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European Invasion, Round Two: My Chemical Romance (2005)
After completing one of the biggest U.S. tours of the fall alongside Alkaline Trio and Reggie And The Full Effect, New Jersey‘s golden boys My Chemical Romance didn‘t forget about their loyal fans in the U.K.. The band will bring their goth-punk blend to Jolly Olde England (and its surrounding territories) for a fortnight starting […]
European Invasion, Round One: The Bled/Fear Before The March Of Flames
After wrapping their tour with Thrice in a few weeks, Vagrant Records band the Bled are getting their passports renewed for their European tour departing this November (on Thanksgiving, no less) and returning in mid-December, after laying waste to everywhere from Paris to Milan. Swanky! Accompanying them on all dates are the Equal Vision duo […]
A Penny for your wisdom on the road
Punk-rock lifers Pennywise are packing their bags for a few weeks‘ worth of shows starting at the end of this month in support of their latest Epitaph-released full-length The Fuse. The band will first play two Halloween shows in their hometown of Long Beach before doing strings of shows with both Bad Religion and Sick […]
Fenix TX to release live album
In celebration of their ongoing farewell tour, old-school (at least for Drive-Thru Records) pop-punks Fenix TX are releasing a live album titled Purple Reign In Blood-Live via Adrenaline Music/New Planet Ventures. The disc, out Nov. 8, contains the band‘s comeback performance in from August 19 at The Club House in Tempe, Arizona, and is enhanced […]
A Comprehensive Guide To trailer-watching
Armor For Sleep have their first-ever DVD, A Comprehensive Guide To Touring, coming out Nov. 15 via Equal Vision. The 90-minute long DVD was shot over the last year by filmmaker Joey Borden, and includes photos, cast and crew bios, live footage, and interviews. Check it out for an in-depth look at Armor For Sleep […]
Are we we are the viewing
Green Day (y‘know, the biggest band in the world) have released their fifth video from their recent LP, American Idiot, this one for one of two nine-minute epics on the album, "Jesus Of Suburbia." The clip is debuting over on MySpace, and you can click here to view it (note: if you‘re not on a […]
The baddest man in music, dead or alive.
Hitting stores today is The Legend Of Johnny Cash, a single-disc best-of that spans the music legend‘s entire career, from 1955‘s "Cry! Cry! Cry!" to 2003‘s cover of Nine Inch Nails‘ "Hurt." Talk about comprehensive. If you‘ve yet to pick up any of Cash‘s proper discs, this isn‘t a bad place to start-and if you […]
Blink (but Not Now!)
While Blink-182 are currently in hibernation mode as their members explore their alter egos (Tom Delonge in Angels & Airwaves, and Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker in Plus 44), the band still found time to put together a greatest-hits CD, cleverly titled Greatest Hits, which comes out Nov. 1 via Geffen. And not only does […]
Quite possibly the most inappropriate award name in the world.
mtvU, MTV’s college network, today announced performers for the 2005 mtvU Woodie Awards — the only show honoring the music voted best by the college audience. Set to take the stage at the first-ever live “Woodies” music event and ceremony are mtvU (and AP) favorites Death Cab For Cutie, as well as Little Brother and […]