As Tall as Lions have announced plans to release a new digital EP as a stopgap between their As Tall as Lions and their upcoming 2008 full length.

The EP is titled Into The Flood and is due out November 29, 2007. The disc was recorded with Mike Watts over a six day period in October at Vudu Studios in Long Island. It features five new songs.
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Plans have been announced to produce a new fictional film about DIY and the underground music scene of the 1980s. Titled Let It Be, the film promises a story following a fictional New York City working/middle class punk-pop band called The Renegades.

The film will star The Black Lips as the protagonists and aims to document “the movement that was DIY.” The film is being executive produced by Andrew Meyer and directed by Roger Rawlings. The website also makes reference to many influential bands that apparently inspired the composite “Renegades” including Husker Du, The Replacements, Sonic Youth and others.
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Think Canadians are all smiles, igloos and sunshine? Then you may want to stay away from Despised Icon‘s new video for “Furtive Monologue.” The track comes from the Montreal-based deathcore band’s new album, The Ills of Modern Man.

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The Sex Pistols recently appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno to perform “Anarchy in the UK” in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their classic 1977 album, Never Mind the Bollocks.

The band appeared on Leno on the 30th and last night on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson..

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Every Time I Die recently performed “We’rewolf” on late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live. The song comes from their 2007 full length, The Big Dirty.

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Saul Williams, the slam-poet/experimental hip hop artist has released his latest album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggytardust. The record is a collaboration with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and has been released independently in the donation-suggested format popularized by Radiohead.

Unlike Radiohead however, Saul’s album is being made available in very high quality formats from 192kbps-encoded MP3 to CD quality FLAC “lossless” format files.

You can get a free download or donate right here.
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Dillinger Escape Plan have launched a full album stream of their new record. It’s called Ire Works and is due out November 13, 2007. The record follows Miss Machine which was released in 2004.

Speaking of which, Decibel Magazine recently put together a lengthy and detailed interview/feature on the band. You can find it here.

You can check it out on their myspace page.
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Immortal Records, home to 30 Seconds To Mars, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, thebleedingalarm and Brazil, has ceased operations.

The label was founded by Happy Walters in 1994. The owners have yet to make any sort of public statement.
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Cincinnati, Ohio’s Dead Serious, which includes members of Black Tie Bombers, The Tradition and Arc Arsenal have posted the entirety of their debut EP up for listening. The band had posted the first two songs earlier this month and posted “10pm” and “Vanilla” today, completing the self-titled EP.

You can check out the EP on their myspace page.
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