October 12, 2005

Kid-tested, O.C.-approved Seattle indie-popsters Death Cab For Cutie are tearing up the pavement just as much as they‘re tearing up your last.fm charts. The band started their fall tour last week and have been selling out shows left and right; if you‘ve somehow missed the tour dates circulating the ol‘ internets, we have them below...

Chicago pop-punks Mest have announced that they have to drop off their current tour with Social Distortion and Dead 60s due to drummer Nick coming down with a case of carpal tunnel syndrome. The band‘s statement: "We want to let all of our fans know that we will be leaving the Social Distortion tour...

Abacus Recordings band Embrace The End have completed the video for “Carbombs And Conversations,” off their newest full-length, Counting Hallways To The Left. The video was directed by Andy DeYoung, who has also shot clips for Chiodos and Blessing The Hogs, and it also includes an actress from Big Fish (see if you can figure...

Vendetta Red Sisters Of The Red Death [5] Vendetta Red shouldn’t exist anymore. After signing to Epic for an exorbitant amount of money back in 2002, then finding their major-label debut, Between The Never And The Now, shelved for months, the band seemed doomed to be the next in a long line of chew-’em-up-and-spit-’em-out major-label...

The Aquabats Charge!! [4] Go figure: Just as ska is starting to mount a legitimate comeback nationwide, Southern California’s resident superhero musicians make the full-fledged genre switch from ska to new wave. There’s nothing as instantly memorable as ’Bats classics like “Super Rad” or “Pool Party” on Charge!!, but “Look At Me, I’m A Winner!”...

The Suicide Machines War Profiteering Is Killing Us All [4] If the album title didn’t tip you off, the Suicide Machines are slightly fed up with the current U.S. government. This veteran Detroit combo pull no punches on their sixth proper full-length, with salvo after salvo of politically charged ska-punk that tells it exactly like...

Bear Vs Shark Terrorhawk [5] With so many bands emphasizing style over substance these days, Bear Vs Shark are an enigma in today’s musical landscape. Their sound is not one that is easily definable: Words such as “aggression,” “melody,” “dissonance,” “passion,” “force” and “emotion” could easily be parlayed into a series of buzzword-linked sentences that...

Limbeck Let Me Come Home [4] AP called Limbeck’s 2003 debut album, Hi, Everything’s Great, “the best alt-country album of the year.” Unfortunately, we can’t say the same for that record’s follow-up-but that only works in the band’s favor, because with Let Me Come Home, Limbeck have transcended the alt-country tag and made a timeless...

The Black Dahlia Murder Miasma [5] It’s basically a given that any band touted as being part of the “New Wave Of American Metalcore” will sound like At The Gates circa 1996-proving not only that history moves in cycles, but also that At The Gates recorded some timeless shit. Which isn’t to say the Black...