Buzzcocks have posted an uncensored version of their video from 1999’s Modern. The rarely seen video was directed by Eric Valette, whose first American feature film One Missed Call will be released by Warner Bros on January 4, 2008.
The Buzzcocks released their last album, Flat-Pack Philosophy, in 2006.
No Use For A Name has posted another update on the progress towards their next record. The record will follow their last studio record, Keep Them Confused, which was released in 2005.
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Dates have been confirmed for Coheed & Cambria‘s upcoming run supporting Linkin Park. The band cancelled their scheduled appearances at the Soundwave festival in Australia to take part in the run, which will support their new album, Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow..
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Some more information has surfaced regarding the acoustic benefit to be headlined by Against Me! at the Chicago stop of their ongoing tour.
According to reports, the benefit is to raise money for the cost of a life-saving bone marrow transplant for a six-year-old girl from Tifton, Georgia. Diana Olalde was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in May 2006 and was initially treated with chemotherapy. But when she relapsed in August, doctors explained that she needed the bone marrow transplant in order to survive.
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Dates have been announced for a 2008 tour featuring Killswitch Engage, Dillinger Escape Plan and Every Time I Die.
The bands are touring in support of As Daylight Dies, Ire Works and The Big Dirty, respectively.
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have posted the first two songs from their upcoming rarities collection. Besides rarities, the band recorded three new songs and recently hit the studio with their own bassist Joe Gittleman acting as producer. The record is titled Medium Rare and is due out December 18, 2007.
Though the band’s last studio record, A Jackknife To A Swan, was released on SideOneDummy, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones recently announced b-sides and rarities collection will be released on their own Big Rig Records.
The label was formed by the band when they first signed to Mercury Records as an outlet for the vinyl versions of their albums. The major label pressed CDs and cassettes but allowed the band to self-press the vinyl under the imprint. For this collection, the band will apparently be resurrecting the imprint.
You can check out the songs on their myspace page.
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Thrice has posted a special Christmas track for streaming online. The track was previously recorded and first surfaced a few years ago.
You can check out “Carol of the Bells” on their myspace page.
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The Used have posted a demo of a new song which will presumably appear on a future release.
You can check out “Smother Me” on their myspace page.
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Dan Eaton and Jake Ryan of The Chariot have unveiled their new project, Queen’s Club. The band also features Jared Bond and Andrew Nichols and have two songs posted.
You can check them out on their myspace page.
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Downers from Waterford, MI, have posted several new songs up. The band promises tracks in the vein of Refused and Give Up The Ghost and you can find them on their MySpace page
Empty Orchestra from Flint, MI, just finished shooting a new music video in Flint’s historic Capitol Theater with director Mike Berlucchi. You can see “It Gets Better” on their MySpace page.
Former Beowulf frontman Dale Henderson has hitched his new band Kool-Whip to the new label Revell Records. The label’s first release will be Dirty Movie from the band. Check out tracks from the album here, at the label’s MySpace page.
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According to a Reuters piece, one of the big major labels, EMI is planning to cut back the money they pay to the RIAA and the IFPI. The controversial trade group claims to represent all labels but is largely funded by the the “big four” labels, to the tune of $132 million annually each.
EMI officials would not comment on the reasoning behind the change, but efforts by the RIAA have not measurably demonstrated much in the war against internet downloading. In fact, embarrassing public lawsuits against people of limited means have done considerable public relations damage to the label’s cause. In fact, a recent lawsuit had RIAA lawyers admitting that they’ve “lost money on this program.”
EMI has been one of the more agile of the majors, quickly adapting their practices to new technology. It was the first of the big four to release music without DRM through Apple’s iTunes stores and many others – a lead eventually followed by Universal and others.
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This ‘Benchmarking Tool’ let’s you test how custom settings run on your system. The tool has been made by MadBoris and is still in an e…
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This .lua file enables ragdoll and blood effects. This way bullet decals and ragdoll physics are enabled on dead enemies. This modif…
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