March 14, 2012

The Used will be playing an acoustic set at the upcoming AP 100 Bands You Need To Know Party at SXSW this Saturday at Red 7 in Austin in lieu of a full-band set. Other bands performing include Breathe Carolina, the Early November, Forever The Sickest Kids and many others. Check out the flyer below.

Warped Tour has begun announcing some of this year's main stage bands, with Pierce The Veil, Of Mice & Men, Streetlight Manifesto, We The Kings, Falling In Reverse, Anti-Flag and Yellowcard added to the lineup today. You can scope the full lineup here. 

Simple Plan recently performed “Jet Lag” live on Québécois television show Fideles Au Poste. Check it out below.

Mixtapes recently performed a live cover of “Pathetic,” originally by blink-182. Check it out below. The band's debut full-length is slated for a May release via No Sleep.

mewithoutYou recently performed a new song live titled “East Enders' Wives” and some fan-shot footage has made its way online. You can check it out below. The band's new album Ten Stories is due out May 15.

Bandcamp, one of the fastest-rising virtual storefronts for digital music, has posted an interesting blog entry stating that users are finding music on their site and paying for it after originally searching for pirated material via Google or other search engines: “A few months ago, we began tracking the starting point of every sale that...

Tegan And Sara has posted a third video update as they work on their next album. Check it out below.

The BBC reports today that two members of Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot remain in custody after overrunning the pulpit of a church last month and protesting Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin. The women, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Mariya Alekhina, will be held until Apr. 24 and could face up to seven years in prison for the...

I Hate Our Freedom have released “Sans Sympathie” from their sophomore album This Year's Best Disaster, due out March 23 on Arctic Rodeo Recordings.