Jeff from The Early November started a band called Grace Period and they will be recording an album in May.
The Early Summer Melee Show
Dates for The Early November, The Rocket Summer, Melee, The Verdict, and Nothing Ever Stays (on select dates) can be found below.
Mar 1 2007 The Silo Reading, Pennsylvania
Mar 2 2007 The Recher Theatre Towson, Maryland
Mar 3 2007 Irving Plaza New York, New York
Mar 4 2007 The Norva Norfolk, Virginia
Mar 6 2007 Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar 7 2007 The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 8 2007 State Theatre St. Petersburg, Florida
Mar 9 2007 Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Mar 10 2007 Fuel Jacksonville, Florida
Mar 11 2007 House Of Blues – Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Mar 13 2007 Meridian Houston, Texas
Mar 14 2007 The Door Dallas, Texas
Mar 16 2007 White Rabbit San Antonio, Texas
Mar 17 2007 The Clubhouse Tempe, Arizona
Mar 19 2007 House of Blues Las Vegas, Nevada
Mar 20 2007 House of Blues San Diego, California
Mar 21 2007 House of Blues Anahiem, California
Mar 22 2007 House of Blues West Hollywood, California
Mar 23 2007 Slims San Francisco, California
Mar 24 2007 Boardwalk Orangevale, California
Mar 26 2007 Crystal Ballroom Portland, Oregon
Mar 27 2007 El Corazon Seattle, Washington
Mar 28 2007 The Venue Boise, Idaho
Mar 30 2007 In The Venue Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 31 2007 Cervantes Denver, Colorado
Apr 1 2007 Granada Theatre Lawrence, Kansas
Apr 2 2007 Pops Sauget, Illinois
Apr 3 2007 House of Blues Chicago, Illinois
Apr 4 2007 Station 4 St. Paul, Minnesota
Apr 6 2007 St. Andrews Hall Detroit, Michigan
Apr 7 2007 House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 9 2007 Opera House Toronto, Ontario
Apr 10 2007 Club Infinity Buffalo, New York
Apr 11 2007 Avalon Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 12 2007 Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut
Apr 14 2007 The Trocadero Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Early November Presale Tickets
Presale tickets for The Early November‘s headlining tour with The Rock Summer and Melee are on sale now here.
Best of 2006: Bands
Below you can find some best of 2006 lists from some of your favorite bands.
Jeff Kummer (The Early November)
1. John Mayer – Continuum
2. Justin Timberlake – FutureSex / LoveSounds
3. Goo Goo Dolls – Let Love In
4. +44 – When Your Heart Stops Beating
5. AFI – Decemberunderground
6. Saves The Day – Sound The Alarm
7. New Found Glory – Coming Home
8. Taking Back Sunday – Louder Now
9. Spitalfield – Better Than Knowing Where You Are
10. The Format – Dog Problems
Tim Spier (Say No More)
