October 20, 2005

It‘s here – the 2005 AP Readers Poll, your annual hit list of the year‘s best and worst in music, movies and life in general. Click the link here to vote — it‘s free and painless, and if we like your comments, you may even end up getting printed in our annual Readers Poll issue,...

Vagrant Records has announced the impending release of a deluxe edition of Crimson, the newest album from goth-punk group Alkaline Trio. The album will come with a second disc consisting of demo and acoustic tracks of Crimson songs, and will be enhanced with both the "Time To Waste" and "Mercy Me" music videos. Look for...

Even though Equal Vision hotshots Armor For Sleep are heading out with Matchbook Romance next week for a month-long tour of the U.S. of A., the band are already looking to the future — December will find the group getting their passports stamped as they head to the United Kingdom for a brief winter vacation....

New Takeover Records band Paperface had their new album, The Legend Of Harley Knowles, hit stores this past Tuesday, Oct. 18. But in case you haven‘t ran out and bought it already, the band have posted the piano-rockin‘ disc up on their PureVolume page in its entirety for you to stream at your leisure. Check...

The motherf‘ing man, Ted Leo, is packing up his travel bag once more this November with his band of merry Pharmacists in tow to bring the rock to the huddled masses. His rock cavalry will be making stops at both Chicago‘s Flower15 fest and Gainesville, Florida‘s The Fest 4; the majority of the rest of...

Last night, Oct. 19, Ryan "Dallas" Cook, 23, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Dallas was best known as the trombonist for California ska band Suburban Legends. Friend and bandmate Brian Robertson posted the following on the band‘s website: "I can not put into words what I‘m feeling now. My band mate, my best...