December 18, 2008

Panic at the Disco bassist Jon Walker wrote on his blog that they will begin writing for the new album after the holidays. "We have been writing songs all year about the places we’ve been, the things we’ve seen and the games we’ve won." Walker also mentions that a tour is in the works. ...

Rock legend Morrissey will drop Years of Refusal on February 17th in the US. This ninth solo installment from Morrissey was produced by the late Jerry Finn (Blink 182, AFI, Tiger Army). Tracklisting and American dates are listed below. Tracklisting 1) Something Is Squeezing My Skull 2) Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed 3) Black...

Canadian post-hardcore team Alexisonfire will gather to begin recording their fourth album in 2009. The untitled album is a long overdue follow-up to 2006’s Crisis on Vagrant. Guitarist Wade McNeil claims that the album will be "fucking heavy."

Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump recently had an in-depth conversation with singer/songwriter and noted producer Butch Walker. The two discuss Stump's first concert ever, Walker's backhanded compliments and plenty other topics you can read in full at Idolator.

Thrice have officially set a release date for the long-gestating four-disc vinyl box set of The Alchemy Index. The set will contain four 10" records, one for each EP. All will be colored, as well; Fire is red, Water blue, Earth brown and Air clear. The records will be inside a hand-bound hardcover book complete...

The first song from Appleseed Cast‘s upcoming album, Sagarmatha, has been debuted. You can stream "Raise The Sails" at Stereogum, and download it if you can sign up to the mailing list. Sagarmatha is due out on The Militia Group February 17th, following up 2006’s Peregrine. The band will be touring in support.

The Black Numbers label will be releasing a compilation called Red On Black: Remixes by Matt Haick, which will feature the likes of Boys Night Out, the AKAs, Bedlight For Blue Eyes and the Gay Blades among others, presumably in 2009. All the bands will have a song each remixed by Haick, a producer, songwriter...

Scouts Honor founder Jared Grabb has announced his intention to break up the band after one last tour in March 2009, which will involve an appearance at SXSW. "In recent months, our drummer David returned to Arkansas for family reasons," explains Grabb, "[and] has decided to return to college, keeping him in Arkansas until...

Syracuse hardcore act Another Breath have posted two new demos over at their MySpace page. The finished versions of the songs, "Belly Of A Whale" and "Sin Eater," will presumably appear on the band’s forthcoming album, God Complex. They’ll be tracking it this coming winter, partially at God City Studios with Kurt Ballou (Converge,...