XO Skeletons, which features members of Some Girls/American Nightmare and Hatebreed, have released their debut album for free online.
The band notes: “It’s 2007..Who needs a record label? XO’s does it for the kids yo!.” You can also check out three tracks on the band’s myspace page.
The record is titled Bored by Heaven and can be downloaded via this link.
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Unearth will be recording the upcoming Pomona, CA date on their upcoming tour for a brand new DVD. The band will be touring with Darkest Hour, August Burns Red and Suicide Silence on the four week tour. The band elaborated on the plans:
We figured it was about time we shot a real DVD and what better place than the intimate Glasshouse? Ever since we first played there in 2002 we have loved the crowds and venue in every repeat visit. We couldn’t be more stoked to return and get it on tape this time around. A high energy show and good times will be had by all on October 9th.
The band dropped III: In the Eyes of Fire last year.
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Explosions in the Sky have announced a fall US tour as well as a trip to the UK set for January 2008. The band released All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone earlier this year.
In related news, Friday Night Lights, the acclaimed television show for which Explosions provides the score, will begin its second season on October 5th, 2007.
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Eli Caterer of Smoking Popes has been recruited to join Chicago super-group The Falcon on their upcoming tour, filling in for Dan Andriano who is currently taking care of the latest addition to the family.
The tour kicks off October 11th and features The Lawrence Arms, Sundowner, the Falcon and American Steel.
The Popes released the live At Metro CD/DVD set last year, and El Falcon issued Unicornography in 2006 as well.
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H2O has announced that this October and November they will be entering the studio to record their upcoming new record. The album, which is set for sometime in 2008, will be the first release after 7 years following 2001’s GO.
The band has also announced that on their page at Trig.com they will post a new song and announce the label that will release the record.
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It’s not quite the same as a political t-shirt or criticizing exams, but a Maryland high school student has been suspended for posting a promo photo featuring Hopeless Records act All Time Low. The picture, while no racier than a Sears catalogue, was deemed “pornographic” and the student was sent home for three days.
The offending photo can be seen here. It’s got a bunch of guys in their underwear, so unless you work somewhere where that kind of thing is encouraged, you should probably just take our word for it.
The band’s new record, titled So Wrong, It’s Right, is due out September 25, 2007.
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Influential hardcore act Snapcase will be reuniting for a single show in November. The show take place Saturday, November 24, at The Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, and being billed as “The Anti-Matter Anthology: A Book Release Concert & Benefit for Callum Robbins” will feature Snapcase (labeled as “a one-time reunion performance”), 108 and Triple Threat.
The purpose of the benefit is to raise money for Callum Robbins, the son of J. Robbins (Jawbox). Cal was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy last year and there has been support from many friends of the Robbins’ with the most recent including a sold-out Dismemberment Plan reunion and a 31-track compilation featuring songs from Jawbreaker, Mission of Burma and many others.
The show also coincides with and celebrates the release of The Anti-Matter Anthology: A 1990s Post-Punk & Hardcore Reader which is due out November 06, 2007.
Snapcase split up in 2005 after a number of acclaimed and influential albums including Progression Through Unlearning, Designs for Automotion and End Transmission.
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The A.K.A.s have announced plans to begin recording this week with famed producer Alex Newport (At The Drive In, The Mars Volta) with plans to release in early 2008. The band has not disclosed a label, and has remained label-free since parting ways with Fueled by Ramen. Their last full length, White Doves & Smoking Guns, was released in 2003.
In related news, keyboard player Josie Outlaw recently chopped off her hair to donate to Locks of Love, an organization which provides hair pieces for children who have lost their hair due to illnesses such as cancer. To take it a step further, she has offered up her stylist skills for free haircuts on The A.K.A.s upcoming tour with Big D and The Kids Table and Whole Wheat Bread to anyone who wishes to donate their own hair.
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Pitchfork has provided some details on the Constantines new deal with Toronto based Arts & Crafts. The Guelph-founded post-punk act has signed a worldwide record and management deal with the label, amicably parting ways with Sub Pop at the completion of their contract there.
The band is now working on their follow up to 2005’s Tournament of Hearts with Jeff McMurrich again engineering. The record is expected this coming March.
On Saturday the Cons will participate in a free show at London, Ontario’s LOLA feat alongside Akron/Family, the Hylozoists, the Meligrove Band and the Acorn among others.
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Angels and Airwaves recently discussed their upcoming sophomore full length, I-Empire, which is due out October 23, 2007:
Before We Don’t Need to Whisper, I came out and said that it was going to change the face of rock and roll, What I meant was over a 30-year period. It’s been one year — wait 29 more and you’ll see how different your life is. Because it’s still happening. What happens over the next six months to a year with I-Empire is going to continue that thought of what I really wanted the last record to do. It’s a lot harder and a lot more ambitious than what I ever believed it to be, but what we’re going to continue to try to do is to change a lot of things about music.
We were trying to [deal with] an industry that was in crisis, Records aren’t selling anymore; people are burning music. So what we wanted to do was try to communicate our records across different formats. We were willing to put ourselves out there and try to make movies … to make short films and do live events. It was very difficult. It took a lot of money, it took a lot of ambition, and it took a lot of risk. And it’s very easy to tear a band down for trying.
He also makes a brief mention of the makeup/emo archetype, noting:
When you watch the news, it’s really negative. When you listen to music, it’s consistently it seems bands are angry, or they’re covering themselves in makeup and crying and being weird about it. But with us, we like the idea of being optimistic.
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Over It has announced the release of The Strand, a new compilation of b-sides and acoustic tracks.Te disc will not be released through the band’s (previous) label, Virgin, who released Step Outside Yourself last year.
According to the band, the disc will be released through the band’s online merch store and through digital distributors “later this month.”
Modest Mouse has posted the dates for another tour beginning on Halloween. The band will see support on all dates from Man Man and Love As Laughter. Both bands supported Modest Mouse on previous tours in 2007. They are touring in support of their 2007 release We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
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The Spill Canvas has unveiled the first single from their forthcoming release No Really, I’m Fine. You can check out the new track, “All Over You,” on MySpace.
No Really, I’m Fine, the follow-up to their EP Denial Feels So Good, is slated for release October 2.
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