UPDATED: Jawbreaker updates: Unfun remastering, Blake Schwarzenbach in a new band, documentar
UPDATED at 3:40 P.M. EST:
Jawbreaker have posted a MySpace bulletin with some updates despite, you know, being otherwise inactive since their 1996 breakup.
The band’s debut full-length, 1990’s Shredder Records-released Unfun, is being remastered for a reissue in early 2009 on drummer Adam Pfahler’s Blackball Records label. In fact, it seems like...
We The Kings re-record "Check Yes Juliet" to root on the Tampa Bay Rays
We The Kings have re-recorded their semi-hit single "Check Yes Juliet (Run Baby Run)" with lyrics fitted to root on the Tampa Bay Rays, who are now in the World Series after recently clinching their first American League Championship in franchise history.
You can check out the song here.
The original version of...
AP First Impressions: Chiodos' "Smitten For The Mitten"
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Chiodos
"Smitten For The Mitten"
Album: Bone Palace...
Alkaline Trio to tour UK next year
Alkaline Trio have announced a UK tour for February 2009 in support of their Epic (Records) debut, Agony & Irony.
The band is currently on a run with Rise Against, Thrice and the Gaslight Anthem.
Wednesday 4th February Cambridge Junction
Thursday 5th February Norwich UEA
Friday 6th February Bristol Academy
Saturday 7th February...
Crime In Stereo interview up
We posted up a web-exclusive interview with Crime In Stereo guitarist Alex Dunne earlier today. It’s chock full of some good info if we do say so ourselves.
Be sure to check it out here and read up on the band’s plans for their next record (including the title), various EPs in the works,...
Azure Ray to reunite for one-off
Short-lived Athens, GA indie pop duo Azure Ray will be reuniting for a one-off show. It’ll take place at The Troubadour in L.A. on November 30th.
The pair quickly released three albums (not to mention four EPs and several soundtrack appearances) in three years, the last of which, Hold On Love, came out in...
Wednesday Records signs Sylvie
Wednesday Records has inked Canadian indie rock quintet Sylvie.
The label will release the band’s label debut, Trees And Shade Are Our Only Fences, in February 2009 in the U.S.. The album was produced by J. Robbins (Against Me!, Jets To Brazil, the Promise Ring) and released yesterday in Canada on Smallman.
The...
MxPx post cover of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"
Long-running pop-punk trio MxPx will post their never-before-heard cover of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" on their MySpace page in honor of this season’s Major League Baseball World Series. The song will be available for the duration of the series.
Against Me! in bus accident; all members okay
Socio-political punk act Against Me! were involved in a bus accident early this morning on their way from Denver, Colorado, to Salt Lake City, Utah, on their current headlining tour with Ted Leo/Pharmacists and Future Of The Left. According to the band’s publicist, the accident occurred at approximately 6:30 a.m. Mountain time today while the...