Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters have filed a lawsuit against Marvel Comics and it’s not because they made Spider-Man get a divorce.
The band is suing the comic book giant for copyright infringement. The band alleges that Marvel used “substantial excerpts” of their songs “Best of You” and “Free Me” as the music for the trailer of the new animated series Wolverine and the X-Men.
The trailer in question can be seen here.
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Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk recently interviewed Johnny Marr and Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse for ShredOrDie. The site is a new project from the founders of FunnyOrDie and focuses on skate, snow, surf, BMX, motorcross sports culture.
You can check it out here.
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Chicago, IL’s Naked Raygun will be playing SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 12th. On March 11th, the group will be playing a SXSW pre-party with their Riot Fest Records labelmates Shot Baker.
The band regrouped last year, and since then released a retrospective CD+DVD combo while playing shows and festivals.
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Seattle’s The Lashes have released the first side of their new record Thank You online at their MySpace page. The first half of this record was self-released by the band on January 1st of this year, released exclusively at Sonic Boom Records. The album was produced by John Goodmanson.
The record follows up their 2006 full length Get It, released by Columbia.
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Children of Bodom have posted the first video from their upcoming album. The record is titled Blooddrunk and is due out April 15, 2008. The video was directed by Sandra Marschner for Katapult Filmproduktion GmbH.
British e-sports and gaming channel XLEAGUE will be broadcasting the finals of their Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars tournament on their freshly rebranded television channel PULSE tomorrow morning. This promises to an exciting match with Team Dignitas taking on UK heavyweight 4Kings.
The tournament was organized in cooperation with Enemy Down and is sponsored by Packard Bell, who will graciously be burying the winning team in a pile of cutting edge gaming PCs. Information on the PULSE TV channel can be found here.
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In the second installment of our interview/live performance segment with cult-DIY-ska favorites Bomb the Music Industry!, we witness the band’s different approach to merchandise on the road, and of course, another live performance. For those of you that missed part 1, you can find it here.
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BYO has posted a teaser clip and some additional details about their upcoming label DVD. Titled Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO, the disc will accompany the label’s upcoming box set that will include the full length dvd, a multi disc compilation, and hardcover book.
The idea behind the compilation was to approach bands from the punk rock community to cover a tune from the extensive BYO catalog. All the tracks will be exclusive recordings and to name a few of the bands already on board . . . Bouncing Souls, Dropkick Murphy’s, Youth Brigade, Leatherface, CH3, Filthy Thieving Bastards, Nothington, The Briefs, Wednesday Night Heroes, Shark Soup, plus many more.
The set is due out this summer and you can check out the clip here.
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Mesa, Arizona’s Jimmy Eat World have announced a co-headlining tour with whippersnappers Paramore. Said Jimmy Eat World singer Jim Adkins:
“We’re very excited for the upcoming tour with Paramore. We got to know them last December while playing festivals together. They put on a great show and we think it’s going to be an awesome bill.”
Adds Hayley Williams (Paramore):
“If it all ends tomorrow, we will be happy knowing that we got a tour with the band that gave us a reason to play music.”
Equal Vision act Dear and the Headlights, who released Small Steps, Heavy Hooves last year, has been tapped as the tour’s opener as well.
Jimmy Eat World is touring in support of last year’s Chase This Light while Paramore released Riot! last year as well.
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Bellingham, Washington’s Death Cab For Cutie have announced details about their sophomore album for major label Atlantic Records. The album is due out May 13th, and will be titled Narrow Stairs. Bassist Nick Harmer described the album as “a sampling of the most uptempo, upbeat Death Cab songs as well as some of our saddest.”
The band previously released Plans in 2005 while guitarist and producer Chris Walla released Field Manual this year on Barsuk Records.
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Following a scare recently reported on Punknews, former Braid and Hey Mercedes and current Hey Mercedes frontman Bob Nanna recently was cleared of lymphoma for the time being. This quote was taken from Bob’s blog:
Strange times a-brewin. Turns out my pet scan revealed zero evidence of reoccurring lymphoma. Ditto for my orbital CT scan. This news, while somewhat a relief, does nothing to explain the pink fleshy mass hanging out in my left eye. (does the phrase “pink fleshy mass” make you as uncomfortable as it does me?) Hence, the recommended treatment = nothing. We play the waiting game. I go back in a month and we see how it all looks. And there you have it!
All of us here at the ‘Org are relieved and wish nothing but a swift and vigilant full recovery for Mr. Nanna.
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones‘s Tim Burton and Glenn Stewart have formed Financial Records.
Operating out of Clearwater Florida, Financial Records has welcomed two bands to their roster: Orlando Pop-punk act, Crisis in Hollywood, and Clearwater Florida ska-punk band, Victims of Circumstance. Financial Records has just released both bands debut albums which are now available on Itunes and Interpunk. Look for U.S. dates from both bands in the near future.
You can find some music on their respective myspace pages: Crisis in Hollywood and Victims of Circumstance.
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