July 25, 2008

Street Dogs announce fall tour

Street Dogs have announced a headlining tour for the coming fall in lieu of their recently released Hellcat debut, State Of Grace. The band will be joined by Flatfoot 56 and labelmates Time Again. More dates are promised, but you can catch the band on Warped Tour for the time being. 9/11...

Kylesa announce dates with Pinback

Savannah, GA’s Kylesa, who recently announced intentions to enter the recording studio (which they’ve since done), have announced some dates with San Diego indie rockers Pinback. Makes sense to me. The band last released Time Will Fuse Its Worth in 2006 on Prosthetic. 9/16 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn (with Earthride, Hope and...

Danger Radio post video for "Slow Dance With A Stranger"

Danger Radio have posted their video for "Slow Dance With A Stranger," a title seemingly appropriate for 2:30 a.m. on a Saturday. The song is from their recent effort for Photo Finish, Used & Abused.

Jagjaguwar signs Women

Indie rock label Jagjaguwar have signed Women — as in the Calgary "freak-rock" act, not the entire gender. The band’s label debut will come via a self-titled full-length, set for release on October 7, recorded by Chad VanGaalen "over four months on ghettoblasters and old tape machines in his basement, an outdoor culvert and...

Web Exclusive: Behind the scenes of We The Kings’ AP photo shoot

Behind the scenes of We The Kings’ AP photo shoot (AltPress.com exclusive) from Alternative Press on Vimeo.

Never Shout Never to release Yippee EP

Missouri’s powerpop solo act, Never Shout Never is gearing up for the release of its self-produced Yippee EP, out on July 29th. With over 3.5 million plays on Myspace, the EP will be eagerly received. Tracklisting is listed below. The Yippee EP 1. heregoesnothin 2. bigcitydreams 3. smelyalata 4. dar4distance

Flobots on national tour, dedicated democrats

In addition to their acclaimed hit, “Handlebars,” from their Universal Republic debut, Fight With Tools, hip-hop collaborative Flobots are dedicated democrats. Making appearances throughout this year’s Democratic National Convention, the group is vocal about being committed to social justice. The Flobots are currently on their first national tour, dates listed below. 7/24/08 Houston TX...

E For Explosion post full stream plus B-side

E For Explosion, the newest vehicle for former JamisonParker vocalist/guitarist Jamison Covington, has posted a full stream of their recently released debut full-length for Eyeball, Reinventing The Heartbeat. You can check that out, as well as "Whatever," a previously unreleased B-side, at their imeem page.

David Moore (ex-Chamberlain / Split Lip) completes solo debut

David Moore, former vocalist for both late `90s emo / indie rockers Chamberlain (who are featured in the newest AP for their influential 1998 full-length, The Moon My Saddle) and Split Lip, has completed work on his debut solo record. Several songs are currently streaming at his MySpace page. The album is titled My...