Epitaph signs Settle
One last signing for the day: Epitaph has inked PA indie rock quartet Settle.
The band claim loves "ranging from Liars to Questlove" with influences including news, video games and Facebook. Their debut full-length is being recorded with producer Adam Lasus (Yo La Tengo, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah), and is looking to be...
Dillinger Four cover art, release date posted
Dillinger Four have a release date officially set for their long, long-awaited new album, C I V I L W A R. It’s the band’s first since 2002’s Situationist Comedy. The disc is due out October 14 via Fat Wreck Chords, and you can scope the cover art here. Happy feet? If you’d like to...
We The Kings - Whoa (Live In Cleveland) (AltPress.com Exclusive)
Check out We The Kings performing “Whoa” at the Cleveland, Ohio, stop of this year’s Vans Warped Tour. For more info, go to: myspace.com/wethekings altpress.com
Against Me! - Don't Lose Touch (live in Cleveland) (AltPress.com exclusive)
Against Me! performing “Don’t Lose Touch” at the Cleveland, Ohio, stop of the 2008 Vans Warped Tour. For more info, go to: againstme.net altpress.com
Doghouse signs LIGHTS
In other signing news, Doghouse has added LIGHTS to their roster, the solo project of a young Canadian woman whose actual birthname seems difficult to find.
She will release her label debut in the form of a six-song EP on September 23, with a full-length to follow in 2009. She’ll also soon join Boys...
Equal Vision signs Therefore I Am
Equal Vision has inked Boston, MA quintet Therefore I Am.
The band will hit Strangeways Recording Studio later this year with producer Mike Poorman (Piebald, Tsunami Bomb, Paulson) to record their debut full-length, tentatively set for a spring 2009 release.
Poorman produced the band’s last effort as well: 2007’s self-released EP, Escape. The...
The Human Abstract post full stream
The Human Abstract have posted a full stream of their new record, Midheaven. You can check it out at their MySpace page.
Midheaven hit stores yesterday courtesy of Hopeless.
In Remembrance: Irish folk singer Ronnie Drew (1934-2008)
Legendary Irish folk musician Ronnie Drew has passed at the age of 73 due to declining health in his late years.
Drew was notable for forming the well-known Irish folk group the Dubliners. At the age of 61 and onward, Drew pursued a solo career that saw him record with a number of artists...
Web Exclusive: A conversation with Dance Gavin Dance's Matt Mingus
DANCE GAVIN DANCE have had more lineup changes than Spinal Tap, but it’s hardly slowed their momentum. After issuing the 2006 EP Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean, the band dropped a full-length, Downtown Battle Mountain, the following year and gained a swarm of new listeners (including a cranky zine writer here and there) in...