the "AIE" sessions. It is yet to be determined what will happen with these songs, but more material from this intricate and creative group is NEVER a bad thing. Just check out the reviews section for their aurally appealing "AIE" cd.
All artwork and mixing is done for one of the newest additions to the Engineer family, FOR THOSE LOST. The band is just awaiting their material back from the mastering studio, and their creative blend of old school meets new blood metallic hardcore will go off for pressing.
15 December 2005 | The Fire Still Burns
In other news...melodic punk powerhouse, and recent Blackout Records (by way of Engineer/Koi) signees THE FIRE STILL BURNS are seeking a new rhythm section! And a solid one too, with the guts and glory to take it to the road, in no time. Here's their press release that went out this week:As some of you may or may not know, THE FIRE STILL BURNS recently parted ways with our drummer and bass player. Fortunately for the rest of the remaining members, the band is doing better than ever. With a recently released CDep out and several tours (US and Europe) in the works, we have no plans of slowing down any time soon. In fact, we are looking to replace our bass player and drummer as quickly as possible to prevent any further delay.
Were looking for new members at least 21 years of age or older who are 110% serious, dedicated and willing to tour regularly. Prior tour experience a plus but not required. You must have your own professional gear. We practice at least twice per week in Dunellen, NJ and anticipate playing shows regularly on weekends when not on tour.
Bass players must be able to play fast melodic hardcore in traditional tuning w/ drop D.
Drummers must be able to play fast melodic hardcore tempos a la Dave Wagenshutz (Kid Dynamite / Good Riddance / Paint it Black), Travis Barker (Blink182) and Bill Stevenson (Descendents / All / Black Flag / Only Crime).
If you've never heard us before, check out our MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/thefirestillburns
Seriously interested parties should get in touch by messaging the band via email to: info@thefirestillburns.com. Please pass on, repost , etc. Thanks for your help and have a happy and healthy holiday season!!!
15 December 2005 | No One Is Broken In Nine Days
NEW RELEASES ARE IN! We have a few new releases at our fingertips awaiting mass consumption! (Check both the UK and the USA stores for availibility on each title). They are:The enormous sound of NINE DAYS TO NO ONE's new "Ark" EP is nothing short of enthralling. Recorded at City Of Dis with Ben Phillips (producer of Converge, November Coming Fire, etc...) & artwork by David Ince, there was no shortcuts taken on presenting the masterful piece of art on CD. Both heavy and textural all within the same space. Truly needs to be heard. You can preview a track on our Myspace site here: http://www.myspace.com/engineerrecords
WE.RE ALL BROKEN's new limited vinly pressing of "Ambrosia" with 2 exclusive B-Side tracks has finally graced the offices of Engineer and Koi Records, in another one of our split label releases. Truly the packaging and the record (brown/green splatter vinyl) needs to be held, drooled over, and hung on your wall. Well that is AFTER you've worn out the grooves listening to their beautiful progressive ambient sound. This time they expanded their intense rock scope into a lush, orchestrated acoustic setting for 2 bonus tracks. To read more visit their band page, and to hear a sample, preview a track on our Myspace site here: http://www.myspace.com/engineerrecords
ANDTHEWINNERIS, well...us and you! As the band has their latest "The Punch and Judy Show" coming down the channels of Engineer, direct to your stereo. Brimming with power punk hooks, a guitar crunch reminiscent of Samiam and the sweetest melodic vocals this side of the Get Up Kids, Andthewinneris will not be left by the wayside. Not nearly newcomers to the scene, they are to Engineer, so let's welcome them with a standing ovation, something we are sure they are no strangers to in their hometown of Hamburg. Preview a track on our Myspace site here: http://www.myspace.com/engineerrecords
11 November 2005 | Metal T-Shirts
New Son Of The Mourning tees are available from the band via their website or directly emailing the band at sonofthemourning@hotmail.com and checking on size availability and ordering instructions. Get 'em now, all in 'heavy metal black' colour of course!
In other SOTM news, word just in that you NEED to witness the band live with their ferocious new line-up. They've been tearing up many shows around their homebase and are currently looking for tour contacts/tourmates asap! We should have another release next year to follow their two solid EP's!
