my favorite album of the year (so far) goes to . . .

SILVERCHAIR 'Young Modern' (US release date is JULY 24th)
CLICK HERE for my last post on Silverchair. (includes video for "Straight Lines")
I remember seeing the band in concert back in '95 or '96 in Pittsburgh, PA. I'm sure I still have the ticket stub & FROGSTOMP T-shirt I bought from the show. (I'm a dork. I'm an avid collector. I keep all my concert ticket stubs, concert posters (especially Bill Graham Presents / Filmore posters), everything Andy Warhol, plus a few other things . . .)

SILVERCHAIR "REFLECTIONS OF THE SOUND"
Here's the 2nd video from the new album 'YOUNG MODERN'. I like how they incorporated the album artwork into this video. (interesting choice of single . . . I'm surprised they didn't go with 'Young Modern Station' or 'Low')

Silverchair North American Tour Dates:

Friday, 13th July - San Diego, CA - House of Blues Tickets on sale June 8th
Saturday 14th July - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern Tickets on sale TODAY!
Sunday, 15th July - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues Tickets on sale
Tuesday, 17th July - San Francisco, CA - The Independent Tickets on sale June 10th
Thursday, 19th July - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre Tickets on sale
Friday, 20th July - Seattle, WA – Showbox Tickets on sale
Saturday, 21st July - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom Tickets on sale June 15th
Monday, 23rd July - Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre Tickets on sale June 16th
Tuesday 24th July - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club Tickets on sale June 14th
Friday, 27th July - New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom Tickets on sale June 15th
Saturday, 28th July - Philadelphia, PA - Fillmore at the TLA Tickets on sale June 15th
Monday, 30th July - Montreal, QC - Le Spectrum Tickets on sale
Wednesday, 1st August - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Tickets on sale June 14th
Saturday, 4th August - Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza Tickets on sale NOW
Sunday, 5th August - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue Tickets on sale June 16th

See you @ The Wiltern on the 14th! Who's with me?

Silverchair - circa 1996
TO NOW:

Silverchair - present '07
What a difference 12 years makes! *note presence of GUYLINER on both past and present Silverchair. YAYYYYYYY! Is Daniel still walking in a straight line and married to Natalie Imbruglia? Damn that's a good looking couple.

SILVERCHAIR MYSPACE
SILVERCHAIR MYSPACE BLOG

(*p.s. if anybody wants to play a game with me called 'is he a MO or no?' head for the comment section. yay!)

lyrics for silverchair 'straight lines'

woah. thanks to blake for making me pay more attention to lyrics. does this mean what i think it means? what do you think? either way - this is my favorite song of the moment. so so so so so so good.

"Straight Lines"

Breathing from a hole in my lung
I had no one
But faces in front of me
Racing through the void in my head
To find traces of a good luck academy

Sparks ignite and trade them for thought
About no one
And nothing in particular
Washed the sickened socket and drove
Resent nothing
There's good will inside of me

Wake me up lower the fever
Walking in a straight line
Set me on fire in the evening
Everything will be fine
Waking up strong in the morning
Walking in a straight line
Lately I'm a desperate believer
But walking in a straight line

Something I will never forget
I felt desperate
And stuck to the marrow
Invisible to everyone else
I'm a sex change
And a damsel with no heroine

Wake me up lower the fever
Walking in a straight line
Set me on fire in the evening
Everything will be fine
Waking up strong in the morning
Walking in a straight line
Lately I'm a desperate believer
But walking in a straight line

I don't need no time to say
There's no changing yesterday
If we keep talking and
I keep walking in straight lines

Wake me up lower the fever
Walking in a straight line
Set me on fire in the evening
Everything will be fine
Waking up strong in the morning
Walking in a straight line
Lately I'm a desperate believer
But walking in a straight line

Wait till you hear the new SILVERCHAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets talk about SILVERCHAIR! They are BACK, with a new album called YOUNG MODERN, which is already breaking records in Australia. (#1 album & #1 single first week!)
This album is by far, the BEST thing I've heard ALL YEAR. Period. From start to finish - this album is mind blowing. I haven't listened to a record this much since MUSE "ABSOLUTION". It's so rare that an album captures my attention to stay in my car to listen to the whole album (since my car stereo sounds better than at home!)

Here's a taste of what I'm talking about . . .


SILVERCHAIR "STRAIGHT LINES" video

Yeah. I can't wait till they start touring the US! I haven't been this excited about a band since Muse & Radiohead (pre-Kid A). THIS is why I got into the music business.

THANK YOU SILVERCHAIR for Raising the bar back where it belongs.