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Caspian sign with The Mylene Sheath, post new track

Alternative Press - Ben Sailer on 6/12/09 @ 1:48 AM - altpress.com

Massachusetts post-rockers Caspian have signed a deal with The Mylene Sheath. The label will be putting out the band's next album, Tertia, on Aug. 11.

You can check out a brand new track titled "Epochs In DMaj" on their MySpace page. They've also put together a preview video for the upcoming record; the clip is down below:

Hellogoodbye plan West Coast tour

Alternative Press - Julie Nguyen on 6/11/09 @ 11:05 PM - altpress.com

Power-pop gang Hellogoodbye will tour the West Coast with fun., Limbeck and My Favorite Highway this August. A 7" single and full-length record will follow shortly after the tour.

Hellogoodbye released Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! in 2006 and the Ukulele Recordings EP in 2008 on Drive-Thru. fun. (Steel Train, ex-The Format, ex-Anathallo) is set to release debut album Aim and Ignite August 29th.

Dates:
*with Limbeck, This Century and My Favorite Highway
Aug 13th in Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse*
Aug 14th in El Paso, TX @ Chic's
Aug 15th in Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
Aug 16th in Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
Aug 18th in Victorville, CA @ Club Karma
Aug 19th in Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Aug 20th in San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brew
Aug 21st in Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones
Aug 23rd in Stockton, CA @ Stockton Empire Theatre
Aug 25th in Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Aug 26th in Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater

HIM to begin work on new album this summer

Alternative Press - Nattalie Tehrani on 6/11/09 @ 8:25 PM - altpress.com

Finnish vocalist, Ville Valo of HIM, announced in a recent interview that they will commence working on their new album SCREAMWORKS: Love in Theory and Practice, in Los Angeles this upcoming August. They will be heading in the studio with producer Matt Squire. Warner Bros. Records announced that the album's release date will be sometime next Valentines Day.

Introducing the Independent Label Collective

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 6/11/09 @ 5:38 PM - altpress.com

Asian Man Records and Red Scare Industries are just two of a long list of record labels who have signed to new distribution company, the Independent Label Collective. A press release for the distro says that the ILC is "a collaborative effort between a number of independent music's greatest labels and musicians that aims to combine resources and experience to deliver new and DIY-minded solutions to distribution, merchandising, marketing, licensing and PR, with sights set high for greater market expansion in the future."

ILC will be distributing upcoming releases from the likes of Ben Weasel, the Bouncing Souls, Bomb The Music Industry! and more.

ILC's current label roster:
Asian Man Records
Beer City Records
Cavity Records
Chunksaah Records
CI Records
Corrosive Recordings
Crash and Bang
Dr. Strange Records
Frontier Records
Gilead Media
Gravity Records
Hawthorne Street Records
Init Records
Magic Bullet Record Co.
The Mylene Sheath
Red Scare Industries
Second Nature Recordings
Six Weeks Records
Sympathy For The Record Industry
Tribunal Records

Anyone interested in working with the ILC can e-mail info@ilcdistro.com for more information.

Jack's Mannequin release internet version of their upcoming "Swim" video

Alternative Press - Enola Garland on 6/11/09 @ 12:44 PM - altpress.com

Anxious to see Jack's Mannequin's upcoming video for "Swim"? It's not due out for a few more weeks, but to calm your nerves the pop powerhouse has released an internet-exclusive version of the video compiled of clips from their previous tour.

The track is lifted off of their sophomore effort, The Glass Passenger, and an official video containing fan-created artwork is still on the way.

Check out the internet version of "Swim" below!

Originally submitted by Laila Hanson

Nightmare Of You post tour dates

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 6/11/09 @ 11:38 AM - altpress.com

Nightmare Of You have announced a slew of tour dates for this summer in support of their upcoming release, Infomaniac, which hits stores July 21. Check them out below.

June 19 @ Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington, DC
June 21 @ North Star Bar, Philadelphia, PA
June 22 @ CBR's, Columbus, OH
June 23 @ Mac's Bar, Lansing, MI
June 24 @ Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago, IL
June 27 @ Sokol Underground, Omaha, NE
June 28 @ Firebird, St. Louis, MO
June 30 @ The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
July 1 @ Marquis Theatre, Denver, CO
July 2 @ SHO, Salt Lake City, UT
July 3 @ Art, Music, and More, Spokane, WA
July 5 @ Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
July 6 @ Satyricon, Portland, OR
July 8 @ Café du Nord, San Francisco, CA
July 11 @ Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
July 12 @ Epicentre, San Diego, CA
July 13 @ Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ
July 14 @ Telos, Albuquerque, NM
July 15 @ Rock Bottom, San Antonio, TX
July 16 @ Emo's, Austin, TX
July 17 @ Art Ambush, Waco, TX
July 18 @ The Door, Dallas, TX
July 19 @ 516 Soundstage, Shreveport, LA
July 20 @ Vinyl, Atlanta, GA
July 22 @ Backbooth, Orlando, FL
July 23 @ Crowbar, Tampa, FL
July 26 @ The Milestone, Charlotte, NC
July 27 @ The Brewery, Raleigh, NC
July 28 @ The Boot, Norfolk, VA
July 29 @ Hangar 84, Vineland, NJ
July 30 @ Harpers Ferry, Allston, MA
July 31 @ Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
August 1 @ The Crazy Donkey, Farmingdale, NY
August 2 @ Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