Over the past year, Jake Ewald's tastes have evolved, man. The Slaughter Beach, Dog mastermind has found himself drawn towards music with nuance and a little more space to breathe -- things the 26-year-old can respect "now that my attention span's gotten slightly longer." His newfound appreciation for the slow build shows in the way…

Jake Ewald started Slaughter Beach, Dog as an outlet for characters. Feeling restless in his main band at the time, Modern Baseball -- whose songs required visceral emotional transparency -- he created the fictional town of Slaughter Beach and populated it with people who were down-on-their-luck and complicated, earnest and trying. The character...

Slaughter Beach, Dog started as the solo side project of Modern Baseball's Jake Ewald, an outlet for songs that weren't a fit for his main band. But now, with MoBo on indefinite hiatus, Ewald has expanded the project into a full band, enlisting the talents of All Dogs' Nick Harris, Superheaven's Zack Robbins, and his…

Slaughter Beach, Dog began as Jake Ewald's solo project, a place for songs that didn't make sense in his main gig Modern Baseball. Now that the seminal Philly emo band is up on blocks, Ewald has expanded Slaughter Beach, Dog into a full-fledged band of its own. The group now includes his Modern Baseball bandmate…

The Smiths icon had refused to play in protest over seal clubbingMorrissey Morrissey has announced his first tour of Canada in 15 years, after previously vowing to boycott the country in protest against seal clubbing. The former Smiths frontman yesterday confirmed his return for a tour in April, despite claiming in 2006 that the “horr...