1. Copeland “Eat Sleep Repeat”
2. John Mayer “Continuum”
3. Underoath “Define The Great Line”
4. Taking Back Sunday “Louder Now”
5. The Format “Dog Problems”
6. This Providence “This Providence”
7. The Early November “The Mother, The Mechanic and the Path”
8. Gym Class Hereos “Cruel as School Children”
9. Say Anything “…Is A Real Boy”
10. Hellogoodbye “Zombies!, Aliens!, Vampires!, Dinosaurs!”
Most Anticipated of 2007
The Starting Line
The Almost
Anberlin
Mae
Sherwood
Relient K
Jimmy Eat World
Self Against City
Say No More (ha ha weeee)
Probably a bunch more that i can’t think of…
New Years Resolution
To tour for as much as the years as possible
Fondenst Memory of 2006
Signing with Drive Thru Records
(Being summereric was a close 2nd)
Tommy Guindon (Halifax)
ludacris- release therapy
plus 44
the strokes
jet-shine on
halifax.haha
john mayer- continuum
justin timberlake- future,sex, love sounds
he is legend- suck ou the poison
clipse
pharell
top 10 movies of 2006
borat
the departed
saw3
the devil wears prada
loose change (google it and watch it)
thank you for smoking
babel
v for vendetta
little miss sunshine
american dreamz
top 5 shows of 2006
LOST
entourage
LOST
entourage
LOST&entourage
top 5 memories of 2006
warped tour 06
my brothers wife and sister having babies
visting hawaii more often then last year
meeting an amazing girl from new york
playing live on carson daly
Jack Matranga (Self Against City)
Killers-Sam’s Town
The Fray-How to Save a Life
Quietdrive-When All Thats Left is You
Gym Class Heroes – As Cruel As School Children
Taking Back Sunday – Louder Now
Justin Timberlake – Future Sex/Love Sounds
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium
The Transit War – Miss Your Face
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
Rookie Of The Year – The Goodnight Moon
Top Ten Movies Released In 2006:
V for Vendetta
Lucky Number Slevin
The Da Vinci Code
Clerks II
Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Jackass: Number Two
Borat
The Last Kiss
MI:3
A Scanner Darkly
Top Five TV Shows Of 2006:
Weeds
Entourage
24
OC
The Office
Brandon Swanson (I am the Avalanche)
the sleeping- questions and answers
The forcast- in the shadow of two gunmen
Gym class heroes- …schoolchildren
The killers- sams town
Sigur ros- takk
Hull- viking funeral
Punchline- 37 everywhere
Head automatica- popaganda
Rx Bandits- and the battle begun…
The starting line- based on a true story
Top Ten Movies Released In 2006:
I didn’t get to see any, I was stuck in our van!!!
Top Five TV Shows Of 2006:
Lost, WEEDS, Entourage
Top Five Memories Of 2006:
The Ratt getting wheeled up in a wheel chair to our hotel room in japan. He was wasted, and had pissed himself while he was passed out in the lobby between the elevators. Haha.
Getting tattood by Matt from no use for a name with Tokyo Hiros gun in japan.
Doing the last two weeks of warped tour in a van. (Smelly ass van.) And having a spraypainted cardboard sign on our merch tent. The tent was a hand-me-down from boy sets fire.
Driving from LA to NY or visa-versa numerous times to meet up with tours. (It takes 53 hours if anyone was curious.)
And last but def not least, being on a european tour and being in Amsterdam for about 4 or 5 days total. Our bus driver would drive us there after shows. Haha. Heineken on tap, “coffee shops” aka the weed store. What a glorious year it has been.
Jack Antonoff (Steel Train)
the mountain goats – get lonely
dr. dog – we all belong
rose hill drive – s/t
regina spektor – begin to hope
mike birbiglia – two drink mike
el oso negro – you dance the truth
joanna newsome – ys
the format – dog problems
m. ward – post war
sound team – movie monster
Top Ten Movies Released In 2006:
Marie Antoinette
the science of sleep
mission impossible 3
shortbus
the devil wears prada
little miss sunshine
wish i could say strangers with candy
deck the halls
brick
running with scissors…just kidding
Top Five TV Shows Of 2006:
the show about midgets on A&E
everyday italian
weeds
studio 60
law and order SVU
Top Five Memories Of 2006:
– the time my friend daniel silbert caught fire at a frat party
– when my sister took a shit on the street in new york
– MOOKA KINNEY!!!
– LUECKY KINNEY!!
– eating soup out of a pumpkin in montreal
Mike SaffertԚÂ (Hidden in Plain View)
1. The Decemberists- “The Crane Wife”
2. Bob Dylan- “Modern Times”
3. Sufjan Stevens- “The Avalanche”
4. Camera Obscura- “Lets Get Out Of This Country”
5. Bruce Springsteen- “We Shall Overcome”
6. Billie The Vision & The Dancers- “I Am Pablo”
7. Cat Power- “The Greatest”
8. Belle & Sebastian- “The Life Persuit”
9. Ben Kweller- “Ben Kweller”
10. Saves The Day- “Sound The Alarm”
movies
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Nightmare Before Christmas 3D
3. CSA: The Confederate States Of America
4. Thank You For Smoking
5. The Science Of Sleep
6. Clerks 2
7. Hollywood Land
pretty much everything else sucked and I haven’t seen Borat yet, but
I’m sure that will be on there
tv shows
1. LOST
2. The Venture Brothers
3. Wondershowzen
4. The Sopranos
5. Flaver Of Love
memories
1. playing mainstage at Bamboozle in the Giants Stadium parking lot
2. recording an album with Brian McTernan
3. moving to Brooklyn with two of my best friends
4. doing our biggest UK tour to date
5. getting hit on the head with an acorn on E 14th St… that just
happened as I was typing this, it friggen hurts.
