The Smashing Pumpkins will be abandoning their norm of releasing full-length albums for singles in the future. Frontman Billy Corgan explained the band's reasoning as such:
People don't even listen to it all. They put it on their iPod, they drag over the two singles, and skip over the …
The inital list of artists set to perform at one point or another on the 2009 edition of Warped Tour has been announced. The list is as follows:
3OH!3, A Day to Remember, A Skylit Drive, Alexisonfire, Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, Bayside, Big D and the Kids Table, Black Tide, …
No Doubt have provied an update on the status of their new full-length. Here is what drummer Adrian Young offered up:
We've been working on a new record off and on now for a bit of time, and we're going to continue to work on a new record next …
The Black Dahlia Murder has added Arsis guitarist Ryan Knight to their line-up, effectively replacing recently departed guitarist John Kempainen. The band last released Nocturnal in 2007.
U.K. hardcore outfit The Steal have posted several tracks from their latest full-length offering, Bright Grey, online here. The album is the follow-up to The Steal and is out now in the U.K. via Banquet Records. Source: Pastepunk
Willowtip Records has announced the addition of three new bands: Magrudergrind is set to enter Godcity studios in early-January to record their Willowtip debut with famed engineer Kurt Ballou (Misery Index, Torche). The recording will mastered at Visceral Sound by Scott Hull (Phobia, Maruta). Swedish grindcore trio Afgrund have officially …
P is for Panda Records has announced the signing of Damion Suomi. The label will release his self-titled debut as their first official artist release out March 24th.
The Bouncing Souls are celebrating twenty years as a band by self-releasing a new song every month of 2009 on Chunksaah Records. Songs will be released as digital downloads first, and for then all the folks who like to collect stuff, every three months a 7" will be released …
Graf Orlock will release their latest full-length release, Destination Time Today, through Level Plane Records on March 3rd. The album follows Destination Time Tomorrow.
Fall Out Boy have made an acoustic cover of Lifetime's "Turnpike Gates" online here. The band released their latest full-length, Folie a Deux, in stores this week.
RZA will release a new album, Afro Samurai: The Resurrection, on January 27th. The album is the soundtrack to season two of Spike TV's critically lauded animated television show and DVD featuring the voice of Samuel L Jackson and is musically produced entirely by Wu Tang Clan's The RZA. …
Here are last weeks top 'five' most played artists, according to the SPB Last.FM group.
1. Alkaline Trio 2. A.F.I. 2. Thursday 4. Against Me! 4. Radiohead
The most listened to album last week, for the SIXTH week in a row, was Trap Them's Seizures in Barren Praise …
Dates for the 2009 edition of the Warped Tour have been announced. The annual tour promises longer sets and fewer stages for next years event. Bands confirmed thus far include Bad Religion, NOFX, Thrice, Anti-Flag, Bouncing Souls, Flogging Molly, and Underoath, among others. To view the dates click "read more."
The Arcade Fire will release the documentary film titled Miroir Noir online today here. The film follows Arcade Fire through the making and touring of their 2007 album Neon Bible, documenting the band at their Montreal studio, the making of promotional films and videos, along with live footage …
Acclaimed video and film director Liam Lynch has created the new Spinnerette (ex-Distillers) video for the title track off the band’s debut EP “Ghetto Love.” You can check that out here.
FUSE are now offering an exclusive download of Let Me Run's "Like a Fish" from their debut album, Meet Me at the Bottom, out Janaury 20th. You can grab the song here.
Candlelight Records has confirmed the completion of the final recordings from black metal legends Emperor. Titled Live Inferno, the special live series features various releases recorded/filmed during the band’s sold out 2005-2007 reunion tour performances. Several formats will be available including a 2xCD/slipcase with 16-page booklet, a limited edition …
The Bakerton Group, the side-project of members of Clutch, has two new tracks online. You can stream "Peruvian Airspace" here and "Bien Classico" here. The songs are taken from their forthcoming full-length, El Rojo, which is due out February 17th on the band's own Weathermaker Music. The album …