In other news, THE BOSS and FOR THOSE LOST are in the studio recording their debut CDs for Engineer as this goes to print.
The beautiful WE.RE ALL BROKEN 'limited vinyl' as well as the new NINE DAYS TO NO ONE "Ark" EP are both at the pressing plant! They'll be back sooner than you can grab your hands in mercy for such good music to grace your ears again.
And finally, we have confirmation that the highly anticipated ANDTHEWINNERIS release will slither into our UK hands next week, then slither right out to our USA home as well as mags, distros, press, and YOUR hands soon to follow! Damn if this isn't the catchiest lot since the flu!
11 November 2005 | Nathaniel Sutton, biggest fan?!
Calling all Engineer fans out there...we are starting a 'Biggest Fan' section of our site for EXTRAORDINARY people out there who impress us with their ultimate dedication! This will be under the "FANDOM" link in the menu bar.
Let's kick things off with Nathaniel Sutton from Alberta, Canada. Well, lets just say Nathaniel 'paid his dues' by ordering EVERY release we still had available on the Distro on CD! Yep, we're not shy....this was above and beyond the call of duty. Someone buy this kid a record player so he can get some vinyl crackling in his bedroom as well! (hey, the folks at Engineer have holiday gifts to pay for too!) He wrote us his "fave list" of the lot, and we thought we'd post it. Thanks Nathaniel! Here it goes:
1. Neverthemore - Neverthemore
2. Madeleine - Boy = Man
3. Crosstide - Seventeen Nautical Miles
4. Elemae - Popular Misconceptions of Happiness
5. Elemae - A Life to be Defined
6. The Moirai - Bury Yourself
7. Fugo - Aie
8. Hunter Gatherer - Low Standards For High Fives
9. Flyswatter - Repeat In Pattern
10. Merciana - Let It Begin
11. Joshua - Baggage EP
12. Chamberlain - Five Year Diary
13. Cornflames - The Farewell Drive
A little about Nathaniel...well residing in Edmonton, Alberta Canada...he's an aspiring musician too! He sent us a demo CD, and it sounds VERY cool. Dark humored melodic indie pop. Tons of originality, but also traces of Folk Implosion, Eric Bachman, Modest Mouse, Pinback, The Good Life bubbling out of the seems. We'd love you to give this boy some love...head on over to his MySpace page and listen to some songs, drop him (and us) an email if you like what you hear. We did! Just check out the songs "Cruel" and you'll see. http://www.myspace.com/nathanielsutton
29 October 2005 | World's Between Us UK Tour
World's Between Us start their first UK tour this week, and this hungry bunch of young Austrians want to see YOU there. Most dates are with The Plague Mass, yet there are a select few others outside of this itinerary.* 19|10|2005 graz @ musichouse w/ the plague mass
* 20|10|2005 linz @ ann & pat w/ the plague mass
* 21|10|2005 klagenfurt @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 22|10|2005 wolkersdorf @ outback w/ the plague mass
* 25|10|2005 nuernberg (ger) @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 26|10|2005 frankfurt (ger) @tba w/ the plague mass
* 27|10|2005 flensburg (ger) @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 28|10|2005 reading (uk) @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 29|10|2005 littlehampton (uk) @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 30|10|2005 london (uk) @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 31|10|2005 leeds (uk) @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 01|11|2005 basingstoke (uk) @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 02|11|2005 brighton (uk) @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 03|11|2005 paris (fra) @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 04|11|2005 bern (ch) @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 05|11|2005 basel (ch) @ tba w/ the plague mass
* 12|11|2005 graz @ explosiv w/ action (sk) and more
* 24|11|2005 innsbruck @ pmk w/ endstand
* 25|11|2005 gleisdorf @ kulturkeller w/ settle the score (ger) and more
* 01|12|2005 graz @ musichouse w/ impending fall
* 03|12|2005 wien @ arena w/ himsa (us)
* 10|12|2005 st. pölten @frei.raum w/ velvet stav (hun) and more
* 15|12|2005 linz @stadtwerkstatt w/ death before disco (bel)
* 20|01|2006 wien @ arena w/ tba
Hear their song "Metronom Heartbeats [Are Fashionable] on the Engineer Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/EngineerRecords.
