Thursday/Dillinger Escape Plan/Fake Problems Announce December Tour

New Jersey’s Thursday and Dillinger Escape Plan will tour with Florida’s Fake Problems and LA's Endless Hallway beginning in December for a 2 week tour. From Dec. 4th starting in Farmingdale, NY to Dec. 19th ending in Cambridge, MA the four bands will serve up an eclectic mix of post-hardcore, math metal, folk punk, and rock for your listening pleasure. Both Thursday and Dillinger Escape grew up playing basement show in New Brunswick. In fact, Dillinger Escape Plan went back to their roots and played a New Brunswick basement show this past February. There’s no word if Thursday will play their traditional New Jersey holiday show.

Thursday is currently on tour with The Fall of Troy. They played shows with Kiss Kiss, Moving Mountains, and Young Widows. Unfortunately Young Widows had to drop off the tour. They have shows left with Touche Amore, La Dispute, The Dear Hunter, and Midnight Masses. They’ll wrap up the tour with a sold out show at Bowery Ballroom on Oct. 25 with recently reunited rockers Far. After they head to Spain and the U.K for some dates, then head on tour with Dillinger Escape Plan. There are plenty of PA and NY dates.

Thursday recently released their latest album Common Existence in a Deluxe Edition, featuring 5 previously unreleased tracks the "Resuscitation of a Dead Man" music video.

Tour dates below.


December 2009 Tour Dates:

12/04 - Farmingdale NY @ The Crazy Donkey
12/05 - Syracuse NY @ Lost Horizon
12/06 - Montreal QC @ Foufounes Electriques
12/07 - Toronto ON @ The Mod Club
12/09 - Poplar Grove IL @ Chubby Rain House of Tunes
12/10 - Grand Rapids MI @ The Intersection
12/11 - Covington KY @ The Mad Hatter
12/12 - Sauget IL @ Pop's
12/14 - Millvale PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre
12/15 - Baltimore MD @ Otto Bar
12/16 - Richmond VA @ Canal Club Downstairs Lounge
12/17 - Allentown PA @ Crocodile Rock
12/18 - Clifton Park NY @ Northern Lights
12/19 - Cambridge MA @ The Middle East Downstairs

2008's Best Live Performances

Here are some videos from shows I've went to in 2008. These are among the best performances I saw. Enjoy!

Isaac Hayes "Shaft" @ Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY 6/12/08
So happy to have seen this legend before he passed away


Matt & Kim with the Rude Mechanical Orchestra- Crazy in Love (Beyonce cover) @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, NY 7/13/08
Crazy, fun cover by Brooklyn dynamic duo and a 20+ orchestra


Screaming Females, “Boyfriend” @ The Tank, NYC 8/19/08
A fucking jaw dropping, ear-gasmic, mesmerizing performance by one of New Brunswick’s best.


Click read more for Kevin Devine, Monotonix and Dillinger Escape Plan Videos


Kevin Devine “Longer That I’m Out Here” @ Music Hall 11/25/08


My Brother’s Blood


Monotonix @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC Pt. 1
Summers and autumns, Body Language

One of the best rock n’ roll acts


Part 2:


The Dillinger Escape Plan @ Irving Plaza, NYC 7/19/08 Montage
Panasonic Youth, 43% Burnt, Lurch


Part 2.
Sunshine the Werewolf, Milk Lizard,

Cavalera Conspiracy/ The Dillinger Escape Plan/ Throwdown @ The Fillmore NY 7/19

My first metal/ hardcore show since April proved to be a great time and reminded me why I dig heavy music. I was at The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza to see Bury your Dead, Throwdown, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and the mighty Cavalera Conspiracy, on Saturday where each band provided a heavy dose of guitar licks and screams, and incited craziness in its fans.

I missed the first band Incite, but came in time to catch Bury Your Dead, who played a short 15-minute set. Nothing too special. Throwdown came on and got me moving a bit. “Forever,” was a great one. They got a 20 minute set.

Then, The Dillinger Escape Plan would play an insane set filled with a mix of songs, antics from the singer, and a good time. Some of the song played were “Lurch,” “Milk Lizard,” “43% Burnt,” “Fix Your Face,” “82558,” and “Sunshine the Werewolf.” About two songs into the set, the singer climbs on top of the amp, up another thing, and walks the side of the balcony, then hangs off it. And towards the end of the set he grabs one of the cymbals and starts smashing it and again climbs on the top of the side of the stage. It was an entertaining set and I enjoyed them. Four years ago I saw the band in Elizabeth, NJ I thought they were horrible and didn’t understand, but they are a great live, just as I remember them, crazy.

Cavalera Conspiracy features founding Sepultura members Max (guitar, vocals) and Igor Cavelera (drums), Joe Duplantier of Gojira (bass), and Marc Rizzo (Soulfly). To kick things off Cavalera Conspiracy started with "Inflicked," and also played "Sanctuary," and "Resist/ Refuse," a Sepultura song. Others included, "The Doom of All Fires," "Bloodbrawl," and "Terrorize." I read somewhere the band played all of “Inflickted” and 8 Sepultura covers at a previous concert. I don’t think they did that at this show. The band closed with “Roots Bloody Roots,” and saw me at my sweatiest and craziest. It was a sweet time. I headbanged, I danced, I moshed. I almost caught a drum stick and when the band finished some guy thanked me for going nuts up front. The metal groove Cavalera Conspiracy brought was wonderful. They perform again tonight at The Fillmore.

Also notable, was seeing Mike and Amy from Roadrunner, Jose from Sirius, Bram from the Syndicate, the brothers in Anaka, WSOU's Greg, Andrew, and That Guy, Zak from Genki Shock, and familiar fans. It was a good time, in a good environment, with cool people.