Coalesce prep new EP, announce brief tour stint
Noisecore pioneers Coalesce recently announced plans to put out a new EP to follow up their recent full-length, OX. Titled the OX EP, the record will be available on both CD and 12" vinyl in November courtesy of Relapse. It’s said to contain seven new songs, and pre-orders are currently up right here.
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AltPress Exclusive: Foxy Shazam sign to Sire; new album in 2010
Alternative Press has exclusively learned that Cincinnati-based spazz-rockers Foxy Shazam have inked a deal with major label Sire Records, a division of Warner Bros. Records. Among their new labelmates are Against Me!, the Used and Tegan And Sara. Sire will release the band’s new, currently untitled album in early 2010.
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Stream Death Cab for Cutie's new vampire track
Death Cab for Cutie premiered "Meet Me at the Equinox" last night at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and it can be streamed now at MTV.com. The song will be included in the soundtrack for 'New Moon', the second in the 'Twilight' saga. Pre-order the soundtrack here.
Emery guitarist gets married
Congratulations to Emery guitarist Matt Carter and his wife Bridget who were married yesterday in Seattle. Emery released their fourth studio album, …In Shallow Seas We Sail, this past June on Tooth & Nail Records.
Jack's Mannequin documentary gets DVD release date
Dear Jack, the long-awaited documentary by Jack's Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon, is set to be released on DVD on Nov. 3. The film, which is a documentary about McMahon's struggle to release Everything In Transit while battling acute lymphoma leukemia, will screen theatrically in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago throughout October. Pre-orders for...
Kanye West apologizes to Taylor Swift
Ever-outspoken rapper Kanye West has apologized (in blog form) to country starlet Taylor Swift for interrupting her acceptance speech at the VMAs last night. As Swift began her speech for winning "Best Female Video," West jumped onstage, grabbed the microphone and insisted that Beyonce should’ve won instead. A befuddled Swift stood at the podium silently...
Chalkboard Confessional: The Dangerous Summer
THE DANGEROUS SUMMER vocalist/bassist A.J. PERDOMO seems like your average 20-year-old kid. And well, he pretty much is-except for the fact that his band recently released their Hopeless Records debut, Reach For The Sun, and are spending a chunk of the fall on tour with Straylight Run. Just like so many others, Perdomo grew up...
AFI - Crash Love
AFI Crash Love Many of today’s bands like to describe their new records as “bigger sounding,” simply because they convinced their labels to pay the massive fees for their dicking around in the studio. Most acts could learn more than a few lessons from AFI, a unit who are well aware that sounding big is...