29 October 2005 | Nine Days To No One
Southeast England's Nine Days To No One have just turned over their master recordings for their beautifully crushing epic EP entitled "Ark." Tracklist goes as follows:1. Twilight Of The Idols
2. Jadoo
3. Venus On Fire
4. Tacit
5. So My Inferior, This Ends
6. And Then Came The Floods
7. Gala Contemplating (Video).
Engineer has not released anything this ferocious in ages and we're not even sure if we're ready for it.
With just as much creativity infused into the song writing to rival the blunt force of grinding rhythms and machine gun drumming, Nine Days To No One are not afraid to show their brains along with their muscle. Combining elements of Grind, Metal, Jazz, Hardcore and Prog...this is technical hardcore at it's very finest.
We'll have a new track from the forthcoming EP on the site this week. Hold your ears.
2 October 2005 | AndTheWinnerIs
Engineer is excited to welcome a new band to our upcoming roster, they are Germany's.....AndTheWinnerIs! This amazingly catchy band with the best power chords you've heard in ages, is irresistable.If you're a fan of Cornflames or stateside faves Get Up Kids or Samuel, AndTheWinnerIs will not pale in comparison, in fact, we're pretty sure they'll be getting more of your attention nowadays! Following a few EPs and releases on MyFavoriteToy Records, and Redfield, we at Engineer couldn't hold their flirting off anymore! We do love this team of roadhounds, they bust their butts and are gonna show us how their new record will blow our ears off! Why not check 'em out now at http://www.atwi.de
Also to follow, we are proud to offer a 2nd release from both of the hardcore hounds in Cohesion and Worlds Between Us. This times it comes as a split 'limited vinyl' 7inch record, limited to 500 copies.
A few brand new songs from both bands will tie together Italy and Austria with an aggressive charge! This one will be special, we are just unsure of how thick to make the vinyl as we know it'll get a good beating from your record player!
26 September 2005 | Last Chance For A Slow Dance
Two months ago, one of our favorite new CDs on Engineer was released, and it carried the name: "MERCIANA - Let It Begin." Such a strong, bold statement from a band with exposure at their fingertips and promise of climbing from underground status (with a few self-released demos under their belts) to next level awareness as their EP was about to launch alongside a Canadian tour, and international promotion.
In a dark contrast, internal pressures and band member differences clouded the way, and Merciana blanketed their fire just a couple weeks prior to the release date and silently faded into the backdrop, disbanding without a formal announcement or resolution. Well the time has come for a fond farewell with ONE LAST SHOW.
Everyone who is/was a fan of Merciana's hard hitting, adrenaline pumping, cascading, post-hardcore is encouraged to come support the band one last time and sing one last 'anvil chorus' with them in their home away from home, The Court Tavern in New Brunswick, NJ. (Details: Saturday, October 1st, 2005 7pm "DIAMONDPALOOZA" at The Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ http://www.courttavern.net)
29 August 2005 | Hey, that's OUR shining one!
On another 'hiatus' since their split CD with Son Of The Mourning was released, My Shining One is in search of a new vocalist to fill the shoes of their last two frontmen.
What happened to their latest guitarist-turned-singer, Chris Byrnes, you ask? He has joined touring duty (possibly more?) as bassist for current Hot ticket band Every Time I Die. (best wishes to Byrnsey, we understand...sob, sob!) My Shining One singer inquiries can listen in, and contact them off their Myspace page.
26 August 2005 | We.re All Broken slays at CBGB's benefit w/Thursda
Yesterday, August 25th, We.re All Broken played an exhaustive set to benefit CBGB's w/friends THURSDAY and THE BLACKOUT PACT.
A truly honorable even to benefit one of the most historic rock/punk venues in the world from closing it's doors...SAVE CBGB'S!! (The club was packed to the gills, in true honor that punk and independent culture is still as vital as it ever was, and the demand to see events like this is a necessity for the people of NYC. We can't afford to lose such an important cornerstone to music culture).
