Nicole Rork

Astro Magnetics, the label co-owned by Eyeball Records founder Alex Saavedra, Eyeball label manager Marc Debiak and Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly, has announced the signing of Cleveland post-hardcore/rock quartet the Lovekill. Astro describes the band as "sick as hell," and says that their full-length debut, These Moments Are Momentum, produced by Stephen Pedersen (Criteria, Cursive), […]

LaSalle Records band the Kinison have decided to call it quits. Frontman Christopher Lewis posted a length letter on the band's Geocities site, an excerpt from which is below: "[After this year's Warped Tour], I moved about an hour away from the rest of the band. I had to try to clear my head. […]

Hot on the heels of releasing their debut full-length, Sleepwalker, the dynamic duo of Jamison Covington and Parker Case, known together as JamisonParker, have split. Covington's statement, posted on the group's website: "the band is officially broken up. i apologize for not posting this sooner but in all honesty this is the first chance […]

We've all heard the rumors: Supposedly, the Clash are reuniting under the guidance of Mick Jones, and filling in for the late, great Joe Strummer will be none other than Mr. Hellcat himself, Rancid/Transplants mastermind Tim Armstrong. While having never been reported by any credible news source, this rumor has continued to slowly creep across […]

THICK Records has announced the newest signing to their stable: Atlanta experimental new-wave quartet Shock Cinema. The band contains ex-members of the Agenda and You Are Jaguar, and will release their debut EP, Amor Y Muerte — complete with remixes from Death From Above 1979, Subtitle, Thunderbirds Are Now!, President (Harris from Q And Not […]

11/7-11/11 – Bloodhound Gang, Paramore, the Perishers [videos] on Oven Fresh [FUSE] 11/8 – Simple Plan, Stellastarr* on Daily Download [FUSE] 11/9 – Neil Diamond on the View [ABC] 11/9 – Switchfoot on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC] 11/9 – My Morning Jacket on Craig Ferguson [CBS] 11/9 – Patti Smith on Conan O'Brien [NBC] 11/9 – […]

Equal Vision band Codeseven have announced that they will be going on "indefinite hiatus" effective immediately. A lengthy statement from the band can be found at Equal Vision's website, a portion of which can be read below: "Codeseven has collectivly decided to go on indefinite hiatus. The band is not breaking up but have […]

The Mars Volta. Awesome, right? Right. As we announced a few weeks ago, the band are releasing a full-length live album, titled scabdates (don't forget the all-important lowercase "s"!), tomorrow, Nov. 8. At the time, we only had some individual-song audio streams for you to check out, but we pulled a few strings and have […]

Tragic news from over the weekend: Punknews.org is reporting that Mana “China” Nishiura, drummer of Japanese noise band DMBQ and of cult indie faves Shonen Knife , died on Friday , Nov. 4, due to a three-car accident involving DMBQ's van. The band were on their way to the Brooklyn, New York, stop of their […]