February 16, 2009

Industrial icons Nine Inch Nails have announced an indefinite hiatus. Frontman Trent Reznor explains via the band's official website that he's been thinking of a way "to make NIN disappear" for quite some time, and now plans to do it with one last tour. The world tour, dates yet to be announced, will be co-headlined...

Buried Inside recently uploaded a second new song, appropriately titled "II," from their to-be-released sophomore full length Spoils Of Failure. You can check out the track here. The full album comes out on March 3 via Relapse, following up 2005s Chronoclast.

Speaking of Broadway Calls, them and an assortment of hardcore acts will be playing the annual Rain Fest in Tacoma, WA, alongside acts like Ceremony, Killing The Dream, Wisdom In Chains, Cold World and more. The fest will take place at the Viaduct May 22nd-24th. Here’s the initial handful of bands set to...

The Gaslight Anthem, currently on tour in Europe with Frank Turner and Broadway Calls, had their van broken into last weekend. Though nothing major was stolen, the incident did force the band to cancel their show in Helsinki. Here’s their account of the event from a MySpace bulletin, courtesy of drummer Benny Horowitz: "So,...

The Human Abstract will follow their European tour with a headlining run of the U.S. They’ll be accompanied by Vanna, Oh, Sleeper and iwrestledabearonce. The Human Abstract will be supporting last year’s Midheaven on Hopeless. Vanna will release their new album, A New Hope, March 24th via Epitaph. Oh, Sleeper issued When I Am...

Thursday has set up a phone number and voicemail so they can have their fans keep in touch with them: 201-942-0840 According to their blog the number really is legit. The band would like to hear what you think of the new record, what shows you are coming to or anything else.

Street Dogs will head out on a headlining tour in March with long-running skatepunks Swingin’ Utters and Shotbaker. They’ll be supporting State Of Grace on Hellcat. Swingin’ Utters issued the Hatest Grits: B-Sides And Other Bullshit collection late last year on Fat. Shotbaker released Take Control on Riot Fest last year. Mar 01:...

Purevolume has released a free downloadable compilation featuring songs from their exclusive Sessions series. The Best Of Purevolume Sessions features 15 tracks from Say Anything, Portugal. The Man, the Hush Sound, My American Heart and others and can be acquired here.

Tom DeLonge of Angels And Airwaves and the recently reunited Blink-182 provided a wealth of updates in his recent Modlife chat, as provided by a nice summary from 182 Online. Some of the major points include: the fact that the AVA movie was pushed back, and may be released in conjunction with that band’s next...