We.re All Broken played a truly executive set, encouraging crowd involvement from merely the volume and dynamic intensity of their music encompassing the crowd from the truly historic CBGB soundboard.
In other We.re All Broken news, the boys will then be heading up to CANADA for their first jaunt across the great norther border. Unfortunately, THE MOIRAI has dropped off this tour (view http://www.themoirai.com for details). In replacement, our NJ via Triple Crown friends in OUTSMARTING SIMON have joined the trip.
We wish them a great trip. Thanks to Paul at Coastline Recs for making this happen.
6 August 2005 | The Fire Still Burns to play HELLFEST 2005!
Hot off the heels of their new limited 7-inch on Koi/Engineer, The Fire Still Burns have been added to this years amazing HELLFEST in Trenton, NJ. One of the biggest hardcore, punk and metal festivals in the world, this three day event boasts many of the biggest bands around the scene, as well as prominent up-and-coming artists. (not to mention the plethora of 'reunions' at this one).
Already scheduled for a Saturday showcase, The Fire Still Burns is sure to draw heads to their performance, and unleash their homage to the punk rock alter amongst both die hard listeners and newcomers alike...and you'd better believe thier merch booth with be stocked with vinyl! We can't insist you get this first pressing NOW, but we just did. This band is destined for greatness amongst it's peers.
Go to http://www.hellfest.com for more information on their performance as it unfolds.
6 August 2005 | Grrrr! Woooarggghhh! Oooogh!
Craig (Engineer USA) and Steve (Nine Days To No One) scaring passers-by in New York!
17 July 2005 | The No One and Fast Reaction tour
| Date | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 8th August | Edwards no8 | Birmingham |
| Wednesday 10th August | The Jailhouse | Coventry |
| Saturday 13th August | Golden Cross | Redditch |
| Wednesday 17th August | Reflections | Lowstoft |
| Friday 19th August | The VC | Kent |
| Saturday 20th August | The Stripes | Kent |
| Sunday 21st August | Youth Centre | Frome |
17 July 2005 | The Moirai and We.re All Broken tour
Between August 27th - September 4th, both The Moirai and We.re All Broken will be heading up the east coast of Canada for a maritime tour thanks to Coastline Record's Paul LeBlanc! Yes Canucks...here we come. More details to follow, but forthcoming established gigs include:* 27th- Sydney, Nova Scotia
* 28th- Prince Edward Island
* 29th- Saint John all ages
* 30th- Fredericton
* 31st- Saint John 19+
* Sept 1st-Woodstock New Brunswick
The Moirai will be toting along their new "Bury Yourself" CD and if there's no trouble in the wind, We.re All Broken should have their "Ambrosia" + 2 acoustic b-sides, limited vinyl Koi/Engineer record in tow!
17 July 2005 | Catalyst news
New York's Catalyst appeared on the premier broadcast of the worldwide internet and TV show at XForm studios on Sunday, July 10th. (http://www.xformstudios.com) The band played a brutal live set of their hardcore infused metal, playing songs from their Engineer split CD, as well as new material. Also broadcasted were two Catalyst music videos and a Q&A session with the band. Watch this news section for info on when it will be broadcast for all to see!17 July 2005 | Distro Update
Head on over to the distro sites and you'll be pleasantly suprised with new releases NOW AVAILABLE by Merciana, The Moirai (USA only, UK to come shortly), Fugo, Madeleine, Red Car Burns, The Fire Still Burns, Squarewell, Cohesion, Cornflames, Vanilla Sky and an essential gem to your indie rock collection Six Second Hero! Our USA and UK distros have all of this as well as re-stock on some older Engineer (and Ignition) titles as well as much more from other great indie labels abroad! ...and SHIRTS too, have we mentioned we have started stocking a few shirt designs from our bands? Go check it out, more to come. All orders come with free stickers, pins, etc..!* NOW AVAILABLE: The Fire Still Burns - Limited Colored Vinyl split with Koi Records, Texas. Amazing energetic melodic hardcore feat members of Lifetime, Ex Number Five, Ensign...!
