The Human Abstract have launched a full album stream of their new full length. The record is titled Midheaven and is due out August 16, 2008. It is the follow-up to Nocturne which was released in 2006.
You can check out the album on their myspace page.
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Static Thought have another new song from their upcoming album posted. The record is titled The Motive For Movement and is due out September 09, 2008.
You can check out “Faces” on their myspace page.
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Black President, which features members of Goldfinger, Sepultura and New Dead Radio, have posted four new songs and a video from their upcoming debut. The album features writing contributions by Greg Hetson of Bad Religion who was also a member for some time.
The band has also updated their release plans, and are now aiming for a September 16, 2008 via Cobra Music.
You can check out the songs on their myspace page and the video for “Suspects” can be seen here.
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Doghouse has signed Toronto-based Lights. The group consists of a single multi-instrumentalist vocalist and will be releasing her debut EP via the label on September 23rd after a Canadian release on Underground Operations earlier this year. Shortly after the release of the EP, Lights will join Boys Like Girls and Cute is What We Aim For on the Verizon Campus Tour.
You can check out some of her music on her myspace page.
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The Real McKenzies will be touring across Canada (and back) in support of their new full length, Off the Leash.
Popular “mixtape” sharing site, Muxtape, has been temporarily shut down due to some conflict with music industry trade organization, the RIAA. The website now displays this message:
Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA.
The popular site allowed users to make and share mixtapes of MP3s – using their own music – and included fans in many bands and record labels. The trade organization spoke to Rolling Stone about the problems with muxtape:
For the past several months, we have communicated our legal concerns with the site and repeatedly tried to work with them to have illegal content taken down. Muxtape was hosting copies of copyrighted sound recordings without authorization from the copyright owners. Making these recordings available for streaming playback also requires authorization from the copyright owners. Muxtape has not obtained authorization from our member companies to host or stream copies of their sound recordings.
According to the article, for the site to obtain the rights to stream the music, it would need to set up a licensing arrangement with record labels. Rolling Stone also spoke to some legal experts about the issue, Fred Von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation’s senior intellectual property attorney noted:
I think they have a strong legal defense. The problem is if they might not have that money to go to court and take on the RIAA. But it’s a measure of success to be sued by the RIAA. Once you’re popular enough, that’s when they come calling.
Update: Valley Wag has an update which suggests that problems may also stem from the high costs of running the site, which apparently could run as high as $30,000 per month. As the site only raised $95,000 in startup capital, this may also be a factor in the shutdown.
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Popular “mixtape” sharing site, Muxtape, has been temporarily shut down due to some conflict with music industry trade organization, the RIAA. The website now displays this message:
Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA.
The popular site allowed users to make and share mixtapes of MP3s – using their own music – and included fans in many bands and record labels. The trade organization spoke to Rolling Stone about the problems with muxtape:
For the past several months, we have communicated our legal concerns with the site and repeatedly tried to work with them to have illegal content taken down. Muxtape was hosting copies of copyrighted sound recordings without authorization from the copyright owners. Making these recordings available for streaming playback also requires authorization from the copyright owners. Muxtape has not obtained authorization from our member companies to host or stream copies of their sound recordings.
According to the article, for the site to obtain the rights to stream the music, it would need to set up a licensing arrangement with record labels. Rolling Stone also spoke to some legal experts about the issue, Fred Von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation’s senior intellectual property attorney noted:
I think they have a strong legal defense. The problem is if they might not have that money to go to court and take on the RIAA. But it’s a measure of success to be sued by the RIAA. Once you’re popular enough, that’s when they come calling.
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The first round of bands have been confirmed for this Fall’s Fun Fun Fun Fest. The event is set to take place November 8-9 in Austin, Texas at Waterloo Park.
The lineup includes Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The National, Atmosphere, Minus The Bear, Rival Schools, Tim Fite, Magnetic Morning (Swervedriver/Interpol), Kevin Seconds, Walter Schreifels (Quicksand/Gorilla Biscuits), Tom Gabel (Against Me!), Ben Nichols (Lucero), Tim Barry (Avail), Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music), ALL, Dead Milkmen, Flipper, Integrity, Adolescents, Integrity, Bouncing Souls, Swingin Utters, DOA, Killdozer, The Cro-mags, Scared of Chaka, Young Widows, Leftover Crack, Trash Talk, World Burns to Death, Krumbums, Mammoth Grinder, Cute Lepers, Bitter End, High Tension Wires, Born to Lose and many more.
Tickets go on-sale this Friday at http://www.frontgatetickets.com/.
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Mae has announced their departure from major label Capitol Records. The band’s drummer Jacob Marshall explained:
This time last year we were in Time Square celebrating the release of our first (and only) major label record. As all things converged into a single black hole, and EMI was bought up by Terra Firma, we were smashed against a large brick wall and we broke. We lost two long time members. We parted ways with our manager. Ultimately, we parted ways with Capitol. As we rubbed our eyes and looked around, we decided that there was still enough life inside to give this another shot. We picked up the pieces and slowly inched forward.
ow, after the last few months of planing and gearing up for a new season, I am proud to say that we will be making our most meaningful statement yet. We are over half way through with a new batch of songs that are the most musical yet. We have split our time between Drexel University working with amazing student engineers and are returning home to Earthsound with Mark Padgett to finish some tracking and mixing. For those hoping for a return to the sonic pallet of Destination:Beautiful… you will have it.
Senses Fail have posted a new song from their upcoming album. The record is titled Life is Not a Waiting Room and is due out October 07, 2008. It is the follow-up to Still Searching which was released in 2006.
You can find “Family Tradition” on their myspace page.
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Dragonforce have launched a full album stream of their upcoming album. The record is titled Ultra Beatdown and is due out August 26, 2008.
You can check it out on their myspace page.
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TV On The Radio have announced plans to release their next album this Fall. The record is titled Dear Science and is due out September 23, 2008. It is their second major label album and the follow-up to Return to Cookie Mountain which was released in 2006.
You can check out the freshly released artwork on their Punknews.org Profile and a new song on their myspace page.
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We’ve got a full album stream of the brand new record from Suicide Note. The album is their first album in four years and draws influence from Drive Like Jehu, The VSS, Sonic Youth, and Fugazi. It was released earlier this month via Hawthorne Street.
You can check out the album on their Punknews.org Profile.
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