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CHUMP
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noun
informal
noun: chump; plural noun: chumps
a foolish or easily deceived person.
"how can this chump be a detective?"
WELL THE TAKING DREAMS DUDES ARE AT IT AGAIN! THE LONG AWAITED ALBUM "CHUMP" DROPPED AND IT RULES! ALL ATTITUDE-NO REGRETS. THE TITLE TRACK CHUMP HAS REMNANTS OF LATE 90'S NEW METAL WITH TURNTABLE SCRATCHES ALONG WITH DRIVING HOOKS THAT BRING IN YOUR INNNER RAGE!
CHECK OUT THE TITLE TRACK OF "CHUMP" HERE:
So, obviously you're gonna see me Tophin' around at Cthulhu's Pizza Party this friday with Aren and the crew. However, if you're in the service industry or you've got tickets to the wings game or something- your weekend in the way of live music is not yet lost! If you have the wrong circle of friends or live under a rock(or outside of SE MI)you've probably heard of BERSERKER FEST II. It's a series a of 3 multi-venue shows that apparently will occur annually(at least I hope so, amirite?) in the woodward/9 mile vincinity. So you see- you have 3 nights to choose from, and every night is gonna rule SO HARD. Apparatus booking does a killer job.
The event is this Thursday, Friday and Saturday(March 13th-15th), and is taking place at both The Loving Touch and The Woodward Avenue Brewery(or WAB, for shorties!). You can pick up tickets at Found Sound, UHF, Stormy Records OR on the interwebz. 20 bux gets you in one day, 40 covers the whole 3 day she-bang. You get to see local heavy hitters like Child Bite and Tharsis They alongside incredible national acts like Poison Idea and FUCKING COLISEUM!!! Holy fucking shit, right!?! Everyone cool will be there(I can't be for sad reasons, but go and pour one out for your friendly neighborhood Toph!).
Also, tonight(wed, March 12th)there is a FREE kick-off party at the Loving Touch! Friggin Bars of Gold and Hollow Earth?!? For Free?!?! What the ever-loving fuck?!?! Don't forget your I.D., it's a grown-up's party!
Everything you need to know is at www.berserkerdetroit.com, Including a full lineup.
You're welcome.
Look for me if you make it to the Pizza Party! I love you all!
XOXO TOPH
Toph is here with another friggin homegrown BANGERRRRRR <3
This past weekend, Under the Gun Review debuted the new single "Fireproof" for our good homies in Wolfshark. I was really excited to hear this jam, and it didn't disappoint. I'm very proud to have known Colin Guffey as a musician for pretty much forever now, and he's come a long way. He's developed a really cool sound as a vocalist, and works really well with the dynamics the band creates. You end up with this really dope fuck-you-you-don't-even-know-me party jammer. The main riff is a really cool norma-jean esque bit they pull through most of the song without losing the energy of it. The chorus hits you with hint of the Used and maybe a little bit of ETID with the way Colin croons over it. I really love the guitar tone in this band. For being what I and a lot of folks are calling a "Party Metal Band"- I feel the tone is pretty sophisticated. You get this really cool high-end English tube sound with a more natural break up. It's GAWJUSS. :) The bridge starts with the whole band stepping aside and letting our bassist shine. He comes in with this really cool slap-happy riff, where you finally realize how good his tone is as well. Gritty, a bit of a fuzz on it, and only slappy enough to be interesting. Reminds me of He Is Legend's bass sound. And then the whole group gets back into it with this escalating set of bars- starting with some delay on the fiddle and Colin cooing like sexy dove over the top. And then we explode. But Colin doesn't, because he is "FIREPROOF, YOU FUCK!"
I fucking love this jam. Check out the vid below, by our good dude Brandan Lee Keller. <3
See?!? I told you!!!!
Aren is shooting an interview with the dudes soon, he'll be talking to them about how sexy they are AND about their forthcoming Spring 2015 EP titled "Finding Yourself". Look for all of that and more right here at vilecompany.com. ALSO- be sure to follow Wolfshark on Facebook, and come check them at Cthulhu's 2 Year Anniversary Pizza Slam coming up at the stick March 14th!!!!