* NOW AVAILABLE: The Moirai - "Bury Yourself" EP, and T-Shirts! Need we say more? This CD is intensly beautiful, it'll give you goosebumps. Remember how much you loved Penfold and December Aeternalis? Well prepare yourself for further enamoration, you'll be cheating on your own feelings.
* NOW AVAILABLE: Merciana - "Let It Begin" EP + FREE T-SHIRT! yeah, well you're not getting the kitchen sink (yet) but the band decided to hand out some shirts for it's premiere fans. There's still a good number left, so order now while sizes last! Tight melodic hardcore to tell all your friends about...for the rockstar in all of us. This CD was meant to be played in stadiums.
* NOW AVAILABLE: Elemae - Popular Misconceptions of Happiness. Almost out of it's first pressing, all we can say is get it now, or fear waiting for the 2nd round...expansive rock hinged on textural beauty over radio hooks. These 5 guys wrote a novel with their 2nd full CD. Elemae continues it's vision of NOT settling on a sound, and they come out on top. Fans of Chamberlain, Codeseven and Sense Field take note.
* ALSO AVAILABLE NOW/SOON: Squarewell, Madeleine, Red Car Burns, Fugo, Cohesion, Six Second Hero!
22 June 2005 | The Fire Still Burns Vinyl
Finally, the The Fire Still Burns 7"s arrive and Mark is clearly mad about them...
12 June 2005 | Moirai E-Card, Presale + Purevolume
Engineer Records is proud to announce The Moirai -- the entrancing group of ex-Penfold members creating lush, irresistablly solid, yet etheral music -- is now featured on the homepage of Purevolume. Go here to check it out: http://www.purevolume.comNavigate to their page and hear a few samples of the upcoming "long-player" EP by The Moirai entitled "Bury Yourself." View the E-Card here: http://www.themoirai.com/ecard/
This beautiful new EP is now up for PRE-ORDER on our USA webstore. Just up a few days and already a hot item....reserve your copy now and be as cool as your friend that already did. Official street date for stores is set for September, but Pre-order now and get your copy end of July.
Thanks for checking out our bands. Hopefully you'll love them like we do.
12 June 2005 | The Awaken Rock Parade 2005
* Date: Saturday 23rd July 2005* Location: National pool complex / Signals (Open Air) "Tal-Qroqq" Malta
* Time: Noon till Midnight
Performing Artists:
* Cohesion (Italy) - Hard Core
* Nine Days to no One (UK) - Screamo
* Worlds Between Us (Austria) - Emo
* Neverthemore (UK) - Emo
* Fugo (Switzerland) - Alternative
* Brainless Wankers (Germany) - Ska/Punk
* Bitterside (Malta) - Alt. Pop/Rock
* Frenzy Mono (Malta) Alt. Retro/Rock
* Loathe (Malta) - H8 Core
...more bands to come
25 May 2005 | New Releases in the online stores
We'd like to announce that a few new releases are out and into our online distros well before you'll see them in stores! Click on both the USA and the UK distro links...and you'll find in the UK store: Cashless, Six Second Hero, Fugo, Cohesion, Madeleine, My Shining One/Son Of The Mourning, Red Car Burns, Cornflames, Elemae, Catalyst/Calm Murder, Landmine Spring...and in the USA store: Merciana, Madeleine, My Shining One/Son Of The Mourning, Cashless, Elemae, Catalyst/Calm Murder, Landmine Spring, and we still have about 15 Hot Water Music/Rydell vinyls left of the 6th pressing in total(!!).
The HIGHLY ANTICIPATED presale is running strong for The Fire Still Burns and Squarewell vinyls. (European fans take note--the UK store is running The Fire Still Burns pre-sale as well.) Order now or don't complain as the limited colors become your friends records to brag about!
The Moirai (ex-Penfold) disc is back from the mastering fingers of West West Side and it sounds killer! Off to the plant it goes. The Moirai EP entitled "Bury Yourself" will see a September street date for stores, yet available in our distros this summer!
