Every time 311 releases an album, a friend named Eli and I end up discussing it online. We’ve been doing this ever since Soundsystem was released in 1999. We bitch about the album constantly for about a month, leading up to a somewhat incoherent rant or two, and eventually decide the album was great about 2 years later. We’ve never met in person and know each other from back in our AOL programming days in the mid-90′s. You know, back when Kill™ and Stealth were runnin’ the game. For those of you who have any idea of what that means (and those who do,) stop laughing at me and read the rest of the post.

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One of the most important bands of my childhood, 311, is releasing a new album soon! There isn’t a solid release date for Uplifter yet, but it has to be coming in the very near future – hopefully before the Spring tour starts. I can’t wait!

It’s good to see that they’re getting some quality rehearsal time in:

I really hope that they take the time to get everything right this time around. Something has been missing from their last few albums. Maybe it’s just that I’ve always compared everything they put out to Transistor, which can never be replicated, so I’ll be sure to keep an open mind and open ears the first time I listen to Uplifter.