December 15, 2008

MTV News has nominated Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz for Man Of The Year and Paramore's Hayley Williams for Woman Of The Year. It should be noted that the nominees were selected based on "who have dominated the 2008 headlines." Consequently, other names include Nick Jonas, T.I. and T-Pain on the men's side and Beyonc�,...

We The Kings have announced a healthily stocked lineup for a month-long tour early next year. They’ll be accompanied by the Maine, the Cab, There For Tomorrow and VersaEmerge. We The Kings issued a self-titled full-length on S-Curve last year. The Maine is supporting this year’s Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop on Fearless. The Cab...

The Blackout Pact have given some more details on their plans to reunite for a new EP and possibly some shows. The EP will be released on Eyeball in Spring 2009. They’ve also announced the first show back, which will be free and take place January 23rd, 2009 at the Old Curtis St....

Fall Out Boy and a group of fans arrived at Washington Square Park in New York City for an impromptu "jam session" today, only to be forbidden to play their instruments due to not having the proper paperwork. Not wanting to disappoint the crowd, singer Patrick Stump led the crowd in a singalong version of...

Paramore was featured in the December 11th episode of CSI: Las Vegas. A concert by the band was featured on the episode as an event that a couple of suspects in a murder investigation attended. Video from the episode can be seen below.

In support of his third, forthcoming full-length for Rhymesayers Entertainment, Never Better, Minneapolis rapper P.O.S. will headline a U.S. tour that is set to kick off February 5 in Missoula, MT. Opening acts for the 20-date stint (see dates below) will include fellow Doomtree crew members Sims and Hand Over Fist (Mictlan + Lazerbeak)....

The Decemberists, Iron & Wine, Spoon, Arcade Fire and a number of other notable indie-pop and rock artists have recorded new and exclusive songs for a double-disc benefit album. The 30-track Dark Was The Night was curated by the National’s Dessner brothers and also features Cat Power, the New Pornographers, My Morning Jacket, Grizzly...

The Bouncing Souls have unveiled plans for how they’ll be releasing new material come 2009, which is their 20th anniversary as a band. Each month, the band will digitally release a new song via their own Chunksaah label. After every three months, four new songs will be collected onto a 7" release on the...

Rapper P.O.S. has a new song available for download here. It’s called "Goodbye," and is the first single off his upcoming effort, Never Better, due on Rhymesayers February 3rd, 2009. He last released Audition in 2006.