Alternative Press has officially launched their podcast series. Cleverly titled the AP Podcast, the series focuses on long-form interviews with bands and other music-industry veterans with much of the discussion focusing around the state of the music industry today. Each episode is generally 1-2 hours long; you can subscribe to the series for free via iTunes here, or download individual installments (including interviews with Tom Gabel and Andrew Seward of Against Me!, Ben Weinman of the Dillinger Escape Plan, Laurent Barnard and Steph Carter of Gallows, Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying, Kevin Lyman of Warped Tour and more) here.
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Alternative Press has officially launched their podcast series. Cleverly titled the AP Podcast, the series focuses on long-form interviews with bands and other music-industry veterans with much of the discussion focusing around the state of the music industry today. Each episode is generally 1-2 hours long; you can subscribe to the series for free via iTunes here, or download individual installments (including interviews with Tom Gabel and Andrew Seward of Against Me!, Ben Weinman of the Dillinger Escape Plan, Laurent Barnard and Steph Carter of Gallows, Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying, Kevin Lyman of Warped Tour and more) here.
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Fueled by Ramen act Phantom Planet have posted a full album stream of their debut for the label. The record is titled Raise the Dead and it follows up 2004’s Epic released Phantom Planet. Aside from their recorded output, the band is notable for once featuring actor Jason Schwartzman on drums. The band’s song “California” was also the theme song for popular Fox television series The O.C..

You can check out the stream on their myspace page.
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Pittsburgh’s A Voice Like Rhetoric has posted their new video for the song “Please Don’t Call Me A Mindless Philosophy” on their AbsolutePunk profile.

Los Angeles’ The Ignorant have signed with Northeast Records (the Briggs, the Psychotics, the Frankenburies). The band will hit the studio in May to record their debut album for the label, due this summer. Head to the band or label‘s MySpace page for details and tour dates.

Milwaukee’s Protestant have released their new full length The Hate The Hollow. The release is available as a black/red sunburst swirl vinyl limited to 1000 copies as well as CD. Labels Rust and Machine (USA), Halo of Flies (USA) and Rimbaud Records (Ire) have co-released the record.
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Mouth of an Architect have posted a new track from their upcoming full length, Quietly.

You can find “Hate and Heartache” on their myspace page.
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Agnostic Front have launched the new video from their 2007 Nuclear Blast full length, Agnostic Front.

The video, along with an interview can be found here.
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Thrice have posted a full album stream for the ultimate installment of their four EP series. The record is titled The Alchemy Index: Volumes III & IV: Earth & Air and is due out April 15, 2008. It is the follow-up to The Alchemy Index: Volumes I & II: Fire & Water which was released in 2007.

You can find it here.
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As promised, today’s reviews update is up, and at midnight no less. Here’s your friendly reminder what’s cookin’:

• Fall Out Boy‘s first live set, ****
• Tapes ‘N Tapes Walk It Off
• Explosions in the Sky (post-)rocking in New York
• It is actually impossible for Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin to be Pershing
• More at the reviews page

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Over It has responded to the many rumours that they were splitting up. They said:

We wanted to keep over it as a punk band, and have freedom to write more pop songs with another project… RUNNER RUNNER. RR and OVERIT will always be writing songs, releasing music and performing so eveyone gets the best of both worlds! Seth is curently playing pro hockey and learning lots on the east coast! He sends his love to all of you…

The rumours mostly began when the band began posting material under the name Runner Runner.
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For Today, Kingston Falls, and This Or The Apocalypse will be touring together in May and June.

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Death Cab For Cutie have made available another new track from their upcoming full length. The record is titled Narrow Stairs and is due out May 13, 2008. It is the follow-up to Plans which was released in 2005.

You can find “Pity and Fear” via NPR.
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Joliet, IL’s Ryan’s Hope are currently putting the finishing touches on a five song demo that they plan to release for free on the communications network known as “the Internets.” The band is set to hit the studio soon to complete the track “Bastard Epidemic” then once the new work is mixed it will hit the web. More info about the demo is available here. The release will follow up 2006’s Apocalypse in Increments.

The group is also heading out on tour for a good portion of the spring and summer, including shows with Strung Out, Infinite Missles and Project:Threeville.
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Joliet, IL’s Ryan’s Hope are currently putting the finishing touches on a five song demo that they plan to release for free on the communications network known as “the Internets.” The band is set to hit the studio soon to complete the track “Bastard Epidemic” then once the new work is mixed it will hit the web. More info about the demo is available here. The release will follow up 2006’s Apocalypse in Increments.

The group is also heading out on tour for a good portion of the spring and summer, including shows with Strung Out, Infinite Missles and Project:Threeville.
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