December 17, 2007

Canadian progressive death metal band Neuraxis have signed with Prosthetic Records. The band, who recently released Live Progression through Galy Records, will work to complete their new album in 2008.

Ian MacKaye might have a reputation for being kind of crusty, but it looks like the D.C. punker is allowing a Brooklyn-based saucier Wheelhouse Pickles to produce something called "Minor Threat Sauce." Advertisements describe the sauce as such: "Like the Loch Ness Monster or gravity, the existence of a gentle-finishing habanero pepper sauce has...

Indie rock face-melters the Hold Steady have announced that they will be heading back into the studio in January to record the follow-up to 2006’s Boys And Girls In America. According to the band’s website they are currently finishing preproduction with producer John Agnello and are looking forward to spending January and February laying tracks...

Three weeks after his passing overnight on his band’s tour bus, the office of the chief medical examiner in Washington, D.C., has released the cause of death for Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert. According to the autopsy, Calvert died due to the "acute combined effects of opiate, citalopram and clonazepam intoxication." According to MTV.com, the...

Kansas City rapper of Rhymesayers fame, Mac Lethal, has posted new 2008 tour dates. Dubbed the Always Talk To Strangers Tour, the dates will include DJ Sku as well as Seattle rapper/producer Grieves. Dates thus far below: Jan 15 Fort Collins, CO – The Aggie Jan 16 Denver, CO – Cervantes Jan 20 Albuquerque,...

If you saw I Am Legend over the weekend you were treated to the new Batman trailer for The Dark Knight. This movie looks better and better with every viral campaign and teaser that gets released. The trailer can be seen at one of the several viral sites for the movie. Heath Ledger as the...

Phoenix-based screamo group Blessthefall have announced that their vocalist, Craig Mabbitt, has left the band, according to their MySpace blog. Read the band’s statement below: As some of you may know, and might find this to be a shock, we have parted ways with our vocalist Craig. He left us mid...

The notorious British hardcore kids in Gallows have added more stops to their previously announced U.S. tour, which starts Jan. 9 in Atlanta, Georgia. Check out all the dates below: Jan 9 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade Jan 10 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits Jan 11 – Orlando, FL @ The...