Casting Curses have posted two new tracks online here. The songs are taken from the band's Heartificial EP that is due out April 3rd via Tuned to You Records.
Topshelf Records has announced the signing of My Heart to Joy (formerly known as My Heart to Joy at the Same Tone. The band will release their debut full length entitled, Seasons in Verse, on CD nationally on June 30th. The album will also be made available as an …
Celan - featuring Unsane's Chris Spencer, Einstürzende Neubauten's Ari Benjamin Meyers, Oxbow's Niko Wenner and flu.ID's Phil Roeder and Franz Xave - have posted two songs online here. Look for their new album released in the US this Fall.
Isis have debuted the new song "20 Minutes / 40 Years" online here. The song is taken from the band's upcoming full-length, Wavering Radiant, due out May 5th via Ipecac Recordings.
No Sleep Records is having a Vinyl and CD sale here, for a limited time all 7"'s are $4, CD's are $2-$8 and posters are $.50. All 7"'s come with a free digital download card.
6131 Records has teamed up with Geoff Rickly's (Thursday) new label, Collect Records, to split release Touche Amore's debut LP. ". . . to the Beat of a Dead Horse". The record will be out this May, LP/digital only (CD's included in the vinyl). A new song has been posted …
We're All Broken has announced that their new EP, Blacktop Cry, will be coming out on April 21st as their debut release on Devildance Records (The Gaslight Anthem, Let Me Run). The album is available for pre-order here.
Farewell Party Records is set to release Achilles' Hospice on vinyl. The vinyl is set to be released at the end of June. Achilles is slated to play a few shows around the same time. Hospice was released via HEX Records in 2007.
Placebo are set to return with their follow-up to 2006's Meds. The new album, titled Battle for the Sun, will be released on June 9th on Vagrant Records.
Set Your Goals have wrapped up the recording of their follow-up to 2006's Mutiny!. Here is what the band had to say:
We're still waiting on a couple guest spots to be finished and a few finishing touches before we send it off to be mixed and mastered …
We've chosen the winner in the Neutral Territory Records contest. The lucky winner is: Tyler of New Bedford, MA
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Just a quick reminder note that we've posted a few new reviews to our "200 Words or Less" feature today. You can check them out at the links below. Here's what we've got:
The Wonder Years / All or Nothing - Distances
Thou - Tryant (Reissue)
Wunami …
The initial lineup for the 2009 edition of the Sound & Fury Festival has been announced. The event takes place July 31st through August 2nd at El Rodeo Community Center in Oxnard, CA. The first group of artists confirmed is as follows:
Absolute Madness, Alpha & Omega, Bad Seed, …
Converge have posted an album teaser of the band jamming new material for their upcoming full-length here. The band will enter the studio next month to record.
One Day as a Lion's video for the song "Wild International" has been made available online here. The song is taken from the band's self-titled debut EP.
Bridge Nine Records has announced the signing of Rhode Island's Soul Control. The band most recently released a series of 7" singles on various labels, prior to that they released Involution in 2007 via Rivalry Records. The band will enter the studio with Jay Maas in May to record …
A full-album stream of Mastodon's Crack the Skye has been made available online here. The album is the follow-up to Blood Mountain and is due out March 24th.