December 1, 2008

Knut "Euroboy" Shreiner, guitarist for long-running Norwegian punks Turbonegro, has overcome his struggle with cancer. The band made this post on their MySpace blog: "Hi Everyone, As the year 2008 is coming to an end, I’m happy to inform you all that I’ve undergone successful treatment for lymphoma cancer....

Thriving Records (former home of Sky Eats Airplane, Emarosa, and Ivoryline) have signed New Jersey pop-rockers Van Atta High. You can hear some music from the band here.

Travis Barker has flatly denied reports of a potential Blink-182 reunion. The news comes upon the recent word that all three had spoken together for the first time in years. The former Blink-182 drummer, Barker was asked by a TMZ reporter if they were planning on getting back together. "No," Barker reportedly responded, though...

Rise Against has been added to next year’s installment of The Bamboozle. Fest organizers confirmed a plethora of other bands this past Friday. The Bamboozle will take place May 2nd and 3rd, 2009, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Bayside will reteam with fellow pop-punks Hit The Lights, this time for a week-long co-headlining tour of the UK. It kicks off tomorrow with support from Oh No Not Stereo. Bayside will be supporting this year’s Shudder on Victory, while Hit The Lights issued Skip School, Start Fights on Triple Crown. Oh No Not...

Long-running punks TSOL have announced that their next album will be released for free through Hurley.com. The band’s last proper studio effort was 2003’s Divided We Stand for Nitro, though in the interim they also released the Who’s Screwin Who? collection on 2005 in Anarchy and last year’s Live From Long Beach on Cider...

Every Time I Die frontman Keith Buckley waxes cinematic on the more important films of our time. Sort of.     SPACED INVADERS (1990)   STARS: Absolutely Nobody.   THE PLOT: Outer space was the Will Smith of the last part of the 20th century: All any uninspired hack writer had to do if he or she...

These Arms Are Snakes‘ video for "Red Line Season" has been smuggled online. The track comes from this year’s Suicide Squeeze debut, Tail Swallower & Dove, which the band will support on a west coast tour later this month with Trap Them and Narrows.

Kevin Devine has added "The Weather’s Wonderful" to his MySpace page. He’s also included a stream of "I Could Be With Anyone," which was recently posted a free MP3 download. Both songs come from Devine’s new tour EP, which is available on the current swing with Manchester Orchestra, Dead Confederate and All Get Out. ...