August 5, 2008

Cobra Starship (headlining) and Forever The Sickest Kids (direct support) are bringing the Sassy Back (Tour) to a town near you this fall. Joined by Hit The Lights and Sing It Loud, the tour kicks off Oct. 7 in Buffalo, New York. Dates & Venues OCTOBER 7 Buffalo, NY Club Infinity 8 Hartford, CT Webster...

No, you're Mary Tyler Moore: Geek-rock champions Weezer are gearing up for their first proper tour in support of 2008's Weezer (aka The Red Album). Joining them on the arena tour will be none other than Angels And Airwaves, as well as opening act Tokyo Police Club "The Weezer tour is an amazing event," said...

Past Lives, the outfit featuring former Blood Brothers members Jordan Blilie, Morgan Henderson and Mark Gajadhar and guitarist Devin Welch (Shoplifting) will have a five-song EP, Strange Symmetry, issued by Suicide Squeeze Nov. 4. In addition to the title track, the EP features "Reverse The Curse," "Chrome Life," "Skull Lender" and "Beyond Gone." This is...

Dark rockers I Am Ghost have announced details on their sophomore album, entitled Those We Leave Behind. The album drops October 7th and was produced in Baltimore, MD by producer Paul Leavitt on Epitath. In a traditional move, I Am Ghost will start touring to support the new album. Confirmed dates are listed below,...

Today marks the highly anticipated release of The Faint’s newest album, Fasciinatiion, put out by their own label, blank.wav. To support the new album (the first since 2004’s Wet From Birth) the band has been on tour and are wrapping up its last few weeks. To promote the album even further, The Faint have...

Minus The Bear will set out on another tour this fall to continue to support their latest Suicide Squeeze effort, Planet Of Ice. Joining them as main support will be North Carolina-based indie outfit Annuals. Presale tickets are available now. The tour kicks off in September. Tour Dates 9/1 — Seattle, WA —...

Punk legend Iggy Pop of Iggy And The Stooges was hit hard yesterday when his band’s rented Penkse truck was broken into outside of the Embassy Suites hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Thousands of dollars worth of items were stolen at sometime between 6:30 and 7:30 AM. A website has been set up with pictures...

Gearing up for the Sept. 16 release of their new album, Prehistoricisms, progressive metal quartet Intronaut have made a new song available over on BrooklynVegan.com. The song is titled "The Literal Black Cloud," and you can grab it off the link here. Here’s what their label, Century Media, has to say: While...

Warp Records’ Born Ruffians are set to tour this fall in support of their latest effort, Red, Yellow and Blue and the upcoming Little Garcon. Select dates will feature Plants and Animals, The Coast and Nurses. The band has also released a remix of the title track off of Red, Yellow and Blue, available...