December 4, 2008

Taking Back Sunday‘s annual holiday card packs have been released. Each purchase comes with a pack of five cards and the proceeds go to various cancer charities. Each card comes with a code that, when entered on the official site, accesses a download of "Carpathia" from their upcoming Warner Bros. release, New Again. Cards will...

Weezer have decided to show their holiday spirit by recording eight songs for an iPhone game called Christmas With Weezer. The game is an extension of Tap Tap Revenge for iPhone and iPod Touch. Songs include: "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" "Silent Night" "O Holy Night" "First Noel" "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" "O...

Riley Breckenridge, the drummer of Thrice, will be chatting with ESPN next Tuesday, December 9 at 3 PM ET. Fans can send their questions here Breckenridge, a former collegiate baseball player at Pepperdine, is a huge sports fan and manages to follow all his favorite teams while touring the world with Thrice. Also, next Tuesday...

Fearless Records will release another addition to the Punk Goes… series titled Punk Goes Pop 2. It’s scheduled to be released on February 17th, 2009. Participating bands have not been released yet, but previous Punk Goes… compilations have featured covers by artists such as The All American Rejects, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T’s, Jack’s...

Pop-rockers The Maine will release a holiday themed EP, …And A Happy New Year, on December 9th. You can get the album free if you order the deluxe version of their debut full-length Can't Stop, Won't Stop, otherwise preorders are available on iTunes, Merchnow, Smartpunk, and Interpunk. The acoustic track "Santa Stole My Girlfriend" is...

Treadmill dancers OK Go will embark on a brief East Coast tour in March. The tour is in support of their new album, due out early next year on Capitol Records. Tour Dates: March 6: Theatre of Living Arts -Philadelphia, PA March 7: Recher Theatre -Towson, MD March 8: Music Hall of Williamsburg...

Bedlight For Blue Eyes posted a heartfelt Myspace blog on October 31st saying that they are taking "an indefinite hiatus". In response to that, they have announced that their final show will be in Hackensack, New Jersey at the School of Rock on January 23. Supporting bands are in the works. "Be there for...

Nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards have finally been announced, and there are definitely some surprises in the bunch. The ceremony will take place at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2009, and will air on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m. EST. Some highlights among the nominees, in alphabetical order: AC/DC:...

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