July 21, 2013

Crystalyne cover Paramore's "Ain't It Fun"

Toronto's Crystalyne have followed their recent single premiere with a cover video of Paramore's “Ain't It Fun.” The bouncy '80s-throwback original is on the band's latest self-titled release. Check out Crystalyne's very stripped-down version below.

Memphis May Fire post fifth Warped Tour update

Memphis May Fire have posted their fifth video update from Vans Warped Tour 2013, which can be seen below. You can also watch the previous updates on their YouTube channel. The band will be performing at all remaining dates of the tour.

Strawberry Girls (ex-Dance Gavin Dance) perform studio session

Instrumental prog-rock trio Strawberry Girls have posted a live studio session of “Negro Spiritual.” The band features former Dance Gavin Dance guitarist Zachary Garren. They recently signed to Tragic Hero Records, home to the likes of A Skylit Drive, He Is Legend and Alesana. Catch the band on tour this August and September.

Morrissey cancels remainder of South American tour due to lack of funding; posts note to fans

Morrissey has, once again, canceled a tour. As we reported last week, the singer was forced to postpone- and now, apparently, cancel- 10 dates in Peru and Chile, due to severe food poisoning, while performances in Argentina and Brazil were expected to move forward as planned. The singer has now divulged, in yet another open letter to...

Tallhart van broken into on tour, continuing dates

Tampa, FL's Tallhart suffered a van break in after their show in Chicago, IL on Friday night. They posted two updates about the unfortunate sitaution: “To the assholes who stole all of our clothes and shoes and computers and guitars and cameras – Joke is on you. We didn't really like any of that stuff....

Texas Is The Reason add last minute show in New Jersey tomorrow

Texas Is The Reason have decided to perform one more time in the states, tomorrow, Monday, July 22 at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. Here's the band's announcement from Facebook: “A few weeks ago, we found out that MAXWELL'S was closing its doors for good at the end of this month. We were deeply affected by...

Comic-Con news and trailer roundup: 'Walking Dead,' 'Catching Fire,' Superman vs. Batman, and more!

Comic-Con is well underway in San Diego and, as usual, that means a lot of big movie news and trailer premieres (and cosplay, and comics, and… surprise Metallica performances?). Over the past several years, the Con, which originally started as a strictly comics-centric event, has seen more and more Hollywood presence, and has grown to...