November 19, 2008

Century Media have added the Virginia Beach-based metalcore outfit We Were Gentleman to their roster. According to the label, the band has toured with Converge, The Red Chord and A Life Once Lost. The quintet recently entered the studio with producer Andreas Magnusson (The Black Dahlia Murder, Haste The Day) to work on...

Brutal Iowa metalcore act Too Pure To Die have two new songs up online. Both tracks are off their upcoming album, Confess, due out Jan. 13. You can listen to the title track here, and "Gotham City" here.

Naked Raygun and Hot Water Music will do a pair of shows together at House of Blues Chicago in early January 2009. The rather influential pair of punks will be joined by the Copyrights and Shot Baker on the first date, and the Methadones and the Arrivals on the second date. Friday, January...

Rivers Cuomo’s video for "My Brain Is Working Overtime" has made its way online. You can scope the clip here. The song comes from Alone II: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo, set for release by Geffen this coming Tuesday, November 25th. Volume 1 was released late last year.

Naples, FL folk-punks Fake Problems have signed with SideOneDummy. The band will issue their label debut and sophomore full-length, It’s Great To Be Alive, on February 17th, 2009. You can stream a new song, "The Dream Team," at their label band page. The song will also appear on a 7" of the same name,...

Nightmare Of You has rolled out yet another new song, this time titled "Eustacia Vye." It’s available for streaming on their MySpace page, with lyrics here. The band will soon release a double LP containing vinyl versions of both 2005’s self-titled debut full-length (EastWest / The Bevonshire Label) and 2007’s Bang! EP (The Bevonshire...

Andrew Bird has announced a month’s worth of tour dates for next year, with Loney Dear accompanying in support. Dosh will take Loney Dear’s spot on the first date, at New York City’s Carnegie Hall. Bird will release his next album, Noble Beast, January 27th, 2009 on Fat Possum. He released the Soldier...

The Dangerous Summer have entered Valencia Studios with producer Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, I Am Ghost, Gwen Stacy) to record their debut full-length. The album is slated for a 2009 release on Hopeless, following up last year’s If You Could Only Keep Me Alive EP. The band has also announced a few...

Metal Blade has inked UK thrash metal act Malefice. The band’s label debut is expected in early 2009, following on 2007’s Entities (Anticulture).