January 6, 2009

With New Found Glory's Not Without A Fight rapidly approaching, press is beginning to build up. Today, their label unveiled the track listing, a video game, and the first clip in a series of "training videos" leading up to the "main event" (the album release). You can play the video game on the band's MySpace...

Apple’s iTunes will soon be completely DRM-free. Digital rights management (DRM) refers to limits placed on media files, such as how many times they can be copied and to what devices or locations. The iTunes Plus service is now DRM-free, with the entire catalog expected to be similarly unrestricted come the end of March. ...

Side One Dummy has inked Rainier, OR pop-punk trio Broadway Calls. The band will enter the studio soon to record for an unspecified late summer release. They’ll also support Alkaline Trio on a European tour next month. They last issued a split 7" with Teenage Bottlerocket on Adeline in 2008. Adeline also...

Poison The Well have announced the next installment of their 7" series. II/III features two more outtakes from their recording sessions for 2007’s Versions. The band issued I/II late last year. II/III is due out January 20th on Ferret. The band also recently wrapped recording with Steve Evetts on their next studio...

These Arms Are Snakes have announced a round of headlining dates as they continue to support last year’s Suicide Squeeze debut, Tail Swallower And Dove. Joining them on the first leg will be All The Saints, with Young Widows taking their place for the last few. Feb 22 2009 Marquis Theatre Denver, Colorado...

The Company We Keep, the new solo project from former Receiving End Of Sirens / Fordirelifesake guitarist and Boys Night Out drummer Brian Southall, has posted “Anna Begins” over at his MySpace page. The song features Craig Owens of Chiodos and Cinematic Sunrise. The last update from Southall mentioned he was working on a full-length....

UK hardcore band Bring Me The Horizon have finished filming the video for "Chelsea Smile". "Chelsea Smile" is the second single off of 2008's Suicide Season, following "The Comedown". The video is said to premiere sometime this month. The band will post four behind the scenes videos for "Chelsea Smile" on their Myspace videos page....

With their 20th anniversary just over the horizon, Floridian death metal gods Deicide have just inked a brand new worldwide deal with Century Media Records. A word from the label: "Century Media Records are extremely proud to announce a worldwide deal with Deicide, one of the founding fathers of death metal. The group stands...

Ron Asheton, guitarist for influential punk band the Stooges was found dead early this morning at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The cause of death is not yet known. Asheton was 60. More details can be found here.