December 7, 2008

In Remembrance: Last Lights vocalist Dominic Mallory (1984-2008)

Dominic Mallory, 24-year-old vocalist for Worcester, MA hardcore act Last Lights, passed away Friday night from a brain aneurysm. Mallory also played in indie-psychedelic band God & Country. Last Lights had just released their self-titled debut 7" this past August on Mightier Than Sword. Our thoughts and wishes go out to Mallory’s...

The Maine post ...And A Happy New Year EP stream

The Maine have added a full stream of their upcoming holiday EP, …And A Happy New Year, to their purevolume page. …And A Happy New Year is due out this Tuesday, December 9th on Fearless, following up their recent debut full-length, Can't Stop Won't Stop.

Swing Kids, Undertow, Jenny Piccolo to reunite for benefit show

With the recent announcement of a May 2009 show in Chicago celebrating the release of Burning Fight involving reunions from hardcore luminaries like Unbroken, Trial and Split Lip among many others, a California show around the same time has been announced. This show will feature performances from Swing Kids, Undertow and Jenny Piccolo, as...

Full Blown Chaos / Reign Supreme / Trapped Under Ice / Dirty Money to tour North America

Metalcore mavens Full Blown Chaos will be headlining a January 2009 tour with Reign Supreme, Trapped Under Ice and Dirty Money in tow. Full Blown Chaos will be supporting 2007’s Heavy Lies The Crown on Ferret. Reign Supreme released their American Violence EP early this year on Deathwish. Trapped Under Ice and Dirty Money...

Socratic post "A Christmas Coal Carol"

Socratic has gotten in the holiday spirit, as they’ve posted "A Christmas Coal Carol" on their MySpace page. The band last released Spread The Rumors earlier this year on Drive-Thru.

Closure In Moscow's "Here's To Entropy" video posted

Closure In Moscow, Equal Vision‘s latest signing, has had their video for "Here’s To Entropy" posted. The track is taken from their 2008 EP, The Penance And The Patience, released by Taperjean. The band is slated to record their full-length followup early next year.

Become what you blog.

I was cleaning up the ol' hard drive this weekend and came across this picture from the Chicago stop of the 2000 Warped Tour: Yup, that's a significantly younger (and facial hair-free) yours truly with a significantly younger (and neon-free) Gabe Saporta, who at the time was the frontman for a mid-level emo-punk band called...

Fall Out Boy's "America's Suitehearts" remixed by Suarez

Pete Wentz has updated his FriendsOrEnemies journal with an unmastered remix of "America's Suitehearts", mixed by Cobra Starship's Alex Suarez. Check it out now, as Pete says it will only be posted for a couple of hours.