January 4, 2009

Houston Calls has kicked out guitarist/vocalist Jose Lopez after being leveled with certain accusations by frontman Tom Keiger. "[He] has decided to shack up with my ex-girlfriend immediately after she broke my heart and left me," said Keiger in a MySpace blog posting today. "The two hid it from me for weeks over Christmas...

Scenepointblank has posted a full stream of the forthcoming split between This Will Destroy You and Lymbyc Systym. You can check it out here. Field Studies, as the split is called, is due out January 13th via Magic Bullet. TWDY released a self-titled full-length in 2008, while Lymbyc Systym reissues Carved By Glaciers...

Austin Lucas has posted "Somebody Loves You" over at his MySpace page. The track comes from Lucas’ upcoming Suburban Home debut, Somebody Loves You, due out in March. Lucas last released Bristle Ridge, a collaborative album with Chuck Ragan on Ten Four Records, in 2008.

Copeland released the video for "To Be Happy Now" off their late 2008 album on Tooth and Nail, You Are My Sunshine. The video, directed by Joseph Petrick (Gym Class Heroes, Ozma), was made on "pretty much $0.00 budget" as stated by cinematographer, David Kalani Larkins."To Be Happy Now" can be seen here.

Veteran rockers MxPx will release On The Cover II on March 10th according to their label’s distributor. MxPx originally released On The Cover in 1995 covering songs by artists such as Bryan Adams, Buddy Holly, and AHA. On The Cover II will feature covers of songs by U2, Belinda Carlisle, The Go-Go’s, Poison...

Finalist for AP’s Band of the Year Anberlin will release a greatest hits album on April 7th via their old label Tooth and Nail Records. In the meantime you can check out Anberlin on their January headlining tour with Madina Lake and Between the Trees. Dates can be found the band’s website.