March 28, 2012

In conjunction with their current tour together, we've asked the Menzingers, Cheap Girls and the Sidekicks to record some exclusive videos covering each other's songs for Altpress.com. Here's the third, featuring the Sidekicks putting their own spin on the Menzingers' “Good Things.” The song originally appears on the Menzingers' new album On The Impossible Past,...

A brand new app for Mac computers called Flutter allows users to control music from iTunes and Spotify with the wave of their hand. The wave is picked up by the computer's buit-in webcam and pauses and plays music. Via The Huffington Post: “Gesture technology is such an exciting field of computing because no one...

The first round of bands have been announced for this year's Riot Fest East, slated for Jul. 19-21 at Festival Pier and Theatre Of Living Arts in Philadelphia. Joining Refused will be the Promise Ring, OFF!, Gameface, Boy Sets Fire, August Burns Red and Hirs. Tickets go on sale Mar. 30. Check out the flyer...

Thirteen more bands have been added to this year's Vans Warped Tour including Rise Against (playing St. Louis, Detroit, Minneapolis & Kansas City), Lostprophets, Sleepwalker, Taylor Thrash, June Divided, The Scissors, Neo Geo, Amyst, Emily's Army, Dustin Jones & The Rising Tide, New Empire, They All Float, and Railroad To Alaska. They join acts such as...

Refused continue to add shows to their reunion plans; the latest is a July 15 club show at the Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia with OFF! tapped to support. A Facebook event page for the show is here. Tickets go on sale Mar. 30 at this link. According to Ticketmaster, the band will also be performing...

Moving Mountains has released a new video for “Allieviate” from their recent album Waves. Check it out below. Moving Mountains – Alleviate – Music – More Music Videos

R&B singer Macy Gray recently appeared on Conan and performed a cover of My Chemical Romance's “Teenagers,” viewable below. It's from her new covers album Covered, which also features Gray's versions of songs from Arcade Fire, Radiohead, AWOLNATION, Metallica and others. “Teenagers” originally appeared on MCR's 2006 full-length The Black Parade. What do you think...

Primitive Weapons The Shadow Gallery Primitive Weapons are a collective of Long Island hardcore veterans pounding out a relatively esoteric take on the weathered ground between metal and hardcore. The few record collectors likely to be familiar with the band's heritage (cult favorites like On The Might Of Princes and Milhouse) probably won't be surprised...

Hot Water Music has released a new song titled “Drag My Body.” It's from their long-awaited new full-length Exister, due out May 15 via Rise. Download it here. The band will be supporting the new record with a performance at this year's Bamboozle in Asbury Park, New Jersey.