December 21, 2008

Taking Back Sunday's "Carpathia" available for download

Taking Back Sunday's new song "Carpathia" is available for download for anyone who purchased or received a TBS holiday card. (The song can be streamed here.) The track is off of New Again due Spring 2009 on Warner. TBS are no strangers to Bamboozle and are scheduled to play the second night alongside Boys Like...

All Time Low are Voted AP's "Band Of The Year" (AltPress.com exclusive)

Check out this video of All Time Low talking about being named “Band Of The Year” in AP’s annual Readers Poll.

Warner pulls its music from YouTube

The Warner Music Group pulled all its music from YouTube on Saturday morning. Negotiations over payment with Google Video had reached an impasse. Warner was one of the first media companies to strike a deal with YouTube but are now looking for ways to make more money from online video content. The label group...

Coconut Records posts "Microphone"

Coconut Records, the musical solo endeavor for actor Jason Schwartzman (ex-Phantom Planet), has posted a new song over at the MySpace page. The song is called "Microphone" and presumably comes from the upcoming album, Davy, set for a 2009 release. He last released Nighttiming in 2007 on Young Baby.

Headbanging is bad for you

The British Medical Journal has published a legitimate report indicating that headbanging "might cause brain and neck injury." No, really. The organization’s very specific and detailed report used a short list of songs selected by a focus group of 10 musicians from local bands to use as examples in their studies. Among them were...

All Time Low, Metro Station announced for MTV's New Year Special

All Time Low have been announced to perform on MTV’s New Year’s Eve Special. The Academy Is… and Kevin Rudolph are also scheduled to perform, with the nights festivities hosted by Lisa and Jessica Origliasso, also known as Australian pop act The Veronicas. MTV has also teamed up with Miley Cyrus to present "FNMTV...