November 25, 2008

The Hold Steady‘s new video for "Stay Positive" has made its debut online. You can check it out below. The song is the title track off the Brooklyn-based band’s critically acclaimed new record, which came out earlier this year on Vagrant Records. STAY POSITIVE – The Hold Steady

Geez.   That's what I call a groundswell of support.   If Team Tim T-Shirts aren't an official addition to the AP merch line within the next fiscal quarter, then it's clear I have no idea what a fiscal quarter is. (Which is likely.)   Honestly, though, it's nice to know so many people would sport...

Fueled By Ramen alt-rock outfit Phantom Planet have announced that they will play their last show Dec. 12 at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. In a MySpace blog posted today, the band had this to say: "This could be the most difficult piece of news we have ever had to post. Sadly, Phantom Planet...

Dates have been unveiled for the I Am Music Tour, which will feature support from Gym Class Heroes and is headlined by Lil Wayne. Gym Class Heroes will be supporting The Quilt on Decaydance / Fueled By Ramen. Lil Wayne issued Tha Carter III a few months back. The bill will also feature...

Poison The Well have begun recording their new studio full-length, but not with J. Robbins as previously announced. Robbins reportedly has a "family emergency" to attend to. Being that Robbins’ son, Callum, was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy some time ago, we wish him the best. Steve Evetts (Dillinger Escape Plan, Lifetime, the Cure)...

Annuals have announced a round of headlining dates for early next year. Support will come from Jessica Lea Mayfield and What Laura Says. Annuals recently issued their new album, Such Fun, on Canvasback. Jessica Lea is supporting With Blasphemy So Heartfelt on Polymer, and What Laura Says recently released Thinks And Feels on...

Deep Elm Records has posted a free 16-song sampler that you can acquire here. The comp includes new or new-ish songs from the likes of Moving Mountains, Clair De Lune, Desoto Jones and Dartz! among others.

Prog-rockers Coheed And Cambria will provide main support on this winter’s Slipknot tour. Trivium are also on the bill. Coheed have also announced that they will be releasing Neverender: Children Of The Fence, a CD/DVD box set from their recent Neverender Tour. Dates with Slipknot are as follows: 1/23/09- Xcel Energy Center – St....

Travis Barker recently discussed the news of his recent lawsuit against companies with ties to the September plane crash that put him and friend DJ AM in the hospital and killed four others. The suits are against Bombardier Inc. (a Canadian Aerospace company who made the doomed Learjet); Clay Lacy Aviation (a jet-charter company);...