September 23, 2009

Craig Owens is planning to release a free EP which will include covers of songs from Counting Crows, Joy Division, Warren G, Usher, and Ne-Yo. The songs will be posted for streaming on his Myspace page and he will also provide a link to a website where you will be able to download the EP...

In celebration of their forthcoming release, Crash Love, AFI will be signing at Best Buy in Costa Mesa, CA on September 30th at 6pm. There are only 500 wristbands up for grabs and the only way to get one is to purchase the new album when it hits stores on September 29th.

Paramore‘s hotly anticipated new album, brand new eyes, is currently streaming on the band’s myspace. Paramore will be hitting the road this fall with Paper Route and The Swellers. You can find the dates here. So what are your thoughts on the album?

Heks Orkest–a supergroup featuring Keeley Davis of Sparta, his former Engine Down/Denali bandmate Jonathan Fuller, former Denali bandmate Cam DiNunzio, drummer Ed Trask of Avail and vocalist Dave Grant (ex-Action Patrol)–played two shows this past weekend in Richmond, Virginia. You can check out photos from the show at Empire on Sept. 19 here.

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster kicked off their tour yesterday, but front man Dallas Taylor will be absent from the lineup this time around. Schulyar Dane of He Is Legend will be filling in for Dallas the whole tour. Dallas released a brief statement about the situation: "I am very excited to get...

Brand New have released a music video for "At the Bottom", a track from their newest release Daisy. The band didn't want to take the traditional music video route, so instead they rearranged the song and performed it live for the first time. Check out the video below:

You can download an MP3 of an interview with Brand New frontman Jesse Lacey here. In it, he discusses the motivation behind the band's new album, Daisy, which is out now (and which we had the exclusive first review of).

Despite going on hiatus last year, The Starting Line announced details for a release party for their Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us live CD/DVD. The event will take place November 9th at World Cafe Live in the band’s hometown of Philadelphia, PA. Performing at the event will be all the members new projects, Person...

Christian rockers Anberlin have announced the details of a career-spanning 33-song, three CD set. Entitled Anberlin: The Anthology, the package will be releases on November 17th and feature all the songs from the band’s albums Blueprints for the Black Market, Never Take Friendship Personal, and Cities.