Finally, we'd like to announce the upcoming: We've recently signed on We.re All Broken, a stunning band in both musicianship and creativity, for a 7inch split label release with Koi Records (Squarewell, The Fire Still Burns, Lets Surf). Both heavy and lighter music fans will appreciate We.re All Broken's dynamic sound. Those who have caught up with our upcoming vinyl scheduled releases, might note that quite a few of them are a split label release between Engineer and Koi Records from Houston, Texas. Our little sister label is growing strong (Mark is an ace fellow, and on top of things!) and soon will be branching out with its own unique custom vinyl offerings. For now we've decided to hold hand's and introduce the little kid into this big world. More here: http://www.koirecords.com
Don't forget to check out the new band pages for all of the above releases, as well as surf on over to our new MYSPACE page and buddy up! http://www.myspace.com/engineerrecords
20 May 2005 | New Releases
We've been sooo busy at Engineer over the last couple of months, the new releases all seem to be coming in together and there are some absolutely great ones you just need to be checking out.From the UK we have the ever hardcore, although 70's drop-out looking lads from SIX SECOND HERO with their new CD 'Recent History'. From Switzerland we have the math-rock of FUGO and their new CD 'Aie' and from the depths of sunny Italy we have the screamo anger of COHESION with their 'Lovely Hate' CD.
We also have the hauntingly beautiful 'Boy=Man' from Germany's MADELEINE and the Jawbreaker / HWM influenced 'When everything seems to be in silence' by RED CAR BURNS.
An embarassment of riches in the musical cool release department we would say!
15 May 2005 | Nine Days To No One Video & New CD
Nine Days To No One have just finished filming the video to 'Gala Contemplating', the bonecrushingly awesome opening track from their 'Disrecordings' debut CD on Engineer.The video was filmed last month and as well as having the handsome Nine Days lads rocking out in it there are loads of metal / goths types hanging from hooks and chains floating around in it too! Should be a great one for the censors.
The video will be a bonus on their brand new CD, 'Ark' which will be recorded with Ben at City of Dis this very month. Look out for it o Engineer soon and prepare to bite heads off doves!
9 April 2005 | Rentokill Tour Diary
Check out the Rentokill Tour Diary9 March 2005 | News just in
Engineer Records would like to welcome a beautiful and ambitious band called The Moirai (ex-Penfold), who will be releasing an EP with us by summertime, as well as The Fire Still Burns (ex-Lifetime/Ensign/ExNumberFive) who will release a limited coloured vinyl 7inch via Engineer/Koi Records.These two will be hot! Whew...are you keeping up with us?
8 March 2005 | New Releases in the USA Store
Both the Catalyst/Calm.Murder - Two Sides of the Suicide King Split CD, and also Elemae - Popular Misconceptions of Happiness 2nd full-length are out now via the Engineer USA webstore. You can get it there FIRST! Both CDs should hit the UK store in a couple weeks, if not sooner. Keep checking the site for availibility. Get these releases now and tell all your friends!The My Shining One/Son Of The Mourning split CD is also available via the USA webstore
6 March 2005 | New Worlds Between Us & Sometimes Why CDs
The debut CD by Austria's awesome Worlds Between Us - Life In Coloured Squares is out now. With energy and power that blows away most of their screamo counterparts, these guys should be huge and are on tour now in Europe.Also, Sometimes Why release their third album: Keepsake on Engineer and just keep getting better, the video for 'Bitter Pills' is being played Much Music and Much Loud on Canadian MTV right now.
You need to check these two great Cds out asap.
26 January 2005 | New Releases
Both the new Elemae and the new Catalyst/Calm.Murder CD's are at the pressing plant as we speak and we should have them in our Engineer UK Distro and USA Distros in a month or so...due out in stores this April!!! My Shining One/Son Of The Mourning split and Merciana are on their way soon to follow!3 January 2005 | Bassist Wanted
Son Of the Mourning have found a new guitarist but still need a new bass player. Please see the Son Of the Mourning profile page for contact info.29 December 2004 | New Year
Greetings and best wishes for a Happy New Year to all friends and fans of Engineer Records!! A Lot has happened this past year. We've either released or licensed lots of indie, punk and hardcore records by great bands that hold their own with the best of 'em! Rentokill, Striving Higher, Son Of The Mourning, Arameus, Cornflames, Never The More, Coffee Shower, Dependent, Evolution so Far, Squarewell, #1 Defender, Nine Days To No One, etc.If you've been counting, you'll see we've had a busy 2004, busting at the seems with getting great indie rock music and getting these bands heard throughout the world. Partnerships in the USA, and promotions in South America have been spreading our roster more thoroughly than ever and we know this will be our most focused year yet at our punk rock headquarters in both the UK and USA.
