December 21, 2005

Socio-political punk band Against Me! have signed to Sire Records. Sire, a division of the Warner Music Group, was originally an independent label until 1976, when they signed a distribution deal with Warner Bros. The label has been the home to many influential artists over the years such as the Ramones, the Smiths and the...

Ohio-based pop-punk band Relient K have announced the dates for the Matt Hoopes Birthday Tour, running from Feb. 15 in Kansas City to April 1 in Columbus, Ohio. The tour is in support of the band's certified-gold album Mmhmm, as well as their new EP, Apathetic. A MySpace page has been built for the tour;...

After heath problems forced the band to cancel or cut short multiple sets of tourdates in 2005, dance-rock group Head Automatica, fronted by Glassjaw singer Daryl Palumbo, has announced two separate tours taking place early in 2006. The first, a week-long west coast tour at the end of January; second, another week's worth of dates...

After resting for the holidays, Avenged Sevenfold are gearing up once more for the second leg of their Cities Of Evil Tour. Joining them on all dates are CKY; no other support acts have been announced yet, but once anyone else is confirmed, we'll let you know. The band will be hitting the road shortly...

Progressive metalcore band Every Time I Die have just confirmed their participation in the 2006 edition of Warped Tour. The band is the ninth to confirm for next summer's edition; they join Against Me!, Underoath, Anti-Flag, Thursday, Rise Against, NOFX, Motion City Soundtrack and From First To Last, all of whom were announced in previous...

Polyvinyl Records band ZZZZ have announced they are broken up. This follows the 2004 release of their only full-length, Palm Reader, as well as a split 7-inch with Uz Jsme Doma earlier this year. The band posted the following note on their website, explaining their decision: "There's no elaborate explanation to our break-up. It's...