The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus post full stream of Lonely Road
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have posted all eleven tracks off Lonely Road on their Myspace. The record, one of MTV’s and AP’s most anticipated, hits the streets February 3rd on Virgin.
RJA will tour the US until their Jimmy Kimmel performance on February 11th. The band will tour internationally through April.
Death Cab For Cutie, She & Him, Rogue Wave to appear on covers comp
Death Cab For Cutie, She & Him, Rogue Wave and Katy Perry among others will be appearing on a forthcoming compilation dubbed Sweetheart, which will be released by Starbucks Entertainment. The compilation, subtitled Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs, will feature just that. Death Cab will tackle the Cure's "Love Song," She...
Good Old War posts video for "Weak Man"
Good Old War, who have already been in the news lately for their plans to record a new EP and tour with the Gaslight Anthem, now has their video for "Weak Man" online.
The track comes from last year’s Only Way To Be Alone on Sargent House.
Limited Edition Thursday/Envy Split on Cassette
Thursday are offering a pre order for a limited edition cassette version of their split with Envy. There are only 500 hand numbered copies available. It also comes with a full artwork insert. You can pre order the cassette here.
Think Fast! Records going vinyl/digital-only
Connecticut hardcore/punk label Think Fast! Records has announced that it will be going vinyl/digital-only towards the middle of the year.
The label will cease manufacturing CDs.
"Some of you, if not most, may be too young to remember that there was a time in punk/hardcore that the only physical copies of a record...
Hit The Lights to play Winter X-Games
AP Tour 2009 enlistees Hit The Lights will be performing tomorrow at ESPN’s Winter X-Games in Aspen, Colorado. The band will play at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at the base of the Snowmass in the X-Games Village. Both the event and performance are free to attend.
The Subways
The Subways All Or Nothing [4/5]
The Subways had quite the buzz when their debut, Young For Eternity, came out in 2006 in America. The U.K. trio jumped the pond with some decidedly compelling songs, combining dirty rock guitars with hooky melodies that paired singer/guitarist Billy Lunn’s swaggering vocals with bassist Charlotte Cooper’s lilting voice....
Portugal. The Man
Portugal. The Man Censored Colors [4.5/5]
Censored Colors, Portugal. The Man’s third full-length, crackles with the kind of salt-of-the-earth soul inspiration for which most indie bands would hack off their Sam Beam beards. Following last year’s transcendental Church Mouth and free of their contract with Fearless Records, John Gourley & Co. have assembled an album...
Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev Snowflake Midnight [3.5/5]
There’s not much sign on Mercury Rev’s new album of the soulful grace that made 1998’s Deserter’s Songs their finest hour. Of course, when a band member is quoted as saying they built their new album on “tone poems” (Google it), soulful may not be an option. “Snowflake In A...