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The Swellers post new song

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 8/13/09 @ 9:47 AM - altpress.com

Head over to the MySpace page of Fueled By Ramen's The Swellers to hear a new track entitled "Fire Away." If you like what you hear, catch them on tour this fall with Paramore.

Paramore release video for "Ignorance"

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 8/13/09 @ 9:42 AM - altpress.com

Check out the latest video from Paramore below. "Ignorance" is the first single off the band's upcoming album Brand New Eyes, which hits stores September 29. If you like what you see and hear, make sure to catch the band on their fall tour.

Paramore announce fall headlining trek

Alternative Press - Rachel Lux on 8/12/09 @ 5:08 PM - altpress.com

Paramore are set for a fall headlining run in support of their third full-length, brand new eyes, set to drop Sept. 29. Joining them on the road will be Fueled By Ramen labelmates the Swellers and Paper Route. Tickets go on pre-sale Aug. 17, with public sale on Aug. 21 and 22nd (check your local venue for times).

Routing:
SEPTEMBER
29 Pomona, CA The Fox Theater
OCTOBER
1 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
2 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
4 Denver, CO The Fillmore
6 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
7 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
9 Maplewood, MN Myth
10 Chicago, IL House of Blues
11 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
15 Toronto, ONT Kool Haus
16 Montclair, NJ The Wellmont Theatre
17 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
19 Boston, MA House of Blues
21 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
24 Norfolk, VA The Norva
26 Orlando, FL House of Blues
27 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
NOVEMBER
1 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium (no Swellers at this date)

Boys Night out return from hibernation, plan special show

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 8/12/09 @ 1:55 PM - altpress.com

After nearly two years of lying dormant, Ontario prog-screamo act Boys Night Out have announced they will return for what appears to be one show only, tentatively taking place Oct. 24 in a currently undisclosed location in Toronto. What's more, the show will feature the original lineup of BNO (pictured) performing the Broken Bones And Bloody Kisses EP and the band's debut LP Make Yourself Sick in their entirety, and nothing more. The band explain on their blog:

"Now, to avoid any confusion, we're not saying this is our last show ever...buuut, it also doesn't mean that we're going to start touring again. It's just one show...however, it will be a fairly special show. In fact, it will be a once in a lifetime kind of show.

We're going to play one night in Toronto, with our five original members (connor, jeff, dave, rob and ben) and we will be playing broken bones and bloody kisses, and makeyourselfsick from beginning to end. AND NOTHING ELSE...no trainwreck, no self titled. Just want to clarify that, so no one shows up and is bummed when they don't hear any later songs.

We're still working out the details on what venue etc, but we're shooting for Saturday Oct. 24th.

We're going to keep tickets cheap as hell, so you can save your money to buy us drinks at the bar. This is going to be an awesome night, we hope to see lots of old friends from all over the place come out to party.

Once we have the venue locked down, we will let you know where you can get tickets in advance."

BNO's last album was 2007's Boys Night Out.

Placebo frontman collapses during set

Alternative Press - Nattalie Tehrani on 8/12/09 @ 1:29 PM - altpress.com

Placebo lead singer, Brian Molko, passed out during their set at Summer Sonic in Japan this past weekend. Placebo released a statment explaining that grueling touring and a virus were the factors that played in Molko's sudden illness onstage.They did, however,reassure fans that Molko is recovering well under professional care and fan's can expect new tour dates in Japan soon.

The Matches stream new album

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 8/12/09 @ 12:58 PM - altpress.com

The Matches mentioned that they'd be releasing a new album due to the reactions to their hiatus, and the band hasn't fallen short of their promise. The band's new material can be streamed here. Let us know what you think.