Embrace The End have launched a full album stream of their upcoming Century Media debut. The record is titled Ley Lines and is due out April 15, 2008. It is the follow-up to Counting Hallways To The Left which was released in 2005. That record was released on now-defunct Abacus Recordings.

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Sights and Sounds, which features former members of Comeback Kid, Figure Four and current members of Sick City, have posted the new video from their 2007 debut, Sights and Sounds.

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Thursday have posted an update on their upcoming plans which include recording and three April shows. The band released Kill the House Lights last year, but have not released a new studio record since 2006’s A City by the Light Divided:

We know it’s been a little while since you’ve heard from all of us here in Thursday World but we’ve been working diligently behind the scenes to bring you the next stage of the band’s life. We’re writing you from Big Blue Meenie Studios in Jersey City where we’re recording some new stuff. There will be an exciting announcement, around April 1st, to let you know when and where we’ll be releasing these tracks but in the meantime we’re planning to get out of the studio and try them out live. So we have three shows coming up and they should be a blast. The first two shows are Poughkeepsie and Lancaster with one of our favorite new bands Envy On the Coast:

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On July 22, 2008, Bayside will be reissuing their 2007 full length, The Walking Wounded. The extended CD package will include live acoustic tracks to be recorded at a special performance that will be filmed at Looney Tunes in Long Island on Monday, May 12th. The accompanying DVD is planned to include the full Looney Tunes performance, behind-the-scenes documentary of the band on their Spring 2008 tour, and their music videos from The Walking Wounded.

Once their current national headlining tour with The Starting Line wraps up in late Spring, the band plan to enter Los Angeles’ Red Bull Studios in June to write and record their fourth studio album, tentatively titled Shudder. The follow-up to The Walking Wounded is set for release September 30, 2008 and will be produced by David Schiffman (Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Johnny Cash).
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists have been tapped to support Pearl Jam on six of their upcoming US dates. The shows kick off June 19th and see the two bands on the road until the end of that month.

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Paint it Black vocalist Dan Yemin took some time over the long weekend to write a blog update on what the band has been up to as of late. Yemin discusses what he’s been reading, his lyric-writing process, as well as the band’s recent trip to Austin for SXSW where they played a benefit show in support of Shirts for a Cure.

Paint it Black recently released their third album, New Lexicon.

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On April 09, 2008, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz will continue his plan to become master of all media by releasing a special Nordstrom-exclusive DVD. Titled Making Mischief, the disc promises “never-before-seen video footage, interviews and photos of Pete Wentz creating his clothing line, Clandestine Industries”

You can check out the art here. The DVD itself is only available via this link.
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Definitely non-bro-core Epitaph act Escape The Fate have posted an update on their current status. The band saw a number of lineup shifts recently:

Craig Mabbitt, formerly of Bless The Fall will be filling in temporarily as our singer for the 3 shows we have coming up. Extreme Thing in Vegas, Bamboozle Left in LA, and a killer Phoenix show. Get tickets now as they WILL sell out.

We have not made a decision on who will be our full time front man yet but, we will be making a decision soon and you all will be the first ones to know.

We are currently writing our new record and going into the studio very soon to record it. Look out for updates on recording, tours.

The band released Dying Is Your Latest Fashion last year. They also enjoy their hair.
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Wes Eisold, vocal mastermind behind Give Up The Ghost and Some Girls has announced a reading of his new book Deathbeds at Rutgers University in Camden, NJ tonight.

Eisold, who also inadvertently contributed to the lyrics on Fall Out Boy‘s albums, self-published the book through Heartworm. It promises a 176 page perfect-bound paper back collection of Eisold’s work from 1999-2007.

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Smallman has signed “farmcore” act Carpenter. The group includes Dan Sioui of former Vancouver band All State Champion as well as Kelly Burnham of By a Thread, Ryan Howlett of Speaking of Heroes and JJ Heath of Daggermouth.

In the fall of 2007, Carpenter entered the legendary Mushroom Studios (Led Zeppelin, Heart, Sam Roberts) in Vancouver to record their first full-length album. Co-produced and engineered by Shawn Penner and Aaron Nordean (Bend Sinister, The Februarys, Three Inches of Blood), the record is titled Law of the Land is scheduled for release early this summer.

You can check out some music on their myspace page.
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Members of influential Bay Area act Neurosis have announced plans to release solo albums this year. Frontman Scott Kelly will release his sophomore solo album, The Wake on May 5, 2008 while guitarist Steve Von Till is planning his third solo record, A Grave is a Grim Horse two weeks later, on May 19, 2008.

Music from Kelly’s previous 2001 album can be found on his myspace page. Music from Von Till’s albums can be found on his website.
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