2009 Year-In-Review, 2010 Preview

There is a great deal to look forward to in the AFI world in 2010. The Beautiful Thieves video will be released at some point, AFI's US and International tour will continue with Australia and the UK, and we may soon hear "The View From Here."

Here are several significant posts from 2009 that deserve an encore. These 30 posts are only 4% of the 720 news posts we have made this year:

March 1 - New Album Title is Officially "Crash Love"

April 6 - First "Crash Love" Song Title Revealed

May 11 - Possible Crash Love Release Date 9/29

June 21 - AFI @ Edgefest 09: Setlist, Pics, Video

June 30 - Crash Love Release Date Officially Announced 9/29

July 15 - Crash Love Press Release Reveals New Titles

July 25 - First US Tour Date Announced: Cincinnati, OH

July 27 - Gallows is Supporting Band for US Tour

July 30 - Crash Love Cover Artwork Revealed

July 31 - Tweet To Reveal, Part 1 (Part 2 here)

August 12 - 12th Crash Love title announced, first preview

August 20 - It's Official: We Have the Tracklist Confirmed

August 25 - "100 Words," "Fainting Spells" Added to iTunes Edition

August 27 - Deluxe Edition of CL is Double CD (Tracklisting)

September 6 - Bombshell Magazine interview with Davey

September 8 - Medicate 2x7" for pre-order online

September 9 - Crash Love-themed AFireInside.net Launches

September 10 - "Fainting Spells" up for Free Download

September 10 - 10th Circle goes exclusive, new board theme

September 11 - Bonus Tracks announced for Japanese Crash Love

September 13 - Our Preview of Torch Song, Beautiful Thieves

September 14 - Our Preview of End Transmission, Darling...Destroy You

September 15 - Exclusive: Crash Love track lengths

September 18 - Crash Love on MySpace September 22

September 24 - Crash Love B-side Lyrics: We Have Them

September 28 - Crash Love Available on iTunes, Guide to iTunes LP

September 29 - Crash Love is Real

October 3 - "Medicate" Video Released on Yahoo! Music

October 29 - Blaqk Audio's new album to be "Bright Black Heaven"

November 13 - Beautiful Thieves to be next Crash Love single

December 9 - AFI News HQ's Exclusive Interview with AFI

Crash Love on Year-End Lists

Crash Love has been mentioned both in Dogmatic's 10 Albums of the Year and in Metromix's Top 20 Flops of the Year.

Dogmatic said, “…Whilst it doesn’t quite recapture the magic of the band’s 2003 Dogmatic Album of the Year ‘Sing The Sorrow’, AFI returns to their melodic Goth Punk best with ‘Crash Love’."

Metromix said, "...but in this case, 'straightforward' apparently translated as 'dull'—at least to the ears of all those newfound fans, who sent 'Crash Love' crashing down the charts." (Here is Metromix's review of Crash Love.)

"AFI Chronicles" on FUSE

On Tuesday, January 5, 2010 FUSE will air "AFI: The Chronicles" a half hour-long special looking back on the history and videos of AFI. Other bands have been featured in this way, such as Green Day and My Chemical Romance.

The broadcast will air at 6:30 p.m. EST.

December 29, 1995 Gilman St. Anniversary!

On this day 14 years ago, AFI played a show at 924 Gilman St. in Berkeley, CA. To celebrate its anniversary, we're offering seven high quality videos ripped by Pablo from the show for free download. You can contact him if you want to trade the rest of the show/any of his over 40 AFI live shows on DVD.

Don't miss Davey's blonde hair! Right click and Save Media as to download:

Brownie Bottom Sundae

Crop Tub (Includes a tease of Guns 'N Roses "Mr. Brownstone")

File 13 (Played live for the first time!)

Yurf Rendenmein

Key Lime Pie

Rizzo In The Box

Rejected (Rancid cover!)

Note: If these videos do not work, you need to download VLC.

KROQ's Top 10 Albums of 2009

KROQ's Kevin and Bean have chosen the top 10 albums of 2009. Crash Love came in at #10 with the article saying:

I hear their lyrics are deep and meaningful and stuff but I just know their songs sound great. You can hear the passion in Davey’s wail. Best played loud.

To view complete Top 10 go HERE

New Project: We Are One

We are proud to introduce you to the new project titled "We Are One," a collection of AFI fans' videos, artwork, concert footage, and more.

We want you, the fans, to make a video of yourself speaking about your love for AFI. What are your favorite memories? Favorite song? Best concert moment? You can also send videos of concert footage you've shot. Also, send pictures, artwork, poems, and letters, anything you want. Everything can be sent to weareoneafi@gmail.com.

We'll be collecting submissions until February 13, 2010. After everything has been compiled, a Book and DVD will be made and sent to AFI for their viewing pleasure.

Information about Beautiful Thieves video

We have found more information about the Beautiful Thieves video from a source with connections to Interscope Records. We advise you take this with a grain of salt, as no official details about the content of the video have been released.

• Set in Temecula, CA in a large Victorian house with midnight blue lighting, very dim/dark
• It features "fancy clothes" and "funny faces"
• There is a story, as opposed to just a performance video
• The video has already been cut and edited

Once again, the veracity here is questionable, but the setting (Temecula, CA) matches with Nick 13's tweet from the set of the video "On the set of the new AFI video for 'Beautiful Thieves' at a sorta-mansion in the countryside. I pet a horse."

The video for Beautiful Thieves was filmed on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 and is directed by Travis Kopach. There is no release date set.

Weekend Discussion: Darling, I Want To Destroy You

What are your thoughts about Darling, I Want To Destroy You? I've read about an unusually big dislike for this song. Personally, it's my favorite song of the Crash Love sessions. I've seen people saying the distorted vocals ruin the song but for me they just add an amazing mood/atmosphere to the song.

So post in the comments how you feel about the song, which along End Transmission could easily be the third single. As a bonus, here is "Darling, I Want To Destroy You" being soundchecked. (It hasn't been played live yet)

Win!