XOXO- Toph <3
So I'm looking into my calendar for the upcoming months. I'm doing a lot of shit, trying to catch my life up after a very tumultuous 2014, and I remember I need to mark down March 14th, as that is the date of Cthulhu Entertainment's 2nd year anniversary party! I love John after meeting him last year. He's one of the kindest bearded fuckers you'll ever meet, and he truly loves what he does. Check the link and go if you can. Buy tickets from him or from one of the bazillion sick bands playing, including my homie Collin's sick ass band Wolfshark (they just released a single and it's dooooooope!). Anyhow- My point: I'm checking out all of the bands on the event page, as you might choose to do after reading this bullshit, and I run into a fucking gem.
Photo Cred: Brandan Lee Keller
These guys are called Adventurer, and so is this 7 track banger. And they are everything I love about post 2000 post-hardcore. Heavy and bright. Dynamics off the chart. Killer dual vocals. You would not believe this is just a fucking 3 piece out of Chesterfield, MI. the cleans are beautiful. Great range and they come out with some really exciting harmonies as well. The screaming is super tasteful, fitting well with the dynamics. The drummer kills it, man. I wanna shake this guy's hand on March 14th, because this shit goes everywhere, and he does some sick stuff while not only keeping the time, but he completely moves the dynamics himself. I love this friggin EP, and it'll be on a consistent rotation till I can catch a set :) Listen to my favorite jam, "pursuit of happiness" be;
I fucking know, right?!?! I also really dig "Mariana's Trenchcoat". But the whole thing is pretty incredible. They definitely give me Fall of Troy vibes, mixed with that of some early Coheed and even a bit of Hopefall's Sattelite Years. All favorites. So I absolutely love and approve. Go snag it from their bandcamp, or look them up on itunes or spotify. And don't forget to catch them at one of the last Magic Stick shows with guitars in it on March 14th!!!! Seriously! Go!
-xoxo Toph
This Saturday at the loving touch. "Malo Konjche" the long awaited solo project of Ex Dillinger/Old Gods Front man Jeff Tuttle will finally be released! "Eudaimonia" (from what we hear) will be heavily inspired in 70's arena rock. In our previous interview with Jeff, he informed us that this has been a project years in the making. So we are excited to finally hear it! Plus you can pick up the 150 gram 12" Vinyl at the show and rock out with our Dudes in REVEREND!
So do what you have to, change plans or even make new plans and come out this saturday night. Or Else! -Aren
We are taking a step away from the Detroit Rock City to draw your attention over seas to Melbourn Australia. Totally a random find but we want to introduce you guys to this rad band " Brittle Bones." The band is extremely knew but they are making some music worth paying attention to.
Check out this teaser for Buffalo Girls
and this brand new track (just released) called White Elephant!
Heres a recent interview with Brandon Howcroft of the band The Lake Effect. Brandon talks to us about their upcoming ep "HISTORY" and about recording at Silver Bullet Studios with Greg Thomas (Misery Signals) and mastering with Bill Henderson (Thursday) The dudes are having a ep release show on July 26th! Thats this SATURDAY! Check out the music and come support some dudes doing some awesome shit!
Heres an interview with Ethan Paschall of A Righteous Downfall. Ethan and the rest of the band just won our third round of this years Vans Warped Tour BOTB. So we get to hear a little about their win, their new record Desolation/Isolation. and talks about their new music video..which was released like ten secs ago on their facebook and on here!
Check it out!
MAKE SURE YOU GUYS COME OUT TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE FINAL INSTALLMENT OF THIS YEARS VANS WARPED TOUR BOTB!
Check out this Music Mondays interview with Eric Cudnik of local Detroit metal kids: At the Hands of Victims ! Eric tells us about the release of their new album "Wasteland" and about their recent show at our Warped Tour Battle of the Bands!
ITs a busy week for the Wilson dudes. First they release their Music Video for their song "If You Ever Leave Me, I Will Find You!" Featuring Old Gods front man Jeff Tuttle. Now they are getting us all ready for the Vinyl release show for their full length "Full Blast Fuckery" at the Magic stick this weekend! So make sure you guys head out and partake in all the fuckery this saturday with Against the Grain, Red Stone Souls and Ana! -Quayyy!
