Skate and hate: American Werewolves are featured on the new
skate comp DC-Jam Skate Rock Vol. 1, alongside big-name
punks like JFA, Swingin’ Utters and the Dwarves.
DC-Jam President Darron Hemann says he’s a “longtime fan of
AW and thought they would be a nice fit with the rest of the lineup.”
The Missouri-based, old-school-skewed label is distributed by Dischord
and Alternative Tentacles.
“1968” kicks off the first disc of the two-CD set, which also
includes the band’s track “Devils Angels.” The band members aren’t
skaters, but their hardcore-meets-’50s-rock sound has become a popular
soundtrack for DIY skate videos.
The Werewolves are currently recording their fourth album. Frontman
Trevor Moment says on their MySpace page that the music is “cool,
melodic hardcore with memorable songs. Some even have a slight Oi!
influence. There are even guitar solos that remind me of the mini solos
in a lot of early SoCal punk bands’ songs.”
The band headlines the Summer of Hate fest Saturday, July 11, at the
Vineyard (154 N. Depeyster St., Kent). Openers include Crowd Deterrent,
Convicted and No End In Sight. Doors at 1:30 p.m., tickets $8 advance,
$10 day of show. It’s all ages.
After a layoff of nearly a year, Lines Across Lines played
its last show Friday, July 3, at the Grog Shop. “I think everyone kinda
lost interest,” explains singer-guitarist Chris Wright. Wright
says the rocking indie crew still plans to record the final songs it
wrote. Bassist Mike Barber now plays in the similar Minute of Arc.
Keelhaul will release its new album, Keelhaul’s
Triumphant Return to Obscurity, on August 18, on Hydra Head
Records. The opening track, “Pass the Lampshade,” is available now as a
free download at BrooklynVegan.com.
Before Paramore played Blossom, it put some last-minute touches on
the new single, “Where the Lines Overlap,” at Cleveland’s Lava Room
Recording. The session was the studio’s last before moving to the
Agora complex. Partner Mike Brown engineered the recording.
“They were very cool,” says Brown. “Probably some of the most polite,
down-to-earth major-label people I’ve worked with.”
This article appears in Jul 8-14, 2009.
