Stinkbugs, Protest the Hero and Fridays, oh my!

I hate these things

I am just going to ramble on here for a bit - first off I would like to mention that I hate these stinkbugs. Anyone else have them? (stupid question, I know you do.) They're on campus, around my house and in my car. I am sick of them!

"The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), an insect not previously seen on our continent, was apparently accidentally introduced into eastern Pennsylvania." (source)

So...what they're saying is someone either brought them in when they were traveling...or when an import of whatever came in it happened to have these guys on board....great!

Anyways, if anyone is following Protest the Hero, here is a studio update they recently released. I am a fan of their work, but do they love to procrastinate. Their last album, Fortress (2008) was incredible, the guitar work and composition of it was just great. I understand they do their own thing and I respect that, but it is going to hit three years here pretty soon and still no album? I am just glad to hear they are back in the studio and I am looking forward to it!



Once again, I just want to thank everyone for the continued support and I hope you have a great Friday!

Wednesdays suck!

Well I have a long day ahead of me, class starts at 9 a.m. and the last one ends at 9 p.m. I commute to school, so I am literally stuck there for the day because there just isn't enough time to run home...but it is all worth it in the end right? I hope so!

I didn't have enough time to put together a good post, so here is a band that I like! I hope you enjoy :)

Even if you don't like them, that is some bitchin' album art!

Piglet

Sorry everyone who I wasn't able to get back to today! Wednesdays are always my long days since I have class from 9a.m. - 9p.m. Anyways I am relaxing, doing some homework and thought I would share with you, Piglet. No this isn't an animal, but a rather talented instrumental trio out of Chicago. Unfortunately they are no longer together. Anyways, here is "Anthropology Anthology" - Enjoy.

Dance Gavin Dance - Travis opens up

For all of you that haven't heard Dance Gavin Dance announced the departure of Kurt Travis who (I think) filled Jonny Craig's shoes very well. I thought that DGD had finally found their sound with Happiness, it had a sound so different from their other albums...but oddly enough it sounded like the sound DGD had been searching for. I can say I was a little frustrated when I heard about this. Mainly because Kurt is a talented singer, but also because DGD is infamous for having all of these line-up changes.

Kurt Travis recently opened up to DeadPress in a interview stating

Kurt: I definitely was never going to quit, so yeah, I got kicked out. The band told me that they were going to break up because they weren’t happy with it, but before they did they were going do a tour with Jonny and just do ‘Downtown Battle Mountain’ songs. Things didn’t really happen the way they told me it seems. Oh well.

Although I am looking forward to the Downtown Battle Mountain II album with the original DGD lineup, I feel empathetic for Kurt.  It is said he is starting a new project with other ex-DGD members. Hopefully this project doesn't have yearly line-up changes...