I'm sure if you are reading this, you are aware of our new look on the web thanks to our buddy Kemo at Naked Intruder. Stellar job, and he's still at it, having just built our new US distro site.
Have you checked out our new USA mailorder site? Its linked right here off our homepage, so if you are in the USA or Canada, you might want to head to it for even cheaper ways to get our stuff. VERY EASY to use, better than ever! www.engineerrecordsusa.com
We'd like to announce some new killer new bands working with Engineer for 2005, and they include Madeleine, My Shining One, Merciana, Catalyst, Calm.Murder, Worlds Between Us, Cohesion and loads more. These, along with strong releases by our current roster, including Elemae, Son Of The Mourning, Sometimes Why, A Rocket Sent To You, etc will keep you listening with pleasure.
If you read the NEWS two entries prior to this one, you'll know how strong the My Shining One/Son Of The Mourning, Elemae and Merciana discs are expected to be. All are off at the mastering plants and getting album art finished. Expect these long-anticipated CDs to come out by March. Merciana will give you some catchy rocking, heartfelt tunes to sing along with your friends, My Shining One has you in a headlock with their powerful riffs, and if SOTM's tracks don't scare you faceless, nothing will. Elemae's 2nd long-player is a musical escapade ranging from intense, power driven emo rock, to warm acoustical flourishes and experimental accompaniments. Madeleine's "Supermarket in California" might just be our smoothest release yet, a blend of power-pop emo mixed with beautiful brit rock.
Much more news to come, please stay tuned for more. Happy Holidays and a punk rocking New Year, from your friends Craig and David at Engineer Records!
Thanks to all our bands and friends we've worked with and/or met over the years. Really...if we didn't believe in our underground culture and the music moving us there would be no Engineer! xxx
12 December 2004 | Disrecordings Back In Stock
Nine Days To No One's superb Disrecordings CD has been totally sold out now for several weeks but the new and slightly improved represses have just arrived. If you were waiting for a copy get in touch now.11 December 2004 | Band Members Wanted
Two of Engineer's best UK bands are looking for new members.Son Of The Mourning have made a few changes after recording the new record for us and are looking for a guitarist and bassist, ideally from the Manchester area, right now.
Also, #1 Defender's drummer has decided to leave and it looks like the replacement might be Andy from One Time Champion.
More news on these amicable changes soon, but get in touch if you are in their area and can help.
25 November 2004 | 5 New Releases at Engineer
We have some awesome new releases here at Engineer Records that we hope you'll be checking out and ordering asap!Five, yes five!, new releases all coming out now all at once. They are all different, but all rock and will blow you away! We are sending out promos now to chosen magazines, fanzines, radios, distros and promoters.
NeverTheMore - NeverTheMore CD - IGN069
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. If you've ever wondered what great bands like Appleseed Cast and Pop Unknown might sound like with a little more hardcore balls then here's your answer!
Skirmish - The Crooked and the Cavalier CD - IGN068
The guitars start strumming at the beginning of 'Fading Pace' and when the drums and bass come in you immediately know the pit has already started up. This brand new UK band are bringing hardcore home.
Vanilla Sky - Waiting For Something CD - IGN066
'Waiting For Something' is taking the pop-punk world by storm. The catchy and cool as hell guitar pop-punk is proving very popular with everyone who hears it and Vanilla Sky could well be Europe's answer to the likes of Blink 182, New Found Glory, Saves The Day and Get Up Kids.
Striving Higher - Striving Higher CD - IGN057
The 'Old School / NYHC' style seems to be very popular again in the hardcore scene right now. Some bands do it better than others, and some add some new ingredients, breathing life into the formula and making it really special. Striving Higher do just that.