Here's our buddy Noel. He is the frontman of local Detroit head bangers The Worst Of. He was cool enough to stop by HQ for a quick interview and teach us how to rock a perfect headbang!
and check out the newest music video for The Worst Of "Reign On"
Its here! Our brothers in Assassins have now officially released their debut album "War Of Aggression!" If you are into sludgy riffs and solid anthemic choruses with super positive message, then you better snag up this album. War of Aggression has seriously been playing on repeat here at Vile HQ. So go support Michigan Metal and some good dudes on their way up!
And while you are at it, check out this video the dudes made on the Die Without Hope Tour!
For those of you who don't know. This is our boy Dave. Dave is the front man for the band We Came As Romans. We had Dave over to the studio recently and rocked out a quick interview on things going down. so here goes!
Vile: Alright dude So whats this tour you guys are heading out on?
Dave: Oh man, Its called "The BreakDown the Walls Tour" Asking Alexandria , August Burns Red, Us Born of Osiris and Crown the Empire. A quick month long tour just in north america.Its going to be awesome to since we've toured with all of these bands before so its going to be one big party.
Vile: You've toured with those bands before right?
Dave: Yeah every band except for Born of Osiris. Which we are excited for because those dudes are so, so metal. Which is probably why we have never toured with them before.
Vile: Oh for real? Well how do you see your guys music?
Dave: I dont know we are kind of like melodic, pop, hardcore kind of thing. Maybe a little bit of metal.
Vile: Yeah you guys still have the heavy edge but I can remember the first time we kicked it you were talking about how even though you were in a heavy band that you mostly liked pop punk.
Dave: Oh yeah thats funny.
Vile: I can tell that the "Melodic" part is just you guys maturing as a band and reaching out to a bigger audience. You cant play the same music forever, and eventually you've got to switch it up. But you still have enough heavy in there to make the die hard WCAR finds still excited.
Dave: Yeah its been awesome. The new Record is Killing it! All we play anymore are new songs. They get the best response! We couldn't be happier with it.
Vile: What Venues are you looking forward to playing?
Dave: This tour actually rolls through the North East, so I'm looking forward to playing out that way. Most tours will spend four or five days out in cali, so spending more time out in Boston and New York should be cool. Oh and we haven't announced it yet but it should be announced by the time this goes out. We are going to be playing The Royal Oak Music Theater on March 29th! Its always awesome to play in front of all of our friends!
Vile: So you are obviously used to playing all over the world but how do you feel about coming home to play in Detroit?
Dave: Well its obviously fun to play around friends and family. but 89x has done a great job at pushing our music on the radio, so we usually come back to even more fans who have never seen us live before. so its a great time.
Vile: Well speaking of friends and family. If there is one thing I'd like our readers to get out of this whole interview its how you guys treat your friends and family. I remember the first time I kicked it with you guys, you impressed the shit out of me. We show up to the party and you guys have your like "in the scene" kind of friends, music party friends etc. Thats whatever, but you still had all of your High School friends partying with you as well. and i was like "Wait!? do these guys still party with their high school friends?
Dave: ha yeah we still do!
Vile: I was mostly impressed because a lot of bands dudes get to cool for the people that they grew up with. But not you guys. All of the dudes especially Lou and Andy have been so welcoming every time I've came over to kick it! Oh and your roommate Justin and Mike. They just want to make sure that everyone is having a good time and feel welcomed. That was a breath of fresh air as far as the music scene is concerned. Fuck i mean your Parents and Uncles are all kicking it at your New Years Party with all of us! Happy New Years Mom and Dad. And the best part was that it wasn't weird. They were super welcoming as well.
Dave: Yeah we try to keep it real. Like my roommates : Justin I've known for six years and Mike I've known for seven years. We want to be surrounded by good people. So why not keep the good ones around! Tour life can be so surreal. So its always good to come back home and kick it with good friends!
Vile: OK Last question. This is a you question not the rest of the band so all judgement aside. If you could pick your own tour. Who would you tour with?
Dave: Oh shit, Id have to say Linkin Park head lining because that tour would be huge and i love those guys. Slip Knot as main support because that would make it the biggest tour ever. If money isnt a problem i'd want Under Oath to do a reunion tour, and Architects because I've really been digging on those dudes lately!
Vile: Alright bud, thanks for answering some of our questions and kicking it.
Dave: No problem dude, ill catch you and everyone else at the Royal Oak Music Theater on the 29th! Itll be a party!
