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As Cities Burn call it quits
Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 7/20/09 @ 8:39 AM - altpress.com
As Cities Burn have updated their Myspace profile's "About" section to read:
"As Cities Burn has broken up. We are happily moving on after 6 good years. Our lives and our wives have called us in different directions. Thanks to anyone who has come out to a show, had words to say, or bought a cd to help us fill the tank."
Native to release Wrestling Moves in Autumn
Alternative Press - Aaron Fowler on 7/17/09 @ 7:40 PM - altpress.com
Former AP&R pick
Native have announced they will release their debut full-length
Wrestling Moves on
Sargent House this Fall. The record was produced by Chris Common also known as the drummer of
These Arms Are Snakes.
Electric Valentine unleash debut album, tour details
Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 7/17/09 @ 4:31 PM - altpress.com
If you were a fan of our AP&R alums
A Kiss Could Be Deadly, turn up your speakers for the side project from 2/5ths of that band. The stripped-down electro-pop duo are releasing their debut album,
Automatic on August 18. It is entirely self-produced and self-released, and the band will be following up its drop with a brief tour, dates of which you can see on their
MySpace. The band has collaborated with
Breathe Carolina,
Watchout There's Ghosts and more on songs in the past.
The Word Alive stream new album
Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 7/17/09 @ 4:28 PM - altpress.com
If you want to get your metal fix in today, head over to
The Word Alive's MySpace to hear their fully streaming album
Empire, which hits stores on Tuesday.
Monsters Of Folk supergroup post first song
Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 7/17/09 @ 2:55 PM - altpress.com
What do Conor Oberst (
Bright Eyes), Jim James (
My Morning Jacket) and M. Ward (
She & Him) have in common? They're all big fans of indie and folk, and want you to know it. That's why the trio have formed a supergroup called
Monsters Of Folk. Their first song "Say Please" is already available for streaming on their
website if you solve a puzzle first. If you like what you hear, make sure to pick up their debut album on September 22, when it comes out via
Shangri La.
AltPress Exclusive: fun. announce first headlining tour
Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 7/17/09 @ 12:34 PM - altpress.com
After they complete their West Coast tour with Hellogoodbye this August (
dates), carnival-pop outfit
fun.--featuring Nate Ruess, formerly of the Format--will embark on their first-ever headlining tour. Alternative Press has exclusively obtained the routing for the tour, which will run from Sept. 8-25 and feature
Miniature Tigers opening. Dates below:
09.08.09 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
09.09.09 Club 156 Boulder, CO
09.11.09 Shelter Detroit, MI
09.12.09 intersection Grand Rapids, MI
09.13.09 Water St. Rochester, NY
09.15.09 Northstar Philadelphia, PA
09.16.09 Great Scott Boston, MA
09.17.09 Mercury NYC, NY
09.18.09 Jammin Java Vienna, VA
09.20.09 Drunken Uni Atlanta, GA
09.22.09 Rocketown Nashville, TN
09.23.09 Firebird St, Louis, MO
09.24.09 Schuba's Chicago, IL
09.25.09 Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
fun.'s debut album,
Aim & Ignite, comes out Aug. 25 on Nettwerk.
