October 21, 2008

Punk Rock Karaoke set new release with Bad Religion, Descendents, Black Flag covers

Punk Rock Karaoke, the self-explanatory quartet featuring NOFX’s Eric Melvin on guitar, Steve Soto of Adolescents / Agent Orange / 22 Jacks on bass, Derek O’Brien of Social Distortion / D.I. / Agent Orange on drums and Bad Religion / Circle Jerks’ Greg Hetson on guitar, have their new album set for release. The...

Funeral For A Friend tour with the Sleeping announced

Funeral For A Friend will embark on a tour early next year. Support will come from the Sleeping, as well as other acts to be announced. Funeral For A Friend will be supporting Memory And Humanity, due out October 28th in North America on Victory. The band self-released the record in their home UK...

Park reunites for one-off show

Midwest emo act Park have announced a one-off reunion show. It’ll take place January 31st, 2009 at Fubar in St. Louis, MO. Opening will be the Forecast, as well as one more band to be announced. The band originally broke up in February 2007 after releasing Building A Better ______ on Lobster in...

From the Editor's Floor: The All-American Rejects

LIVING ON A PRAYER As you may already know, THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS played a string of shows opening for Bon Jovi this past summer. AP caught up with AAR guitarists NICK WHEELER and MIKE KENNERTY at Madison Square Garden, the day before their second show alongside New Jersey’s finest, to find out more about this...

Bouncing Souls announce holiday shows with Token Entry, the Casualties, the Gaslight Anthem

Bouncing Souls have revealed details on their annual Home For The Holidays shows. Notably, the 12/27 show will feature reunions by 1980s NYHC act Token Entry and late `90s New Jersey melodic hardcore act Vision. Other shows will include support from the likes of the Casualties and the Gaslight Anthem. The band will...

Crime In Stereo to release split with the Backup Plan

Long Island melodic hardcore acts Crime In Stereo and the Backup Plan will be releasing a split 7" next year on State of Mind Recordings. For those unaware, the Backup Plan broke up in 2005 after releasing several EPs and full-lengths over the course of their five-year run or so. Their contribution to the...

Deathwish releases free fall sampler

Deathwish Inc. has posted a free 21-song fall sampler with tracks from acts like Blacklisted, the Hope Conspiracy, 108, United Nations, Rise and Fall, Cold World and Narrows (ex-Botch) among others. You can grab it in a zip file here. If you check track information you can see new details on some upcoming releases,...