Foo Fighters/Against Me! add two CA dates
As previously reported, Foo Fighters will hit the road this January thru March with Against Me!. The routing will now include a March 3 stop at Cox Arena in San Diego followed by a March 5 date at the Forum in Los Angeles. The rest of the dates can be found here.
And...
Bedouin Soundclash to headline in the U.S.
Dub/reggae trio Bedouin Soundclash will hit the road next month in their first headlinging tour in support of their latest disc, Street Gospels, on SideOneDummy. Hit The Road and Westbound Train will support. If you missed the Soundclash on their recent U.S. tour with Hot Hot Heat, now’s your chance.
Dates & Venues
1/25...
Marilyn Manson to tour North America in 2008
Parents nationwide get your picket signs ready cause Marilyn Manson is coming to torture your town and brainwash your children in early 2008. The four-time AP cover star
will be kicking off his two-month
reign of debauchery on Jan. 19, 2008 in Orlando, FL.
Tour dates are as follows:
1/19 Hard...
Henry Rollins "Provoked" again
Henry Rollins is trekking across the States again in early 2008 for the second leg of his tour, "Provoked: An Evening Of Quintessentially American Opinionated Editorializing And Storytelling”. The spoken-word tour kicks off on Feb. 19, 2008 in Birmingham, Alabama.
Tour dates are as follows:
2/19 Birmingham, AL – First Avenue
2/20 Chattanooga, TN...
Departed I Am Ghost couple form new band
Ex-members of I Am Ghost Brian and Kerith Telestai have formed a new project, named appropriately enough, Telestai. The new act has posted a new song, "The Rebirth," on their MySpace page, and is currently working on an EP to be released sometime in 2008. The couple left their previous outfit earlier this year (click...
Too hot for the Foxboro Hot Tubs?
Some are saying that songs from Foxboro Hot Tubs’ 6-song EP are actually tracks Green Day have been testing out for their new album. Others insist that the band is simply frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s latest musical brain fart. Either way, go to the band’s site, download the EP, take a listen and decide for...
Phantom Planet sign to Fueled By Ramen
L.A. alt-rock outfit Phantom Planet have inked a deal with Fueled By Ramen. The band are set to release their follow-up to 2004’s self-titled Epic LP in Spring 2008. Can’t recall where you’ve heard the name Phantom Planet before? Perhaps taking a gander at this video, "California" will refresh your memory:
The Mars Volta announce new video game
Just when we thought The Mars Volta couldn’t get any weirder–they do.
The post-hardcore extremist unit have posted a trailer for their upcoming video game, that’s right a video game, titled Goliath The Soothsayer. The online game, in support of their upcoming full length The Bedlam In Goliath, is set to be released sometime in...
Straylight Run dropped by Universal
Piano-rockers Straylight Run have been dropped by Universal Republic Records–their home since last March–according to a statement by bassist Shaun Cooper. Cooper told Absolute Punk: So I'm not sure how much I'm supposed to say about this… Today I found out we were officially dropped from Universal Republic. I can't say I'm dissappointed though. We...