The Fest announces bands: Less Than Jake, Dillinger Four, Strike Anywhere, Atom And His Package
The Fest has announced the first wave of bands for its highly anticipated seventh installment. Besides featuring big names like Less Than Jake, Bouncing Souls, Dillinger Four, Strike Anywhere, Municipal Waste and Leatherface, it will also feature reunions and rare appearances from the likes of Atom And His Package, Able Baker Fox, Ann Beretta, Coalesce,...
Doghouse signs the Bigger Lights
Ho hum, Doghouse Records has signed another band. Virginia pop-rock quintet the Bigger Lights is the latest addition to the ‘house, and will release their label debut in the form of a digital EP, Fiction Fever, on October 7.
The band last released the Third Act Stories EP in 2007. They’re currently on tour...
The Streets announce U.S. release date
U.K. hip-hop innovators the Streets, aka Mike Skinner & Co., have announced the U.S. release of their highly anticipated fourth album Everything Is Borrowed. The record will see an October 7 release Stateside via Vice Records. According to the label, "Skinner is contemplating the impermanent nature of life this time around. [He] has made a...
Steel Train heading out with Forgive Durden, Dear And The Headlights
Steel Train will embark on a headlining tour in October along with Forgive Durden and Dear And The Headlights.
The band is supporting 2007’s Trampoline on Drive-Thru. Forgive Durden released Wonderland on Fueled By Ramen in 2006 and Dear And The Headlights will be supporting the September 30 Equal Vision release of Drunk Like...
Suburban Home signs Austin Lucas
Suburban Home has inked countrified singer/songwriter Austin Lucas.
Lucas’ label debut will be recorded soon in his home state of Ohio, slated for a tentative March 2009 release.
Lucas released a split with Chuck Ragan titled Bristle Ridge this past Tuesday on Ten Four, while his Putting The Hammer Down full-length was releaed...
Dragonforce announce North American fall tour routing
Epic power metal masters and Guitar Hero stars Dragonforce are gearing up for their fall tour across North America, starting Nov. 1 in Honolulu, HI. They’ll be joined by Finnish metal act Turisas for the entire outing.
Dragonforce is out in support of their recently released album, Ultra Beatdown. Turisas last put out...
The Number Twelve Looks Like You set to enter studio
The Number Twelve Looks Like You will be entering the studio later this week to record the followup to 2007’s proper Eyeball debut, Mongrel. The band will be self-producing this time around, with Steve Evetts handling the mix.
The album is set for a tentative release in early 2009.
It will be the...
Torche to tour with Pelican, Coliseum, Clouds / Black Cobra on separate legs
Torche has lined up their touring plans for the next few months.
First the band will head over to Europe for a month-long stay supporting Pelican.
Upon returning home, they’ll have a week and a half long headlining stint with Coliseum and Clouds supporting.
Then they’ll head to Japan for a few...