December 12, 2005

Motion City Soundtrack have released the dates for their first headlining tour of 2006. The trek will be broken up into two legs: The first leg (Feb 16-Mar 12) will have OK Go, Plain White T's and the Spill Canvas opening, and the second leg (Mar 14-Apr 2) will feature the Format, the Matches and...

12/12-12/16 – Melee, Shout Out Louds, the Static Age, Street Drum Corps feat. Bert McCrackin (videos) on Oven Fresh [FUSE] 12/12 – Coldplay on Jay Leno [NBC] 12/12 – The New Pornographers on Conan O'Brien [NBC; R] 12/12 – Keane on Carson Daly [NBC; R] 12/13 – Brian Wilson on the View [SYN] 12/13 –...

Pitchfork is reporting that the Decemberists have signed to Capitol Records. The Portland, Oregon, band, who just completed a European tour in support of their 2005 Kill Rock Stars-released album Picaresque, plan on entering the studio in April 2006 to record their major-label debut with Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla producing. "The plan...

Portland-based indie label Slowdance Records have announced two new additions to their label. First is Intramural, composted of Desaparecidos/Statistics member Denver Dalley and partner Sam Shacklock. The duo "created a foundation of glitch-pop fuzzy indie instrumentals that they sent off to a slew of talented singers. Confirmed vocalists that appear on the album are members...

Hot on the heels of Silverstein confirming their participation, the Take Action! Tour has announced five more participants: The Early November, Paramore, Amber Pacific, I Am Ghost and Hit The Lights. The Early November and Amber Pacific will be participating in the entire tour, while Paramore will be on the tour from March 1...

Negative Progression Records has announced the breakup of Texas pop-punk band Little Compass. The band gave no reason for the breakup, but posted the following note in the most recent NPR newsletter: "We would like to thank everyone who has supported this band and us as people over the last three years. It truely...