December 22, 2008

Comeback Kid will head down under in January 2009, accompanied by natives Carpathian, as well as Verse. Comeback Kid continues to support 2007’s Broadcasting… on Victory, though they more recently issued the Through The Noise live CD/DVD set. Carpathian released Isolation this year on Deathwish in the U.S. and Resist in Australia. Verse issued...

Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon has posted another song to his MySpace page. This time, it appears to be an original, titled "Italian Lightning." The singer just wrapped up a two-day stint of solo shows in New York and New Jersey, respectively.

Mêlée have posted a new holiday song to their MySpace page, just about in time for the start of the festivities. The song is "When Is Hanukkah This Year."

Emo/alt-rockers City Sleeps have aired some dirty laundry (almost literally) about ex-singer Elliott Sharp, courtesy of a blog posting by guitarist Adriel Garcia. "When he blew our chance with a major label upstream deal that would have potentially made our careers," Garcia says, "we finally had enough and we fired him (he says he...

LI/NYHC act Deathcycle will be breaking up early next year. "After almost 6 years, we have mutually decided that we are all heading in different directions and the band cannot continue to create as we have," said the band in a message. "Some of us have changed, some of us have remained steadfast. I...

Connecticut pop-punk act Make Do And Mend have posted their new EP, Bodies Of Water, as a free download here. The band last released the We’re All Just Living EP in 2007 on Restless Minds.

Chicago’s own The Academy Is… today posted the video for their holiday themed song, "Winter Passing." The track is available exclusively through digital download with iTunes. You can also catch the band alongside fellow pop-punkers All Time Low and pop-rocker Kevin Rudolph on MTV’s New Years Eve special. THE ACADEMY IS…: Winter Passinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-n6j5RnPRo

AP-certified Band You Need To Know The Gaslight Anthem have released the first dates of their spring headlining tour. So far the first three Canadian dates will be alongside native act The Saint Alvia Cartel while the remainder of the dates will be with Ohio-based Heartless Bastards. Dates announced so far include: Mar...

Midwestern heroes All-American Rejects decided to unleash their inner gypsy-punk and covered Britney Spear’s recent single “Womanizer.” Saying they did the cover simply because “we can do it better than Britney,” AAR combines acoustic guitar with a percussion section of beer bottles. You can check out the video here as part of Yahoo’s Pepsi Smash...