December 8, 2009

Jawbox play three-song reunion set on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon"

D.C. post-hardcore legends Jawbox celebrated the recent reissue of their 1994 high-water mark For Your Own Special Sweetheart earlier tonight with a special reunion performance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. The quartet played "Savory," "FF=66" and "68" in front of a packed studio audience which included Fred Armisen of Saturday Night Live fame and...

Against Me! to tour with Tim Barry, Ninja Gun in February

Against Me! will be heading out on a brief run with Tim Barry and Ninja Gun, hitting up five dates across Florida in February. You can find all the stops below: 2/17/2010 Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Live 2/18/2010 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room 2/19/2010 Orlando, FL @ The Social 2/20/2010 St Petersburg,...

Underoath crew in van accident; driver injured

In what is becoming a pretty awful week for touring bands, Underoath were involved in a van accident while driving to their show in Omaha tonight. The band, traveling in a bus, are fine, but as the band explain on their blog, "Our van carrying all our gear got into a very bad accident. The...

Muse announce first US shows of 2010 with Silversun Pickups

British rockers Muse have announced the first round of dates for their 2010 US headlining tour. Support for all the dates will come from Silversun Pickups. Tickets will go on sale on Saturday December 12th with a presale starting Wednesday December 9th, information for which can be found here. Tour dates: February...

Blacklisted

Blacklisted No One Deserves To Be Here More Than Me [4/5] Though Philadelphia’s Blacklisted are certainly a hardcore band, their brand of sonic abuse refuses to play by the rules of the genre, dragging anyone too close to the speakers on a hellish journey into ominous sonic territory. Their previous releases have been uniformly...

Unauthorized Blink-182 movie in the works

A movie based on the early days of Blink-182 is slated to begin shooting in April, however the band are not directly involved in the unauthorized biopic and have no ties to the production. California filmmaker Brandon Flores, 24, said in a recent interview that he plans to film the movie even if the band...

Chalkboard Confessional: Dance Gavin Dance

The road to success hasn’t always been sunny for California’s DANCE GAVIN DANCE. But member changes and rumors did little to stop the post-hardcore outfit who threw all doubt out the door and released 2009’s Happiness. The band cite hard work and dedication when it comes to getting to where they are today, but not...

Weekly Readers Chart

FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS The Weekend: Friday (UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) “Friday is an amazing album. It has all of the normal FTSK sound that I love and it also has a little bit of punk flavor to it. This album is pure genius and...

Track-By-Track: Forever The Sickest Kids

Guitarist MARC STEWART walks us through each song on FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS’ The Weekend: Friday EP. Do Or Die – Forever The Sickest Kids “This is a song about two friends fighting over one girl and the better friend realizes it’s just a girl and the friendship is worth more. Maybe he...