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You may or may not know this, but producer/songwriter Howard Benson was likely behind the boards for at least one of your favorite albums of all time. Want proof? Monster breakout records by My Chemical Romance (Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge), the All-American Rejects (Move Along) and even Daughtry (Daughtry) were all produced by Benson. […]

The Griswolds High Times For Low Lives Promising alt-pop newcomers ROCKS LIKE: The Cab, (new) Set It Off, Against The Current WHAT’S DIFFERENT: After accumulating quite a bit of success at home in Australia, the Griswolds are just as charming as the famous movie family they’re named after on their second full-length High Times For Low […]

In September 2005, Cartel released Chroma on The Militia Group, a tiny independent record label based in Long Beach, California. The Georgia sons would break into the mainstream on the heels of the success of the record's first single, “Honestly.” The song, a call to arms for lead singer Will Pugh as he was trying to get […]

The Darkness' new lyric video for “Every Inch Of You” can be seen below. The song will appear on the band's comeback album Hot Cakes, out Aug. 21 via Wind-up in the United States.

Hawthorne Heights Hope EP The independent life seems to suit Hawthorne Heights well. After nearly a decade of time spent on labels, the group have exercised their liberties as free agents, undertaking a three-EP series completely funded and released on their own dime. While last year’s Hate found the band exploring their angst-fueled hardcore roots, […]

Reunited English rockers the Darkness will release their new album Hot Cakes on Aug. 21 via Wind-up in North and South America and PIAS in the rest of the world. It'll be their first album in seven years, following up 2005's One Way Ticket To Hell And Back. They'll be headlining shows in the US […]

Civil Twilight Holy Weather Civil Twilight sound a lot like mid-period U2 crossed with Peter Gabriel’s moody theatricality; their music is grandiose but much more downbeat. Certainly part of that is frontman Steven McKellar’s breathy, echo-laden vocals and stylistic tics (like cooing oohs and ahhs over the guitar breaks) that suggest a youth spent in […]

Bayside has announced four headlining shows slated for next month; the Sidekicks will support. Dates below. Feb 23 – Chameleon Club – Lancaster, PA Feb 24 – The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY Feb 25 – The Black Cat – Washington, DC Feb 26 – The Note – West Chester, PA

It’s not that Hawthorne Heights can’t catch a break. They’ve had plenty of breaks, but every one they get seems to leave them broken. Still, the band’s soldiered on despite the obstacles—and in 2009, they signed with Wind-Up Records, an EMI affiliate that’s home to Evanescence, Creed and Seether. The band’s fourth original album, Skeletons, […]

Bayside have released another track from their upcoming album, Killing Time, which drops on Feb. 22, 2011. "Sick, Sick, Sick" can be heard by heading here.