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BY SARAH TOMLINSON

SHADOWS FALL had a hell of a week: they nabbed a Grammy nomination in the Best Metal Performance category (alongside Slipknot, Ministry, and Mudvayne) just days after inking a major-label deal with Atlantic Records. The Easthampton-based thrash heroes were nominated for "What Drives the Weak" from The War Within (Century Media), and that makes two years in a row a Massachusetts indie-metal band have come away with a Grammy nod: last year it was their friends Killswitch Engage. Shadows Fall also just released their first DVD, The Art of Touring. "It’s just such a hectic time, you don’t even have time to compute it all," says guitarist Matt Bachand. "I think after the first of the year, I’ll be like, ‘Whoa!’ " The band play December 30 at Pearl Street in Northampton, their last show before holing up to write material for their next album. Bachand promises they’ll debut at least one track from a B-sides album that’s due next year on Century Media. . . . Home-town guitarist ANTHONY ROSSOMANDO still can’t talk about his involvement with Dirty Pretty Things, the new band helmed by former Libertines frontman Carl Barat, whom he hooked up with while subbing for guitarist Pete Doherty before the Libertines broke up. But the video for DPT’s first single, "Bang Bang You're Dead," is now streaming at www.dirtyprettythingsband.com, and rumor has it the band have been working on a debut album in Los Angeles. You can ask Rossomando about it yourself when he rejoins the DAMN PERSONALS on New Year’s Eve at the Middle East with Clouds and Crash and Burn. . . . The RUDDS got a shout-out from an unexpected source recently: Camille Paglia. The grande dame of sexual theory mentioned their cover of Madonna’s "Burning Up" in her Salon review of Madge’s latest album. Rudds guitarist Tony Goddess says frontman John Powhida is a big Paglia fan who managed to slip her a CD after hearing her mention the Madonna original at a Cambridge reading. In return, he got a vintage Madonna postcard from Paglia’s private collection with the message "This song is the true test of a sophisticated Madonna fan." . . . Suspect Device frontman Jason Bennett and lead guitarist Matt Walsh regrouped as the rootsier Jason Bennett & the Resistance and, at the urging of old friend and former Bosstones guitarist Nate Albert, recorded several songs at Camp Street with Paul Kolderie last spring. Now available at myspace.com/jasonbennetttheresistance, those tracks will form the backbone of an EP they plan to shop to labels. "There’s more space, musically, in the Resistance," says Bennett. "It’s slower and more deliberate with a bit more rhythm to it. Also, it’s certainly more political lyrically." Bennett plays the new material solo December 23 at the Abbey Lounge and with full Resistance at the Beachcomber on January 20. . . . AVERI have replaced singer Chad Perrone, citing his lack of commitment to the band and their music. According to drummer Matt Lydon, the band are rehearsing a new line-up and writing new material with Mike Golarz, the former singer-songwriter for the Southern Massachusetts metal band Elcodrive.

Sarah Tomlinson can be reached at stomlins@mindspring.com


Issue Date: December 16 - 22, 2005
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