New Music Friday Vol. 39

New Music Friday is back after a bit of a break. Although there's not a lot happening in music at this time of year, there was a big announcment made public today:

- FURTHER SEEMS FOREVER announce break up. The last album wasn't so great, but its still too bad this had to happen. Here is the letter they've released:

After seven years as a band with various lineups, 3 records and over a thousand shows, FSF agree it is time to move on to other things in our lives. We have enjoyed touring the world over these years, and meeting all of our incredible fans. All of the members of FSF remain the best of friends and look forward to the future, whatever it may bring.

Further Seems Forever will be playing our final shows in early 2006. They will be with the full electric band. We will be doing spot shows in various cities across the country and Canada. We will do our best to play as many places as possible but several members now have full-time jobs and other full time commitments. We hope to see all our fans out at the shows and look forward to playing for you one more time.

We won’t be recording a new record but there will be some unreleased material coming out as well as a DVD with live footage and videos.

We would like to thank all the people and bands who helped our band over the years and made it possible for us to do what we love. Without them behind the scenes we simply couldn’t have done this. Special thanks goes out to our families whose love, encouragement and understanding made it possible to be in this band.

We will be keeping our MySpace page current and you can check that page as well as this site for new info on shows, the DVD and any other FSF related news.

We wish everyone a great new year and hope to see you soon.

Jon, Derick, Josh, Chad and Steve
Further Seems Forever

- GTA area hardcore outfit and current media darlings PROTEST THE HERO have signed to Vagrant Records.

- New ATREYU track from the Underworld Evolution soundtrack available online here (http://www.myspace.com/underworldevolution)

- From Punknews.org: Axis of Justice, the non-profit social justice organization formed by producer/musician Tom Morello (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, Anti-Flag) and Serj Tankian (System of a Down, Serjical Strike Records) will be starting off the new year with a radio show featuring the famed scholar, political activist and libertarian socialist NOAM CHOMPSKY.

The interview was conducted and taped in December and over the course of the one-hour program, Chomsky discusses subjects such as Iraq, propaganda, American activism, the international labor movement, and hope for the future.

The radio show can be heard on KPFK in Los Angeles, 90.7FM, 98.7 FM in Santa Barbara and on XM Satellite Radio on XM channel 53.

- AAROWS have added a new member. Jer, also of Far From Heroes pedigree has joined up adding another guitar. New tracks have been posted at www.myspace.com/aarows

- Tye and Leland, formerly of ARKATA, have joined up with WHORE FOR A HEART. WFAH will be playing at Sneeky Dee's January 26th with THE CANCER BATS. www.myspace.com/whoreforaheart

- Kenny G. of AAROWS, RAISETHEM AND EAT THEM and about a thousand other bands, is putting together some solo material under the moniker KIDS IN DIVORCE. Sample tracks will be up soon at www.myspace.com/kidsindivorce.

- THE STROKES have posted several new track from the new album First Impressions of Earth up at www.myspace.com/thestrokes.

Sorry for the lack of links in this episode. My PC is out of commission and the posting page for Blogger is not mac-friendly.