ROCK NEWS

Lolita: Thank you Lolita. Let’s see if any of these are silly enough… THE DOWNBEAT 5’s new CD Smoke & Mirrors (Steel Cage Records) was recorded completely live at Q Division Studios during a party this past fall. *** MOUTH SEWN SHUT is touring Europe in April. *** THE VITAL MIGHT is on the back end of a six-week tour of the east coast in support of their debut album, Obsidian. *** After a long break ZIAF toured Europe and Asia during March. *** CASPIAN, the first band to record in the newly revamped New Alliance Studio with ETHAN DUSAULT, will release The Four Trees (Dopamine) on Friday, 4/13 at the Paradise. Then the band heads out on their third U.S. tour. *** THE REAL KIDS’ European tour was cancelled when JOHN FELICE’s non-communication forced the organizers to pull the plug. *** HOORAY FOR EARTH planned their U.S. tour to take them to SXSW and then back. Lolita: Why just drive straight there when you can get paid to stop along the way? *** A TASTE OF SILVER has an extensive tour that circles the US planned for June and July to support their release of Narcimalion (Hold True Recordings). *** THREE DAY THRESHOLD signed a deal with Hi-N-Dry. They’ll be releasing Against the Grain in May. *** Rock City Guitars in Somerville closed its doors when its lease ran out. There are no plans of it reopening anywhere else, but a similar store may be opening in Central Square. *** The Mikey Dee Musician’s Benefit Trust helps musicians in need. If tragedy hits you or a musician you know, contact ADAM LEWIS ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for help. The trust recently made a large donation to JON ERIK JOHNSON’s family. *** The Verge College Music Conference kicks runs from Thursday, 4/19 to Saturday, 4/21 in Boston. Go to vergeconference.com/verge for the schedule of events and sign up information. *** ETERNAL EMBRACE is having a cover art contest for their new gothic/doom metal album, Snowfall. Write to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you’re interested. *** LIVINGSTON TAYLOR plays a special benefit for Animals As Intermediaries at the Emerson Umbrella, 40 Stow St., Concord, MA on Saturday, 4/28. For more information call (978) 369-2585. *** The Boston Rockers hockey team played the Berkley College hockey team on March 13. The Boston Rockers are led by SHRED (WBCN) and MIKE BARRY (Super Genius). Other players include DANA COLLEY (Twinemen), KIER BYRNES (Three Day Threshold), JABE BEYER (Jabe), JERRY LEHANE (The Dogmatics), RICHIE PARSONS (Unnatural Axe), and SCOTTY CUNNINGHAM (Ramblin’ Souls). For results of the game see the live review section in this issue.  Lolita: Well, there’s a nice little story to take the place of the Rumble curse.