November 17, 2008

There's been a lot of talk lately. While, yes, it is true that I got a haircut, rumors have been swirling about the AP blogosphere with unsubstantiated claims that I bite (or have previouslyengaged in biting) the heads off of cats. I didn't want to bring it up, but it all stemmed from a certain AP staffer being upset that...

California electro-pop duo Watchout! Theres Ghosts have joined the Rise Records roster. The band has a handful of songs up on their MySpace page.

  Regardless of what anyone says, Alternative Press Magazine, STILL hasn't sold out.   IF we HAD sold out, we would have turned into one of the above-pictured magazines.   Jonas Brothers, HSM3, Miley and so on.   The above magazines are created by people that have sold out.   Whenever a new movie sensation or teen-bop band...

The Get Up Kids will be releasing a 10th anniversary edition of Something To Write Home About on Vagrant in Spring 2009. The release will contain a bonus DVD, photo book and more. The band played their reunion show last night in Lawrence, KS, as planned, but as an added bonus played Something To...

Band Of Horses have entered the FAME / Muscle Schoals Sound studios in Alabama to record their third full-length. The as-yet-untitled disc will presumably be released on Sub Pop in 2009, following up last year’s Cease To Begin.

Ace Enders And A Million Different People will be doing a brief run in mid-December with Good Old War and the Morning Light. Ace and those million people issued their free digital debut, The Secret Wars, on Regular Music earlier this year, with the followup, When I Hit The Ground, due out on Drive-Thru...

Metalcore five-piece A Plea For Purging have begun pre-production on their next album, Depravity. The band will officially start recording it with Joey Sturgis (The Devil Wears Prada, Gwen Stacy) on the 29th, leading into most of December. The band's sophomore full-length, Depravity will be out March 3rd, 2009 on Facedown, following up last year's...