Chris Bazan of The A.K.A.s
Cursive – Happy Hallow
The Coup – Pick A Bigger Weapon
Tapes N’ Tapes – The Loon
Scissor Sisters – Tah-Dah
The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
The Rapture – Pieces Of The People We Love
David Bazan – Fewer Moving Parts
Mates Of State – Bring It Back
The Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What I’m Not
Talib Kweli – Ear Drum
Mike Ski of The A.K.A.s
Riverboat Gamblers “To the Confusion of our Enemies”
Butch Walker and The Let’s Go Out Tonites
Dresden Dolls “Yes, Virginia”
Anti-Flag “For Blood and Empire”
Rise Against “The Sufferer and the Witness”
Gil Bearline “The WizArd HAtz EP”
My Chemical Romance “The Black Parade”
Gym Class Heroes “As Cruel as School Children”
Thunderbirds are Now! “Make History”
Steve Soboslai of Punchline
Cursive – Happy Hollow
Saves The Day – Sound The Alarm
Procession Came Opposite – Are We Getting Through?
The Streets – The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living
Over It – Step Outside Yourself
New Amsterdams – Story Like A Scar
The Format – Dog Problems
Ben Folds – SuperSunnySpeedGraphic
Spitalfield – Better Than Knowing Where You Are
Black Pool Lights – This Towns Disaster
Dan Young of This Providence
The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth
Forgive Durden – Wonderland
mewithoutYou – Brother, Sister
Gatsbys American Dream – Selft Titled
Saves the Day – Sound The Alarm
Joe Purdy – Only Four Seasons
Sherwood – The Summer EP
Pete Yorn – Nightcrawler
Under The Influence of Giants – Self Titled
Rocky Votolato – Makers
Tony Hajjar’s/ Sparta Drummer Top 5 Albums of 2006
1. Deftones “Saturday night Wrist”
2. Neko Case “Fox Confessor”
3. Thom Yorke “the eraser”
4. Gran Bel Fisher “Full Moon Cigarette”
5. Brazil “The Philosophy of Velocity”
Austin (singer)HINDER Top 5
Jet – Shine On
Buckcherry – 15
The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang
30 Seconds To Mars – A Beautiful Lie
Ben Harper – Both Sides of the Gun
Blower (guitar) from Hinder’s Top 5
Papa Roach – Paramour Sessions
Buckcherry – 15
Jet – Shine On
Three Days Grace – One-X
My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
Villebillies
Chamillionaire “sound of revenge”
RHCP “stadium arcadium”
Hank 3 “straight to hell”
Gnarles Barkley “st elsewhere”
Unknown Henson “sales from the coffin”
The Early November to tour with Rocket Summer/Melee
The Early November has announced dates for the first leg of their 2007 headlining tour. Kicking off March 1st, the tour line-up includes The Rocket Summer, Melee, and The Verdict (dates below).
A limited number of tickets have been held and will be available through a special presale that begins this Wednesday, December 20th at 1 PM Local Time available at theearlynovember.ducatking.com.
They will also be playing some dates of the “Friends or Enemies Tour” with Fall Out Boy and New Found Glory.
w/ Fall Out Boy, New Found Glory, Permanent Me
1/4/07 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
1/5/07 Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
1/6/07 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre
1/7/07 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
1/8/07 Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
1/10/07 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
1/11/07 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
1/12/07 Toronto, ONT @ Kool Haus
1/13/07 Boston, MA @ Avalon
1/17/07 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
1/18/07 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz Theatre @ Disco Rodeo
1/19/07 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
1/20/07 Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
w/ The Rocket Summer, Melee, The Verdict
3/1/07 Reading, PA @ The Silo
3/2/07 Towson, MD @ The Recher Theatre
3/3/07 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
3/4/07 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
3/6/07 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
3/8/07 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
3/9/07 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
3/10/07 Jacksonville, FL @ Fuel
3/13/07 Houston, TX @ Meridian
3/14/07 Dallas, TX @ The Door
3/16/07 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
Friends or Enemies Presale
Tickets for the Friends Or Enemies Tour featuring Fall Out Boy with special guests New Found Glory, The Early November, Permanent ME and Lifetime (on select dates) go on sale this Saturday (some shows on sale Friday and Sunday). Visit FriendsorEnemies.com for all the dates and ticket information.
Acoustic Songs From Alternative Press Sessions
Alternative Press has posted new acoustic songs from Cartel and The Early November on their MySpace page. The songs come from their recent acoustic sessions that aired on their weekly XM Radio show. You can also stream stream acoustic songs from Gym Class Heroes, Relient K and soon Sparta, Set Your Goals, and Hellogoodbye.