Rentokill - Back To Convenience CD - IGN055
Blasting intense Punk Rock with a political and powerful message, Nothing but raw emotion and catchy punk-rock, and this fifteen song studio album captures it perfectly. Fans of NoFX will love this.
10 October 2004 | New Additions at Engineer
Engineer Records would like to welcome both My Shining One (ex-ForTheLoveOf, Ensign, Nora) and Merciana (also ex-Nora) to the roster. Both of these incredibly strong bands hail from New Jersey, USA and consequently have been brought to us by our new American branch of the label. (In case any of you clever fans have noticed the additional new contact added to this website, now you know why!) Soon up will be a US webstore full of ALL Engineer releases and more at USA prices! More on that when the time comes....for now here's a little bit about our exciting new releases on the way:Merciana is a 4-piece melodic hardcore band, that is wound tight with catchy choruses, heart-on-sleeve lyrics, and a backbone of chugging rythms, crisp snare attacks and a powerful bottom end. They incorporate ethereal loop-driven intros, and an attention grabbing sense of urgency to their live set. It's no wonder they have shared stages wityh some of the scene's best...Boy Sets Fire, Dillinger Escape Plan, Armor For Sleep, Recover, My Chemical Romance, Underoath, Every Time I Die, Snapcase, Death by Stereo, Jealous Sound, Norma Jean, One Line Drawing, Gameface, Liars Academy, (International)Noise Conspiracy, Ted Leo, Dillinger Four, Against Me, Murder by Death...to name a few!!! Look out for a solid EP worth of songs to hit your ears from Engineer come January, or possibly sooner. Matt Haick is currently finishing vocals, and the rest of the band; bassist Ryan Roberts, drummer Christopher Walsh, and guitarist Shawn Reams, will all be mixing this lot of songs very soon. Go to their awesome website at http://www.merciana.com to hear some of their older (yet solid) demos and send them your love.
Also coming is the already anticipated EP by My Shining One and Son Of The Mourning. We're once again combining countries for this split, so expect nothing less than widespread domination. Those of you who have recently picked up Son Of The Mourning's 'Forest Bank' EP, know what to expect from this Manchester powerhouse, and those of you who don't know My Shining One, you will! (If the recent resurgence of John Stanley's older band ForTheLoveOf is any indication, the boys guitar playing will sure light the scene on fire once again. Expect legions to follow.) With metallic riffs (co-shredded by Chris Byrnes of Ensign/Nora), hardcore beats and a belly full of frustration by vocalist Rob O'Neil, there seems no better time than NOW to get these boys on the map. Their sound is current and solid, yet original enough to cough some fresh air into the scene. Tentative release is set for Jan/Feb. 2005. Hit them up at http://www.MyShiningOne.com for now...
In other news, soon to come is the Rentokill release of their "Back To Convenience" CD in the UK, as well as the long-awaited return of Elemae. Elemae's "Popular Misconceptions of Happiness" CD is on it's way...If you dug their single we put out 2 years ago, just wait until you hear this full-length piece of mood-induced indie rock. These guys write music in a category all their own, our closest band to Chamberlain on the roster. Combining both current and classic structures, with an extreme sense of melody, we at Engineer just call it Elemae.
18 September 2004 | #1 Defender and SOTM going fast!
There are less than fifty copies each remaining of the first presses of the #1 Defender and Son Of The Mourning new CD releases. Each CD had a first press of just 1000 and have proved pretty popular. These remaining few will be sold via the Engineer Records Mailorder And Distro so if you haven't ordered your copy yet, get moving!13 September 2004 | 2 awesome new CD releases
Son Of The Mourning's "Forest Bank" ep, that kicks ass in a very original and very powerful way. Kind of like a clever Converge, Dillinger Escape Plan and Eden Maine at their best and #1 Defender's "Diary Truthful" ep that will rock your world in a more emo grooving way. Think of Far, Sensefield, Braid, Dashboard Confessional and Texas Is The Reason all mixed up and you'll be getting there. Both of these first presses are limited to 1000 copies and they are going very fast!