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Listen to a clip of the new FTSK song "Take It Slow"
Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 11/4/09 @ 12:27 PM - altpress.com
A 90-second clip of the new
Forever The Sickest Kids song "Take It Slow" has made it online. The song comes from the band's upcoming EP,
The Weekend: Friday, which drops Nov. 17.
Listen to it
here and you can
pre-order the EP here
.
Good Old War to release split EP with Cast Spells
Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 11/4/09 @ 11:41 AM - altpress.com
Good Old War and
Cast Spells have announced that they'll release a split EP together in December. Good Old War will also serve as the backing band to Cast Spells--the solo project of Maps & Atlases' Dave Davison--on tour dates that month. The arrangement is similar to the one GOW have when they tour with Circa Survive frontman Anthony Green during his solo shows. The upcoming Maps & Atlases album will also feature vocals from the members of GOW.
The four-song split EP will feature two new tracks from both acts, and it's the first new music from GOW since their 2008 debut,
Only Way To Be Alone.
Good Old War/Maps & Atlases tour dates are as follows:
12/03 Brooklyn, NY @ The Knitting Factory
12/04 Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar
12/05 Boston, MA @ The Middle East Upstairs
12/06 Hamden, CT @ The Space
12/07 Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Theater
12/08 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
12/09 Baltimore, MD @ The Quarter
12/11 Columbus, OH @ The Basement
12/12 Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose Upstairs
Hit The Lights shooting footage for DVD
Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 11/4/09 @ 11:32 AM - altpress.com
Hit The Lights have revealed that they'll be shooting footage at an upcoming show for a DVD. The band plan to film during their Nov. 20 show at The School Of Rock in South Hackensack, New Jersey. HTL are currently on tour with There For Tomorrow, Vinnie Caruana, Sparks The Rescue and Oh No Not Stereo. No word on when the DVD will be released.
Motion City Soundtrack reveal details, art for My Dinosaur Life
Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 11/4/09 @ 11:16 AM - altpress.com
Motion City Soundtrack have unveiled the official release date, track listing and album art for their upcoming major label debut,
My Dinosaur Life. The album--produced by Blink-182's Mark Hoppus--will be released Jan. 19 on Columbia. Artwork for the album was created by collectible toy artist
Joe Ledbetter. Check out a thumbnail of the cover and the tracklisting below.
Tracklisting:
1. Worker Bee
2. A Lifeless Ordinary (Need A Little Help)
3. Her Words Destroyed My Planet
4. Disappear
5. Delirium
6. History Lesson
7. Stand Too Close
8. Pulp Fiction
9. @!#?@!
10. Hysteria
11. Skin And Bones
12. The Weakends
Bloc Party frontman working on solo album
Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 11/4/09 @ 11:07 AM - altpress.com
Producer Hudson Mohawke revealed in an
interview with BBC Radio 1xtra that
Bloc Party vocalist Kele Okereke is working on a solo album during the band's hiatus. Mohawke said, "It hasn't been finalized yet, but I'm doing a bit of stuff for Kele from Bloc Party's solo album. He's doing a record with one of the guys from Spank Rock."
Protest The Hero to play Fortress in its entirety at holiday shows
Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 11/4/09 @ 10:02 AM - altpress.com
Protest The Hero announced in a
MySpace blog that they plan to perform their 2008 album,
Fortress, at their holiday shows in Canada. Frontman Rody Walker wrote: "I think it's worthy of noting that we will be playing
Fortress from start to finish... I think... I just saw a poster that said that, and now believe it to be true... I can't even recall the last practice I attended."
Dates are as follows:
Dec 12 - The Studio at Hamilton Place Hamilton, Ontario
Dec 13 - The Mod Club Toronto, Ontario
Dec 15 - London Music Hall London, Ontario
Dec 17 - Level 3 St. Catherines, Ontario
Dec 18 - Time to Laugh Comedy Club Kingston, Ontario
Dec 19 - Le National Montreal, Quebec
Dec 20 - Babylon Ottawa, Ontario
