June 10, 2009

As frontman Matt Pryor had previously suggested they would, beloved emo legends The Get Up Kids will be embarking on a reunion tour this fall. The routing sees the band crossing all over Europe and North America, with more dates yet to be announced. Here’s all the shows confirmed so far: ...

It’s their 16th album to date, and as celebration, Sonic Youth are offering a free stream of The Eternal up on their website. The album hit stores yesterday via Matador.

If it’s been awhile since you’ve gotten your fix of old-school graphics, then the wait is over. No, we’re not talking about Castle Wolfenstein. Head over here where Sub Pop Records have posted a sampler of songs (entitled Cybersex) and have successfully given the website a 90s internet retro vibe in the process.

The Used have posted the "artwork" for their upcoming album.

Houston Calls have sent a message to their fans notifying them on the current state of the band: After about 6 years, hundreds of shows, a bunch of great tours in 3 continents outside of our own, Houston Calls is calling it a day. Suffice it to say, we didn’t come to this decision...

Images from and a poster for director Tim Burton’s upcoming animated film, 9, have surfaced. The film is slated for a Sept. 9 release, and looks to be equally creepy and awesome.

Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin and Matt Nathanson were recently on tour together and were able to have some bonding time together as a result. Check out the video below of the duo answering some fan-submitted questions while on a tour bus.

If you don’t have iTunes, you better download it quickly. The popular online music retailer is offering up the new music video from Rise Against, "Hero Of War" for free download, but only until June 16.