Primus announce North American tour dates

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Primus will tour North America starting this July in the hopes of converting people who just know them from the South Park theme song.
The band's first show takes place on July 27th in Toronto at the Sound Academy and will finish up October 8th in Upper Darby, PA at theTower Theater.
They'll play a few shows with gypsy-rockers Gogol Bordello, a few with The Bronx's mariachi side-project dubbed Mariachi El Bronx and one show with Wolfmother.… Read More

New Bad Religion album out in September

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

I know a lot of people who consistently used the phrase "Punk is Dead." But maybe...just maybe this coming September, those people may see a punk resurrection with the release of a new Bad Religion album.
A Bad Religion fan site has posted a "new album countdown" clock on their main page which counts down to September 28, 2010. That is the day the band's new album, which is still untitled, is expected to be released.… Read More

Interpol releasing new album this September

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

With all the crap that Interpol has been through recently, it's good to know we finally get some positive news coming from them.
Pitchfork reports that the band will release their new self-titled album on September 13th through Matador Records. Matador is the same label that released the band's… Read More

Klaxons reveal details for new album Surfing The Void

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
The following album cover could very well be the greatest album cover of this year if not of all time. Klaxons nailed it with this one.

Clearly these guys have been studying Internet memes because we all know that anything involving a cat in some kind of outfit will automatically garner loads of attention. Plus it's the album cover for Klaxons new LP entitled Surfing The Void.
OneThirtyBPM… Read More

School Of Seven Bells announce North American tour

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Experimental indie-pop trio School Of Seven Bells are getting ready to release their brand of sexy tunes all over North America's face.
The tour kicks off on September 9th in Brooklyn, NY at the Brooklyn Bowl (try the fried chicken...seriously) and will end on October 22nd in Philadelphia, PA. The band is touring behind their forthcoming second album, Disconnect From Desire, which will be in record stores on July 13th.
All of the tour dates… Read More

My interview with Against Me! for ABC News Radio

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Just a bit of shameless self-promotion for this post but I think it's well deserved. My "real" job, outside of running this lil' site o'mine, is working for ABC News Radio as their rock music writer/producer and interviewer.
So it was cool for me to jump into a studio with Tom and Andrew from the band Against Me! for my first interview. We talked about their great new album, White Crosses, their summer tour with Silversun Pickups and what their feelings… Read More

Avenged Sevenfold reveal artwork, track list for Nightmare

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

See that artwork right there? That would be the brand new cover art for Avenged Sevenfold's upcoming album Nightmare.
The band just released the artwork along with the track list for the album which will be in stores on July 27th. They also announced that they'll be releasing a special limited edition of the album on the 27th as well called Book Of Nightmares.
The special edition will include an expanded booklet with lyric sheets… Read More

Watch: OK Go – “End Love”

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
I'll be damned if OK Go doesn't consistently come up with some of the coolest videos on either side of the Mississippi. This video is no exception.

The band just released this video for their song "End Love." It actually… Read More

RiO!B episode – June 15, 2010

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Disturbed release new song
Ozzy streaming… Read More

Watch: MGMT – “It’s Working”

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Even though critics are split on MGMT's newest album, Congratulations, the band continues to make their way with the new record and have just released a new video for the song "It's Working."
Prefix Mag reports that the warped surf-tune will be the band's third single from the LP. The video features Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser coming across a box and instructions "to put… Read More