Motion City Soundtrack begin recording LP4
Motion City Soundtrack have begun tracking their next full-length. Recent activity on Mark Hoppus' Twitter page indicates he is indeed producing, as hinted at last month. The record is expected out later this year on Epitaph, who released 2007's Even If It Kills Me.
THE SIX DEGREES OF SUMMER: THE AP 2K9 PREVIEW
Winter lasted far too long in Cleveland, and it left us feeling so disconnected. Good thing summer promises to bring us oodles of new music, festivals, movies and video games so we have plenty of reasons to get out and revel with our fellow music lovers. And because we’re so excited about...
Every Avenue drummer leaves band
Every Avenue drummer Michael Govaere has left the band to focus on his Downbeat recording studio. The band released Shh, Just Go With It on Fearless last year. Govaere wrote the following in his MySpace blog: "Just an update…I haven't been super active with the studio the last year because of drumming with Every Avenue...
Come for the new Chariot album, stay for the hot sauce
Pre-orders through Solid State Records for the Chariot‘s upcoming full-length, Wars And Rumors Of Wars will come with a special bonus: a bottle of the band’s own hot sauce called "Hot And Rumors Of Hot." Wars And Rumors Of Wars will be in stores May 5, but you can read our web-exclusive review of the...
THE SIX DEGREES OF SUMMER: FILMS
1. I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER
(Fox Atomic/20th Century Fox)
OPENS > July 10
SO WHAT? Based on the book by Larry Doyle (who also wrote the screenplay), everyone’s fave super-powered cheerleader-Hayden Panettiere-plays Beth Cooper, who is called...
THE SIX DEGREES OF SUMMER: GAMES
SIX DEGREES OF: WOLFENSTEIN 3D(1992; Apogee/id Software)
Video game connections are actually a little trickier to come up with than you might think. But we did come up with six new games all stemming from 1992’s Wolfenstein 3D–a game you’d recognize only...
THE SIX DEGREES OF SUMMER: FESTS
1. WINDY CITY SOUND CLASH
WHO: The Falcon, the Methadones, Toys That Kill, the Arrivals, Sundowner plus 30 more
WHEN: May 22-24 at Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago
HOW MUCH: Three-day passes are $40; single-day passes...
THE SIX DEGREES OF SUMMER: DISCS
1. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
Killswitch Engage (ROADRUNNER; roadrunnerrecords.com)
WHEN: Late June
Every band will tell you that their new music is either "bigger-sounding," "heavier" or "meaner." So when we asked Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones to describe his band’s self-titled fifth...
Dance Gavin Dance post "Tree Village"
Dance Gavin Dance have posted a new song to their MySpace page.
The song is dubbed "Tree Village" and comes from Happiness, due out June 9th on Rise, following on last year’s self-titled.
What do you think of the new cut?