May 27, 2009

The Dillinger Escape Plan are gearing up for their tour this summer, and have just announced that they’ll be releasing their new album in collaboration with Season Of Mist Records. Guitarist Ben Weinman released the following statement: “It is becoming clear that as the music industry standard continues to morph and change on a daily...

Sub Pop‘s Canadian indie-rock group Handsome Furs (featuring Dan Boeckner from Wolf Parade) have announced a slew of upcoming tour dates, which you can see below. They’ll be on the road promoting their latest release, Face Control. The label has also offered their song, "Radio Kaliningrad" for free download right here. Saturday, May 30,...

Taking Back Sunday will unleash New Again on the masses next Tuesday, June 2. Until then, click your way over to their Purevolume page and listen to, "Cut Me Up Jenny" and "Summer, Man."

311 are streaming their entire new album, Uplifter, on their MySpace. Uplifter, which will be the band’s ninth studio record, is scheduled to drop June 2 on Volcano Records. Tracklisting for the new album is as follows: 1. "Hey You" 2. "It’s Alright" 3. "Mix It Up" 4. "Golden Sunlight" 5. "India Ink" ...

WFMU, the longest-running freeform radio station in the U.S., will be streaming live performances from the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain, throughout the next three days. So far, simulcasts include Sunn O))), the Bats, Jay Reatard, Wooden Shjips, th’ Faith Healers, Spiritualized, the Vaselines, Fucked Up, the Vivian Girls, the Jesus Lizard, Spectrum, and...

Even though the members of BLINK-182 are in their 30s with kids and a whole lot of business ventures filling up their days, they’ve all made the jump into new technology pretty seamlessly. All three members have Twitter accounts (add @trvsbrkr, @tomdelonge and @markhoppus, stat!), but none are more obsessive about updating than bassist/vocalist Mark...

In addition to All Time Low revealing dates on the main stage of this summer’s Warped Tour, the band have also announced a headlining tour with We The Kings, Cartel and Days Difference. The band will be in support of their upcoming full-length, Nothing Personal. Headlining tour dates: 7/09/09 Richmond, VA – The National ...

Earlier this month, Seattle goth-punk outfit AIDEN released Knives, their third full-length for Victory Records. But how sharp is frontman WIL FRANCIS (aka William Control)? Editor-in-chief JASON PETTIGREW finds out in this web-exclusive interview: Pretty sharp. Rock Journalism 101 question: Why did you call the new record Knives? I felt there were some things on...