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Hearts on sleeves
REO Sirens, Slapshot, Bane . . . and who’s going to Coachella
BY CHRIS RUCKER

Boston’s the Receiving End of Sirens signed to Triple Crown Records late last year, in a deal that has the major-label backing of Warner Bros., and their Between the Heart and the Synapse, due out April 26, is a record that the kids are gonna be screaming for in 2005. They’re a dark-emo group who can play as heavy as Refused but also ride with the likes of New Found Glory and label mates Brand New: if you’re imagining a fan base of screaming females in Taking Back Sunday T-shirts, well, so are they. A year ago, they were playing parties at Northeastern, but with the WB money backing them, they’re hitting the road — and hard: look for them to hand-deliver this album to every phased-out rock kid in the country — and licensing songs to MTV2 shows. They’re playing three gigs in town this month alone, but to get the real fever for their flavor, check their all-ages deal at the ICC Church in Allston on February 22.

In case you haven’t scoped the official Coachella line-up, note that among the opening acts for the likes of Nine Inch Nails and Coldplay will be a couple of familiar faces: the Dresden Dolls — thanks, DJ Peretz! — and the Perceptionists will be on tap to jolt bright-eyed indie nerds out of their mid-afternoon snooze. Tickets for the fest, which takes place April 30 and May 1 out in Indio, California, are on sale at www.coachella.com: book your flight and your designer drugs now.

Old-time hardcore is just about as hard to come by this winter as old-time hockey, but ’80s Boston legends Slapshot are back with another mini-album, Tear It Down (their first for Thorp, and their 17th release overall), which displays an age-old love for both. The front cover is a photo of the Garden being demolished, the back cover depicts Bobby Orr going airborne against the St. Louis Blues, and frontman Choke’s tongue is still as sharp as his edge: the new songs include "Fuck New York," "Rap Sucks," and "Hardcore Rules." "There are few bands that have helped shape the American hardcore scene [as much as Slapshot]," says Thorp’s Andy King, "and it’s an honor to be part of their legacy."

With the demise of ’90s hardcore faves Reach the Sky, Hope Conspiracy, and American Nightmare, Bane seem like the last band standing from the line of well-respected Equal Vision groups who cut their teeth here and built up the all-ages scene. After their 2001 epic Give Blood, some members of the group moved out of state, and a couple ended up in other successful bands (Silent Drive, Only Crime). But for their recently completed The Note (due May 17 on Equal Vision), they reunited with long-time producer Brian McTernan, who in the interim has helmed discs by Thrice, Thursday, and Hot Water Music. "The record is definitely Bane," McTernan reports, "but it’s heavier and more melodic." It’s also, says frontman and original member Aaron Bedard, bittersweet: "Some of us have gotten married, we’ve suffered the loss of loved ones, and I’d even say the whole hardcore/punk-rock scene itself has changed drastically in that time. And I think that’s the sort of thing that ties the record together lyrically: just having to face life simply not staying the same, seeing friendships fade, bands fall apart, priorities shift, all of that stuff. . . . They say nothing lasts forever, but after being in this band for nearly 10 years and loving it every bit as much now as I always have, that’s a hard phrase to have to swallow." Bane’s next gig is March 5 at the ICC Church; they’ll also play live on WFNX’s New England Product on April 10.

Chris Rucker is the host of New England Product, which airs Sundays from 9 to 10 p.m. on WFNX 101.7 FM.


Issue Date: February 11 - 17, 2005
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