MxPx reveal On The Cover II Guest Star No. 1- Craig Owens! (AltPress.com exclusive!)
MxPx will release their second covers album, On The Cover 2, on March 24. The album features the band performing songs from the ’80s along with a slew of guest performers. AP is your exclusive source to find out who the guest stars are and the songs they’ll perform. Guest star No. 1: Craig Owens...
30 Seconds to Mars ask for fan contribution for creative project
30 Seconds to Mars are asking for fan contributions to build their new project titled Athenaeum: The International Mars Library and Archive (IMLA). The project requires the help of fan-sent photos, videos, websites, articles and ect. to create a library of all things 30STM-related. All submissions should be sent to 30secondstomarspress@gmail.
Though still in...
Monty Are I announce two shows
Rhode Island’s post-hardcore band, Monty Are I, has scheduled two shows to present new material from their upcoming album, a follow-up to 2006’s Wall of People. The record, due later this year, is their first on Island Def Jam.
Feb 23 2009 Highline Ballroom New York, New York
Feb 27 2009 Club Hell Providence,...
Envy On The Coast drummer calls it quits
Envy on the Coast drummer and co-founder, Dan Gluszak, has announced his departure from the band.
EOTC issued the following statement via Myspace:
Throughout the relatively short history of our band we have experienced a lot of milestones and we’ve been very fortunate to be able to share them all with you, in...
Green Day / Blink-182 tour rumors abound
Green Day and Blink-182 continue to monopolize the current music news climate with rumors now abounding that the bands will be doing a few shows together.
It certainly wouldn’t be the first time the bands have played together, as the two embarked on the famous Pop Disaster Tour in 2002 with Jimmy Eat World...
Men Without Pants
Men Without Pants Naturally [3.5/5]
A decade ago, Bay Area hip-hop superproducer Dan The Automator hooked up with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion on ACME, adding some studio groove to the group’s thrashing, twin-guitar blues. The Automator’s been involved in several such fusions since, but his new project-a pairing with Blues Explosion drummer/co-founder Russell Simins-recalls...
Craig Owens to perform on MxPx's On The Cover II
MxPx are set to release On The Cover II on March 24 through Tooth & Nail Records. The sequel to 1995’s On The Cover features ’80s covers performed by the band, often with the help of some of their good friends. Exclusively on AltPress.com, we’ll announce a new special guest star every day this week....
Verse
Verse Aggression [3.5/5]
Calling your new record Aggression might seem like the lamest, soft-minded move a hardcore band could make. Yet anyone familiar with Verse would expect the title to operate on different levels. Perhaps it’s a critique of the current climate of war spread by the Bush regime, or the necessary popular response to...
Cassino provide recording update
Cassino have provided a recording update as they continue to work on their sophomore full-length.
Frontman Nick Torres says the band have been in the studio for two months and are about "39% [done]." The singer/guitarist is recording with a group of local professionals in Nashville, and he’s promising that the end result will...