The Early November Post New Video
The Early November have posted their new video for “Decoration,” and just in time for Halloween! Check out the video below.
Free Pete Nischt EP
Pete Nischt‘s new EP is available for free download over at the Regular Music website. Regular Music is a new label run by Ace Enders, his wife, and Jeff Kummer of The Early November.
The Early November – The Mother, The Mechanic, The Path
Artist: The Early November
Album: The Mother, The Mechanic, The Path
Label: Drive-Thru
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: July 11, 2006
Overall: 7.2
Music: 7.0
Lyrics: 8.0
Production: 7.5
This is my concise review of the multi-disc release by The Early November.
Over three years have passed since The Early November released their only full-length album, The Room’s Too Cold. Since then, song-writer and front man Ace Enders has embarked on multiple ventures including a solo full-length under pseudonym ‘I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business.’ However, even for such an aim-high thinker, nothing he has ever tried comes close to the magnitude of the release of triple-disc “The Mother, The Mechanic, The Path.” While the potential is there, rarely does this 30+ song adventure achieve what I expected out of one of my all-time favorite bands.
The Mechanic
Disc one starts off quickly with the pop rock tune ‘Money in His Hand.’ While solid musically, despite the opportunity of auto-tuner it just never feels like Ace’s voice is completely on. After a mostly boring introduction also containing ‘The Rest Of My Life’ we finally arrive at the first breath of fresh air, ‘Decoration.’ Live, it is one of the most energetic and passionate in their discography. I felt it would be quite difficult to capture in a recording but as it stands it is just as aesthetically pleasing. Skipping past the next filler tracks, ‘The One You Hated’ is vocally the most outstanding song on all three of the discs. ‘Long Talks’ is catchy and belongs on Top 40 radio. Other than those few songs, the rest of the album belongs at the bottom of the pile.
The Mother
Personally, I find this disc to be the best of the three. Starting off a bit slowly, it contains definite standout tracks. ‘Hair’ is one of the more upbeat of this disc and will be stuck in your head for days following a single listen. ‘Driving South’ & ‘From Here To LA’ are both simple and probably took as long to write as to listen to, but lyrically match the depth and confusion I’ve grown to love in Ace’s song-writing. ‘The Truth Is’ a perfect ending to the softer side of The Early November we are exposed to on this disc. Again, some great tracks, and some that shouldn’t have ever gone past the demo stage.
The Path
All I can say about this disc is that it’s a mess. With 24 tracks, this disc has a 49:28 total running time. With tracks as short as twenty seconds and the final going past six minutes, I feel like I’m listening to a whole bunch of random out-takes. Besides the orchestrated acoustic version of Decoration, there’s not much worth listening to on the entire disc.
Like I stated earlier, my expectations for this record(s) were high, maybe a bit too high, but regardless I don’t think the band came close to their reputation. Reminding myself that it sells for $10 completely redeems the record, because you can find an album worth of tracks worthy enough of your money. I believe this record would’ve scored above a 9 for me overall if they had done just that and stuck to 12-13 tracks. Triple disc, bad idea, sorry guys.
Track Listing:
Disc 1
1. Money In His Hand
2. The Rest Of My Life
3. Decoration
4. No Good At Saying Sorry (One More Chance)
5. This Wasn’t In Our Plan
6. The One That You Hated
7. Long Talks
8. Outside
9. Make A Decision
10. The Car In 20
11. Figure It Out
Disc 2
1. My Lack Of Skill
2. A Little More Time
3. Little Black Heart
4. Hair
5. Driving South
6. Scared To Lose
7. From Here To L.A.
8. Is It My Fault
9. I Don’t Know How To Say This
10. The Truth Is
11. 1000 Times A Day
Disc 3
1. Intro
2. We Grew Up The Same
3. Runaway (Part 1)
4. Session 1
5. This Is Love
6. Session 2
7. We’re Finding Something Out
8. Session 3
9. Decoration
10. Session 4
11. Uncle
12. Session 5
13. Never Coming Back
14. Guess What
15. Session 6
16. You Don’t Know What It’s Like
17. Session 7
18. Look At Me
19. Session 8 (Part 1)
20. Session 8 (Part 2)
21. Runaway (Part 2)
22. Session 9
23. I Think This Is Love
24. A Bigger Meaning