Alkaline Trio, NOFX, Screeching Weasel to play Riot Fest 09
The lineup and details for this year’s Riot Fest, an annual punk festival in Chicago, have begun to leak out thanks to the Chicago Reader. According to the Reader’s "Early Warnings" column, the festival will expand from three days to five, due to it being the fest’s fifth anniversary. Scheduled to appear at a variety...
Peachcake
Peachcake What Year Will You Have The World? [3/5]
Part dance evangelists, part inside-joke pranksters and part Doddlebops, Peachcake take glorified junior high gag songs, dress them up in costumes and use them to declare war against anything not awesome. In fact, the duo (vocalist/percussionist/pied piper Stefan Pruett and vocalist/synth op John O’Keefe) hail from...
Evidence
Evidence The Layover EP [4/5]
The latest from Dilated Peoples’ MC Evidence riffs nicely on the idea of the layover, even to the extent that the EP represents a layover between last year’s solo debut, The Weatherman, and the follow-up, Cats & Dogs, due later this year. There’s a purgatorial tone to the slinky, low-riding...
Coalesce stream entire new album
One of hardcore’s most influential bands, Coalesce, are streaming their new album, OX, through Lambgoat. You can check out the group’s first release in 10 years HERE.
OX will be the band’s first album since 1999’s 0:12 Revolution in Just Listening. The new record is due out June 9 through Relapse Records.
Paramore post lyrics
Paramore are busy bouncing back and forth between touring with No Doubt and finishing up their next album, but that isn’t slowing them down. Check out the band’s LiveJournal where frontwoman Hayley Williams has posted lyrics to a song entitled, "Where The Lines Overlap."
Lights announces new album title
Upbeat electro pop songstress Lights has confirmed via her Twitter that her new album will be called, The Listening.
Hey Mercedes plan Chicago reunion show this September
For the second time since their 2005 breakup, Hey Mercedes will strap on their instruments and take to the stage for a reunion show. This one will take place Saturday, Sept. 19 at Double Door in Chicago; the show will cost $15 and is 21+. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, June 6 here; no...
Reign Supreme release collaborative tracks
Deathwish Inc.‘s hardcore heroes Reign Supreme have released two songs from their upcoming album, Testing the Limits of Infinite. You can check out, "And What Come May," featuring guest vocals by Travis Reilly (This is Hell singer), and "Slipping Away," featuring guest vocals by Andrew Neufeld (Comeback Kid singer), right here.
Los Campesinos! lose a member, plan tour
Indie-pop’s Los Campesinos! have good and bad news. Vocalist/keyboardist Aleks Campesinos! will be leaving the group to focus more on school. You can read further details in a statement from the band here. Even though the departure of Aleks is sad, the band will not halt their journey and will continue to tour and work...